Thaw Denied Change in Matteawan Commitment
Supreme Court Justice Dowling refused to modify Thaw’s commitment to Matteawan. The decision notes the affidavits offered showed no reason for transfer and calls Thaw a dangerously insane arson who must remain under scientific observation. Thaw was returned to Poughkeepsie as court fights a possible jury sanity trial.
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Supreme Court
Dowling
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Matteawan
Kaw
Thaw In Hopeful Mood Returns to Poughkeepsie
Harry K. Thaw arrived in Poughkeepsie from White Plains and stirred cautious optimism about his future as he traveled home on a calm June day. Authorities and observers awaited further developments in the high profile legal saga surrounding his case.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
White
Thaw Dies Rumor and Sanity Test at Court House
Reports say the man known as Thaw dropped dead before a jury sanity test could be administered. He arrived at Plains Court House and was told by Jailer Havens to vacate Sheriff Chanler’s apartments. A bed was set in the Juvenile Department corridor with access to his quarters and belongings during the day.
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Stanford White
Franklin Bartlett
Thaw
Mills
Supreme Court
White Plains
Col. Bartlett
Matteawan
Westchester
Dutchess County
Col. Barrett
Jerome
White
Mr. Jerome
Poughkeepsie
Conger
Rena
Winslow
Westchester County
A. Russell Peabody
Charles Morschauser
Justice Morschauser
Justice Mills
Shearn Claims Ballot Boxes In 1905 Mayoralty Election Were Stuffed
Clarence J. Shearn, counsel for W. R. Hearst, opened a Supreme Court case alleging fraud in the 1905 mayoral race ballots. He presented E. E. Murray's tally showing 359 votes in one box vs a recount of 893, and noted 43 Richmond boxes awaiting reading due to missing envelopes. Eugene Lamb Richards Jr. questioned the method and insisted other pollbooks align, while noting the district’s ballots should not be tossed on discrepancies.
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Clarence J. Shearn
W. R. Hearst
Supreme Court
Lambert
Richmond
Mr. Shearn
E. E. Murray
Sixth Assembly
Murray
Shearn
Eugene Lamb Richards, Jr
Board of Elections
State Superintendent of Elections
Mr. Richards
Richards
Making the Mosquito Fly
New Jersey entomologist Prof. John B. Smith reports progress in the anti mosquito war along the coast from New Brunswick to Tom's River with plans to reach Atlantic City next year. Bids for draining Cheesequake Meadows were won by Jesse P. Manaha of Monmouth Beach for 3100 dollars and work starts immediately.
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New York Times
New Brunswick
John B. Smith
Tom’s River
Atlantic City
Dr. Smith
Jesse P. Manaha
Monmouth Beach
Man with Sword Causes Car Row Arrest in New York
Michael Conway bought a second-hand sword for his son and waved it on a Fifth Avenue streetcar. He shouted a Teddy the Great line while riders jumped off to avoid injury. Police arrested him after a struggle and a Night Court fined him five dollars, which he could not pay.
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Michael Conway
West Fortyninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Teddy the Great
San Juan
H Hallihan
East Fifty-first Street
Conway
Hallihan
Moss
Berg
Street Stand Ordinance Up For Public Haring
Aldermen hearing crowded session on a proposed ordinance banning transfer of street vendor licenses with fines and disqualification. News dealers argue streets may lie on private property and be outside city control. Proponents claim crackdown on swindling traffic and overpriced privileges. Committee report due to board this afternoon.
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Aldermanic Chamber
M. B. Heeney
Newsdealers’ Association
Park Place
Broadway
Church Street
Alderman Dowling
Committee On Laws
Board of Aldermen
Harriman's Sons to Row Under Syracuse Coach
Syracuse coach James Ten Eyck announced he will travel to New York tonight to finalize arrangements with E. H. Harriman's secretary for instructing the magnate's sons in rowing. Following Saturday's races at Poughkeepsie Harriman and his sons visited the Syracuse headquarters and approved the plan. Ten Eyck expects to begin instruction immediately.
