Firebug syndicate chief arrested after 300 city fires
A youth known as Issy the Painter is jailed as the alleged leader of a firebug syndicate blamed for hundreds of arson fires. Police also arrest Samuel and Augusta Gold after a blaze at their East 118th Street tenement. Fire Marshal Prial cites profits from arson and a 25 to 50 dollar starting fee.
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East Side
East 126Th Street
Isadore Steinreutzer
Kid Twist, Jr
Issy Stein
Issy the Painter
East 118Th Street
Issy
Samuel
Augusta Gold
Steinreutzer
Prial
Golds
North British and Mercantile Fire Insurance Company
Roelker
Wade
de Malignon
Howe
Brooklyn
Appleton
Harlem
Gold
Ninth Street
Gold Flat
Boelker
Third Avenue
118Th Street
Johnson
Teen arson arrest linked to Fifth Avenue tenement fires
Detectives say 16 year old Arthur Tunn Regro confessed to starting small fires in a cellar of a Negro tenement at 2190 Fifth Avenue. He had been seen in the house before each blaze and was arrested at his home 130 West 134th Street after hours of questioning at East 126th Street station. He reportedly sought revenge against tenants who nicknamed him Jailbird since his reformatory commitment on Hart's Island for arson.
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Fifth Avenue
Arthur Tunn
Regro
West 134Th Street
East 126Th Street
Reformatory
Hart's Island
Lesster Will Admitted In Probate Amid Attorneys Row
Surrogate Cohalan signed a decree admitting the contested William C. Lesster will to probate with consent from contestant William C. Lesster III, grandson of the testator. The decree reserves a possible reopening if appeals court upholds substitution of Lynch lawyers for Gridley, amid a prior lien dispute.
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Cohalan
William C. Lesster
Court of Appeals
D. E
J. F. Lynch
Willis T. Gridley
Mr. Lesster
Grace
Deer at Large in Bronx River Sparks Police Report
Patrolman Foster said he shot a deer near Fleetwood Avenue in the Bronx River. He dragged the carcass to the bank, but it disappeared when he returned after about half an hour. Residents report two weeks of damage to fruit trees and gardens. Likely escaped from William Rockefeller’s Scarborough-on-the-Hudson preserve.
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Foster
Bronx River
Fleetwood Avenue
William Rockefeller
Scarborough-on-the-Hudson
Johnson Indicted Over Diamond Necklace Smuggling
Chicago June 21 Jack Johnson the heavyweight champion and his wife Etta were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury for smuggling a diamond necklace bought abroad. The necklace valued at 3000 dollars plus penalties brings due 6000 dollars. He may post bond in Las Vegas and will return to Chicago after the Fourth to face the indictment.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Etta Johnson
Johnson-Flynn
Las Vegas
Geo
Tent Services To Begin At Historic Evangel Tent
The undenominational Evangel tent between West 124th and 125th Streets and Morningside and Amsterdam Avenues opens tomorrow with services at 4 and 8 PM. Known as the Mother Tent for a 33 year history, it hosted vast Gospel campaigns under D. L. Moody. Rev. G. W. MacPherson of Yonkers directs operations. Fred T. Hopkins serves as treasurer. Opening campaign led by Rev. Henry Ostrom of Indiana with assistance from Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell of Chicago who will sing.
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Evangel
West 124Th
125Th Streets
Morningside
Amsterdam Avenues
D. L. Moody
Northfield
Mr. Moody
Indiana
Mrs. Rockwell
Chicago
Ida Straus Estate Seeks Administration After Titanic Loss
Application for letters of administration filed in Surrogate Cohalan to divide Mrs Ida Straus estate valued at 260000 in personal property. She left no will so shares go to sons Jesse Isidor Percy S and Herbert N Straus and daughters Minnie Weil Sarah Hess Vivian Schefel. Affidavits from Titanic survivors Ellen Bird and A Bjornston Steffanson accompany the petition.
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Ida Straus
Isidor Straus
Cohalan
Straus
Sarah Hess
Minnie Weil
Vivian Schefel
Ellen Bird
A. Bjornston Steffanson
Carpathia
Strauses
Robin in Court Again Over Morris Park Deal
Joseph G. Robin, in the Tombs awaiting sentence, argued in his own defense in a Supreme Court accounting suit brought by Anthony Stump and associates. Stump says he lent $10 000 in 1905 to buy Morris Park Race Track in the Bronx and Robin was to repay from profits. The complaint claims Robin sold the property to Fidelity Development Company for 800 000 in shares and made no payments.
