Arrest Wife and Son as Father Is Found Dead
Samuel McCredie forty two a decorator was found murdered in his top floor West 48th street rooms. Police say both wife Jennie thirty nine and son Harry twenty one were arrested as suspects. Neighbors reported the wife near the roof and testimony raised contradictions at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel McCredie
West 48Th Street
Jennie McCredie
Harry
West 4Th Street
Suspersons
McCredie
William
Jennie
George
Quick
Ith Street
Dooley
Ward
Robbers torture man to force safe opening in farm robbery
Two masked robbers burned H. A. Shadow’s feet with lighted matches at his Curtica farmhouse. After binding him and gagging him they looted the office safe of about $180, then fled with a horse and buggy. Shadow is in serious condition. the family was overcome by a chemical at the stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
H. A. Shadow
Curtica
Shadow
Schabow
Car Crash Hurls Woman From Auto on Eighth Avenue
A northbound car owned by Dr. Oscar Miers of Mount Vernon struck a second car and hurled Mrs. Helen D. Marmion from the vehicle near an elevated railroad pillar. Marmion sustained a scalp injury. Dr Secka treated her and took her home. The motorman John Masterson and Marmion refused to file a complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Avenue
Oscar Miers
South Third Avenue
Mount Vermon
Helen D. Marmion
West 126Th Street
Secka
Seventh Avenue
Fifty-foot fall ends teen diver's long struggle
Walter Canning a fifteen year old diver from Brooklyn died in Kings County Hospital after August 13 diving accident at Sheepshead Bay. He lived one hundred thirty four days with a broken neck following a spinal injury and later regained consciousness briefly before passing away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Canning
Kings County Hospital
Sheepshead Bay
Canning
Lexington Avenue
Brooklyn
Tragedy After Struggle Ends In Morphine Attempt
Leo Greenwald twenty years old of East 10th Street facing ruin after marriage woes and a string of misfortunes including robbery and job loss. A friend refused a loan, prompting morphine ingestion. Dr. Smith at Harlem Hospital pumped him stomach and saved him though he faces a possible suicide trial. His mother overheard his farewell before police and ambulance arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Greenwald
East 10Th Street
Smith
Harlem
Greenwald
Leo
Powers
East 2Th Street
Dr. Smith
Ee Lee
Derelict Off Cape Cod: Schooner Sinks After Stranding
A Boston schooner named Harry Messer drifting with lights set ran aground on Handkerchief Shoal three miles offshore near Chatham Mass. after leaving Baltimore for Boston with 3000 tons of coal. Crew abandoned ship then later returned to the craft as lifesavers reached the vessel. The boat ultimately sank. no details on casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Mass
Boston
Harry Messer
Nantucket Shoals
Handkerchief Shoal
Messer
Baltimore
Dennis
Cape Shore
Pierce
Monomoy Point
Joe” Kelly
Handkerchief
Held as swindler in Newark arrest
A man calling himself Thomas Johnson, of 141 Second Aves New York, was arrested at Police Headquarters Newark after six weeks of pursuit by Pinkerton detective Miller. He is suspected of leading a ring of swindlers and forgers with Manhattan ties. Victims include Essex Varnish Company and Newark Brush and Scraper Company. Formal charges to follow. police say signatures on Newark business directory mockups are forged. Johnson claims innocence and says he was a collector. he refuses to name his employer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Thomas Johnson
No. 141
Second Avenues
New York
Miller
Pinkerton Agency
Manhattan
Johnson
John C. Groel
Groel
Maynard Business Directory
Essex Varnish Company
Newark Brush and Scraper Company
Hall Business
Bliss & Co
Maynard Company
Disorders in Boston During Holiday Turmoil
Boston witnessed several accidental deaths and one shooting affray that left John Covino fatally wounded after a dispute with Pasquele Grazia at Covino’s North End home. Grazia was arrested after firing through a door and resisting police. An unknown Arlington man died at Union Station after a fall, another drowned body was recovered from the Charles River, and two others died of natural causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Pasquele Grazia
John Covino
Covino
Grazia
North End
Arlington
Union Station
Washington Street
Charles River
Socialist Editor Stages Unplanned Theatre Showdown at Savoy
Gaylord Wilshire, editor of Wilshire's Magazine, clashed with star Wilton Lackaye on Christmas night at the Savoy Theatre over a supposed attack on socialism. Lackaye deferred to audience vote after Wilshire attempted to speak, prompting laughter and a staged exit. Wilshire defended the play while admitting he felt obliged to protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord Wilshire
Wilshire
Wilton Lackaye
Savoy Theatre
Cleveland Moffett
Lackaye
New York
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Lackaye
John J. Haggleton
John D. Rockefeller
Newsboys Receives Christmas Bank Gift in Paterson
