Thaws Mental State at Time of White Killing Examined
Defense witnesses detailed H. K. Thaw as mentally unbalanced since childhood, citing erratic behavior and irritable episodes. Testimony described Thaw’s intense nervousness, bulging eyes, and irrational actions at the Grand Hotel and Whist Club before and after the Stanford White shooting.
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H. K. ‘Thaw
Stanford White
Shaw
Copiey
Grand Hotel
Mr. White
Thaw
Horatio Co. Wood, Jr
Philadelphia
Jerome
Harriet Alice Thaw
William Thaw
Friends’ Asylum
Frankfort
Penn
Mr. Jerome
Christopher Baggin
Mr. Littleton
Ragern
John B. Gleason
John W. Gates
Charlies M. Schwab
Captain Wharton
Matilda C. Stein
Grama Hotel
Carr
Evelyn Nesbit
Carolyn Lowrie
William A. Johnston
Lionel Straus
White
Liglton
Thew
Alfred Lee Thew
Richmond
William 5. Thaw
Horace S. Thaw
Williamsburg
Western State Hospital
Virginia
Thaw Testimony Continues With Pardon Request
Thaw begged the butler's pardon and described several similar incidents on the stand. He remained on the witness chair as the session ended. Mr. Littleton does not plan to call expert witnesses until Monday as the week focuses on Thaw's odd actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Littleton
Deadly Fire at Rhoades Opera House Leaves 170 Supposedly Dead
Coroner Strasser reports 170 dead after the Boyertown blaze at the Rhoades Opera House. One firefighter perished, Jacob Johnson died from injuries. Three charred bodies recovered. 115 of 168 identified. Morgues opened to the public. inquest pending with a six-member jury including Irvin East and the Reading delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyertown
Penn
Strasser
Rhoades Opera House
Jacob Johnson
Irvin T. East
Relief Committee
Union Cemetery
Edwin Schutz
Farmers’ National Bank
Levi Becker
William H. Fox
Irvin P. East
William Y. Levan
Daniel K. Hoch
Reading
Trade in Fake Art Warns of Richer Schemes and Scams
F Edwin Elwell former Met curator warns of widespread fake art, recounting million dollar refunds by New York dealers to avoid court while detailing Egyptian and Italian forgeries, a famous Rembrandt copy, and the need for stronger laws to shield collectors from imitation antiques.
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F. Edwin Elwell
Metropolitan Museum
Weehawken
Europe
Egypt
Birmingham
England
Italy
New York
Aphrodite
National Arts Club
Florence
Boston
Genral di Cesnola
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Achilles
Athens
United States
Hooker Heirs Win Contest
Surrogate Brown voids Captain James H. Hooker will dated February 28 1997 leaving most estate to the United States for a Galesburg military academy with a 1000 dollar to nephew Frederick Benjamin and 20000 for a monument. Executors included President Roosevelt. Irondequoit resident died aged seventy four with estate valued between 106000 and 15000. Nephews and nieces contested citing alleged incompetence amid sensational testimony in Surrogate Court proceedings.
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Rochester
Selden S. Brown
James H. Hooker
Frederick Benjamin
United States
Galesburg
Roosevelt
Hooker
Irondequoit
Secret code letter delays Whitmore case to grand jury
A plaintext signed "2 X 69, 7.2" and anonymous notes to Theodore Whitmore, now in New Jersey police hands, warn of a confession and claim a woman will reveal now. The missives accuse a Brooklyn witness Sallie Williams of withholding key evidence and mention a nervous woman in Manhattan on Christmas Eve.
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New Jersey
Whitmore
Grand Jury
Theodore Whitmore
Newark
Sallie Williams
Adams Street
Brooklyn
34Th Street
New York Education Department Reports Record School Spending
Albany reports the fourth annual Education Department study shows New York leads on progress with total common school expenditure of 47 million dollars. Teachers' salaries, buildings, and libraries dominate costs while average cost per pupil rises, and daily attendance reaches 970 thousand. Commissioner Draper urges trade schools, extended training, and reforms to align with industrial needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Education Department
New York
Andrew S. Draper
A Call to Industry for Nation and Manhood
A speech urges industries to contribute to wealth strength and manhood. It asserts that broader participation will guarantee equal opportunity for all Americans and redefine the core elements of public life.