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Joseph G. Robin
Gerard
Supreme Court
Anthony Stump
James M. Gifford
Frederick K. Morris
Fidelity Development Company
Robin
Morris Park
Bronx
Stump
Robin Ae
Girls' Summer School Opens at YWCA Branch
The Central Branch of the YWCA at 7 East Fifteenth Street opens its free Summer school next Monday evening with an entertainment featuring Mrs. Minnie Marshall Smith and the Lotus Glee Club. Classes cover gymnastics, floremaking, embroidery, shirtwaistmaking, millinery, singing, and elocution, part of a 27 year tradition to aid working girls.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
East Fifteenth Street
Minnie Marshall Smith
Lotus Glee Club
Russian exile visits Cooper Union rally for socialist cause
More than 3,000 Socialists at Cooper Union welcomed Gregory Bellousoff, a former Russian Duma member who escaped Siberia. Morris Hillquit, Nikolai Aleinikoff, and Ludwig Lore spoke on solidarity, oppression, and a future Russian regime, with Bellousoff planning a North American tour to fund the socialist movement.
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Cooper Union
Gregory Bellousoff
Duma
Siberia
Morris Hillquit
Hillquit
Bellousoff
Russia
Beilousoff
America
Nikolai Aleinikoff
Socialist Party
New York
Lawrence
Ludwig Lore
P'Gregory Bellousoff
United States
Canada
New York Academy of Public Education Formed
The certificate of incorporation was signed by Supreme Court Justice Glegerich on behalf of John Whalen. The aim is to promote and consider the interests of a public education system in the city. Incorporators include James C. Byrnes George S. Davis Stephen P. Duggan Charles A. Downer Lewis E. Mott John R. Simms William I. Felter Henry E. Jenkins James N. Kieran William J. O'Shea Joseph H. Wade Gustave Hecks gemaninkia Associate City Superintendent.
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New York Academy of Public Education
Supreme Court
Glegerich
John Whalen
Broadway
James C. Byrnes
Board of Education
George 8. Davis
The
Normal College
Stephen P. Duggan
Charles A. Downer
Lewis E. Mott
John R. Simms
City College
William I. Felter
Girl’s High School
Brooklyn
Henry E. Jenkins
James N. Kieran
the Normal College
William J. O’shea
Joseph H. Wade
Gustave Eects Gemaninkia
Mrs Law Wins Breach of Promise Suit for $500
Mrs Catherine Frances Law, a 60 year old real estate operator, sued ex Alderman Samuel R Myers of Brooklyn for $30000. The jury verdict delivered to Justice Blackmar in Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday awards her $500. The suit covers events from 1902 to 1905 including letters and social visits.
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Catherine Frances Law
Samuel R. Myers
Brooklyn
Justice Blackmar
Supreme Court
Myers
Near Drowning on Bridge Electrians Save Friend
James Mills and William F. Whaley, both electricians for the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad, were on a catenary bridge when Whaley contacted a 2000 volt feed. Mills leaped to aid, was shocked, suffered burns on multiple areas, and both men were taken to hospital after being lowered from the bridge.
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The
New York Times
New Rochelle
N. Y
James Mills
William F. Whaley
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Whaley
Mills
Fortuna Delivers Bananas After Turbulent Voyage From Cuba
The Portuguese steamship Fortuna arrived at Pier 1 with a cargo of bananas after severe storms. Fireman was lost overboard during the voyage from Baracoa and engine trouble hampered maneuvers. A loose Cuban bull named Ricardo caused chaos aboard, but longshoremen and crew eventually stabilized the ship as bananas were readied for discharge.
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Baracoa
Cuba
Fortuna
Pier 1
Juan Montiera
Ricardo
Icardo
Inez
Mercedes
Custody Battle Over Child Heard In Court
Mortgage broker Richard Van Wyke Thorne sues for custody of his young son from his ex wife Sybella Pope now married to Charles Pope. Thorne asserts Pope abandoned the child to her aunt Cornelia Scott while Pope works as an actress. Attorney Warren Leslie says the court will consider the full character of both parents before deciding custody.
