Jerome accuses witnesses as fishing excursion in rail inquiry
District Attorney Jerome reiterates that the King Committee hearings into Metropolitan Street Railway matters resemble a fishing expedition and accuses counsel for the Weil suit of pressuring stockholders. He defends his past remarks about the judiciary as part of ongoing criticism while dismissing questions about earlier social statements. He also notes disputed grand jury minutes and questions over asset reporting by the City Railway.
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Jerome
King Committee
Metropolitan Street Railway
New York City
Eleventh District
Thomas F. Ryan
de Lancey Nicoll
City Railway
John B. Stanchfield
Eugene Kremer
Well Street
Weil
William Young
Mr. Jerome
Equity
New York
Pierce
Confrere
Rome
Pierce Committee
City Club
Supreme Court of the First Department
Hand
Deny
Rosalsky
Seabury
Wall
Cortlandt Street
Ferries
Grand
Vreeland
Ryan
New York City Railway
Charles E. Warren
The
Mr. Warren
Mr. Pierce
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Howard Gans
Iees
American Ice Company
Indictment Attempt Against Independent Firms by American Company
A fragment reports the American Company aiming to crush independents by pursuing closure and urging the jury to indict a key independent. The wording implies aggressive legal pressure and an effort to bankrupt smaller firms.
Quigg and Root Testify in Metro Interborough Merger Case
Lemuel Ely Quigg testified in the Ninth District Municipal Court before Justice Young in the Emanuel Weil and Minnie Weller case against New York City Railway Company directors. He discussed his roles with Metropolitan Securities and Metropolitan Street Railway, and hinted at personal benefit and merger influence tied to large sums. The trial resumes Monday.
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Lemuel Ely Quigg
Emanuel Weil
Minnie Weller
New York City Railway Company
Ninth District
Young
Quigg
Metropolitan Securities Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Subway
Mr. Kremer
John
Stanchfield
Kremer
Metropolitan
Interborough
Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railway
Oren
New York City Railway
Schiff
Haven
Juilliard
Corner Stone to Mark New Masonic Temple as Grand Lodge Meet
The Grand Lodge of New York plans the cornerstone ceremony for a $1,000,000 Masonic Temple at Twenty fourth Street and Sixth Avenue. The three day meeting will draw about 1,000 members and relatives. the old building will become offices after the lodge rooms are finished. A Trinity Church service closes Wednesday events, with a potential race for Master between Deputy S Nelson Sawyer and Judge Townsend Scudder.
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Masonic Temple
Twentyfourth Street
Sixth Avenue
Grand Lodge
A. M
State of
New York
Trinity Church
S. Nelson Sawyer
Townsend Scudder
Perc
Robbery on New York and St Louis Express near Pittsburg
Express messenger Noah Roshen reports being tied and blindfolded during a daring robbery of the New York and St Louis express near Walkers Mills. robbers took about 600 dollars in currency and some merchandise while abandoning bulky valuables. authorities sight two men with a buggy getaway.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Adams Express Company
New York and St. Louis Express
Walker’s Mills
Noah H. Roshen
Express Company
Columbus
Walkers Mills
George Jones
St. Louis
Roshen
Jones
Picture Section Preview In Sunday Times
The Sunday Times previews an extensive Picture Section with eight society women in tableaux, battleship images from California, stage beauties, Paris Solo palatines, Rockaway Hunt Club ponies and hunts, brides photographs, and interviews at the Princeton Club’s new home.
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Sunday Times
California
Paris
Rockaway Hunt Club
Princeton Club
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Weill Cage
New York County
Richard L. Hand
Root
John Jameson
W. A. Taylor’& Co
Agts
B'way
N.Y
Pennsylvania
Noah Roshen
Old Express
Lackawanna Railroad
Phoebe Snow
Phoebe
Lackawanna Block
Buffalo
Broadway
Wall ST
Fulton ST
Brooklyn
Broad ST
Newark
OO West ST
Cortlandt
Fret Railroad
the Sunday Times
South
William Waldorf Astor
Royal Service Museum
Chesapeake
Shannon
Boston Harbor
William O. Steven
Annapolis
New Yorker
America
Radium
Sweden
Bohemia
France
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Fifth Avenue
Bond Street
Rue de la Paix
Mr. Martin
New York Society
Frederick Townsend Martin
Ward McAllister
Monsieur Escoffier
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