Gaskill's Diary Reveals a Life of Stock Forgeries
Special to The New York Times from Philadelphia reports Benjamin H. Gaskill, broker behind the City Trust, Safe Deposit and Surety Company forgeries, kept a diary of his crimes and alcohol driven downfall. It notes his sober remorse and that drunk brilliance fueled the frauds before his death. He describes starting with a single certificate manipulation, escalating to larger forgeries, and vow to quit drinking after losses.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Benjamin H. Gaskill
City Trust, Safe Deposit and Surety Company
E. George Gaskill
Catherine Street
George Gaskill
Bright
Gaskill
George
Ben Gaskill
Ben. Gaskill
Ben
Stock Exchange
Princeton
Warthman. Provision Company
Warthman. Company
Samuel P. Rotan
Bax
Train Robber Foiled Near Puyallup on North Coast Limited
A lone bandit tried to rob the North Coast Limited three miles west of Puyallup Washington. He boarded at Puyallup, fired at Brakeman Harkins, and fled into the brush after the engineer refused to stop near a trackside fire.
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Harkins
Grand Army Elects New Jersey Commander
Capt. Charles Curie of Paterson was unanimously elected today to succeed James M. Atwood as Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic Department of New Jersey by the State Encampment in Trenton. Senior Vice Commander Josiah F. Kirkbridge and Junior Vice Commander J Newton Tyrell were named along with other officers.
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Grand Army
New Jersey
Trenton
Charles Curie
Paterson
James M. Atwood
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of New Jersey
Josiah F. Kirkbridge
Child Drudgery in Chicago Tackles Servant System
Chicago reports a virtual child slavery practice where under fourteen year olds are farmed out to households to fix the servant girl problem. Superintendent Bodine cites ten recent cases and says hundreds of children from institutions may be drudging as unpaid servants without schooling.
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Chicago
Department of Compulsory Education
W. JL. Bodine
Ottilie Krosnick
Frindiville
Murderer Totterman Seeks Commutation for NYC Murder
Albany June 23. Gov Higgins pressed to commute Emil Totterman’s death sentence for the Sarah Martin murder of Dec 19 1903. Totterman’s Navy record including three bravery medals impressed the Governor.Counsel Frederick E Goldsmith argued the crime occurred under liquor influence.
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Albany
Higgins
Emil Totterman
Sarah Martin
New York City
Totterman
United States Navy
Prison for Freeholders in New Jersey Courts
Judge Scott in Paterson Sessions Court sentenced Freeholder Charles Newman of Little Falls and Freeholder Albert C. Mickler of Manchester to one year in State prison for high misdemeanors. Newman sold old planking from roads and bridges and kept the money. Mickler raised service bills from $25 to $55. Writs of error stay their prison terms pending review.
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Paterson
Scott
Charles Newman
Little Falls Township
Albert C. Mickler
Manchester Township
Newman
Last Night of Camp for Twenty second Regiment
The last night of the Twenty second Regiment in camp and the camp itself was filled with visiting and enjoyment. Ex Congress man Cornelius A. Pugsley and Capt John F. Luther of the Old Guard attended events. West Point Engineers marched through the streets and Company F held a bachelor dinner by Julius Tobias as he prepares to wed in September.
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New York
Tims Peekskill
Twenty-second Regiment
Cornelius A. Pugsley
John F. Luther
Old Guard
West Point Engineers
West Point
Julius Tobias
Steamers City of Rome and Linden Sink After Collision
Detroit reports two Linden crew members drowned, the cook and his wife, as both wooden steamers City of Rome and Linden collided in the St. Clair River opposite Tashmoo Park. City of Rome sank with ore cargo. Linden sank near Russell Island after the hull broke away and the captain drifted downstream.
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Detroit
Mich
City of Rome
Linden
St. Clair River
Tashmoo Park
Cook
City of
Rome
Russell Island
Buckner Buys New Orleans Railway Bonds for 10 Million
United States District Court Judge Lanning confirms the sale to Mortimer N. Buckner of New York City of 21,652,300 in bonds and certificates of the New Orleans Railway Company. Buckner paid 10,000,000 for the property, above the minimum value advised by Special Master and Receiver Elvin C Foster.
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New York Times
Trenton
United States District Court
Lanning
Mortimer N. Buckner
New York City
New Orleans Railway Company
Buckner
Elvin C Foster
Daly is expelled from Yale for cheating scandal in philosophy
Cornelius E. Daly, No. 2 oarsman on Yale's Varsity eight, is dismissed by the Faculty for cheating on a philosophy exam in New London. Ortmayer replaces him in the boat, marking Yale rowing's first such senior incident.
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New Haven, Conn
Cornelius E. Daly
Yale
Yale University
New London
Daly
Ortmayer
Farr
Gales Ferry
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr
Julian W. Curtiss
Fac
Harvard Varsity and Freshman Eights Row to Navy Practice
The Harvard Varsity and freshman eight crews joined for an afternoon practice at Gale's Ferry Conn. on June 23, rowing toward the Naval training area. The session featured mixed crews and focused on endurance and technique ahead of upcoming regattas.
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Red Top
Gale's Ferry
Conn
Harvard
Navy
Boy Injures Woman with Cat Shaped Wood in Street
Mrs Prudence Grader aged sixty seven of 220 East Sixty fifth Street was taken to Presbyterian Hospital with concussion and possible skull fracture after a group of boys playing struck her with a tip cat a wood block. Frank Olleio aged seventeen of 252 East Sixty fifth Street was arrested on assault charges.
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Prudence Grader
East Sixty-fifth Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Frank Olleio
SUBSTITUTE STENOGRAPHERS FOR VACATIONS
The Smith Premier Typewriter Co offers stenographers and typewriters for summer vacancies. They provide all grades of stenographers for all machines and invite businesses to call with their salary offers. Telephone 1776 Franklin, 339 Broadway, New York.
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Telephone
Franklin
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co
Broadway
New York
Rev Dr Grant Called to Wyoming Church in Cincinnati
The Wyoming Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati extended a call to Rev Dr John Grant of New York to succeed Rev Dr John Horton. Dr Grant will assume his new charge on August 1.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Wyoming Presbyterian Church Today
John Grant
New York
John Horton
Grant
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