Schultze Accuses Coroner's Doctors in Auto Death Case
The Board of Coroners closed hearings on Dr Otto H Schultze amid claims of insubordination and delayed autopsy in the Ramses case. Schultze alleged rapid autopsies masked truth while coroners denied bias and demanded office records. The Winegarten case featured disputed timings and certification of death as asphyxia by submersion.
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Board of Coroners
Otto H. Schultze
Riordan
Antonio D'Allesandro
Annis Ramses
Rchultze
Hellenstein
Lehans and
Ray
Schultze
Remsey
Lehane
Prisoner Witzel Walks Out During Bribery Case At West Side Court
Emil Witzel and accomplice William Schofield were arrested after a $100 handoff to Detective Dawson. Witzel walked out of the complaint room while bribery charges were being prepared. Schofield remained in custody on bribery and cocaine possession charges with bail set at $1,000 and $600 respectively.
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Witzel
Schofield
West Side Court
Emil Witzel
West Mthat
William Schofold
Mthat
Dawson and McGannon
Dawson
Lost in low rent quest shocks Ponca woman in New York
Mraide Hess, 68, told police she came to New York after hearing rents were cheaper than Ponca Oklahoma. She checked into a boarding house, left her trunk and money, and now seeks her cousin’s address to return home, lamenting the city’s size and costs.
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New York
Ponca
Okla
Mraide Hess
Europeans Seek American Help to Tame New Dances
European dancing masters ask U S teachers to cooperate in standardizing steps and taming the tango amid many new dances. A committee of American masters will attend the international convention abroad to assist. Americans divide on hesitation and dips while over 150 proposed steps are narrowed to about a dozen. Pan American glide Golden West and a new three step are among top favorites.
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the Tribune
Cleveland
Europe
France
Germany
United States
Court rules noise cannot be patented in horns dispute
Judge Coxe of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals dismisses the patent infringement case by Lovell McConnell Manufacturing against Automobile Supply. The decision states a noise, no matter how strident, is not patentable and that the Hutchinson Klaxon horn fails to meet patent criteria. The court notes the horn’s discordant sound is not a true invention.
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Coxe
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Lovell, McConnell Manufacturing Company
Newark
Automobile Supply Manufacturing Company
New York
Hutchinson
Four Captive Children Found Starving in Yonkers Cottage
Four children ages three to six were imprisoned in a small room in their father’s cottage at McLean and Jerome avenues, Yonkers. The oldest girl, six, and a blind uncle were weakened from days without adequate food. two younger children were unconscious. Neighbor reports groans led to the discovery by an agent of the Children’s Society. Joseph Yoder, a gardener and father, was arrested on cruelty charges and due in court.
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McLean
Jerome Ars
Yonkers
Children’s Society
Peter
May Yoder
Helen
Fuller
Children's Society
Harry Cook
Cook
Joseph Yoder
Fain
oMolais
Society
Yoder
Brokers Mythical Deals Revealed In Bankrupt Firm Case
In Brooklyn, Joseph H. Stoppant and Walter Hotchkin of the bankrupt Consoli dated Stock Exchange firm Stoppant & Hotchkin were arrested as creditors' assignee Leon Lauterstein exposed a hidden Account No 30 and alleged schemes where deposits and orders to buy stock funded loans and vanished with no delivery. Park Potter & Co audit found about a dozen similar deals as Morris the loan clerk testified about entries and misappropriations.
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Stoppant and Hotchkin
Joseph FH. Stoppant
Walter RB. Hotchkin
Consolidated Stock
Stoppant
Benjamin Morris
Lauterstein
Wolfgang Walter
Hotchkin
Morris
Park, Potter & Co
Certified Public Accountants
Lauterston
Broadway Central
Waller
N. W. Peters
Bancroft
Oserad
Smith
Steel
Mechanics’ & Metals Bank
Stoppani
John F. Smith
Vorhee
Brooklyn
Stoppan
Soctal
Yorke Ousted and Seeks Appellate Review
William E. Murphy, counsel for Yorke, who was removed as superintendent of the Municipal Lodging House by Commissioner Kingsbury yesterday, said he would seek a writ of certiorari from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court to review the trial. Yorke, with nineteen years in the Department of Charities, faced charges of misconduct and incompetency. Murphy anticipated dismissal despite no serious proof.
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Yorke
William E. Murphy
William C. Yorke
Kingsbury
Supreme Court
Department of Charities
Murphy
Secret life of a poet and a madhouse plot unfolds
Hartford June 9. Rev Cranston Brenton testified in a high profile suit by Elizabeth Holman alleging a conspiracy to imprison her in a Vermont madhouse. Admissions covered her alleged moral imbecility and insanity and revealed intimate love letters including a poem dedication and a phrase the jurors interpreted as a coded warning about crossing New York City.
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the Tribune
Hartford
Conn
Trinity College
Cranston Brenton
Yonkers
N. Y
New York State Social Service Commission
F. Ernest Holman
Brenton
Ernest
Holman
Ernest Boy
Susan B. Curtis
Woman sails, he takes his life in jealous tragedy
In Passaic New Jersey George Magondo thirty years old killed himself in front of his wife after learning a neighbor woman had sailed for Europe to join her husband. He declared he would not live without her then stabbed himself in the chest with a knife. His wife stated he had been infatuated with Mrs Yocho and hoped her departure would help him forget.