Bride at Ship's Wheel Aboard Oil Clipper Glendoon
The Glendoon and King George, both Standard Oil ships, arrived after swift runs from Cape Town and Hong Kong. Captain Horace Robinson’s wife Marcella Lawrence Smith, twenty, sailed as navigator aboard the Glendoon and kept at the wheel through favorable and rough seas.
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Standard Oil Company
South Africa
Orient
King George
Hong Kong
Glendeon
Cape Town
Onest
Bill Quigley
Battery
Bill
Glendoon
Sandy Hook
Standard Oil Office
Horace Robinson
New York
Marcella Lawrence Smith
William
Standard Oil Fleet
Robinson
Glendoon Sails 72 Days to Cape Town Then Home in 35
The Glendoon logged 7 00 miles and anchored off Cape Town after seventy two days. After discharging cargo she took on ballast rock for railroad beds and cleared for New York. Winds eased return voyage, yielding a 35 day run averaging about 200 miles daily. A hurricane forced her south of Sandy Hook on a Sunday.
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Glendoon
Cape Town
New York
Sandy Hook
Mandamus remedy under interstate act cumulates with other remedies
Judge Pritchard of the U S Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Section 2% mandamus is cumulative and does not exclude other remedies under the interstate commerce act. In Pitcairn Coal Co v Baltimore & Ohio Railroad the court permits pursuing Section 13 actions for equal car service distribution, reverses a lower court ruling, and directs dismissal of the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Pritchard
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Pitcairn Coal Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Circuit Court of
District of Maryland
Merchants’ Coal Company
Connellsville
Baltimore & Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Act
Appellees
Circuit
Boys Hunt Wall Street Bears Action in 1900s Glen Cove Tale
Eight boys under ten left Glen Cove on Monday to hunt bears in Wall Street and returned footsore. They carried about five cents, had secret counsel, and faced an attack by a goat during the unlikely expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Glen Cove
Willie Lamb
John Sprague
John O'Keeffe
Richard Britt
Frederick Ziegson
William Rushmore
Joseph Britt
Jeremiah Reed
Hunt Bears
Contin
Boys Turn Back Near Glen Cove After Long City Walk
In a neighborhood episode a group of boys walking toward Long Island City chose to turn toward Glen Cove when the New York route proved long. Their parents met in Main Street's dry goods block and decided the boys had been punished enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ued
Long Island City
Glen Cove
Main Street
Nickel Under Hudson and the Hoboken Tunnels Opening
William G. McAdoo and Governor elect J. Franklin Fort spoke at Hoboken Board of Trade dinner outlining the Hudson tunnels from Hoboken to New York. McAdoo announced trains would run soon with a five cent fare from Hoboken to Sixth Avenue routes and Cortlandt Street, predicting a quick opening within weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. McAdoo
New York
New Jersey
J. Franklin Fort
Hoboken
Manhattan
Jersey City
Georgia
Sherman
D. C. Haskins
Hudson Tunnels Company
Manhattan Island
Jersey Shore
Met
Rocklyn
Kattan
Mth Street
Sixth Avenue
Cortlandt Street
Broadway
Cortlandt Street Broadway
Pennty
Long Island
Hoboken's
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Eastern State Hospital
Horace
William 5
William R. Montgomery
Hamilton Bank
F. E. Elwell
the American Art Galleries
East 23d Street
Madison Square South
A. G. Hunt
Washington, D. C
Albert Bierstadt
N. A
Buffalo
Selkirk Range
Canadian
Mount Tacoma
Washington
Golden Gate
California
Edward Bierstadt
Richard Mansfield
Pekin
Mirs
E. H. Conger
Edwin H. Conger
China
John la Farge
Kakemono
K. James G. Tyler
Rare Oriental
THE
American Art Association
New York State Department
Bride
Judge Pritchard
Nickel
W. G. McAdoo
Hobokenites
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