Arrest in Sigel murder case tied to Chu Hop claim
Authorities arrest a Chinese man at 22 South Centre Street who claimed to be Chu Hop tying him to the missing Chinaman in New York. He contradicted himself about work, residence, and knowledge of the Mott Street mission, while two New York locals corroborated his identity as Chu Hop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaon
Leon
Chinaman
Chu Hop
Pell Street
New York
Bayard Street
Chu Hoy
Chu Wu
Rere
Sigel
Mott Street
Lew Bo Foo
Charlie Lee
van Dusen
Coney
South Centre Street
Rynex
South Centre
Plot Against White Women Revealed in Chinese Letter
Washington on June 21 reports a letter from New York by Mr Sam Wing at 85 Bayard Street to Chinaman Leung Lin alias William L Leon. The note, translated in Baltimore and New York, outlines a plot to evade authorities and frame the murder of Miss Elsie Sigel on white women. Police expect arrests of several Chinese men and a broader conspiracy to be uncovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
New York
Sam Wing
Bayard Street
William S. Leon
Elsie Sigel
Central Office
Howlett
Baltimore
Inspector McCafferty
National Hotel
Leon Ling
William Lone
Leon
Ling
Sam Winz
Woods
Enaoy
Poe
Cating
Woodlawn
Co. H. J. Erdenbrecker
Third Avenue
Franz Sigel
Morning Star Mission
Doyers Street
Fung Y ¥. Mow
Chinatown
Fung Mow
Chu Gain
McGrath
West 152d Street
Miss Bigel
Wadsworth Avenue
Ing
Fort George
Sigel
Lieut
Witnesses link Leon Ling to Elsie Sigel murder case
New witness places Leon Ling and Chong Sing at the Eighth Avenue chop suey house on the morning of June 9, where Elsie Sigel's body was found in a trunk. Police question Sun Leung as an accomplice and study a Chinese language letter tying Ling to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Ling
Chong Sing
Eighth Avenue Chop
Eighth Avenue House
Eighth Avenue
Chinatown
Air Avenue Place
Sun Leung
Chong Ling
Harburger
Elsie
Mr. Sigel
Hilsie
Chu
Woman in tenement explains telegram loan to restaurant owner
Mrs. Nellie Hill of 819 South First Street Williamsburg says she sent a March telegram to Lun Leung, owner of a Chinese restaurant, asking for money. She claims she repaid the loan, had no contact with Elsie Sigel or the accused, and does not know how the telegram reached police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Ling
Nellie Hill
South First Street
Williamsburg
Lun Leung
Eighth Avenue House
Mrs. Hill
Elsié Sigel
Leung
China aids in the search for Elsie Sigel murderers
The Chinese Government issued orders from the Legation in Washington directing consuls across the United States to assist in arresting the killers of Elsie Sigel. Consuls General in New York and San Francisco are urged to be vigilant, showing China’s regret over the tragedy and highlighting crimes by Chinese against Americans are rare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elsie Sigel
United States
New York
San Francisco
America
Legation
Many Chinamen Arrested in Nationwide Suspect Sweep
Across the country police detained men resembling Leon Ling and Chong Sing, suspects in the Elsie Sigel murder. Autobiographical misidentifications and rapid releases followed, with arrests from New York to Indiana and Maryland to New Jersey, including several Japanese men mistaken for the suspects.
