Levy Case Ends With Perjury Arrests in Banker's Suit
Justice Fitzgerald directed a verdict for Lazarus Levy in a $100,000 breach of promise suit against him and ordered the arrest of Susie Merrill Mary Lynch and Dr Edward Paulding on charges of perjury. The three were sent to the Tombs in default of $2,000 bail each while Paulding was paroled. The case hinged on disputed testimony about the birth of a 14 month old child alleged to be Levy's.
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Susie A. Merrill
Lazarus Levy
Mas Wood
T. Co. Flatt
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Levy
Merrill
Mary Lynch
Edward Paulding
West Forty-fourth Street
Paulding
James Osborne
Osborne
Lynch
Banker Levy
Dr. Paulding
Susie Merrill
A. de Los Kneeland
Fitzgerald
Mrs. Lynch
Evelyn Thaw Denies Merrill House Visit
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw denies ever visiting the Merrill house at 208 West Fifty-fourth Street while her husband Harry K. Thaw was said to be known there as Mr. Reid. Attorney Daniel O'Reilly stated the denial and noted Thaw had accompanying women to the same house, a detail linked to prior estrangement during his first trial.
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Daniel O'Reilly
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Reid
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
O'Reilly
Mr.Reilly
Harry Thaw
Wrangle in Weiller Suit In Bankrupt Metropolitan Rail Case
In the Fourth District Municipal Court Judge Young heard Minnie Weiller and Emmanuel Weil sue E J Berwind Thomas F Ryan August Belmont H H Vreeland and others to recover 800 invested in Metropolitan Street Railway stock alleged to have depreciated due to manipulation. Weiller and Blum testified on stock choices and secrecy around committee papers. hearing adjourned to next Thursday.
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Fourth District
Justice Young
Minnie Weiller
Emmanuel Weil
E. J. Berwind
Thomas F. Ryan
August Belmont
H. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Daniel Weiller
Metropolitan
New York City Railroad Company
Metropolitan Railroad
New York City Railway Company
Isaac Blum
East Eighty-first Street
Mr. Stanchfield
Pine Street
Hill
Kremer
Treasurer Missing As Lodge Funds Short Since 1895
The Gordon Lodge of the Sons of St. George seeks John T. Canterbury, treasurer until his disappearance on May 28, after a $2,800 shortage surfaced. Investigators say Canterbury manipulated savings bank entries to cover mythical deposits and earned interest. The lodge learned of the loss when two doctors were unpaid and Canterbury vanished. He is described as 48, English, with red face and sandy hair. The lodge bonded him for $50. funds are missing from two savings banks and the Franklin Savings Bank since 1895.
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Gordon Lodge
The
Sons of St. George
Hoffman Hall
Third Avenue
Sixtieth Street
John T. Canterbury
Canterbury
Sixty-fifth Street
William Cullen Bryant
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Herman Ridder
Gordon Lodge, Sons of St. George
West 125Th Street
Sixty-fifth Street House
Philadelphia
Williams
Ceg Spears
Lodge
Franklin Savings Bank
National Bank
Fischer-Hansen Is Acquitted In Extortion Case
Carl Fischer-Hansen was found not guilty of extorting 15000 from Joseph E. O'Brien of Philadelphia after a three-quarter hour jury deliberation. He stood at the bar nervously but showed no emotion, then prepared a brief statement denying the crime and claiming the case aimed to blackmail him.
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Carl Fischer-Hansen
Joseph E. O'Brien
Philadelphia
Fischer+Hansen
Goff
Fischer-Hansen
Wife Sues Lawyer Ridley for Separation and Alimony
Mrs. Rose H. Ridley files in the Supreme Court for separation from Albert Ridley. She names William B. Wilson of Brooklyn as counsel and seeks $100 alimony and $1,500 counsel fees. She says they wed Sept 1 1902 at the Little Church Around the Corner and that Ridley left her May 18 without cause, previously paid about $350 monthly, with income cited between 12 000 and 15 000 yearly. She says she has pawned her jewelry to live.
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Rose H. Ridley
Supreme Court
William B. Wilson
Brooklyn
Albert
Ridley
Advertising trade journal Ink sold to Hampton Biggs Romer
Ink the oldest advertising trade journal and the American Newspaper Directory have sold the controlling interest to J. D. Hampton and H. A. Biggs of the Hampton Advertising Company and John Irving Romer, advertising manager of the Aeolian Company. Jet Rowell, founder of Printers'
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Ink
Directory
J. D. Hampton
H.A. Biggs
Hampton Advertising Company
John Irving Romer
Aeolian Company
Jet Rowell
Printers
Healer Must Pay 6000 for Lost Foot Verdict
A jury awarded Solomon Raisler 6000 against Justus Benjamin a Christian Science healer for the loss of Raisler's right foot after alleged improper treatment. Raisler sought 25000 in damages. The verdict was rendered yesterday.
