Count's Photo Leads to Five Wives Claim in Bigamy Case
Assistant District Attorney and sheriffs weigh a possible pattern of marrying women then abandoning them. A Boston law firm sought a photograph to verify Raoul von Helden, the convict known as Count von Helden, and alleges up to five living wives including Loretta O’Neill Gertrude Lewis and Emily Brombach. Witnesses recount his charm and alleged marriages while defense money and a theatrical client are linked to schemes, with sentencing pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raoul von Helden
Davis
Sheri Lane
Westchester County
Vor Hiden
White Plains
Kelly
Loretta B. O'Neill
Jersey City
Gertrude Caroline Lewis
New Rochelle
Emily Brombach
Mount Vernon
William Juster
Atlantic City
Juster
von Helden
New York
David H. Hunt
Virginia
Europe
Rhine
Hughes Decision Soon Expected From Governor Hughes
Governor Charles E. Hughes, resting at his cottage in Seranac Inn vicinity, is nearing a renomination decision. He notes extensive letters urging renomination and plans to travel to Youngstown on September 5 to open the Republican campaign there. He will stay until around August 15 and may speak at country fairs after leaving Baranee Inn mid month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seranac Inn
Charles E. Hughes
Executive Chamber
Albany
Youngstown
Ohio
Robert H. Fuller
Ben” Smith
Baranee Inn
More Room for Normal College in New Term
The Board of Education executive committee planned to ease Normal College congestion by using eight rooms at Public School 59 on East Sixth Street and twelve rooms at Public School 19 on Amsterdam Avenue for overflow. A $1,000 request sought two weeks of playground work after closing. punishment for teacher Harry Reittacher of Public School 19, suspended for corporal punishment, was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Normal College
Congress
Harry Reittacher
East Mth Street
Young man held on forgery charge at West 30th
A man who gave the name Benjamin Daniel and alias D Bengeleisen was locked up on a forgery charge by the Commercial Trust Company. He presented a worthless $22 check at its Broadway branch and accepted a temporary partial payment from the cashier. Police followed and arrested him. Daniel claimed to be a salesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Daniel
Grand Union Hotel
West 30Th Street
Commercial Trust Company
Broadway
D. Bengeleisen
Trust Company
Daniel
Broadway Passenger Association Meeting on the Albany
The Broadway Passenger Association will sail on the Hudson River Day Line steamer Albany for a meeting and outing. The group departs from Albany and returns from Poughkeepsie in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway Passenger Association
Albany
Poughkeepsie
Holy Rollers in Court arraigned for worship raid
Thirty two Holy Rollers from the old Tompkins Avenue chapel in Williamsburg were arraigned before Magistrate Higgins. Four held for examination on August 12 with bail set, the rest paroled for a hearing the same day. Leader Elizabeth Robinson denied charges of public decency as a crowd gathered outside the Lee avenue court. A former schoolteacher, Josephine Dickey, pleaded for mercy as members, many ex-teachers, were named in the sect.
