Thaw murder case notes and family visits at Tombs
Details of Harry Thaw and wife Mrs. Thaw as they navigate court actions and public scrutiny. Josiah Thaw joins them at the Tombs amid visits, debates over insanity pleas, and preparations for grand jury testimony.
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Thaw
Harry Thaw
Josiah C. Thaw
Pittsburg
Harry
Madison Square Garden
White
Flynn
Criminal Courts
Tenderloin
Olcott
Burr McIntosh
Bedford
Nellie Leahy
Café Martin
Telephone Sales Pitch for Safety Systems Co
An ad urges readers to call 21 Franklin to request a visit from a system salesman who will explain labor saving office systems. It cites Safety Systems Co with a factory in New York.
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Franklin
Safety Systems CO
New York
Funeral for Stanford White Moves to St James Church
The burial service for Stanford White will be held at St James Episcopal Church St James L I with no pallbearers. A single service precedes burial at the Episcopal cemetery in St James. Mr White's son announced the change at Gra mercy Square noting only a few hundred personal friends will attend. A special train will transport the funeral party to St James.
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Thirty-fourth Street
White
St. James Church
Mr. Holden
New York
St. Bartholomew’s Church
St. Bartholomew's Church
Stanford White
St. James Episcopal Church
St. James, L. I
Mr. White
Episcopal
St. James
Gramercy Square
White House
France
Miss Nesbit Flight Revealed in Thaw Affair
The episode details Evelyn Nesbit fleeing Harry Thaw in New York two years ago. A Pittsburgh man, once Nesbit’s friend, shelters her after she hides a jewelry collection worth about 50 000 dollars. Detectives pursue, Nesbit evades, and she later appears with Thaw again.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Evelyn, Nesbit
Thaw
Pittsburg
Evelyn Nesbit
Harry
Grand
Evelyn
Rey
Miss Nesbit
Thaw Annuity Cut to 2400 A Year By Will Codicil
William Thaw reduced Harry Kendall Thaw’s share to a 2400 dollar annual income held in trust for minority and life, with executors to decide future disbursements. His mother has funded his needs, while Harry hails from a $70,000 yearly potential under the original split.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
William Thaw
Harry Kendall Thaw
Harry
Thaw
Harry Kendall
Harry Thaw
Watson may aid thaw security case in Pittsburgh
Government's attorney in the securities case, David T. Wat, was asked to act, with reports from Pittsburgh dated June 27 stating consideration of his involvement to assist in the proceeding.
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Pittsburg
David T. Wat
When Sleep Fails Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate Ad
Advertisement text promotes Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a sleep aid. It suggests mixing half a teaspoon in half a glass of water and taking it before retiring to achieve refreshing sleep.
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Horsford
Watson Likely to Lead Thaw Defense in White Case
A Pittsburgh figure who represented the U.S. government in the Northern Securities case may play a major role in defending Harry K. Thaw in the Stanford White murder trial. Watson, now in London, is sought to meet Mrs. Thaw and may sail to join the defense. Two Pittsburgh detective agencies have been retained to work with Thaw's New York attorneys.
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United States
Northern Securities
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Mr. Watson
London
England
William Thaw
New York
Young Thaw
Prisoners Seized by Strikers Force at Harrison on the Sound
Supervisor Henry C. Merritt of Tuckahoe, contract holder for the New York and Port Chester Railway, was ambushed by Italian workers in Harrison on the Sound. After three hours in captivity, he escaped with a ruse and summoned Sheriff Merritt. A rescue by a pursuing carload of deputies led to the capture of three ringleaders, jailed in White Plains on riot charges.
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Flynn
Thaw
Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge
Henry C. Merritt
Tuckahoe
New York and
Port Chester
Harrison-on-the-Sound
Sheriff Merritt
Merritt
Harrison
White Plains
Harvard Student Drowns at Lake Quinzigamond Dam
Worcester reports Charles Stevens a Harvard junior drowned after cramps while bathing at the Quinzigamond dam this afternoon. Teammate J. C. Morse, Harvard tennis captain, was present.