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Warren Leslie
Richard van Wyke Thorne
Broadway
Sybella Pope
Charles H. Pope
Worth Street
Thorne
Court Attacks Ryan Over Witness Conduct in Sullivan Case
Supreme Court Justice Goff criticized Patrick Ryan head of Ryan- Parker Construction for evading questions and altering testimony in the Sullivan case examination. The judge said his conduct showed efforts to obstruct the examination but found no sufficient grounds to hold him in contempt under the statute.
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Supreme Court
Goff
Patrick Ryan
Ryan- Parker Construction Company
Sullivan
Ryan
Longest Day of the Year Passes
Yesterday marked the longest day with sunrise at 4 28 and sunset at 7 34 giving 14 hours notations of daylight. The day was 60 seconds longer than any other day this year and daylight will shorten each day as nights grow longer until December 21.
More Killed In Street Accidente May Reported
Thirty three persons were killed on the railroad and street cars of the city in May according to a return made to the Public Service Commission. This is an increase of 5 over last year and 6 over May 1910. There was a great falling off in injuries not resulting in death with 164 this May versus 242 in 1911 and 232 in 1910. Accidents numbered 6462, up from 5997 in 1911 and 5086 in 1910.
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Public Service Commission
Pierce Charged With Fraud In Rycroft Judgment Case
Supreme Court Justice Brady reserved decision on Henry Clay Pierce’s bid to reopen his default in the suit where Alice G. Rycroft won $171,000. Rycroft accuses Pierce of mismanaging investments in bad faith while Pierce’s lawyers claim fraud by her representatives in obtaining the judgment. The case features dueling charges as ex-Judge Hatch seeks a jury trial and Stewart defends Rycroft’s position.
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Supreme Court
Brady
Henry Clay Pierce
Alice G. Rycroft
E. P. Hatch
Pierce
Police Captain Russell Retired Amid Disability Charges
Police Captain John H. Russell of the Rapelyea Street Station Brooklyn was retired by Commissioner Waldo for physical disability. Lieut. Bernard Kellaher was placed in temporary charge. Russell joined the force October 20, 1886 and held multiple ranks including Inspector in 1907. The Duffy case disclosures led to disciplinary changes and his final retirement followed a contested assignment dispute.
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John H. Russell
Rapelyea Street
Brooklyn
Waldo
Bernard Kellaher
Russell
Duffy
Gaynor
Supreme Court
Rogues
Cloak Makers
Uphold Priest Against Socialists in Brooklyn Ruling
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn yesterday upheld the lower courts in refusing to issue an arrest warrant for Rev. John L. Belford pastor of the Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity on Monroe Street near Classon Avenue. The Socialists had complained after Belford published an article denouncing them in the parish paper the Mentor.
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Supreme Court
Brooklyn
John L. Belford
Church of the Nativity
Monroe Street
Classon ‘Avenue
The
Mentor
1912 Chalmers 50 Touring Car For Sale
Five passenger touring car fully equipped with Jericho horn speedometer top windshield demountable rims two extra tires hand forged spoke wheels and rear in perfect condition with under 2000 miles for sale by J Ahlstrom located at 2000 Broadway contact number 6000ol.
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Chalmers
J. Ahlstrom
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Central Av
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Everett
Newarton St
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el. Willis Co
Chambers St
Ray
Automobile Exchange
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H. P
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Cole
Colt- Stratton Company
Houpt-Rockwell
Frank D. Garinger
Knox
Joseph Zimmerman
Throop Av
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Motor Finance Co
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64Th Bt
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E'dway
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Bank St
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Tel
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Healy
Dixie
Aeg
Inquire
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West List St
Curt Schmidt
Riverside
Packard
Onseo Fotlot Co
Green's
Apollo
Melville Clark Piano Co
Pierce Toy Tonneau
Abbott-Detroit Motor Company
Cor
Buick Motor Co
B’way
Bet
55Th
Pat
Fiat Automobile Co
Isotta
Knox Knox Automobile Company
Herreshoff
Automobile Supplies
Gwilliam CO
West Side
M.C.A
West 57Th 3
Autocar
Autocar Sales Co
West 19Th St
Chelsea
Albert
Universal Auto Painting Co
Toom
West 49Th ST
H. P. Grey
Maxwell's Boathouse
Riverside Av
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