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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
3
The Fifth Avenue Branch at 475 Fifth Avenue near 41st Street offers interest on deposit accounts. It acts as custodian of personal property and manager of real property. Travelers' Letters of Credit, foreign money and express checks, and vault boxes for customers' use are provided.
Edward Cooley of Roselle Park died when his car burst a tire near Meeker Inn Hill, sending him against a telegraph pole. Passengers Stanley Reed, John F. Lanier, and Maud Tucker were injured. Reed may have internal injuries.
Frederick Belz of Karsch Brewing to Flushing found an auto wreck half a mile out. A man lay unconscious. two others groaned nearby. Schippers faced arrest as the driver of the other car. Miller suffered a fractured skull internal injuries and knee cap break. Watson fled, fate unknown.
Paul Hance, 21, a Hungarian miner at Thomas Iron Company's Richard Mine, was struck and killed by a car driven by Nelson Post of New Foundland on the Sparta Turnpike. Post swerved to avoid Hance and struck a rock pile, damaging his vehicle and requiring towing. two fellow miners witnessed the incident as they walked along the road at about twenty miles per hour.
Douglas Robinson of West Orange New Jersey brother in law of ex President Roosevelt suffered cuts to hands and face from flying glass when a car collision occurred on Eagle Rock Avenue about 10 30 pm. He was with Theodore Robinson and others. Robinson not seriously hurt though car damaged. Alonzo Church secretary of the Park Commission denied involvement.
In Cambridge Massachusetts on June 29 Joseph Barbose chauffeur for J Reed Whipple and Bartol Parker former Harvard captain faced speeding charges. Parker was fined 40 dollars with ex Attorney General Herbert Parker as counsel. Barbose received 50 dollar fine and thirty days in the House of Correction. Whipple posted 300 dollars bonds.
William Foley of 987 Sixth Avenue pleaded guilty to stealing a half gallon of gasoline valued at ten cents and using his employer Judson S. Todd's car without permission. Justice Hoyt sentenced Foley in Speare Berrions to thirty days in the workhouse. Todd, a lawyer at 45 West Fiftieth Street, declined to press felony charges but pursued larceny for the gasoline.
Police captured Louis Korreak 21 of 853 Hart Street after witnesses identified him for a hit and run at Bushwick and Flushing Avenues in Williamsburg. Fourteen year old Henry Gottlieb of 461 Bushwick Avenue remained hospitalized with a broken leg at St Catherine's Hospital after the Saturday night incident. He was remanded in Manhattan Avenue Court on $1000 bail.
Alvin W. Krech president of Equitable Trust Co testifies in the Kavanaugh suit that in 1902 New York City trust directors delegated duties to executive committees and rarely met to verify affairs. He notes summers often lacked quorum and directors relied on officer reports rather than personal checks. The suit claims funds were invested and lost in the United States Oil Co. during the summer.
Marty Keese old City Hall janitor was buried at Greenwood Cemetery after a funeral at an Eighth Avenue undertaking firm. A procession of twelve carriages moved downtown past City Hall Plaza as flags flew at half mast. Rev. W. M. Geer of St. Pauls led services with over 500 mourners including Grand Army Post and Firemen’s Fund trustees officials and veterans.
Immigration Commissioner Williams ordered 215 second cabin passengers from the Hulland Amerika liner Ryndam, totaling 301 aboard, held at Ellis Island for lacking the required 25 dollars in cash. The commissioner said the rule targets careless steamship lines and indigent arrivals, noting some may avoid deportation if relatives can guarantee they will not become public charges.
The Committee of One Hundred seeks reform of the city inspection system for street work by Corporation Inspectors. Officials appoint inspectors but pay comes from the projects, raising graft concerns. A Manhattan official resisted naming inspectors, prompting a mandamus threat before disclosure.
Frances J Ridley of Atlanta widow brings two damage suits totaling 35000 against Andrew Albright Jr tied to an alleged jewel theft from Mrs Andrea Albright on a Pennsylvania Railroad train. The summons was served in Newark. Criminal action against Ridley was dropped recently.
A dramatic note from Edith May Thompson Woodill to Robert Emmet Eastman is released by Talbot County authorities. The letter, found among items of the murdered man who died by his own hand, reveals Woodill's professed love and claims of knowing Eastman for a year. It accompanies writings from Eastman and a deed to a Maple Grove Cemetery lot, tied to the Bogota address and Feeney Miller names.
Tammany Hall circles talk ex Controller Theodore W. Myers as mayoral candidate with backing from Murphy. Myers, born 1844, served as Controller in 1887 1890 reducing taxes and boosting city credit. his potential bid centers on a businesslike administration and Jewish voter appeal. Jerome’s camp teases an independent run with an August announcement.
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