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Tompkins Avenue Presbyterian Church
Tompkins and
Willoughby Avenues
Williamsburg
Higginbotham
Lee Avenue
Brooklyn
Hughes
Vernon Avenue
Elizabeth Robinson
Pulaski Street
Josephine Dickey
Aero Club plans reception for Farman arrival in New York
Officials of the Aero Club of America met at the Hotel Astor to outline the welcome for Henri Farman arriving by La Touraine. A tug will ferry members to the pier, and Farman will be driven to the hotel in one of fifteen automobies as music drifts from the pier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aero’ Club of America
Hotel Astor
Henri Farman
Aeronaut
la Touraine
Alan R. Hawley
The
Aero Club
Augustus Post
Chandler
Thomas S. Baldwin
Carl Dienstbach
Farman
Wright Brothers
France
Indian vagrant tells tale of runaway Seneca youth
Solon Fox a fifteen year old Seneca from the Cattaraugus Reservation was found asleep in a freight car on the waterfront. He ran away from home after being beaten by his mother and said New York offered no future for an Indian. He preferred to return to Gowanda and was held at the Children's Society awaiting tribe guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Solon Fox
Gowanda
N. Y
Children’s Court
Kearns
West 68Th Street
Wyatt
New York
Justice Wyatt
Children’s Society
Chester Ley
Champlain Tercentenary Commission Members Named
Governor Hughes appointed five members to the Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission. Appointees are John H. Booth of Plattsburg John B. Riley of Plattsburg Walter C. Witherbee of Port Henry Louis C Lafontaine of Champlain and Howland Pell of New York. They join six legislators' appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saranac Inn
Hughes
Lake Champlain
Robbery Near Liberty Street Station
Police at the Church Street station reported a burglary at the Exchange Buffet at No 9 Liberty Street adjoining the station house. A burglar allegedly hid in the building before closing, stole cigars and cash, entered through a locked inner door, climbed to the roof like plate glass, fell through and escaped into the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Street
Exchange
Liberty Street
Croker Aide Edward Browne Arrives After Election Visit
Edward Browne, ally of Richard Croker, arrived from Liverpool aboard the Cunard Campania after a trip to Croker. Browne says Croker will likely visit the United States after the election and spend a few weeks at Palm Beach Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croker
Edward Browne
Richard Croker
Liverpool
Cunard
Campania
Tammany Hall
Browne
Palm Beach
Fla
Three Die From Heat In Brooklyn As Humidity Rises
A brutal heat wave sweeps New York causing three deaths in Brooklyn and seven prostrations in Manhattan. The dead include Edward Florin a one year old, Marr O Connor aged fifty and James Wilson nine months. Prostrations span several streets and neighborhoods with victims sent to various hospitals. Rides to seaside resorts and animal救 relief crews from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were noted as heat tolerances declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Flron
Edward
Garnet Street
O'Connor
Marr
Walworth Street
Wilson
James
Sutter Avenue
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Night Riders’ Revenge in Kentucky Rail War Sparks Fires
Night riders burned Illinois Central stations at Gracey Otter Pond and Cerulean Springs in Christian County as vengeance for allowing state militia to camp on railroad property near Cobb. Gunfire followed firings, with separate squads for each raid. Governor Willson ordered Adjutant General Johnston to direct Major Bassett. In Lyon County farmer John Stephens fears returning to his ruined farm after a night ride kidnapping. Buddy Nickle fled toward Missouri after a whipping by masked men. Lyon County jailer Enoch Prince warns soldiers to evacuate the courthouse. five more soldiers join the defense, totalling eighteen on duty.
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Louisville
Illinois Central
Gracey
Otter Pond
Cerulean Springs
Christian County
Cobb
Frankfort
Willson
Johnston
Bassett
Paducah
John Stephens
Lamasco
Lyon County
Night Rider
Krone
Eddyville
Buddy” Nickle
Tennessee
Cumberland
E. Champion
Missouri
Enoch Prince
Crumbaugh
Strikes Bought and Sold Examined at Tombs Court
Magistrate Corrigan held a private examination at the Tombs Police Court into allegations that strikes in the city are bought and sold. Assistant District Attorney Smyth led the John Doe proceedings with witnesses including Isaac Brown of the Plumbers' Association. The case stems from John Murphy, a plumber, charged with trying to extort 2000 from Bing and Bing after a mortgage foreclosure on a building where Murphy worked. The grand jury will probe relations between journeymen plumbers and employers as the proceedings continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corrigan
Tombs
Smyth
John Doe
Isaac Brown
Plumbers’ Association
John Murphy
Sth Street
Lexington Avenue
Bing & Bing
Murphy
Tombs Court
Art dealer Collins arraigned for perjury in Tombs court
Samuel Collins is accused by James Lockwood of perjury after Lockwood testified he saw Collins at the Continental Hotel on April 13, and Collins later swore he spent the day at the Continental Hotel in Newark New Jersey. John M. Beckley had sued Collins to recover on allegedly false representations about paintings sold by Collins who lives in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. Collins seeks to set aside a judgment obtained by Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Collins
James Lockwood
Corrigan
Tombs
John M. Beckley
Collins
Beakley
Stroudsburg
Penn
Fatalities Drop in New York Rail Accidents
Records of the accident bureau of the Public Service Commission show that in the first half of 1908, 218 people were killed in railway accidents in greater New York, down 70 from the last six months of 1907. Forty-two were killed last month and 260 were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Accident Bureau of the Public Service Commission
Greater
New York
Scores at Pacific Rifle Shoot Third Record Firing
In Monterey California on July 22 the Pacific Rifle competition third record firings listed scores for military teams. Notable marksmen include Pardee 625 Strauss 522 Roselle 520 and Clark 496 with several others ranging from high to mid forties. Lowest score on the team is illegible in surviving text.
