Murdered in Murray Hill Room. Autopsy Contradicts Suicide
Joseph Keyes, 35, found stabbed to death in his third avenue room. Dr Edgar T Rays, the coroner physician, rejects self harm, noting multiple chest and throat wounds, wrist slashes, and postmortem lung damage. Neighbors recount Keyes’s odd manners. police seek suspect amid unclear motive as coroner holds preliminary hearing.
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Edgar T. Rays
Corofre
Joseph Keyes
TiNo OS
Third Avenue
Rays
Keyes
Murray HM
Lady Berea
Ireland
William
East Sith Street
Pet
St. Gabriel's Church
Martha
Gelock
Lieutenant Murphy
Lastth Street
Watson
Tuohy
Turner
Murphy
Keyer
Mane
Jseph Keyon
Hellenstein
Trust Was in Beam Pool Trial Reveals Steel Director’s Stance
Roberts Jr of United States Steel Corp testified in a government suit seeking to dissolve a pool among steel and theater allied firms. He said he believed the pool’s terms were known and proper, not secret, and that using smaller mills to spread improvements was acceptable. Former Ambassador Robert Mam and Elbert J. Gary attended the morning session as cross-examination continued.
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Steel Corporation
Maat
Roberts, Jr
United States Steel Corporation
Jude Hickinson
Roberta
Steel Bear Pool
Alo
Indus
Police Captain Retired at Own Request in City Move Up
Prospective vacancy filled as Lawrence J Murphy, longtime Prospect Park station officer, retires after 40 years service since 1881. Alexander Place of the city commission announces the promotion to lieutenant, elevating him to captain in 1900, with details on eligibility and the transition.
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LG. Murphy
C. A. Place
Setain
Lawrence J. Murphy
Prospect Park
Wan
Tne
Lden Rsac Charien A. Place
Alexander Vm
Terete
Leutenant
Mercy Shown To Auto Bandit In Penitentiary Sentence
Joseph Young once a gang leader and college graduate received one year in prison and a $1000 fine after pleading guilty to robbery in the second degree. His withdrawal of that plea and substitution with assault allowed the penitentiary sentence. Eleven gang members are in Sing Sing due to his testimony, and Charles Leber also received a similar sentence. Young asked clemency, claiming his morphine addiction and reform, while noting Weber’s greater blame in drug misuse.
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Joseph Young
Joseph Taylor
Toster
Young
Sing Sing
Charles Leber
Charles I Bast
Hill Folk Hear Sulzer At Greene County Meeting
Telegraph dispatch from Catskill New York June 6 reports a Sulzer meeting drawing over a thousand attendees including many from Tanneraville. Governor Sulzer urged direct primaries, contrasted direct and indirect systems, praised Patrie and Pattie, and urged voters to back the direct primary bills amid a viva vote showing support.
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Tribune
Catskill
N.Y
Sulzer
Tanneraville
Rnor
Ruber
Tannersville
Horn’ Tweed
George B van Volekenburgt
Greene County
George
Patrie
Mir Patric
Patric
Patele
Hughes
Pattie
County League backs Sulzer direct primary measure
The County Committee of the Independence League endorsed Governor Sulzer's direct primary bill at Arlington Hall and urged all members to help pass it at the upcoming Legislature special session. A mass meeting is planned for June 13 at the Murray Hill Lyceum to explain the bill. James A. Allen urged a five member panel to select candidates aligned with league principles and to publish a declaration of principles.
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Sulzer
Independence League
Arlington Hall
East Suh Street
Sylvester Malone
League
Pioneer Party
John J. Hopper
Murray Hill Lyceum
James A. Allen
Allen
New York Telephone Plans Rate Cuts to Save Toll Users
The New York Telephone Company filed new rate schedules with the Public Service Commission and New Jersey utilities board. Effective July 1, the revision aims to save toll users over 80 dollars annually. The plan includes a new overtime and toll connection charging system and a graded advertisement timetable.
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New York Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
New York
Board of Utility Commissioners of
New Jersey
Pew
Misleading Letters Purporting to Be from New York Teachers Debunked
The New York school inquiry committee exposed badly spelled letters claimed as from teachers. Superintendent Maxwell and aides repudiated many as not authored by teachers, noting one letter came from a cleaner, Margaret Duignan, in Staten Island. Further letters were found to be written by substitutes or those never employed as teachers, with assertions challenged by officials and former school leaders.
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Wehers
New York
Maxwell
Committee On School Inquiry
Margaret Duignan
Washington Avenue
Grant City
Staten Island
Bean
Thety
Boroushe
Mitchel
KC. Eliott
Twe
Doctor Cupid Loses Patient in New York Divorce Case
In a New York Supreme Court filing Mrs Molly Harris seeks separation from Dr Henry George Harris a prosperous Madison Avenue physician with annual income over 50000. The suit alleges abandonment after a December meeting with nurse Kay and states Harris has not provided alimony since New Year and has refused to speak to his wife.
