Lawson Seeks Bryan Backing For Johnson Ticket
Thomas W. Lawson telegraphs William J. Bryan proposing a Johnson Bryan Presidential ticket with Bryan as Vice President. He pledges a campaign fund of 1 000 000 and states he would personally provide 500 000, aiming to undermine Roosevelt and rally Republican voters while urging Bryan to accept the nomination if needed. He stresses the need to counter Roosevelt's influence and promises to mobilize party support nationwide.
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New York Times
Thomas W. Lawson
William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Gov. Johnson
Mr. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Chicago
America
Claudius
Vanderbilt
Roosevelt
Bryan
Congress
Senate
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Handbooks and poolrooms targeted by New York police drive gamblers to move
The article describes Commissioner Bingham’s drive to disrupt gambling by shutting poolrooms and handbook operations in the Third Inspection District. It details raids on Sonny Smith’s Forty first Street room, the Gun Club on Sixth Avenue, and the Workingmen's Club, with police guards and long-term evictions. It notes shifts in locations, constant monitoring, and the gamblers’ belief that Bingham’s campaign will not ease.
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Evens
Gen. Bingham
Fourteenth Street
Forty-second Street
New York
Sonny” Smith
West Forty-first Street
Sonny
Outfitters
Third Inspection District
Sonny ’’ Smith
West Twentieth Street
Bingham
Forty-first Street
Workingmen's Club
Gun Club
Sixth Avenue
Inspec
Max Steinbruch
Sonny’ Smith
Workingmen’s Club
Seventh Avenue
Fortyfirst Street
Steinbruck
Twenty-ninth Street
Handbook
Coney Isind Jockey Club
Bryan Receives No Comment on Lawson Reposition Offer
Lincoln dispatch reports that I. M. Bryan has no answer to Thomas W. Lawson. A telephone read of the offer prompts the reply that Bryan has nothing to say to Lawson’s reposition. Bryan's friends indicate the offer lacks consideration from the candidate.
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New York Times
Lincoln, Neb
Bryan
Thomas W. Lawson
Mr. Lawson
Delay test betting case in Kings County court
Melville Collins was arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly accepting a verbal bet at Sheepshead Bay Race Track. A writ of habeas corpus was issued by Supreme Court Justice Bischoff to produce Collins, but the hearing was adjourned until Monday due to lack of DA representation.
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Melville Collins
John Rawls
Sheepshead Bay
Coney Island Jockey Club
Supreme Court
Bischoff
Collins
Capt
Barry
Davies
Stone & Auerbach
Spines Island Jockey Club
County of Kings
Imprisonment Challenge Sparks Coney Island Bail Hearing
Collins claims illegal detention under no court order or final decree. He faced Magistrate Geismar for alleged Penal Code 351 charge on a $500 bail. Writ of habeas corpus granted. Collins paroled to Capt. Barry Mulligan. Mulligan, Pinkerton detective, says he overheard a $5 bet on Hot Spur and saw money exchange with John Rawls.
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Collins
Geismar
Coney Island
James Mulligan
Barry
Mulligan
Pinkerton
John Rawls
Bingham Calls For Killing Lawyers To End Gambling
Commissioner Bingham, commenting on the race track gambling issue, said yesterday that if all the lawyers and judges were killed, then we would have justice. He made the remark after sending in the First Deputy Police Commissioner to address the situation.
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Bingham
Police chief orders strict enforcement at race tracks
Gen. Bingham instructs Commissioner Baker and Inspector Flood of Brooklyn to consult the Corporation Counsel on police duties at race tracks amid an injunction. He urges enforcement of the law and to coordinate actions against poolrooms, stating it is up to inspectors to shut any open rooms.
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Ryan
Walsh
Jefferson Market
Bingham
Johnnie Ryan
Handbook Men
Handbook
Missioner Baker
Flood
Brooklyn
Corporation Counsel’s Office
Pendleton
Gen. Bingham
Corporation Counsel's Office
Baker
Widow Seeks Control Of Dr MacKenzie Estate
After the death of Dr. James C. MacKenzie on Twenty second Street, his widow MacKenzie was named administratrix but a demand for the estate by the widow was refused. The prior divorce verdict against the husband was set aside, and Mrs Mackenzie and her children sought possession from housekeeper Mrs Rose Nussbaum, prompting Surrogate Beckett to consider a compelled appearance and account.
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James C. MacKenzie
Twenty-second Street
MacKenzie
James D. MacClelland
Col. MacClelland
Slashes His Old Boss in Atlantic City Plant Tragedy
Frank Wilson, an engineer at a lumber ice plant in Atlantic City, discharged worker George Logan. Logan returned that evening and slashed Wilson’s throat with a razor from behind. Wilson is in serious condition at the hospital. Logan is in custody.
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Atlantic City
Frank Wilson
George Logan
Logan
Wilson
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