Nine Chinese Guilty of Feud Murders in Boston Trial
Nine Chinese men led by Warry Charles were found guilty of first degree murder in Boston Superior Court for the August 1906 killings tied to a feud between hip Sing Tong and On Leong Tong. One defendant died during trial. proceedings cost about 20 000 dollars. Charles allegedly urged killings and hiring hatchetmen to strike fear and force dues.
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Boston
Warry Charles
Superior Criminal Court
Yee Watt
Min Sing
Hom Woon
Leong Gong
Wong Duck
Wong How
Joe Guey
Dong Bok
Ling Yee Fung
Chin [Mong Quin
Wong Shu Chung
Chin Leet
Lee Kai New
Hip Sing Tong
On Leong Tong
Chines
Shoy Tang
Charles
West
Tong
New York
Philadelpha
Chicago
Two Chinese to be hanged in Philadelphia
Two Chinese men named Jow and Mock Kung will be hanged at Moyamensing Prison on Tuesday for killings during a summer pistol battle in Chinatown. The warring On Leong Tong and Hip Sing Tong factions are involved. It will be the first Chinese hanging in the city.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Sung Jow
Mock Kung
Moyamensing
Chinatown
On Leong Tong
Hip Sing Tong
ASK SECRET BATONY TRIAL PLAN DISCUSSED
A half hour conference between Justice O'Gorman and counsel for Mrs Burke Roche Batonyi and her husband concerned the divorce case now under way. Both lawyers sought to keep testimony private while the suit includes charges and counter charges with several social figures named as co respondents.
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O’gorman
Onhamed
Mortgage Recorded by Metropolitan Securities to Vreeland
A mortgage for 50000 dollars was recorded yesterday by the Metropolitan Securities Company to Herbert H. Vreeland. The loan is secured by property fronting 100 feet on the south side of Ninety-fifth Street and 103 feet past First Avenue.
Ready for Baker inquest
Hackensack reports coroner C A Demand and jury viewing the body of Walter Farnsworth Baker the Bostonian who died in the Hurd home at Bogota after a night on Broadway and a ride to his Jersey home. Exhumed in Forest Hills Boston six weeks ago, the body was seen at Pell's Ridgewood establishment. An inquest is set for Tuesday night.
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New York Times
Hackensack
C. A. Demand
Walter Farnsworth Baker
Frank H. Hurd
Bogota
Broadway
Jersey
Baker
Forest Hills
Boston
KE. M. Pell
Ridgewood
Edward F. Baker
Koester
Walter Baker
William F. Richards
Bellevue nurses arrested for stealing from patients
F W Gast and Edward Dora Bellevue Hospital nurses were arrested by Detective Rutherford on charges of taking money from patients. Dora admitted guilt claiming thievery was common in the hospital. Police say valuables were signed for by a property clerk but often taken by nurses before return to patients.
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F. W. Gast
Edward Dora
Bellevue Hospital
Rutherford
Dora
Edward Powers
Albert Gononia
Luizi Pirere
Bellevue
Supt. Armstrong
Gast
Ile
Piere
Shanley Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Mortgage Forgery Case
The Shanley case ends in a hung jury after ten to two for conviction. Judge Malone raised bail from 15 000 to 25 000. Victor Shanley remains in jail at the Tombs. Julia Smith accuses him of forging her signature on a mortgage note for property at 117th Street and Fifth Avenue and converting it to his own use.
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Victor Shanier
Malone
Shanley
Julia Smith
117Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Army Officers Told to Cut Words in Telegraphs
The Department of the East on Governors Island orders officers to stop using superfluous words in messages to the War Department. Col. George S. Anderson acting by Gen. Grant’s authority issues the directive which takes effect immediately and is expected to be echoed by other departments.
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Department of the East
Governors Island
War Department
George S. Anderson
Grant
Innocent Bride Arrested For Theft Leads To Confession
Detective Rawson of Bergen County says Andrew Mattson confessed to robbing William Newbery’s Riverdale home. His wife Frieda Mattson, initially defending him, admits learning the truth after a blotter revealed seven addresses and thirteen pawn tickets linked to the couple’s caretaker work at multiple homes.
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William Newberg
Riverdale
N. J
Rawson
Bergen County
Andrew Mattson
Jay Street
Mattson
Baltic Street
Brooklyn
Frieda Mattson
Tye
Andy
Adams Street
Justice of the Peace
Fire Hit Buena Vista Apartments in Chicago Blaze
The Buena Vista apartment building burned in Chicago on March 1 with all thirty units occupied but no injuries reported as tenants escaped. A separate blaze in Peoria on March 7 caused $195000 in damage to buildings and stock at the Hart Grain Elevator Company, with $142000 insured.
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Chicago
Buena Vista
Peoria
Ill
Hart Grain Higher Company
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Rich
Shanley Jury
Husband
Saks & Company
Squa
Copenhagen
Wane
Aosares
Europe
Dresden
Faille
Pat Dry Goods
Mousquetaire Grace
Chantilly
Brussels
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