Hitchcock Trial Sees Second Child Testify In Court
In Manhattan the Hitchcock trial drew a large crowd as 13 year old Elsie Voecks testified about automobile visits to Hitchcock’s Great Neck home. The defense hints he fought blackmailers and sought facts from the girls in Forty first Street rooms.
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Criminal Court
Raymond Hitchcock
Elsie Voecks
Helen von Hager
Hitchcock
Great Neck
L. I
Helen von Hagen
Berlin
Germany
Pike County
Penn
New York
Third Avenue
Twenty Sixth
Twenty-seventh
Helen
Bella McKenzie
Forty-first Street
Hugo Voecks
Mary von Hagen
Gerry Society
Hitch¢cock
Helen van Hagen
Flora Wishton
Fortyfirst Street
Fortyfirst
Garvan
Clara Cargnello
de Witt
von Hagen
Voeckschild
Europe
Fights In Court as Woman Is Sentenced to Reform
Annie Greenfield alias Florence Hart, 24, caused a courtroom scene when Judge Rosalsky ordered Bedford Reformatory. Previously convicted of robbing a soldier James McLaughran on Jan 29, she struggled as officers removed her from Part V General Sessions. Police records show a violent history including a 1903 arson attempt at the House of Refuge for Girls.
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Criminal Court
Part V. of General Sessions
Judge Rosalsky
Annie Greenfield
Florence Hart
James McLaughran
Bedford Reformatory
Bridge of Sighs
Buffalo Couple Battles Over Alleged Breach of Promise
Dr. W A Dixon sues his wife for divorce naming State Senator Patrick McCarren as co respondent. The 1906 breach of promise suit alleged by Mary A Dixon, claiming McCarren promised marriage, was denied with evidence of a prior marriage to Dixon. Defense says the senator never promised and that Dixon and Dixon’s wife were married in 1893.
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New York Times
Buffalo
WN. C
W. A. Dixon
Patrick McCarren
Auust
Mary A. Dixon
Flatbush
Senator McCarren
Manhattan
Dickey
Dixon
Hamilton
Ontario
Dr. Dixon
Canada
Samuel G. Whitehouse
Mr.McCarren
Mr. McCarren
Comstock Arrests Husband Over False Infidelity Case
New Haven officials report Mrs. Joseph Horn of New York accused her husband of imprisoning her on a false infidelity claim, stealing trust funds, and kidnapping their daughter Lucia. Joseph Horn, jailed on $1,500 bond, faces charges linked to obscene letters with Comstock supervising the case and planning a New Haven trial.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Joseph Horn
New York
Anthony Comstock
Lucia
Horn
Comstock
A P C A Board Adopts Vivisection Regulation Resolution
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals board announced approval of a resolution favoring regulation of vivisection that protects scientific inquiry. A three member committee was appointed to consult with the medical profession and report back. The medical community opposes new laws, arguing existing 1876 provisions lack penalties for misconduct and are unenforceable.
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Board of Managers
The
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
van Rensselaer
Cortland
F. van Rensselaer
Henry Bergh, Jr
Jefferson Seligman
Odell Faction Forms Hughes Club in 27th District
Odell forces organize Hughes Club an anti Parsons group in the Twenty-seventh Assembly District meeting at the Cadillac Hotel. Officers elected include President George K Kilgore Vice Presidents Oscar B Thomas and Dr E Valentine Buck Louis S Grenner named Odell representative and Executive Committee chair. Contests split in 25th 27th and 29th districts with aim to unseat State Committee man Henry E O'Brien at primaries.
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Odell
Roosevelt-Woodruff-Parsons
Hughes Club
anti-Parsons
Twenty-seventh Assembly District
B. W. B. Brown
Cadillac Hotel
George K. Kilgore
Oscar B. Thomas
E. Valentine Buck
Louis S. Grenner
Henry E. O'Brien
Odelle
O’brien
State Committee
Ex-Bliss Company Employee Esser Freed In Brooklyn Case
William Esser formerly of the E W Bliss Company Brooklyn was discharged by Magistrate Dooley in Adams Street Court. Hours later a warrant was issued for rearrest on complaint by Frank M Leavitt alleging Esser stole a Bliss Leavitt torpedo model with tools for sale to the German Government. Esser was arrested last night.
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William Esser
E. W. Bliss Company
Brooklyn
Dooley
Adams Street
Esser
Frank M. Leavitt
Gates Avenue
Bliss-Leavitt
Earl of Leitrim seeks identifi cation of presumed brother
The Earl of Leitrim cabled from Kansas City requesting that the body believed to be Francis Patrick Clements, his missing brother, be held at an undertaker's rooms for identification.
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Earl of
City Commission backs factory segregation to ease congestion
New York Public Service Commission members viewed an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History showing Manhattan’s dense manufacturing district and growth projections. They supported relocating factories to Queens and outer Brooklyn, endorsing a plan to build housing for workers and reduce downtown crowding.