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Tribune
Monterey
Cal
Pardee
20Th Infantry
Strauss
Roselle
Miller
Paul Clark
Grika
3D Infantry
McGee
Puckett
Allen
Hakala
Ahrends
Brock
Poor Tom at City Hall Ends Long Service as Pet Busby
A City Hall patrolman named Cahill shot Tom a longtime City Hall Park fixture after years of watchful service. The aging cat, beloved by workers and officials, struggled with failing sight and dwindling vigor as he wandered near the grass plot between City Hall and the Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cahill
City Hall
Tom
City Hall Park
Marty
Reese
Hewitt
Infanta Eulalia
Duque de Veragua
Gilroy
van Wyck
McClellan
Randolph Guggenheimer
Common Council
Marty” Reese
Court House
Cahill
Auxiliary Society For Prevention of Cruelty
Noisy Mulberry Street Residents Targeted by Police
Nicholas Lazatta and Michael Dedissia, living on Mulberry street near Police Headquarters, tested a scissors grinding device and sleigh bells to provoke officers and drew the attention of Captain Corcoran. Magistrate House fined them two dollars each and advised lawful conduct for a scissors grinding business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulberry Street
Nicholas Lazatta
Michael Dedissia
Bingham
Corcoran
East 1Th Street
Harlem Court
Darlington
Health Department
Oren Root
New York City Railway
Kreuscher
West 1524
Fort George
Morris Heights
Foss Sees Great Prosperity With Taft Victory
Boston July 22 Eugene N Foss a leading employer says stock prices reflect a coming wave of prosperity after Taft's election He predicts Steel common at 100 Union Pacific at 250 and notes wage earners earnings remain strong despite industry closures He forecasts four years of remarkable prosperity not yet seen in years.
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the Tribune
Boston
Eugene N. Foss
New England
William H. Taft
Union Pacific
United States
Boys Carry Chicago Message in YMCA Relay Report
YMCA in Chicago compiled statistics from the New York Chicago relay race showing 1,131 boys covering 1,092 miles with 1.20 relays. Some ran twice. Total running time was 114 hours 46 minutes, averaging 9.5 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Association
New York-Chicago
YACHTS DOT THE SOUND IN LYC THIRD SERIES RACE
Ninety five yachts divided into twenty eight classes raced in the Larchmont Yacht Club third series. Gardenia and Dorwina collided near Parsonage Point causing minor damage. Gardenia won elapsed time by 1 26 with protests filed. Seneca defeated Sue by 33 minutes in 3 23 41. Aurora beat Istalena by 34 36. Numerous other winners listed.
