Arrest, Wife and Son Accused in West 48th Street Murder
Samuel McCredie was found murdered on the kitchen floor of his grooms at 513 West 48th Street Best Likely murder case with wife Jennie and 21 year old son Henry jailed. Neighbors report sightings on the roof and family tensions described by police. Neighbors recall a quarrel and the janitress reports the wife’s erratic behavior after the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel McCredie
West 48Th Street
Jennie McCredie
Ena
Henry
West 4Th Street
McCredie
Harry
William
Jennie
George
Quick
The
Dooley
Ward
Mrs. Newman
Mrs. McCredie
Robbers torture farmer to force safe opening near Toledo
Two masked men invaded H A Shhadow's Curtica farmhouse at 4 AM and burned his feet with lighted matches to compel him to open a safe containing 180 dollars. They gagged him, tied him to a bed, stole a horse and buggy, and fled. The family found him unconscious with injuries and his hands bound. He survived but is seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
H. A. Shhadow
Curtica
Shadow
Schabow
Car Crash Hurls Woman From Auto On Eighth Ave
A northbound car owned by Dr. Oscar Myers of Mount Vernon struck an elevated rail pillar, ejecting Mrs. Helen Marmian from the vehicle. Her scalp was injured. Dr. Sacks treated her and took her home. The car was only lightly damaged. Marmian and Myers declined to file a complaint against motorman John Masterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Avenue
Oscar Myers
South Third Avenue
Mount Vermon
Helen ID. Marmian
West 126Th Street
Sacks
Seventh Avenue
Marmican
Fifteen year old Walter Canning dies after long spinal injury
Walter Canning aged fifteen died in Kings County Hospital after a diving accident at Sheepshead Bay on August 13. He survived a lengthy period with a broken neck, underwent spinal operation, regained some function, but later relapsed and died after months of medical attention. He resided at 358 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Canning
Kings County Hospital
Sheepshead Bay
Canning
Lexington Avenue
Brooklyn
Tragedy Follows Strain After Marriage for Leo Greenwald
Leo Greenwald twenty years old of East 10th street died after a morphine overdose near his home. Police say a friend refused a loan, his wife had left him after a quarrel a day after marriage six months ago. Dr. Smith at Harlem Hospital used a stomach pump. Greenwald faces possible charges for attempted suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Greenwald
East 10Th Street
Smith
Harlem Hospital
Greenwald
Leo
Powers
Ith Street
Dr. Smith
Jen Lee
Derelict Off Cape Cod Acrew Abandons Sunken Schooner
The Boston schooner Harry Messer carrying 3000 tons of coal drifted off Nantucket Shoals with lights burning and sank on Handkerchief Shoal off Chatham Massachusetts after abandoning ship at Shovelful Shoal. Lifesavers reached the vessel at daybreak and attempted to salvage it but it would founder in deep water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Mass
Boston
Harry Messer
Nantucket Shoals
Handkerchief Shoal
Messer
Baltimore
Dennis
Cape Shore
Pierce
Monomoy Point
Joe” Kelly
Newark Swindler Held After Six Weeks of Pursuit
A man claiming the name Thomas Johnson, of No 141 Second Avenue New York, is under arrest at Newark Police Headquarters. Detective Miller of Pinkerton traced him for six weeks as part of a suspected band of swindlers and forgers with Manhattan ties. Accused by John C Groel a real estate dealer of taking $5 for a bogus Maynard Directory advertisement, Johnson denies guilt, claiming only to be a collector. Police expect formal complaints and further arrests in New York. A batch of Newark business agreements bore signatures of local firms that police deem forged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Thomas Johnson
No. 141
Second Avenue
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
Disorder in Boston Ends in Shootings and Deaths
In Boston on a holiday, multiple deaths occurred including a shooting aftermath. Pasquale Grazia was arrested after allegedly firing at John Covino, who is hospitalized with a severe abdominal wound and may not survive. An unknown Arlington-origin man died at Union Station after a fall, and another body was pulled from the Charles River. Additional natural deaths occurred in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Pasquale Grazia
John Covino
Covino
Grazia
North End
Arlington
Union Station
Washington Street
Harbor
Charles River
Socialist Editor’s Onstage Battle Sparks Theatre Chaos
Gaylord Wilshire, editor of Wilshire's Magazine, clashed with Wilton Lackaye during a Savoy Theatre performance of Cleveland Moffett's The Battle. A miscommunicated program led Wilshire to speak against socialism, provoking a fan reaction and a hasty stage retreat while Lackaye apologized and the audience largely vetoed further socialist discourse.