Raid on Chinatown laundry nets six suspects in Sigel case
Brooklyn detectives raided a Chinese laundry at 146 Hoyt Street arresting three Chinese men and three young women amid a crowd. suspects include Mong Kee Lou Toy Hong Kong and Rose Bennett May Bennett and Ruth Lafayette. Detectives had watched the group visit several laundries after following rumors of the Sigel murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt Street
Brooklyn
Sigel
Butler Street
City and
Doyle
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Mong Kee
Lou Toy
Hong Kong
Rose Bennett
Fifth Avenue
May Bennett
Ruth Lafayette
Hicks Street
Atlantic Avenue
Daly
Hines
Staton
Prioners
Chinatown Arrests and Bail Hearing At Adams Street Court
Six Chinamen were brought to Adams Street Court where Magistrate Tighe set bail at $1,900 for one for tomorrow's examination while two others were discharged. a mob followed the prisoners to Police Headquarters. The young women faced further examination tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patr N
Adams Street
Tighe
Theoung
Demand Bonaparte secret in Perrin case reviewed
Washington officials report the Senate Judiciary Committee demands all Justice Department records on Dr. E Perrin of Williams Arizona a conspiracy to defraud the Government case in California timber lands. Attorney General Bonaparte had sealed materials and William Wickersham refuses to override the seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wickersham
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Senate
Department of Justice
E. Perrin
Williams
Arizona
California
Bonaparte
W. J. Burns
Roosevelt
Perrin
Devlin
Fight Over Higgins Estate Heads to Surrogate Court
The Higgin s will dispute before Surrogate Ketcham in Brooklyn on June 30 centers on whether Thomas C. Higgins left most of his estate to his widow, with his son Dr. Edwin E. Higgins and granddaughters Edith and Mary Cooke contesting the 1902 and 1906 wills and alleged revocation. The estate, once valued at more, is now said to be around 10 000 in stocks and bonds with transfers recorded to Mrs Gertrude Higgins and various firms since 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Higgins
Brooklyn
Times
Gertrude S. Higgins
Higgins
Edwin E. Higgins
Edith M. Cooke
Mary H. Cooke
Register
Gertrude&. Higgins
George P. Hunter
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Abels- Gold Realty Company
Brooklyn Trust Company
Hughes Thanks Commission For Securities Inquiry
Governor Hughes sent letters to each member of the commission that examined speculation in securities and commodities praising their diligent, impartial work and public spirit in the inquiry. He listed members Horace White Charles A. Schieren David Leventritt Clark Williams John B. Clark Willard V. King Samuel H. Ordway Edward D. Page and Charles Sprague Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Gov. Hughes
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Horace White
Charles A. Schieren
David Leventritt
Clark Williams
John B. Clark
Willard V. King
Samuel H. Ordway
Edward D. Page
Charles Sprague Smith
Fight on food law by strong concerns threatens ruling
A suit to set aside the pure food law will be filed in the DC Supreme Court against Secretary Wilson by Hipolite Egg Co. and backed by the Beef Trust. The complaint seeks an injunction, arguing the law exceeds constitutional power and damages the plaintiff’s business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
James Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Hipolite Egg Company
St. Louis Corporation
Beef Trust
Charles Summers
St. Louis
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Peoria
Ill
Bureau of Chemistry
Summers
Hipolite
Congress
Egg Company
District of Columbia
Territories
Magistrate Reprimands Frost For Bright Car Lamps
Frank A. Frost of Birmingham, N J , was brought before Magistrate Barlow in Night Court on charges of frightening horses by using too bright acetylene lamps in his touring car. After Magistrate Barlow viewed the lamps, Frost was dismissed with a reprimand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Frost
Birmingham
Barlow
Bernard
Frost
Broadway
Mr. Frost
Kuhne Remittitur Reaches Brooklyn in Contempt Case
The remittitur in Acting Captain Kuhne of the Brooklyn Detective Bureau case has arrived from Albany. Kuhne’s 30 day jail sentence for contempt of court was upheld by the Court of Appeals and may be executed today or tomorrow. Stephen C. Baldwin received the remittitur yesterday afternoon and prepared the papers for the Appellate Division, which was too busy to act then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuhne
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Court of Appeals
Brooklyn
Albany
Kahne
Stephen C. Baldwin
Baldwin
Appellate Division
Cleveland Democracy Meeting Urges Reform and Unity
About 100 people attended a Cleveland Democracy meeting at 272 West 125th Street with William B. Selden presiding. Resolutions urged all citizens to rally under the union banner and support direct primaries, improved transit, and ousting Tammany Hall’s administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Democracy
West 125Th Street
William B. Selden
Union
Tammany Hall
Ice Wagon Runaway Storms Streets of New York
An ice wagon team driven by James Peutjel burst from a Clare mont Avenue scene after a blast, rolling seven blocks with no driver. It toppled a Street Cleaning wagon and scraped a grocer’s wagon near 125th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, killing a horse and injuring a meat wagon horse. Police pinned the runaway at West 125th Street.