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Larchmont Yacht Club
E. C. Ray
Dorwina
L. S. Her
Gardenia
Addison G. Hanan
Seneca
E. J. Luckenbach
Sue
A. H. W. Johnson
Hazen Morse
Otto Heinigke
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Aurora
Long Island
Rail
Larchmoht Yacht Club
Hlm.s. Yacht
Hm.s
C. Vanderbilt
Istalena
G. M. Pynchon
Cours
Carwina
E. C. Ray Wee
I. S. Herzig
Mimosa III
S Wainwright Aessemereces
Deorella
George C. Peach
Miles
Hanan Brothers Ae
Bue
E F. Lackenbach
NEW York Yacht Club
Footers
Alker Ee Ee
Alera
J. Ww
Ibis
P. Morgan
J. E. Meyer
Atai
G. Wee Ecteee
Herai
HR. N. Bills
de Forest
Phryne
John O'Rourke
Ee Minx
Howard Willets
William E. Roosevelt
Dahinda
Chinook
Robert Mallory
Jt Bateeeearees
Keeler and Akers Pactenes
San Rascal
Hopkinse Larchmont Yacht Club
LD E. Dealy
Vaquero
J. McCarthy
Dorothy JL. G. Spence
Quest
F. L. Valte
Soya
W. A Barst
Joy
W. H Childs
Princess
F. G .Ste
Doeses
ST Chaperone
Robert Jacob, Jr
Skawanhaka Yacht Club
H. H. Rensselaer
E. A. Blerck
Marguerite
Trixie
Sally IX
AL Cuthbert
Coseees
J. J. Dwyer
Coves
Owdy
George Mercer
S. Duedl
Jolly Far
L. North
Jolly Coceeded
Deliy Tar
Jolly
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Bigamist
G. Stanley Hall
Ben Lindsay
Dr. Forbush
Holy Rollers
Farman By Wireless
Wrights
Aeronauts
A. M. Herring
Captain Baldwin
Washington
Fort Myer
Yankee
Youngster
Champlain Commissioners
Baker
John
Clarkson Street
Hudson Street
Cormarsch
Anna
Pitt Street
Bowery
Thomas
West 20Th Street
Union Square Park
New York Hospital
Doyle
Annie
118Th Street
Avenue A
7Th Street
Bellevue Hospital
Faldert
Richard
Hopkins Avenue
Astoria
Maspeth
German Hospital
Keasin
Gottfried
Amsterdam Avenue
West 130Th Street
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Roth
Isidor
Wendover Avenue
Third Avenue
60Th Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Scott
William
West 14Th Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Night Riders
Pacific
Happyland
Foss
Chicago
Harpers
Ellis Parker Butler
Sven Hedin
Oliver Lodge
Harper’s Magazine
Larchmont
O. Iselin, Jr
Hamburg
W. Goldsmith
Omoo
Pester
R. S. Childs
Ila
Otel
San Toy
Richard Keogh
Iselin, Jr
Limens Omoo
William Loprane
Arizona
G. EL Kear
Elite Pisy
F. Eggen
Arline
E. Rindle
Suse
Nateka
H. E. McCormi
K. OQ
H. Wood
Port Washington
Nicholas Cook
Bridgeport
Grace Li
J. F_ Lambden
Juanita
Hunter
aTs
BSR
Grace IL
Kenosha
Miss Modesty
H. A. Schwarz
Sally Vil
M.D. Truesdale
Moesip
Modesty
Okee
Sally VIII
Mint
San ‘Toy
Hoysen
Duncan Abbott
Tower Ridge Yacht Club
Spray
Nelson Brown
L. KB. Woods
Theimra
P. V. Griffin
White Lodge
Charlee Webb
New Rochell
Yacht Club
Nereid
Warren L. Fuller
Echo
Paul Meyerewitz
Lady R
B. Randel
Stannardoa
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club
Skeeter
T. M. Smith
Clarkson Cowl Humbux
Innis
Inez
D. C
W. Voltz
W. R
Berth
J. A
J. F. Mahlstedt
Bat
H. A. Jennings
Pe Ee Sloops
Red Bus
H. HM. Todd
Indian Harbor
Ti Pee Wee
L. N. Gillette
Edith Wharton
Henry van Dyke
Rimmon
F. Hopkinson Smith
Margaret Sherwood
James B. Connolly
John Fox, JR
Lonesome Pine
N.C. Wyeth
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