Allen saga ends in autopsy as coroner probes family ties
Coroner Harburger orders the body of 76 year old William Allen kept for autopsy after a violent episode in his Greenwich Village home. Beery the nurse and relatives testify to fear, food refusals, and a granddaughter Minnie as relatives recount a long criminal and gambling history.
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William Allen
Mr. Allen
William
Hedvens
yVes
Mrs. Owens
Allen
O'Hanlon
Frank Allen
West 102d Street
Harburger
Fuchs
Beery
Minnie
Owens
Hannah Louisa Meyers
Sixth Avenue
Eighth Ward
South Fifth Avenue
Eddie Molloy
Clapman
Mercer Street
Jerome
Supreme Bench
Minnie Allen
Aston
Secret Service
Montreal
Henry Ward Beecher Intervenes in Allen's Narrow Escape
A telegram from Secretary of War Stanton saved Allen from execution after his capture at St Albans Vermont for killing Maloy. Beecher informed Stanton of Allen’s plight, delivering the warning that led to his survival. Allen later spoke of solitary years and supported the poor, adopting five children and funding funerals for hundreds.
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St. Albans
Vt. I
United States
Stanton
Schofield
Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher
St.Albans
Allen
Maloy
Jordan River
he-Allen
Greenwich Village
Canal
Thompson Streets
Restoring In God We Trust Motto to Coinage
Senate Finance Committee reported favorably on a bill to restore the motto In God We Trust to U S coinage. The measure, already approved by the House, would reverse Saint-Gaudens era changes ordered by President Roosevelt. Petitions from religious and patriotic groups nationwide supported restoration. passage is expected.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate Committee
House
Saint-Gaudens
Roosevelt
Congress
Four New Sachems Installed at Tammany Society Meeting
At the 119th annual Tammany Society gathering in the Wigwam four sachems were installed: Thomas E. Rush, Thomas F. McAvoy, Julius Harburger, and George W. Lofi. The Board of Sachems meeting is set for May 25 to decide on relocating headquarters uptown. Daniel F. Cohalan was re elected Law Committee Chairman. the society opposes Senator Page's voter identification bill.
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Tammany Society
Thomas E. Rush
Thomas F. McAvoy
Julius Harburger
George W. Lofi
Daniel F. Cohalan
Bourke -Cochran
Sachem
Law Committee
Senator Page
Robbers Loot Express Messenger Strong Box
Great Northern express messenger J. E. Perrine was beaten and tied on the Seattle to Vancouver run as two men looted a strong box containing an estimated 1000 to 10000 dollars. The robbers fled with the money.
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Seattle
Wash
J. EB. Perrine
Great Northern Express
Vancouver
B. C
Missing bracelet sought in Lost column at The Times
Mrs. Frank G. Sprague of 116 Riverside Drive requests the return of a gold chain bracelet with a heart pendant. The pendant bears diamonds on one side and rubies on the other. A $30 reward is offered through The Times Lost and Found column.
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Frank G. Sprague
Riverside Drive
Automobiling race plan gains strong support in Japan
Industry leaders including Harry Clinton Walter Lee and car importers back a road test contest for autos under real touring conditions in Japan. They expect broad entry and say the scheme will boost American automobiling interest. plans to finalize conditions at a Times Building meeting, with several entries already assured.
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Harry Clinton
America
Walter’Lee
Times
Stewart Case Rivalry Roils Senate Over Dreyfus Link
Senator Rayner denounces the Presidents banishment of Col. William F. Stewart to Fort Grant Arizona as unjust and inhuman, likening it to the Dreyfus affair. Roosevelt defends actions in a pointed letter urging a court of inquiry be avoided while promising no interference by Congress.
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New York Times
Washington
Rayner
William F. Stewart
Coast ‘Artillery
Arizona
Dreyfus
Col. Stewart
Roosevelt
Senate
Stewart Cas
Stewart
Congress
Wade
Grant
Murray
Duvall
Davis
Foraker
Arizona Post
Fort Grant
Senator Bulkeley
Brownsville
Annual Spring Sale Highlights Solo Orches trelle Popularity
The Annual Spring Sale features many medium priced instruments in exchange for the new Solo Orchestra trelle. The unusual volume reflects growing interest in this instrument and its diverse styles this year.