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New York
New York Public Service Commission
American Museum of Natural History
Edward M. Bassett
William McCarroll
Milo R. Maltbie
John E. Eustis
Willcox
Henry C. Wright
City Club
Benjamin Clarke Marsh
Manhattan
Manhattan Island
Wright
Bronx
Berlin
Bassett
Fourteenth Street
Eustis
Maltbie
City Club and
Fale
Bryn Mawr
University of Pennsylvania
Syracuse University
Mount Holyoke
Wellesley
Smith
Cornell
Hamilton
Vassar
Harvard
Edward T. Devine
Queens
Brooklyn
Attorney General to Seek Withdrawal Before Special Grand Jury
Attorney General Jackson stated he will appear before the special Grand Jury Monday to explain the office position on withdrawing the Ice Trust case.
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Jackson
Ice Trust
Attorney General’s Office
Anarchists of New York City examined by Bonsal
Stephen Bonsal studied anarchists in and near New York City as Secretary Straus led the movement against them. His findings will be published in The Sunday Times in a highly noteworthy article.
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New York City
Straus
Stephen Bonsal
Sunday Times
Adv
Mayor McClellan and Bingham Face Charges from Parkhurst
Governor Hughes served charges of inefficiency neglect of duty and violation of law on Mayor McClellan and Police Commissioner Bingham for non enforcement of excise laws. The pair met for lunch at the Postal Telegraph Building and planned to reply by March 23. D Parkhurst declined further comment.
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Postal Telegraph Building
Broadway
Murray Street
Hardware Club
Bingham
McClellan
Hughes
D. Parkhurst
Diamond Broker Sentenced to Sing Sing for Necklace Theft
Charles A. Weber a trusted diamond broker of 533 West 158th Street received a sentence of not less than one year and six months and not more than two years and six months in Sing Sing for stealing a necklace valued at 6500 from Ludeke Heiser jewelers at 170 Broadway. He had claimed to have a buyer for the piece on October 19 1906 and later confessed to pawning and using the proceeds.
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Charles A. Weber
West 158Th Street
Crain
Sing Sing
Ludeke & Heiser
Broadway
Brooklyn Patrolman Charged and Local Civic Notes
Patrolman James J. Mannix faces felonious assault charges from watchman John Kinally after a clash on the Pacific Street pier. hearing adjourned to Thursday. Senator McCarren urges dock improvements at Whale Creek. Justice Luke D. Stapleton sworn in with Dowling named as his secretary. Flatbush residents oppose widening Church Avenue, citing loss of shade trees. Ida Ferrier, 28, survived a gas attempt at 647 Franklin Avenue and was arrested. police say she also tried to leap from her roof. Patrolman Arthur Reicke risked his life stopping a runaway milk wagon horse on Ninth Street, suffering gear damage but no injuries.
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James J. Mannix
Amity Street
Butler Street
John Kinally
New York Dock Company
Kinally
Mannix
Pacific Street
Luke D. Stapleton
Supreme Court
George B. Abbott
George J. S. Dowling
McCarren
Ida Ferrier
Franklin Avenue
Arthur Reicke
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Ninth Street
Sixth Avenue
Reicke
Mother Reproaches Kidnapper in Trenton Arrest
Mary Chambers, who disappeared from New York with George Wilson, three, was found in Trenton. The arrest followed a staged elopement tale as Mrs. Wilson and her husband retrieved their son, with scenes of tension at the police station. Detective Sheehan traced Chambers from New York to Trenton.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Mary Chambers
New York
George Wilson
George M. Wilson
Bank Street
Miss Chambers
Mrs. Wilson
Wilson
Little George
Mary
Sheehan
Court of Appeals to decide Fifth Avenue widening impact
The Appellate Division backed two ordinances to widen Fifth Avenue by removing sidewalk obstructions. If upheld, landmarks including Martin’s Waldorf Astoria Sherry’s Hotel Gotham Hotel St Regis and Knickerbocker Trust building could be affected. Justice Laughlin said the ordinances aim to con t the street in the public interest and restrict private use such as the Cafe Martin stoop.
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Court of Appeals
Appellate Division
Fifth Avenue
Martin’s
Waldorf-Astoria
Sherry's
Gotham
St. Regis
Knickerbocker Trust Building
Justice Laughlin
Cafe Martin Stoop
Inquest into Walter F. Baker Death Postponed
No session was held in Hackensack for the inquest into Walter F. Baker of Boston who died at Frank H. Hurd’s Bogota home on October 27. Prosecutor Koester ruled the accompanying Mrs. Mulligan and Harry Tanner could not provide important evidence. The inquest was adjourned to March 20.
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Hackensack
Walter F. Baker
Boston
Frank H. Hurd
Bogota
N. J
Koester
Mulligan
Harry Tanner
Harry Lee
Baker
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Miss Cham
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R. Akman & CO
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Bobbs-Merrill CO
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Barbara Winslow
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Emil de Bonnechose
H. W. Dutchen
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Sindloss
Robert Hitchens
Harold MacGrath
Charles Klein
Cyrus Townsend
Jean Webster
Elizabeth Ellis
Helen R. Martin
Baroness von Hut Co
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Neltie Blanchan
Alger Books
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Caroline Duer
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