Gillette Dies Guilt Admitted In Auburn Execution
Chester Gillette was put to death by electric chair at Auburn Prison for the murder of Grace Brown. His last statement urged young men to lead a Christian life as an end to the case and his spiritual advisers confirmed his guilt. Autopsy showed normal brain and small heart. his mother expressed belief in his salvation and called for fewer executions.
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Auburn
Chester
Bnlette
Grace Brown
Wea
Auburn Prison
Gillette
Henry Mcllravy
Cordelle Herrick
Chester Gillette
Benham
Valley of Death
Jesus Christ
Chester B. Gillette
Chaplain Herrick
Anthony Spitzika
Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia
Bennett
Grogan
Crumb
Conway
Louise M. Gillette
Gov. Hughes
Henry McIlravy
Herrick
A. H. Hamilton
John Dugan
Albany
Chester’s
Dugan
Chester E. Gillette
Big Moose
Adirondacks
Billy
Brown
Jette
Labor Fracas Over Staats-Zeitung Reporter Reinstatement
Corresponding Secretary Ernest Bohm of the Central Federated Union asks Herman Ridder to reinstate Sander as a reporter for the Staats-Zeitung after a labor report was deemed satisfactory by union representatives. Ridder replies that he will handle his editorial affairs and dismisses the request as impertinence.
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Central Federated Union
Herman Ridder
Staats-Zeitung
New York
N. Y
Mr.h. Ridder
Lear
Mr. Sander
New Yorker Staats-Zeitung
Brotherhood of Painters
Sander
Ernest Bohm
Fifth Street
New York City
Two Unions Contest Work On Williamsburg Bridge Station
Jurisdictional strike halted yesterday over electrical wiring for the Manhattan terminal of the Williamsburg Bridge project. The Linemen's Union and the Wiremen's Union claim the right to perform the station and bridge lighting work, with arbitration expected to resolve the dispute. About twenty four workers are affected and the station is near completion in about a month.
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Manhattan Terminal
Williamsburg Bridge
Stevenson
Silk Hat Burglar Gets 27 Year Term
James Harlan and accomplice Ralph Taylor, who robbed thirteen homes in New Rochelle Mount Vernon and Yonkers while masquerading in evening clothes and silk hats, receive a 27 year sentence. Harlan, alias William F. Hanna, had prior prison records. Taylor faces pending sentence. The case involved staged robberies, a Lexington Avenue apartment stash, and early January arrests after a New Rochelle resident alerted police.
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New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
William P. Platt
James Harlan
New Rochelle
Mount Vernon
Yonkers
Sing Sing
Westchester County
Harlan
Timmons
William F. Hanna
Exeter
N. H
Phillips Exeter Academy
Ralph Taylor
Taylor
Townsend
Iie
Luna Park
Brook!n Rapid Transit Company
Hanna
Lexington Avenue
Cody
Scott
Helen Atwood
William Hooker Atwood
New Haven Carriage Company
Woodland Avenue
Mrs. Atwood
Mr. Atwood
Edward H. Hart
G. A. Lyon
William Bantel
Inslee
S. Marshall, Jr
Port Chester
J. B. Lutbey
Mount, Vernon
Samuel Hayward, Jr
Boy Saves Woman and Baby From Drowning at Pier
Eighteen year old Joseph Lacour of East Sixty third Street rescued a woman and her two year old baby from the river after the pair tumbled from a pier bench. Both were taken to Flower Hospital where they are recovering.
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Joseph Lacour
East Sixty-third Street
Flower Hospital
East Sixty-fourth Street
Lacour
Mary. McMuhen
First Avenue
Theaby
Boy Hit by Car in New York City Accident
Charles Enright ten years old of 446 West Forty fourth Street ran in front of a car driven by Fred Titus a former bicycle rider in Tenth Avenue near Forty fourth Street. The car struck him and two wheels passed over his stomach. Titus carried the boy to Roosevelt Hospital where he was said to be dangerously hurt.
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Fred Titus
Charles Enright
West Forty-fourth Street
Tenth Avenue
Forty-fourth Street
Titus
Roosevelt Hospital
McAdoo's Chauffeur Arrested in Yorkville Court
William G. McAdoo, builder of the Hudson River tunnel, was halted near Seventy-seventh Street as his chauffeur Carroll was arrested for speeding. Carroll posted $500 bail for trial in Yorkville Court.
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W. G. McAdoo
William G. McAdoo
Hudson River Tunnel
West Drive
Seventy-seventh Street
Carroll
Yorkville
Bank cashier dies in San Francisco overdose accident
Joseph Channon, cashier of the Northwestern National Bank of Philadelphia, died at the Hotel Stewart from an apparent morphine overdose. He had been seeking health on the coast and was 62 years old. He had worked at the bank since its organization around 1580, unmarried with no sister and an aunt in Germantown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Joseph Channon
Northwestern National Bank of
Philadelphia
Stewart
Channon
Ward McAllister Has Slight Chance
San Francisco reports say Judge Ward McAllister son of New York social leader remains gravely ill after appendicitis surgery at Ottage Hospital San Rafael with a slight chance for recovery amid cautious hopes reported last night
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Ward McAllister
San. Francisco
Ward McAlister
New York
Ottage Hospital
San Rafael
Harris offers $5 weekly to Becket boys for schooling
Norman W. Harris, Chicago banker, provides four year support of $5 weekly to Becket native boys near Becket or Middlefield Station attending Westfield Pittsfield Springfield or Lee high schools, and to those at Harvard Williams Amherst MIT Yale or state universities. Recipients must average at least 80 percent and maintain department approval. About fifty boys may qualify, costing $10,000 yearly. details released to Becket School Board.