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Europe
George Magonda
Pasaic
N. J
Magondo
Hoboken
Mary Yocho
Teller leaves coral ring to doctor who kept him alive
Clarence H Teller who died on May 28 filed his will in Surrogate Court. He leaves most estate to wife Charlotte Teller and a coral ring to Dr Foster F Potter honoring his many years of care. He notes the ring’s value by family tradition and attaches a letter to Potter.
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Teller
Cian
Clarence H. Teller
Foster F. Potter
Charlotte Teller
Dr. Potter
Stolen Goods Bonus Sparks Pawnshop Debate Across City
Insurance firms meeting at Fidelity and Casualty in Liberty Street discuss a new 10 percent bonus on recovered stolen articles offered to pawnbrokers. The move aims to curb burglaries as police recovery performance is questioned. References to Woods and the 84 hour rule noted. Samuel Brewster remained mum on changes.
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Thi City
Fnmure
Association of
Fidelity and Casualty Company
Liberty
Woods
Samuel Brewster
Association
Vanished wife divorce case sparks new countersuit
Ernest H. Glass, importer, claims in a supplementary answer that his wife Fannie Glass and French artist Georges Chretien lived as spouses while her Supreme Court divorce was pending. He links Chretien to Robert W. Chanler and says a deputy sheriff sought the artist after a raid on an apartment at 100 West Whist. If the final decree is not granted, Glass’s counterclaim will be tried. Mrs. Glass named Miss Blanche Matthieu in her suit, with Glass acting as her guardian.
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Fannie Glass
Supreme Court
Ernest H. Glass
Eant 45Th St
Georges Chretien
Robert W. Chanler
Glass
Danish critic Brandes sails home after brief American visit
Dr. Georg Brandes the Danish critic and Shakespeare scholar left New York aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria after a three week stay in the United States. He said the hurry and bustle wore on him and that nine days in New York were too few to see the city. He found Minneapolis audiences the most intelligent he met.
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Georg Brandes
Brandes
New York
America
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
No Fireworks From Jersey City This Year
Jersey City will not issue permits for fireworks this Fourth. Frank Hague, Director of Public Safety, said no sales permits would be issued while Park Commissioner Harry Moore plans a sane and safe celebration across the river.
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Jersey City
Frank Hague
Public Safety
Harry Moore
Hofman Jury Reads Sealed Verdict On Chicago Player Claim
Arthur Him er star of the Chicago National ball club now with the Federals faces a court decision over 1000 he says is due. The jury returned a sealed finding and will read it in court. Hofman alleges a $6000 claim for services but Pittsburgh club supposedly refused to pay 8000 for the remainder season.
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Chicago
Arthur Himer
Chicago National Ball Club
Federals
Claire
of Court
Hofman
Pittsburgh
Burgh
Train mixup delays Bayside to Flushing riders
The Long Island Railroad ran a misrouted service from Bayside to Flushing causing a half hour delay as passengers were advised to walk to the Bridge Street station due to a bridge break. A repaired bridge prompted a retrace to recover passengers left at Main Street.
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Long Island
Erie
Bayside
North Shore
Flushing
Dr Davis traps aid in drug plot on Blackwell's Island
Katharine B. Davis led an investigation into drug trafficking among prisoners at Blackwell's Island workhouse. Nurse Joseph C. Mills, an appointee, was arraigned by Chief Magistrate McAdoo. Davis claimed no direct link to Dr Charles H Baxter but suspected a network. Mills awaited further examination as Florence Smith provided affidavit evidence.
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Isa Katharine B. Davis
Blackwell's Island
Joseph C. Mills
Davin
McAdoo
Charles H. Baxter
Smith
Mills
Avis
True Sportsmanship Lifts Pole Delay Echoed by England
English sentiment favors the postponement of the international polo match after Captain Cheape’s injury. George T. Wilson of the American Pilgrims received a cable from Harry Brittain praising American sportsmanship. Wall Street bets range from 300 to 500 dollars on the American polo team with odds of seven to win the first game. Yacht race focus shifts to trials for defending the American title with Resolute’s win odds at 400 to 50 dollars.
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Cheape
England
George T. Wilson
American Pilgrims
Ambassador Choate
Harry Brittain
London
British Pilgrims
Earl Roberts
Wall Street
Tata
Bird’s Hello Court Quip Narrows To Fine
Morris Feldmann of 807 Washington St Brooklyn faced a peddling without license charge after patrolman McMahon found him selling parrots at Fourth Ave and 14th St. A talking parakeet heckled the magistrate with hello and hellos, but the judge imposed a $2 fine.
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Morris Feldmann
Washington St
Brooklyn
McMahon
14Th St
Feldmann
Not Declared Dead as He Returns for Heirs Battle
J E Baremore, long presumed dead after vanishing from Newark seven years ago, appeared in Joplin Missouri to show cause why he should not be declared legally dead. His uncle Henry R Baremore of Seematown Pennsylvania sought to drop the administration, while Baremore plans to contest his legacy amid multiple claims. Before leaving Newark January 15, 197, he was in business with a son of Mrs Gray, whose husband is Prudential vice president.
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Newark
J E. Baremore
H. H.) Rogers
Henry R. Baremore
Jefferson
Seema Town
Penn
St. Louis
Joplin
Baremore
Gray
Prudential Insurance Company
Bacemore
Famond
Randel, Bacemore & Billings
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Finland
Berlin
Anna Laber
Dunkel
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EL Wal
Hubby
Decree
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Blackwell's
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Hudson
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