Paper Makers Likely Testify On Paper Prices
Select Committee resumes probe into the paper industry after touring Hudson River Mill in Corinth New York. John Norris of The New York Times testifies about a census bulletin showing no recent wage increases, countering manufacturer claims that labor costs raise prices. Norris cites a La Follette letter detailing a 17 percent labor cost rise.
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New York Time
Washington
Select
Truse
Corinth
N. Y
Hudson River
John Norris
NEW York Times
Norris
Senator la Follette
Commissioner of Labor
Mr. Norris
Mann
New York
Ochs
The
Times Company
International Company
TIMES
Bangor
Boston
Maine
Deadlock Likely on Gurrency Bill Amid Conference Talks
Washington debate on the Vreeland currency bill shows little chance of passage this session. House Republicans and Democrats oppose, while Senate action is to shelve the measure and push for a conference over Aldrich provisions. The plan would create regional banks and issue emergency currency up to 500 million, with strict reserve requirements and penalties for false reports.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Currency Commission
Vreeland
Treasury
Girl Causes Arrest of 8. W. Fullerton
Gladys Hobart lured the eight year old to sea prompting arrest of Robert W. Fullerton, son of Ss. H. Fullerton of St. Louis and president of the Chicago Lumber and Coal Company. New York detectives held him in Seattle and escorted him to San Francisco aboard the Watson.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Robert W. Fullerton
Corneil
Ss. H. Fullerton
St. Louis
Chicago Lumber and Coal Company
Watson
New York
Seattle
Woman's Tale of Abduction Ties Yonkers Judge Beall to Case
Miss Gladys Hobart of Yonkers is identified as the abducted woman in a case linked to Robert W Fullerton. City Judge Joseph H Beall of Yonkers acts as her counsel. The matter dates to December 1906 when friends alerted Beall after hearing her claim of abduction and shared past at Cornell University.
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Perkins
Robert W. Fullerton
Gladys Hobart
Hawley Terrace
Yonkers
Ils
Joseph H. Beall
Beall
Miss Hobart
Judge Beall
Young Fullerton
Cornell
Abduction Charge In Yonkers Case Involving Fullerton
In September 1906 Fullerton, meeting Miss Hobart in Yonkers, booked passage to South America on the Trent and registered as Mr and Mrs Fuller to mislead her. After a failing marriage proposal and a ten day delay ashore, Hobart returned to New York and later accused Fullerton of abduction leading to a grand jury indictment in January 1907.
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Fullerton
Miss Hobart
Royal Mail
Trent
South America
Jerome
Young Fullerton
Hubbard speaks to Sphinx Club on advertising as fine art
The Sphinx Club hosted Elbert Hubbard at its final dinner of the season and heard his remarks on advertising as fine art. The club announced an event for June 1 with Hubbard as guest in East Aurora.
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Elbert Hubbard
Sphinx Club
Mr. Hubbard
East Aurora
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Coinmotto
Tammany Sachems
Rush
McAvoy
Loft
Fell Messenger
Rob Train
Japan
U.S.A
Senator Rayner
Cer
Lonely Arizona
Aeolian Hall
Orchestrelle Department
Aeolian Company
Fifth Avenue
34Th Street
Broadway
Wm. Vogel & Son
Wmcvogel & Son
Houston St
Mittee
Vreeland Meas
Ure
International Paper
Canada
Boston Herald
Mr. Sims
Tom
Bilinh
Bohemia
Luyties Bros., Agts
N Y
Custom
S. N. Wood & Co
S.N. Wood & CO
Fifth Ave
N.W. Cor
14Th St
Pinaud Building
Library Bureau
Business Systems
Mott’s Plumbing
J. L. Mott Iron Works
Seventeenth Street
New York City
Vero-Form Hygienic CO
Gold St
Foreign Office
Berlin
Germany
S. H. Fullerton
Uneeda Biscuit
Ee Eera Standard Adjustment Co
Flatiron Building
Tel
Gramercy
Hunyadi
Janos
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