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Syracuse
N. Y
James Ten Eyck
New York
E. H. Harriman
Poughkeepsie
Three Hospital Patients Die by Suicide and Rescue
A Brooklyn doctor, a Fordham Hospital patient, and a Bellevue tuberculosis patient attempted suicide while under care. Dr. Peter V. Burnett leaped from Mount Sinai Hospital roof garden and died. Mrs. Margaret Hammell fell from Fordham Hospital after vanishing from her bed. Mrs. Rose Igiarto of Bellevue slipped from her ward into the East River but was rescued. coroner investigations begin into safety concerns at Mount Sinai and the hospitals involved.
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Peter V. Burnett
Brooklyn
Mount Sinai Hospital
100Th Street
Madison Avenue
Margaret Hammell
Fordham Hospital
Rose Igiarto
Bellevue Hospital
Harburger
Schwannecke
Hammell
Burnett
Hewes Street
Francis McGivney
St. Catharine's Hospital
Miss Gallagher
East 183d Street
Fordham Hspital
Mrs. Hammell
Igiarto
Clinton Street
River Front
James Devine
Crimmins Avenue
Bronx
George Martin
East Twenty-ninth Street
East River
Death by Heat Summers Drives Lawyer to Suicide
Edward W. Searing a New York Life Building attorney was found dead in his neighbor's yard in Mount Vernon with a .38 revolver in his left hand and Brownings poems in his right. A much-thumbed copy opened to Rabbi Ben Ezra marked in margins. Coroner Van Patten cited heat as likely affecting his mind. He was 33, leaving a widow.
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Browning
Edward W. Searing
New York Life Building
Broadway
Stephen P. Hunt
South Fourth Street
Mount Vernon
Ben Ezra
van Patten
Mr. Searing
Bank Troubles At An End After Eight Months Of Payments
Eight months after banking closures twelve banks and trust companies began paying depositors. The Hamilton Bank anticipated all deferred payments, the Knickerbocker Trust paid 10 percent of the first deferred payment, the Oriental Bank paid depositors in full before liquidation, and the National Bank of North America and Amsterdam National paid 50 and 25 percent respectively. Mechanics and Traders' plan awaits 90 percent assent. Brooklyn banks Jenkins Trust restructured as Lafayette Trust, Borough Bank and Home Bank reopened, Brooklyn Bank and International Trust reorganized.
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Attorney General's Department
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Oriental Bank
National Bank of North America
Amsterdam Naational
Brooklyn
Jenkins Trust Company
Lafayette Trust Company
Borough Bank
Home Bank
Brooklyn Bank
International Trust Company
Hart Will in Paris Faces Probate in July
Benjamin Hart rich American who died in Paris in May stands to have his will probated in the Surrogate's Court on July 30. He built wealth as a Civil War clothing peddler and via New York real estate, later living in Paris for about thirty years. A potential contested will involves Mme de Bie, Mme Guillemin, and a Mrs Wright claiming marriage and rights to the estate.
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Benjamin Hart
Paris
Hart
New York
Michael Hart
New York Athletic Club
Isabel Lucchesi
Jean Guillemin
Mme. de Bie
Mme. Guillemin
Mrs. Wright
France
Girl Falls to Her Death on Fire Escape
Stella Dominick, 21, living at 233 Second Street, tumbled from the sixth floor fire escape last night while attempting to visit a neighbor on the fifth floor. Her clothing snagged on the structure and she fell to the sidewalk, breaking her neck.
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Stella Dominick
Second Street
Meat pills used as rations tale prompts War Dept inquiry
June 20 report from Washington details the Twenty first Infantry marching two days on two condensed meat pills per man with water only. Fort Logan battalion faced no rations beyond pills, while War Department says no such rations exist in Army inventories and no official report has arrived.
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New York Times
Washington
Twentyfirst Infantry
War Department
Senver
Fort Logan
Buffinton
Army
Aleshire
Sharpe
Twenty-first
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