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 receive Christmas bank book deposits
In Paterson on December 24 special report says more than three hundred newsboys dined at a holiday event organized by I. A. Hall. Each boy got a card for a bank book reflecting a deposit in his name, while Rev. Dr. Stuart Hamilton urged thrift and saving. Three prizes will go to top deposits. Mayor McBride was cheered. Also, Emma Johnson’s Hamburg Avenue home distributed one thousand gifts to poor children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
McBride
Emma ‘Johnson
Hamburg Avenue
Deputy sheriff Kills man with his revolver in Alabama
John M. Chambers deputy sheriff of Russell County shot and killed George H Thompson fifty in the altercation during a beating incident in Feal Alabama Chambers ordered the crowd apart and Thompson drew on him Thompson fired killing Thompson with his own revolver after Chambers disarmed him and he attempted to draw again
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ala
John M. Chambers
Russell County
George H. Thompson
Thompson
Chambers
Ferry Captain Hero Saves Barge Family From Drift
Captain William Murray of the Department of Charities ferryboat Bronx spotted a drifting coal barge with a captain and his wife and three children aboard. He signalled a tug and towed the barge toward Blackwell's Island, likely preventing a disaster on the East River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Murray
Department of Charities
Bronx
Blackwell's Island
East 70Th Street
Lehigh Coal Transportation Company
Coal Company
East 64Th Street
East River
Murray
New Haven Railroad Company
Blackwell’s Island
State Health Chief seeks to cut infant blindness in Pa
Harrisburg Penn Dec 25 State Health Commissioner Dixon urges enforcing a 1895 law to report infant eye inflammation within six hours to health officers. He cites a School for the Blind report showing one third of admissions due to ophthalmia neonatorum. The plan calls for nurse reporting and prompt physician involvement with a harmless cleansing solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Penn
Dixon
Pennsylvania
State Department of Health
Pennsylvania School For the Blind
Veteran Fireman Hurt in City Theater Fire
Philadelphia dispatch reports Assistant Fire Chief Samuel Dunlap injured from smoke inhalation in a moving picture theater blaze. Several other firefighters overcome. Dunlap in precarious condition. He is famed for past rescues, a Civil War bullet survivor, and a Gold Medal recipient from George Meade Post, G. A. R.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Samuel Dunlap
Dunlap
Philadelphia Fire Department
Abe Lacey
Lacey
George Meade Post, G. A. R
Youthful Desperado Confesses After Recapture
Mexico Missouri logs the capture of Fred Mikel alias Fred Henderson, a teen killer who shot Policeman El mer Magruder and likely wounded City Marshal Cain before escaping from Wighbee jail last Friday. Special Officer Barnett and two officers seized him. he admits the crime, says he is seventeen, and is sent to St. Louis amid threats of violence. His Millard-area parents were startled by the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Fred Mikel
Fred Henderson
Elmer Magruder
Marshall Cain
Wighbee
William Barnett
Mikel
St. Louis
Millard
Sturgis Doctor Shot Dead Outside Store
Sturgis Mich Dec 3 Dr T S Richardson a prominent local physician was fired on from a bush and killed in front of his store last night. Earlier, the doctor’s store was dynamited with W M Dobbs arrested and later released on bonds. He could not be found last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgis, Mich
T. S. Richardson
Sturgis
Dr. Richardson
W. M. Dobbs
Amok stabbing spree on Decatur Street ends with arrest
Claude Smith, eighteen, claimed from South Carolina, ran amuck on Decatur Street last night wielding a long bladed knife. He severely cut a policeman, slashed a white man named Watson across the face, and inflicted several gashes on a Black man before being captured. He had been drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Claude Smith
South Carolina
Decatur Street
Watson
Smuggling Roundup Nets Seven Chinese Suspects
Jersey City police rounded up seven Chinese men believed smuggled from Canada. Inspector Celesandro, ordered to Hoboken Lackawanna station, detained five Chinamen and arranged to meet a Chinese interpreter who failed to appear. After missteps he moved prisoners, one man escaped on a trolley, and Patrolman Regan recaptured him four miles from the terminal. They face arraignment before U.S. Commissioner Rowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Celesandro
Lackawanna
Hoboken
Canada
Delesandro
Flest
Eria
Pennsylvania
Regan
U.S
Rowe
Robber Takes 200 and Kills Man in Eldorado
Eldorado Arkansas December 25 Massingale C W 50 Valentine Nebraska robbed of about 200 and killed. His body found 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
Millville Official Held on Embezzlement Charge
Sidney Moulthrop secretary to George Wood president of Millville Manufacturing Company and Pennsylvania Railroad director was jailed in Philadelphia with bail set at 5 000 dollars for a hearing on charges of embezzling about 20 000 to 20 900 dollars from his employer. Authorities say he juggled bank accounts to cover shortages for personal use and the total may exceed 20 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sidney Moulthrop