In Paterson on December 24 over 300 newsboys shared a Christmas dinner funded by J A Hall Commissioner of Public Parks. Boys received cards redeemable for bank books showing deposits in their name, with three top savers winning prizes. Rev Dr Stuart Hamilton preached on saving, while Mayor McBride was cheered. A separate gift distribution at Mrs Emma Johnson's Hamburg Avenue home handed out one thousand gifts to needy children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
McBride
Emma ‘Johnson
Hamburg Avenue
Deputy sheriff in Alabama kills man with his revolver
In Seal Alabama deputy sheriff John M Chambers of Russell County shot and killed George H Thompson fifty after Thompson and others beat a negro who allegedly cheated a merchant of a dollar The deputy ordered a halt Thompson drew a revolver fired at Chambers, the ball pierced the officer s hat Chambers seized the pistol and killed Thompson as he tried to draw another with his own pistol
Ferry Captain Hero Saves Barge Crew in East River
Captain William Murray of the Department of Charities ferryboat Bronx spotted a drifting coal barge with 450 tons aboard and people calling for help. He signalled a New Haven tug and towed the barge toward Blackwell’s Island, likely saving the barge captain and his wife plus three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Murray
Department of Charities
Bronx
Blackwell's Island
East Toth Street
Lehigh Coal Transportation Company
Coal Company
Exist 64Th Street
East River
Murray
New Haven Railroad Company
State Health Chief Seeks Enforce Old Law To Prevent Blindness
Harrisburg Penn December 25 State Health Commissioner Dixon urges enforcement of a long dormant 1895 statute to cut Pennsylvania infant blindness. He cites ophthalmia neonatorum as a leading cause, urging health officers and doctors to ensure prompt treatment and proper nurse reporting within six hours of birth eye inflammation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Penn
Dixon
Pennsylvania
State Department of Health
Pennsylvania School For the Blind
Veteran fireman hurt after theater blaze in Philadelphia
Samuel Dunlap assistant fire chief and veteran of the Philadelphia department lies in precarious condition after inhaling smoke at a moving picture theatre fire. Several other firemen were overcome. Dunlap is famed for a prior near-miraculous rescue and earned a gold medal from George Meade Post, G A R, for bravery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Samuel Dunlap
Dunlap
Philadelphia Fire Department
Abe Lacey
Lacey
George Meade Post, G. A. R
Youthful desperado confesses in Missouri jail escape case
Fred Mikel alias Fred Henderson, a teenager linked to the Elmer Magruder killing and a city marshal shooting, was recaptured by Special Officer William Barnett and two officers in Mexico Missouri. He gave a full confession, claimed to be seventeen, and was moved to St. Louis amid threats of violence. His Millard-area parents learned of his arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Fred Mikel
Fred Henderson
Elmer Magruder
Marshall Cain
Tighbee
William Barnett
Mikel
St. Louis
Millard
Sturgis Doctor fatally shot before his store in Michigan
In Sturgis, Michigan, Dr. T. R. Richardson, a leading local physician, was shot from ambush in front of his shop last night. Earlier, dynamite damaged his store and W. M. Dobbs was arrested but later released. he could not be located tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgis, Mich
Richardson
Sturgis
Dr. Richardson
W. M. Dobbs
Towne Jr sued for overdrafts at East Orange bank
Jerome D Gedney attorney for People's Bank says suit filed against Edward B Towne Jr missing cashier of Matheson Lead Company New York for overdrafts of 4000 dollars or more on his account at the bank He notes efforts to locate Towne and possible seizure options while declining to disclose how losses were covered or where information comes from
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tery Svlegt
the Tribune
East Orange
N. J
Jerome Dudley Gedney
People’s Bank
Edward B. Towne, Jr
Matheson Lead Company
New York
Mr. Gedney
Amok youth slashes police and bystanders on Decatur Street
Claude Smith, 18, claimed to be from South Carolina, ran amuck on Decatur Street last night. He used a long bladed knife to severely cut a policeman, slash Watson across the face, and inflict multiple gashes on a negro before his arrest. He had been drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Claude Smith
South Carolina
Decatur Street
Watson
Chinese Smuggling Round-Up in New Jersey Ports
Jersey City police rounded up seven Chinese men late last night after a botched attempt to locate smugglers from Canada. Inspector Celesandro pursued prisoners to multiple rail stations before placing them in custody. One suspect escaped and was recaptured four miles from the streetcar terminal. The group faces arraignment before U.S. Commissioner Rowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Celesandro
Lackawanna
Hoboken
Canada
Delesandro
Flest
Erie
Pennsylvania
Regan
U.S
Rowe
Robber Takes $200 and Kills Victim in Eldorado
