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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1908
Page
6
An ad touts MOHR FURNITURE offering directly made to consumer items at fifty percent under typical dealer prices. It claims the maker sells what it makes, eliminating middleman gains, and highlights unique designs and finishes not yet available to dealers.
Clarence F. James a Manhattan broker living at Franklin Turnpike Allendale N J says a revolver shot was fired through an open bedroom window while he slept at 3 am. The bullet lodged in the wall. his wife Mrs James was the intended target, detectives say. The revolver vanished and police treat it as an inside job with burglary ruled out.
Hudson County authorities announce a new witness for the Whitmore murder case. Lottie Carroll claims to have seen Theodore Whitmore and his wife together on Christmas Eve with Whitmore returning alone, as a second trial commences in Jersey City. Attorney General McCarter leads the prosecution. Alexander Simpson defends Whitmore.
Capt Peter C Hains Jr and his brother T Jenkins Hains are indicted for murder in the first degree for the killing of William E Annis and will be arraigned before Justice Garretson in the Supreme Court at Flushing. A decision on their demurrer is expected to be against the demurrer and the indictments to be declared regular, forcing both to plead.
The Sullivan County deer hunting season, opened Oct. 16, has attracted large crowds as forest fires push deer toward fields. Hunters report woods crowded and many sleeping in barns and tents. fifty-five deer were killed in the first eight days, matching typical season totals.
Test case before the Board of General Appraisers challenges caviar classification under the Dingley tariff. Importers argue eggs from sturgeon are not fish, while the board previously ruled caviar is fish eggs. An appeal filed by Kammerloh & Duffy for Ferdinand Hansen seeks free entry under the fish eggs provision.
Dr Giuseppe Veanick2, living in Connecticut, faces skull fracture in St Vincent's Hospital after a confrontation with his father in law Alcantro Aristossia owner of a Mulberry Street shop. Aristossia was jailed after beating the son in law. the wife Lucille testified to financial aid and later neglect.
Mrs Claudia Libbey Hains wife of Capt Peter Co Hains now jailed in Brooklyn for the Annis killing told Boston counsel that letters said to be from Lieut Malcolm Andruss distort her case. She asserts Andruss has been a friend and his feelings changed only after she left Fort Hamilton last July.
News from Gulfport Mississippi reports a Wild West Show cowboy Lon Seely and Gulfport police officer Lee Varnadoe were killed after a confrontation. Seely reportedly attacked a crowd of black spectators with a revolver and fled. both men died from single gunshot wounds found near the railroad, each with an empty shell in a revolver.
William Langer aged 18 of East 158th Street and William Blicker 16 of East 151st Street were arrested by Morrisania police for a spate of motorboat burglaries along the Sound. Police say over $1,500 in property was found at Langer’s rear-house workshop and that both boys confessed. Bail was set at $1,000 each for extradition.
Mrs Teresa Popke and her husband a Willi amb 291 Kent Avenue Williamsburg were assaulted after three men followed her to the doorway. Popke confronted them and was knocked down. when Mrs Popke aided him she was beaten as neighbors carried them to safety. The assailants fled.
Boston, Oct. 25 Thomas W. Lawson said he welcomed the Post Office investigation of his business tied to mail use. He faulted a fraudulent anonymous ad by the Congressional Information Bureau, pledged publicity, offered rewards for arrest, and stated he does not sell products, directs buyers to brokers, and returns money orders. He claimed enemies capitally protest whenever he steps on their coins.
Edward Murphy Robinson a prominent Mobile lawyer and political orator, known in New York, killed himself at his Mobile home this afternoon after leaving the Athelstan Club. He was seen with his wife and child at dinner before rising to his room and firing two shots. Mrs. Robinson is a daughter of Col. D. P. Barker, Republican National Committeeman for Alabama.
Albert Lemke a bricklayer 308 East Eighty-third Street was arrested at Second Avenue and Thirty-third Street on information from Washington for stealing 2500 dollars worth of jewelry from Mrs Charlotte Tracy 208 Indiana Avenue with whom he had boarded He allegedly bought refreshments for Mrs Tracy Saturday night and she awoke to find the jewelry gone Lemke carried 95 dollars and all but a 500 dollar ring from the set
Marcel Vivian 38 a silk weaver at Astoria mills was found dead in woods near Steinway and Riker Avenues Long Island City. A bullet wound to the temple and a revolver in his hand marked the self inflicted death. Mrs Vivian said he suffered fits of low mood from illness and had left home recently.
Charles Shank, former Yale end and three season player, has appeared with news he is armed and will pursue business instead of finishing college. He married a Crawfordsville, Indiana woman on September 15 and kept it secret until after leaving Yale last week. His father, in Crawfordsville, confirms the marriage and forgiveness.
Boston reports about 750 fewer marriage license applications in 1908 than the prior year. The average applicant age is higher, June showed a drop, and October saw a decline of over 50 marriages. More Boston girls sought marriages outside the city than in previous years.
Letter to the editor defends United States Steel against political attacks over the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad sale. It recounts how J. W. Gates led a pool of investors borrowing from Lincoln Trust and North America Trust, faced panic, and prompted a Morgan intervention to save trust companies. The piece argues the deal benefited the Birmingham area and the nation, despite criticism from crossroad politicians.
Revived autumn snake hunt along the Bronx River yields twenty eight water snakes captured by Raymond I. Ditmars and two assistants from the Bronx Park Zoo. The snakes, sleeping on river banks, were collected for display and study at the zoo.
Henry Brems, 19, a salesman of East Broadway, visited Dr W W Lesen seeking carbolic acid to die. He failed twice to obtain the chemical and was ejected from the doctor’s office. A later call reported a suicide attempt but examiners found no illness and he was released.
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