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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
22
Two New Hampshire lunacy commissioners told a jury Thaw appeared rational and sane with no clear delusions. The day featured cross examination of witnesses, a threat of contempt for press coverage, and Thaw’s calming testimony amid a crowded courtroom.
The record notes a person with constitutional inferiority not necessarily insane, suggesting a line not clearly drawn. The court adjourned before cross examination finished, and Dr. Bancroft will be recalled at 10:30 this morning.
Evelyn Thaw left the Culhane camp early in the morning with a chauffeur driven party seen near Cha teaugay and Huntingdon and possibly toward Montreal. Jack Clifford, Thaw’s partner, said she planned to avoid the hearing fearing danger if summoned and that they canceled their New York appearance to spare her from testifying at the sanity inquiry.
Harry Kauffman of Paterson was fined 1000 by Judge Knight in Newark for sending threatening letters to Miss Norma Kopp and her sisters after a car collision on July 3. Handwriting tests tied the letters to Kauffman. a later verdict followed the July 4 incident and prior fines for related acts.
Emil Gruening died May 30 2014 leaving a net estate of 72 appraised by the state. widow Phoebe Gruening receives the home at 36 East Fifty-seventh Street valued at 100000 and a life estate in the residue valued at 174550. Rose B Gruening sister receives a life income from 20004. Children Rose B Mary L Martha and Ernest S Gruening and Mrs Clara G Stillman each receive 20000 outright and one fifth remainder interests in trusts for widow and sister. Colonel S G Lewis friend receives 1 Remington watercolor Troop A appraised at 100. Assets include stocks and bonds 233059 residence 50180 mortgages 14008 pictures 250 and patient accounts 1017.
Julius Saul founder of New York department stores died December 15 2014. Appraisal filed shows net estate 2518200. Remainder to granddaughter Elka Lewi and Saul children Jester Philip Rose Lew. Bequests include 2500 Montefiore Home and 40 to several charities. Real estate listed: 48 West Eighty seventh Street 9250 000 129 0265 River Street Troy NY 39000 51 58 Pearl Street Albany NY 127000 life insurance 300055
About 100 patients at the Montefiore Home County Sanitarium for Consumptives in Bedford Hills New York revolted against new rules under Dr Louis Shalet including no patient leaving without a permit. Police ejected five leaders led to the railroad station as the strike spread with refusals to take temperatures and a hunger protest. Town officials funded carfare for some exiters while others returned or found lodging.
Charles Nelson Bell husband of actress Adele Ritchie pleaded non vit to assault on George Steel. Judge Osborne sentenced him in the Court of Common Pleas at Newark to three years probation and a fine of 2 dollars weekly. Bell had been indicted for hiring two men to beat Steel after a quarrel in a Newark saloon on July 1.
Abram J. Elkus will speak tonight at 52 Second Avenue on American Citizenship. Nicholas Arnstein was sentenced to Sing Sing for a two year ten month to three year term after swindle involving $15,000 from William E. Shinks of Springfield Massachusetts. His lawyers seek a certificate of reasonable doubt. A near side stop ordinance cutting surface car service for nine months reduced accidents by 4790 compared with the prior period as implied by a state safety report.
In San Francisco a Federal Grand Jury investigated alleged Allied recruiting and detained nine British subjects brought from New York. U S District Attorney John W. Preston signaled possible indictments after gathering evidence. One deserter, Frank Staples, faced Army court martial. others were released on bail. Fourteen of the original party had recently sailed from New York on the Arabic.
The Stephen W. McKeever Jr. of Brooklyn towed the stranded motor boat Electra to safety near Sandy Hook after it was blown seaward in a Sunday night storm. Two women and two men were rescued, cold and wet but uninjured.
Commuters on the New York and New Jersey branch of the Erie Railroad yesterday noticed advertising signs in passenger cars. The signs appeared at each end and along the sides near the roof, resembling subway and streetcar ads. The Erie claims to be the first steam railroad in the East to experiment with in-train advertising.
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