George Wood
Millville Manufacturing Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Awn Dairies
Disease in Hermosillo Mystery Strikes Sonora Capital
Reports from Hermosillo Sonora Mexico describe a mysterious deadly illness sweeping the city causing panic and rapid departures. Physicians have not diagnosed it and most cases prove fatal within a day or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fl Paso
Tex
Hermosillo
Sonora
Mexico
Fire destroys Morristown stable injuring firefighters
Morristown saw a morning blaze at the Lauenstein stable as insulation on an electric light wire apparently rotted and short circuited with the wood. Fifty horses were saved, several firemen overcome by smoke, with losses estimated around $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
Milkman Killed at Erie Crossing in Newark Driver Dies
Arlington reports Charles Ulrich of 9 West street Newark was struck by a locomotive at Devon street crossing on the Lakewood Branch Erie Railroad. His wagon was dragged 300 feet onto the engine pilot before the train stopped. Helper John Briscoe escaped. Bell warning reportedly failed. Inquest planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Crossing
Arlington
Charles Ulrich
West Street
Newark
Alderney Milk Company
Devon Street
Lakewood
Erie Railroad
John Briscoe
Colden Street
Driver killed on ferry bridge in Jersey City
Henry Page, 35, coal truck driver, was crushed under wheels as he fell in the roadway on the St. Louis ferry bridge at low tide yesterday. Mayer Pognack of Newark, driving the second wagon, said he urged his horse and did not see Page in the path. Page's home was Grand and Grove streets, Jersey City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Page
St. Louis
Jersey City
Mayer Pognack
Livingston Street
Newark
Pognack
Page
Grand and
Grove Streets
Towne Jr sued for overdraft by East Orange bank
Jerome Dudley Gedney attorney for People's Bank says suit filed against Edward B Towne Jr missing Matheson Lead cashier for overdrafts of 4000 dollars or more on his account at the bank We may seek to seize him but have not decided and will not disclose methods used to locate him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Fast Orange
N. J
Jerome Dudley Gedney
People’s Bank
East Orange
Edward B. Towne, Jr
Matheson Lead Company
New York
Mr. Gedney
Towne
HATTRICK SNATCHED FROM TRAIN PATH IN BAYONNE
John Hattrick of 43 West Street Bayonne was pulled from the Central Railroad tracks by a fast freight bound for New York today, sustaining a fractured skull after likely falling from a train. He was rescued by John Shannon, noted for recent saves at Hart's Hotel and Schuster home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
John Hattrick
West Stn Street
Bayonne
Central Railroad
New York
Hattrick
John Shannon
Hart's Hotel
Samuel Schuster
Spring Street
Fire destroys Sullivan stake. seven horses perish
A fire at No 186 Provost Street Jersey City yesterday morning consumed E J Sullivan's stake and spread to A J Bogart's adjoining stable. Seven horses died. twenty seven horses in Bogart’s stable were saved by Patrolmen Kelly Tule England and Brennan. Loss estimated at 3000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E J. Sullivan
Provost Street
Jersey City
A. J. Bogart
Kelly
Tule
England
Brennan
Deaf mute man found injured near streetcar tracks in Jersey City
James Carroll of 665 Grove Street Jersey City was found at 6 a.m. yesterday near the electric car tracks at 8th and Brunswick with a crushed leg. He wrote that a passenger pushed him from a car and he was taken to City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carroll
Grove Street
Jersey City
8Th
Brunswick Streets
City Hospital
James Mesch
Moser
Carroll Street
Brooklyn
Big Realty Deal Near May s Landing
Bray and Macgeorge of Vineland have sold ten thousand acres to Cobden Realty Company of New York for colonization. The tract lies between May s Landing and Richland, north of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. It 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 The Standard Railroad of America
The Pennsylvan ia system links New York to St Louis Indianapolis and Cincinnati with four daily trains and first class equipment. The New York and St Louis Limited offersPullman rooms a dining car library observation and maid service. Schedule shows daily departures 1:55 P M from New York with arrival times in Indianapolis and St Louis. The line touts punctuality regular service and hotel like comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
New York
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Ohio River Valley
New York and St. Louis
New York and
Passaic Steel unveils manganese rail revolution
Reports from Paterson indicate Passaic Steel Company completed tests on a new manganese steel railroad rail promising tenfold rail life and reduced maintenance costs. Engineers claim fewer curve accidents and potential plant sale to bondholders amid corporate reorganization. South Jersey mills report large orders from Japan and Mexico sustaining production through next August.