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Worcester
Mass
Charles Stevens
Harvard University
Lake
Quinzigamond
J. C. Morse
Harvard
Italian steamer Vincenzo Bonanno floated after grounding
Fire Island report says the Vincenzo Bonanno went ashore ten days ago and was floated at 9:30 tonight. The vessel appeared in good condition and not leaking as Merritt tugs towed her back to New York.
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Fire Island
Vincenzo Bonanno
Merritt
New York
Dr Sylvester J McNamara jailed after Coney Island pen clash
A dispute aboard a Bath Beach to Coney Island train led Dr Sylvester J McNamara to be confined at Coney Island Police Station. He refused to pay extra fare to exit the station prompting a brawl in which a ticket taker and a Brooklyn Rapid Transit officer were involved before Sergeant Hammond ordered the doctor jailed. Proceedings for arraignment were planned for today.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Coney Island
Sylvester J. McNamara
McNamara
Bath Beach
Twenty-second Avenue
Charles Malone
Malone
Michael Kenny
Hold Up Near City Hall Cha rged as Highway Robbery
A well dressed man was attacked near City Hall Park as crowds headed to Brooklyn and Coney Island. Police chased and captured a suspect at Greenwich and Murray Streets. victim George Lawless of 377 Greenwich Street identified Walter Nelson of the Windsor Hotel Bowery as his assailant. Nelson faced charges of assault and highway robbery.
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City Hall Park
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Chemical National Bank
Chambers Street
Gleason
Broadway
Greenwich
Murray Streets
West Broadway
George Lawless
Greenwich Street
Leonard Street
Walter Nelson
Windsor Hotel
Bowery
Itn
Gardner Reports Favorable Eight-Hour Bill in Committee
Chairman Gardner of the House Labor Committee filed a favorable report on the Eight-hour bill. The measure is not expected to be considered by the House this session.
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Washington
Gardner
House Committee On Labor Today
House
Yesterday's Fires Reported Across City Blocks
A sequence of fires with numerous incidents listed by time and location. Repeated entries show damages ranging from trifling to thousands, including addresses on East Twenty-ninth Street Second Avenue West Sixty-sixth Street and more, with several owners unnamed.
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A. Meyers
Henry Street
Meyer Rosen
Third Avenue
Mary
East Twenty-ninth Street
William A. Pigano
West
107Th Street
Herman Krakew
Sixty-sixth Street
James B. Duke
Second Avenue
Louis Lenmark
Sixty-ninth Street
Ninth Avenue
L. Goldberg
Kaplan
East 100Th Street
Louis
Eldridge Street
Samuel Jacobs
Spring Street
M. Hanson
Clinton Street
Barnet Granowitz
East Sixth Street
Seigel Brothers
158Th Street
Sheridan Avenue
Tve
York Central Railroad
Rivington Street
S. Greenburg
East Fifty-fifth Street
West Seventeenth Street
I. Ene
Elizabeth Street
A. Golding
West Broadway
Joseph
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Bat ’* Masterson
Masterson
Nott
Mr. Nott
Hamilton
Bridge of Sighs
Garvan
Terence J. McManus
Dr. MacDonald
Dr. Flint
Newport
Yellowstone Park
Dr. Hamilton
Delafield
George Carnegie
Clifford B. Partridge
W. R. Wharton
Aeolian Hall
Aeolian Co
34Th St
Ystem
Arrett, Nephews & Co
Staten Island
Madison Ave
Watson
sAgent
Dey Street
New Haven, Conn
Cortlandt ST
Bet
On McNamara
Coney—Locked Up
City Hall
Engineer
Adele Ritchie
LEO I. Meinhard CO
B’way
Iatsunen
Barnega
Ezy
Henry Holmes & Son
Troy, N. Y
Yonge Street
Toronto
Canada
U.S
Sozodon
Trovsee
Barra
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