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Chicago
Norman W. Harris
Becket
Massachusetts Hills
Lee
Harris
Harvard
Williams
Amherst
Boston
Institute of Technology
Yale Scientific
Mass
N. W. Harris
Mollineux
Edwin Buckley Hall Tries Twice to Take Own Life
Edwin Buckley Hall once of Hall & Lake publishers in Boston and New York attempted to kill himself twice by inhaling gas in his Elea nor Court apartment on West Ninety-third Street. His wife was critically ill, and Hall was found unconscious in the morning and again in the afternoon. He was rushed to J Hood Wright Hospital and fought for life through hours of treatment.
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Edwin Buckley
Hall
Hall & Lake
Boston
New York
East Twenty-first Street
Eleanor Court
West Ninety-third Street
Riverside Drive
Arthur Harper
Arper
Hail
J. Hood Wright
Mr. Hall
Lumber firm pays fine for rebates case
The Chapman & Dewey Lumber Company of Kansas City pled guilty in U S District Court to accepting rebates from the Frisco Railroad on Arkansa s to St Louis shipments. Judge Dyer fined them 18000 dollars with 158 68 costs. A full payment was handed to the court clerk. The Frisco Railroad had pleaded guilty to granting rebates in a related action.
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ST. Louis
Chapman & Dewey Lumber Company
Kansas City
United States District Court
Frisco Railroad
Arkansas
Dyer
Frisco Rairoad
Chapman & Dewey Company
Man from Bay City Arranges Cremation Then Shoots Self
Melvin A Root a Bay City real estate dealer worth $50,000 arrived in Buffalo on March 20 and arranged cremation at a local cre mataory. He then went to the crematory and fatally shot himself on the front steps. He was taken to Sisters Hospital where he is not expected to survive. His wife had died recently and her body was cremated and buried in Lockport, where Root plans his ashes to join hers.
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Buffalo
N. J
Melvin A Root
Bay City
Mich
Root
Sisters’ Hospital
Lockport
Woman Lies Dormant in 58th Day of Sleep
Los Angeles March 80 Mrs Beulah Hawkins has slept non stop for 58 days at County Hospital puzzling doctors and psychologists. Physicians warn she may not survive if the slumber continues and all efforts to awaken her have failed.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Beulah Hawkins
Brooklyn Fourth Avenue Subway Contracts Endorsement Granted
The Public Service Commission received a qualified endorsement from Acting Corporation Counsel O'Brien for the Brooklyn Fourth Avenue Subway contracts. Advertisements seeking bids may be published soon as the commission proceeds, despite notes of an apparent lack of appropriation. Pendleton added ratification by the Board of Estimate would be needed later.
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Public Service Commission
O’brien
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Public Service Commissioners
Willcox
Commission
Icent
Pendleton
Board of Estimate
New Transit Bill Aims Longer Subway Terms
Albany reports a conference on a rapid transit bill to extend private subway operation to fifty years and extensions to thirty five years. The measure, a committee proposal, seeks to boost private capital by offering longer terms to build and run new subways.
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New York Times
Albany
Senate Committee On Cities
Hudson and Manhattan Tunnel Station Plan Filed
William G McAdoo president of Hudson and Manhattan Railroad submits new plans to Jersey City Street and Water Board for Henderson Street station under Railroad Avenue and seeks franchise rights to occupy portions of Cortlandt Street and Exchange Place areas. He asks vacating the north half of Railroad Avenue and the north sidewalk of Blenderson Street. Chairman Heavey refers the matter to the Railroads Committee.
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William G. McAdoo
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company
Cortlandt Street
Exchange Place
Jersey City
William D. Edwards
Jersey City Street and Water Board
Henderson Street
Railroad Avenue
McAdoo
Blenderson Street
Heavey
The
Committee On Railroads
Court authorizes 3.5 million in receivers certificates
Judge Accombe in the United States Circuit Court granted the petition of receivers Adrian H. Joline and Douglas Robinson of the New York City and Metropolitan Street Railway Companies to issue receivers certificates totaling 3.5 million for rehabilitating the surface lines of the two firms.
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Acombe
United States Circuit Court
Adrian H. Joline
Douglas Robinson
New York City and Metropolitan Street Railway Companies
Fashions for Women Featured in Easter Times Section
The Easter Number of The New York Times will publish a special eight page full size Fashion Section devoted to Spring and Summer styles. Designs from Paris and New York modistes show gowns for morning, afternoon, and evening wear and millinery for all occasions. The issue will be highly attractive and valuable to women, with orders to be placed at newsdealers in advance to avoid selling out.
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New York Times
Paris
New York
Sec-ion
Times
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Gortland
N. C
South Otselie
de Ruyter
Charles George
South Otsello
Cortland
Utica
Charles Gordon
Tupper Lake
Eagle Bay
Mr. Ridder
Williamsburg Bridge Terminal
Westchester
Convict
Boy
California
Ms Ahie
Londonalty
Park & Tilford
Acker, Merrall & Condit CO
Charles & CO
B. Hall
Chapman & Dewey Lumber Co
Subway
Corporation Counsel
Indorsement
Senate Committee
Judgon and Manhattan Company
Ghats
Sereh
Seth
Centaur Company
Eee
Bronx
Borough Hall
Princess
Phillips
Art Cretonnes, Inc
Puritan Mills
Thomson
Brussels
Cooper
James Fentmors
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