C W Massingale, 50, of Valentine Nebraska, stayed in Eldorado for months. He was robbed of about $200 Wednesday night and found dead near the school building. Lee L Combs, a local farmer four miles away, is held in connection with the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado
Ark
C. W. Massingale
Valentine
Neb
Lee L. Combs
Embezzlement alleged at Millville factory firm
Sidney Moulthrop secretary to George Wood president of Millville Manufacturing Company and Pennsylvania Railroad director was held on a charge of embezzling funds from his employer. Magistrate to hear evidence on alleged defalcations possibly exceeding twenty thousand dollars with shortages covered by diverted cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sidney Moulthrop
George Wood
Millville Manufacturing Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Disease Outbreak Strikes Hermosillo Residents Flee
Reports from Hermosillo Sonora indicate a mysterious disease is killing many people quickly and driving residents to evacuate. Physicians cannot diagnose the illness and deaths occur within one or two days, causing widespread terror in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fl Paso
Tex
Hermostllo
Sonora
Mexico
Bayonne Man Snatched From Train Tracks In Narrow Escape
John Hattrick of 43 West Street Bayonne was dragged from a fast freight line near Central Bridge today and left unconscious with a fractured skull after falling from a train bound for New York. Rescuer John Shannon, praised for recent gas rescue at Hart’s Hotel and a fire alert on Spring Street, helped save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
John Hattrick
West Stn Street
Bayonne
Central Iroad
New York
Hattrick
John Shannon
Hart's Hotel
Samuel Schuster
Spring Street
Fire destroys Lauenstein stable in Morristown
Morristown on December 25 reports a morning blaze that destroyed the Lauenstein stable. Authorities believe a rotted insulation on an electric light wire caused a short circuit with the wood, saving fifty horses. Several firemen were overcome by smoke and the estimated loss is ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
Milkman Killed At Erie Crossing
Charles Ulrich a Newark milk company driver was struck and killed by a locomotive at the Devon street crossing of the Erie RailroadLakewood Branch in Arlington. His wagon was carried thirty feet on the engine pilot before the train stopped. His helper John Briscoe escaped. A crossing bell failure is reported and an inquest will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Charles Ulrich
West Street
Newark
Alderney Milk Company
Devon Street
Lakewood
Erie Railroad
John Briscoe
Colden Street
Fire kills seven horses at Provost street stake
A morning blaze at E J Sullivan’s stake at 136 Provost street Jersey City killed seven horses. The fire spread to A J Bogart’s adjoining stable, housing twenty seven horses that were saved by Patrolmen Kelly Tuite England and Brennan. Loss estimated at 3000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E J. Sullivan
Provost Street
Jersey City
A. J. Bogart
Kelly
Tuite
England
Brennan
Driver killed on ferry bridge in Jersey City
Henry Page a 35 year old coal truck driver was crushed under wagon wheels on the ferry bridge at low tide leaving St Louis. He died instantly as Mayer Pognack of Newark claimed he did not see the man in his path while urging his horse up the grade. Page's home was in Jersey City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Page
St. Louis
Jersey City
Mayer Pognack
Livingston Street
Newark
Pognack
Page
Grand and
Grove Streets
Deaf man crushed under streetcar tracks in Jersey City
James Carroll of 665 Grove street Jersey City was found yesterday at 6 am near the electric car tracks at South and Brunswick streets with a crushed leg. He wrote that a passenger pushed him from a two car. He was taken to City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carroll
Grove Street
Jersey City
Sth
Brunswick Streets
City Hospital
James Mesci
Mesel
Carroll Street
Brooklyn
Bray & Macgeorge Sell 10000 Acres Near May's Landing
Bray and Macgeorge of Vineland sell ten thousand acres between May's Landing and Richland to Cobden Realty Company of New York for colonization. The tract extends north from the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad and is expected to be divided into small farms for Italian grape and sweet potato growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineland
Bray & Macgeorge
Cobden Realty Company
New York
May's Landing
Richland
West Jersey & Seashore
Pennsylvania Railroad Promotes Comfort and Speed on Key Routes
The Pennsylvania Railroad highlights fast, frequent service to St. Louis Indianapolis and Cincinnati with four daily trains. The New York and St. Louis Limited offers Pullman sleepers dining and modern amenities. Schedules show 1:55 PM departure from New York to Indianapolis and St. Louis, with multiple daily through trains to each city. The railroad touts reliability and premier equipment as the Standard Railroad of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
New York
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Ohio River Valley
New York and St. Louis
New York and