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Joe Romance
Wirier
Ava Annte
Fifth Avenue Society
Supreme Court
Mra
Molly 8
Marrs
Henry George Harris
Maurtcy Meyer
Mra Harris
Harris
Madison Avenue
S.A
Kay
Maria Asia
Husband sues after wife files for divorce in big city case
Renara mavun filing for divorce against Florence Battin in the Supreme Court cites Ralph Browne a Pinkerton detective as corespondent. Battin says wife left home at Whitestone Long Island where they were well known. she now lives with Browne at 320 West 29th Street. He describes marital troubles amid his mother’s paralysis and public notice of the suit.
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Renara Mavun
Darkwood Company
Supreme Court
Florence Battin
Ralph Browne
Pinkerton
Beechurat
Long Island
West 29Th Street
Rattin
Aad Rattin
Philadelphian Arrested for Warning President Wilson
Jimny Lafferty, a Philadelphia man, was arrested for sending a postal card to President Wilson warning that violent creatures had gained control of the government while the President slept. He was held without bail after a hearing before U.S. Commissioner Craig pending examination into his mental condition.
Senator Penrose Visits Scranton Seeks Party Unity
United States Senator Penrose, visiting Scranton, warns that Republican factions are disintegrating and urges party leaders to frame a united front. He notes internal tensions and advocates firm guidance to secure party coherence ahead of future elections.
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Scranton
Penn
Bull Moran
Penrose
Poisoned Pen Case Dominates City Gossip
The Poisoned Pen mystery engulfs Elizabethton as Mrs. Nelson Pollard’s arrest prompts fevered speculation. Dozens of prominent locals face implication as nervous strains rise and a Monday statement is promised, with a rumored clique in high society behind the letters and slanders.
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J. Dune
Nelson L. Pollard
Charles F. Jones
Jones
Thomas Jones
Versons
Elizabeth
Beards Pastor In Court Amid Church Dispute
In a German Lutheran Church row at 66 West Fern Street Magistrate Appleton urged harmony as Elizabeth Wolmar grabbed pastor Venholsen by the beard in a corridor dispute. The quarrel centered on the appointment of Rev H J Preyer, with half the congregation leaving and a splinter group using 74 Ninth Avenue.
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Luitheran
Mra Wolmar
Mra. Wolmar
H. J. Preyer
Venholsen
Bolting
Worsippera
Ninth Avenue
Marry Weinburg
Freyer
CC. Mees
St Peter's Church
Preyer
Bar Doctor Knapp Denied Bar Admission For Fitness
Justice denied Dr Knapp admission to practice law citing lack of character and general fitness despite no charges. He previously attempted admission in June and January, influenced by marriage and medical practice, with letters from physicians and self representation amid a 1910 suit against his father in law.
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Mark i
Knapp
Adolph Schlesinger
British American tobacco case limits use of name
Judge Ward in federal court denied an injunction by British American Tobacco Co Ltd against British American Cigar Stores Co of New Jersey. Court held the words British American are geographic and cannot be protected as a trademark, and the firms do not compete since plaintiff is a manufacturer and defendant a retailer.
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Ward
Federal District Court
Britiah-American Tobacco Company, Limited
Cigar
New Jersey
Boilermakers End Strike Over Alleged Flag Insult
About 110 workers at Fletcher Iron Works Hoboken quit Thursday claiming foreman Joseph Fletcher insulted the Stars and Stripes. By yesterday they agreed to return to work though they offered no proof of disloyal language. Fletcher denied making any insult and proclaimed loyalty to the flag.
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Stars and Stripes
Fletcher Iron Works
Hoboken
Yeterday
Joseph Fletcher
Girl Takes Poison In Strange Love Test
Kadith Madsen, nineteen, swallowed two bichloride of mercury tablets at an uptown subway station believing her suitor Frank Frenzel had tuberculosis. An ambulance surgeon saved her life with a stomach pump and hospital care. The incident arose after Frenzel urged marriage, claiming illness and delaying his departure.
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West
Kadith Madsen
Uptown
Third Avenue
149Th Street
Lincoln Hospital
Fox Street
Bronx
Miss Madsen
Frank Mrengel
No. S2
East 1Sth Street
Frenzel
Mink Madsen
Mads Madsen
No. Tl South Elliott Finer
Brooklyn
Madsen
Ooklyn Vreneel
Brengel
Girls Rescued From Fire In West 2th Street Cloak Factory
Policemen entered a burning cloak factory on the twelfth floor of No M3 West 2th Street and made seven trips through smoky elevator shafts to rescue six or more girls trapped by smoke. Deputy Chief Hoss and his men fought the blaze, which caused about Baw in damage. Cause of the fire is not known.
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Tugun
Reubin & McElroy
West 2Th Street
Ose
McAuliffe
Hoss
Smoker Arrest Follows Front‑Seat Smoking Dispute
On a Third and Amsterdam car at 125th Street and Seventh Avenue last night, piano maker Bernard Coyle was arrested on disorderly conduct and ordinance violation charges after Dr Charien G Pease of 125 West 1d Street Bere nard Coyle allegedly blew cigar smoke toward him. Coyle denied smoking and insulting language but was fined by Magistrate Marsh in night court.
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Charien G. Pease
Berenard Coyle
St. Nicholas Avenue
Amsterdam Avenue
125Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Coyle
Peare
Pease
Marsh
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