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Solomon Raisler
Justus Benjamin
Raisler
Benjamin
Swindlers Use Auto To Gambit Hastings Tradesmen
A trio of men and a woman swindled Hastings merchants using an automobile. They placed large orders then offered checks for slightly more than the price. shopkeepers faced a cash or return choice. Checks drew “No account” messages from New York banks, prompting police descriptions. One man attempted to tear up a five dollar Corn Exchange Bank check during a Dobbs Ferry confrontation. The woman posted 250 cash bail. men later secured 500 bonds for their tonight hearing.
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Hastings
New York
Dobbs Ferry
Corn Exchange Bank
Justice Thornton
Coroner Probes Hospital Removals After Death
Coroner Harburger to investigate Beth-Israel Hospital authorities for moving Henry Rothstein to Gouverneur Hospital where he died shortly after admission. Rothstein’s fall also injured Mrs. Ethel Levy, who is dying. He summons the hospital superintendent and doctors to appear June 30 to explain alleged violations of the Harburger law.
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Harburger
Beth-Israel Hospital
Henry Rothstein
Gouverneur Hospital
Rothstein
Ethel Levy
Beth-Israel
Appellate Court blocks return of bank president with wife
The Appellate Division refused Constant A. Andrews, president of United Savings Bank, permission to move Blanche L. Andrews from The Knolls sanitarium to his home. The court ruled an incompetent wife should not be released to her husband while a separate removal proceeding is pending. Justices differ on the ruling with two justices concurring in the decision.
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Supreme Court
Constant A. Andrews
United Savings Bank
Blanche L. Andrews
Knolls
Broadway
261St Street
Andrews
Laughlin
Clarke
Houghton
Ingraham
Scott
Three Firemen Dismissed by City Commissioner
Commissioner Hayes dismissed three firemen pending trial for derelictions of duty. Patrick J. Harrington of Engine 17, Thomas Head of Engine 25, and John J. Kirk of Hook and Ladder No 10 faced charges of absence and rule violations. Fireman Daniel Cunningham and Thomas Farrell resigned. new hires include William Soper Joseph N Kinstler Burr Ackerly Charles J Brown and Edward C Frauenberger.
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Hayes
Whitney
Patrick J. Harrington
Thomas Head
John J. Kirk
Hook and Ladder
Harrington
Head
Kirk
Ithe Department
Daniel C.cunningham
Thomas Farrell
William Soper
Joseph N. Kinstler
Burr Ackerly
Charles J. Brown
Edward C. Frauenberger
Acritelli to Stand Trial on Indictments Over Illegal Registrations
Justice Goff denied Abraham Levy demurrer seeking dismissal of two indictments against Coroner Acritelli for misdemeanor and felony counts tied to alleged illegal registrations in autumn elections. He also refused Levy's request to inspect Grand Jury minutes. Deputy AG Palmieri cited new evidence. Pleading date set for Monday.
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Justice Goff
Abraham Levy
Acritelli
Levy
Crain
Palmieri
Young man flees with lunch bill after dinner ruse
A blue suited man in a straw hat dined at Café Boulevard with Hungarian champagne and cigars, claiming an on‑the‑spot loan from an uncle. He admitted no funds, claimed employment recently, and was jailed after police arrested him at night court on $300 bail.
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Café Boulevard
Bertholdherr
New Jersey
Bertholdherz
Lea
Mr. Bertholdherr
George B. Curry
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
Mr. Curry
John C. Curry
Cambridge
Mass
Curry
Moss
Herbert Espey
Canada
326
Avene
Night Paper
Magis Moss
More Hurt On Open Cars In City Street Lines
Open street cars introduced this Summer have brought increased accidents, with May reporting 5,152 mishaps versus April's 4,707. Injuries included 627 boarding, 772 alighting, totaling 8,382 injured with 2,066 passengers and 622 workers. serious cases included 82 retirements, 15 skull fractures, 3 amputations, 41 broken limbs, and 101 other serious injuries.
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Public Service Commission
First Saratoga Gas Case Enters Legal Stage
Saratoga N Y June 19 the Citizens Committee through attorney Winsor B French filed affidavits with Police Magistrate Andrus alleging the Natural Carbonic Acid Gas Company pumped gas from wells in violation of a new protective law. The committee seeks a summons against officers and stockholders for a misdemeanor and Andrus promised a ruling tomorrow on issuing one.
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New York Times
Saratoga
N. Y
Saratoga Springs
Citizens’ Committee
Winsor B. French
Andrus
Prohibition Now In North Carolina From Jan 1909
Gov. Glenn signed the proclamation making prohibition effective January 1, 1909 in Raleigh amid imposing ceremonies.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Gov
Glenn
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