Passaic Steel Works Finishes Tests On Manganese Rails
Reports from New Jersey indicate Passaic Steel Company completed tests of a new manganese steel railroad rail. The heavier rail promises longer life and lower maintenance costs, potentially transforming rail construction and reducing accidents on curves. Bondholders may reorganize the company, aiming to restore plant operations and boost employment as South Jersey mills secure large orders from Japan and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
Passaic Steel Company
John R. Lee
Passaic Steel Works
Mr. Lee
Lee
New York
Brooklyn
Bridge Steel
Les
New Jersey
Train Derailment Near Pleasant Lake Injures Dozens
Hillsdale Mich Dec 2 A Lake Shore passenger train derailed last night near Pleasant Lake Ind due to a turned switch. About thirty persons were injured and one may be fatally hurt. Suspicions arise that a gang recently robbing safes in the area may be responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale
Mich
Pleasant Lake
Ind
Lake Shore
One Dead Four Hurt In Wreck Near Elmira Idaho
A head on collision on the Great Northern near Elmira Idaho injured four people and killed Charles Mackey fireman of the Bonners Ferry local. Two trainmen and two passengers were hurt including Rev. J T Kelly whose back was injured. All injured expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Great Northern Railroad
Elmira
Idaho
Bonners Ferry
Charles Mackey
J. T. Kelly
Tuberculosis Kills Leper in Harrisburg Hospital
Mock Sem a leper and former city charge since July 7, 1907, died at Moniepal Hospital from tuberculosis. Originating in China, he worked as a restaurant cook, isolated after detection. His upkeep cost Harrisburg about $175 monthly, once spiking to $3750 after a weeklong feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Penn
Moniepal
China
Mack
Philadelphia
Family of four die in Hastings street gas tragedy
Four people, Morris Lukeman a grocer his wife Elizabeth and their children Annie sixteen and William fifteen, were found dead in a Hastings street residence from escaping gas. Lukeman's overcoat lay beneath a broken gas fixture, suggesting the man toppled the fixture while placing a Christmas tree and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hastings Street
Morris Lukeman
Elizabeth
Annie
William
Lukeman
Shot at Reconciliation Feast Ends in Death
Mrs George R Holman wife of a mechanic at Aeolian Piano Company Garwood N J was shot dead at her father in law s home during Christmas dinner after eight weeks of estrangement The elder Holman said the couple quarrelled then she went upstairs he followed. the father heard a scream and found her dead Holman was about to shoot himself but the pistol missed Police search for him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
New Brunswick
N. J
George R. Holman
Aeolian Piano Company
Garwood
Holman
German Valley
Car Jumps Rails. Two Hurt In Jersey City Crash
A southbound streetcar on the courthouse line left the track at Pavonia and Summit avenues, crashed across a sidewalk, and struck Dr Halloway’s home. Motorman Michael Logan lost control after a trestle exit. Two passengers, D. S. Underbord of Jersey City and Kermit Grizmigh of East Orange, were injured, with head, arm, and facial injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Pavonia
Summit Avenues
Dr Halloway
Michael Logan
D. 5
Underbord
Jefferson Avenue
Kermit Grizmigh
North Th Street
East Orange
East Orange. Underbord
Fire Ends Life at Hutchinson Wheelwright Shop
Henry Garriel aged 55, employed at Hutchinson's wheelwright shop in Red Bank, left a saloon last night saying he would sleep there. This morning the shop was found in flames with his charred body recovered among the ruins. He was not married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Bank
Henry Garriel
Hutchinson's Wheelwright Shop
Jersey News In Brief Chronicle
Plainfield reports Edward Brown hanged himself in his Washington avenue home after business troubles. Morris Welch, aged grain merchant, attacked near his White House business by two men, likely robbery. Fred Collier, heir to a fortune in England, plans to claim the legacy. George W. De Cunha launches a movement to raise the US presidential salary to 60,000 plus widow’s pension. A stove fire damages Mrs. Walsh’s millinery store in Jersey City. James Mesci stabbed in Carroll street, Brooklyn, likely fatal. Renee Rickmers crew celebrates Christmas at Constable Hook docks. Burglars use skeletoner to enter Adam H. Greer’s Cleveland street home and steal jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Edward Brown
North Avenue
Washington Avenue
White House
Morris Welch
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Missouri
Towne, JR
Matheson Company
Overdrew Accourt
East Orange Bank
AMUCK
Erie Crossing
Ferry Bridge
Bulletin
N. J. Steel Mills
Paterson Company
South Jersey Mills
Japan
City of
Jersey News
The
Fred Collier
West Grove
Montclair
George W. de Cunha
United States
F. P. Walsh
Renee Rickmers
Standard Ol
Constable Hook
Catain Frederick Schulz
Adam H. Greer
Cleveland Street
Savoy Hotel
Naples
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