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
South Jersey
Japan
Mexico
Safety switch blamed for Pleasant Lake derailment near Hillsdale
Hillsdale Michigan December 2 report says a turned switch caused the Lake Shore passenger train derailment near Pleasant Lake Indiana last night injuring about thirty people, with one possibly fatally. Authorities suspect gang activity linked to recent safe robberies in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale
Mich
Pleasant Lake
Ind
Lake Shore
One Dead Four Hurt In Wreck Near Elmira Idaho
A head on collision between the Bonners Ferry local passenger train and an extra freight near Elmira Idaho left Charles Mackey fireman dead and injured two trainmen and two passengers. One passenger Rev J T Kelly sustained back injuries. all the injured are 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 Chinese leper who had been an involuntary city charge since July 1907, died at Municipal Hospital from tuberculosis. He lived in isolation after arriving as a cook, cooked in his own way with raw materials, and cost the city about $175 monthly, with a peak bill of $3750 after a Chinatown Philadelphia order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Penn
China
Mack
Philadelphia
Family of Four Die from Escaping Gas in Chicago Home
Four members of the Lukeman family died of asphyxiation from escaping gas at 168 Hastings Street. Morris Lukeman, his wife Elizabeth, and their children Annie sixteen and William fifteen were found dead. An overcoat lay beneath a broken gas fixture, suggesting it was used to topple the fixture after arranging a Christmas tree with gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iastings Street
Morris Lukeman
Elizabeth
Annie
William
Lukeman
Shot At Reconciliation Feast In New Jersey Home
Mrs. George R. Holman was shot and killed at her father in law’s Garwood New Jersey home during Christmas dinner preparations. The estranged couple had reconciled briefly for the holiday before dispute over where she would stay led to the tragic shooting. Police pursue Holman, believed to have attempted suicide but fired blank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
New Brunswick
N. J
George R. Holman
Aeolian Piano Company
Garwood
Holman
German Valley
Streetcar jumps rails injures two passengers in Jersey City
A southbound streetcar on the courthouse line left the track at Pavonia and Summit avenues, crossed the sidewalk, and crashed into Dr Halloway's home. Motorman Michael Logan could not prevent the crash. Passengers D E Underbord and Kermit Grizmigh sustained head arm and facial injuries and were sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Pavonia
Summit Avenues
Dr. Halloway
Michael Logan
D. E. Underbord
Jefferson Avenue
Kermit Grizmigh
North Th Street
East Orange
Underbord
Grizmigh
Christmas Reveller Buried in Hutchinson Fire
Henry Garriel fifty five, a wheelwright at Hutchinson's shop in Red Bank, left a saloon with friends saying he would sleep at work. The shop burned overnight and his charred body was found among the ruins. He was not married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Bank
Henry Garriel
Hutchinson's
Jersey News In Brief Selections From Plainfield To Jersey City
Plainfield reports Edward Brown hanged himself in his Washington avenue attic after business troubles. Morris Welch, a grain merchant, was attacked by two men leaving his White House place, likely a robbery attempt. Fred Collier, heir to a fortune in England, sailed from West Grove to claim the legacy. George W. Da Cunha seeks to raise US presidential salary to 100000 with annuity and widow’s pension. An overheated stove caused a blaze at Mrs Walsh’s Grove street millinery. damage 1000. James Mesch wounded in Jersey City hospital after a stabbing. Renee Rickmers crew celebrated Christmas at Constable Hook en route to Japan. Burglars used a skeleton key on Adam Groer’s Cleveland street home, tapping jewelry valued 68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Edward Brown
North Avenue
Washington Avenue
White House
Morris Welch
F. P. Walsh
Grove Street
Jersey City
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Hero
Keystone
Missouri
AMUCK
Ferry Bridge
Towne, JR
Matheson Company
Overdrew Accourt
East Orange Bank
Bulletin
N. J. Steel Mills
Paterson Company
City of
Jersey News
Fred Collier
West Grove
Montclair
George W. da Cunha
United States
Sim
Renee Rickmers
Standard Oil
Constable Hook
Catain Frederick Schulz
Orange
Adam H. Groer
Cleveland Street
Savoy Hotel
Naples
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