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Claremont Avenue
119Th Street
125Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Columbia University
David Hertzog
James Peutjel
Concord Avenue
Department B
American Ice Company
Fifty-second Street
East River
Broadway
Policenie Wolff
West 125Th Street Stoon
Rush of Objections to Taft Tax Plan
Objections mount to President Taft's proposed corporation tax plan as officials and senators debate revenue estimates and the impact of publicity provisions. Officials express uncertainty on bondholdings and income tax legality, while tariff debates continue with party loyalties and potential adjournment timing discussed. Senator Daniel attacks Bryan while signaling support for future duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Warren
Page
Daniel
Senate
House
Aldrich
New England
Bryan
Hughes Denies Bassett Removal Over Subway Stance
Albany June 21 Gov Hughes rejects request by the Fourth Avenue Subway Association of Brooklyn to remove Edward M Bassett from the Public Service Commission First District The Governor affirms Bassett s efficiency and integrity and says he respects the community s views while favoring rapid transit extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Gov. Hughes
Robert H. Fuller
Fourth Avenue Subway Association
Brooklyn
Edward M. Bassett
Public Service Commission
First District
Bassett
Fourth Avenue
Newsboy Communication Read in Senate for First Time
In Washington on June 21 a communication from a newsboy was read in open session, presented by Arthur Prague of the Kane Newsboys' Association. The message expressed regret at the death of Rev. Edward Everett Hale and was requested for reading to the Senate by Senator Piles of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Arthur Prague
Kane Newsboys’ Association
Edward Everett Hale
Piles
Congressional
Garment Strike Expands with Six Unions Involved
Strikes in small garment trades grow as six unions join the action. Involved groups include the Unbasted Children's Jacket Makers Union of Manhattan, the Children's Jacket Makers Union of Brooklyn and Brownsville, and the Buttonhole Makers' unions, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dren's
Matan
Children's Jacket Makers
U of Brooklyn
Brownsville
Ers
Independent
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Port Arthur
Mott
Miss Sigel
Phose
Mott’ Street
Leung Sun
Ch Gain
Ghu Gain
Poe Leon Ling
Paul Sigel
Nellie
Barrett, Hephens & Co
Old
Staten Island
Sens Gentity
West
Beesch Stores As
China
McManus
Tremont Avenue
177Th Street
Boston Road
Mashahi Kobayashi
Wyse Avenue
Bronx
Jun Ling
Elizabethport
N. J
Jersey City
Lieut. McMullin
C Street
Ting
Union Station
Howard House
Morristown
George Lee Kin
Mishawaka
Ind
Chicago
West Binghamton
Dora Levin
Josie Suey
Louis Suey
Suey
Lucy
Capt. Post
Post
Blater
Senate Committee
Charles J. Bonaparte
E. B. Perrin
Hughes
Formulsz
Dusal, Chemical CO
29Th St
Magistrate
Cleveland Democracy Meeting
MADEN
France
Taft
Eee Depnaene
Bureau of Corporations
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Corporation Men
White House
Supreme Court
Senate Old Guard
Spreckels
Havana
Robert Burns
HAT Stores
Chambers St
Twenty-ninth St
Thirty-seventh St
Fortieth St
Nassau St
Ann St
East 23d St
Fourth Av
Fulton St
Boston
Philadelphia
Schrafft
Schrafft’s Chocolates
Schrafft's Candy Shops
West 23d Street
West 34Th Street
37Th Street
Zephyr
Perry M’f'g. Co
Park Row
Cortlandt
Citscular
Brooklyn Subway Association
Newsboy
38Th Street
29Th Street
Canal Street
Fulton A
Fulton Street
Smith Ses
Oxford
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