Seventeen Poolroom Raids Rock New York City
District Attorney officials conducted seventeen simultaneous raids targeting poolrooms and related phone networks across Manhattan including De Lacy’s real estate office on 42nd street and Comiskey’s Wall Street site. Officers found numerous telephones and a switchboard with wires tied to addresses such as 125 West 424th street and 33d Street, and questioned Pete De Lacy who claimed the sites were not poolrooms though he warned of reprisals. The raid yielded little physical evidence or prisoners, with detectives citing private lines and operator names, while De Lacy defended his operations as an open poolroom and urged action against racetracks rather than police action.
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Pete” de Lacy
42D Street
de Lavy’s
Sixth Avenue
Hannigan-McCormick Syndicate
24Th Street
Barclay Street
Fourth Avenue
Morris Spitz
Bethell
The
Telephone Company
Peter de Lacr
Joe Reagan
East 41St Street
W. F. Burke
C. Farrell
J. Hart
West 26Th Street
East 19Th Street
Cooper Square
J. C
W. Westrow
Broad Street
Wall Street
Gene” Comiskey
United Finance Company
L. Pete
Inspector Walsh
Captain Daly
Mr. de Lacy
Pete
Walsh
August Belmont
Aqueduct
Old Empire
de Lacy
Uncle Sam
New York
Dely
van Amringe
Columbia University
Columbia
Theodore W. Dwight
Law School
No One Met Fairbanks at Delaware Station
Vice-President Fairbanks arrived in Delaware at noon from Marysville for his mother-in-law’s birthday, found no one at the station, and walked to a grove to sit with uncovered head. Ohio Wesleyan alumni soon located him and escorted him to campus amid cheers as they endorsed him. the event highlighted the college’s strong Methodist ties and noted his ties to the institution.
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Tribune
Delaware
Ohio
Fairbanks
Marysville
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan
Five story Bronx fire destroys Stock at Winter & Co site
A massive blaze engulfed a five story brick building at 17th Street and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx. Winter & Co piano makers saw four floors wiped out with over 150000 dollars in damage. Chief Croker arrived within twelve minutes directing efforts as three alarms were rung and crews fought the stubborn flames overnight.
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17Th Street
Southern Boulevard
Winter & Co
Jacob Braunhoff
Hook
Ladder
Croker
Church on Wheels Dedication in Chicago Chap el Car Tour
The Lasalle street station hosts the first chapel car in the world a small church on wheels to be dedicated by Archbishop James Quigley. Costing 15000 dollars the car is a gift from Ambrose Petry of New York It seats fifty includes an altar confessional two sleeping rooms a kitchen and a library After dedication it will tour Kansas towns under Bishop Hennesy with a priest and cook onboard.
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The
Tribune
Chicago
Lasalle Street
Catholic Church Extension Society
James Quigley
Ambrose Petry
New York
Kansas
Hennesy
Wichita
Four Firemen Burned in BRT Boiler Room Burst
Four firemen suffered burns in the boiler room of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company at Third Avenue and 2d Street when flues burst and a back draft blew open the furnace door. Ambulance surgeon Green treated the men at Seney Hospital where they were later admitted. None are seriously injured with two kept for a week or more. The patients include Samuel McKenzie of Fleet Place, Joseph Romani of Columbia Place, Joseph Brayier of Fleet Place, and William Tee of Fleet Place.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Third Avenue
2D Street
Brooklyn
Seney Hospital
Green
Samuel McKenzie
Fleet Place
Joseph Romani
Columbia Place
Joseph Brayier
West India
William Tee
Robber Identified After Eighteen Years in Train Hold-Up
John T. Dickey, Wells Fargo messenger, positively identified a Houston merchant as one of two men who robbed the express company of about $25,000 eighteen years ago. The 1889 hold-up occurred near Port Worth on the Houston and Texas Central Line. The merchant offered to restore the money with interest if the case was dropped.
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Tribune
Galveston
Houston
John T. Dickey
Express Company
Dickey
Wells Fargo Express
Port Worth
Swiss Explorer Walter Volz Found Murdered in Liberia
Berne reports the Swiss explorer Walter Volz was captured by natives in Liberia, fettered and burned alive in a hut. A searching party recovered part of his charred body, confirming his death.
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Walter Volz
Africa
Berne
Liberia
Volz
Snow falls in distant Virginia mountains after long drought
Richmond reports heavy snow in the Fredericksburg area mountains lasting nearly two hours last night. The unusual weather, said to be Virginia's first snowfall since 1816, melted on contact with ground and recalls past frosts that ruined crops.
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the Tribune
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Forest fires devastate Michigan lumber region
Onaway Michigan June 12 the worst fires in years sweep the area since Saturday. Lumbermen report heavy losses as flames threaten standing timber not yet fully protected by foliage. Rain is expected to limit further damage, but experts warn that absence of rain could worsen the fire situation.
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the Tribune
Onaway
Mich
Notable Philadelphia resident Thomas Robb Jr active in city life
Philadelphia on June 12 notes Thomas Robb Jr a well known local figure. He is son of the late Thomas Robb a retired merchant and belongs to a prominent city family. He works in insurance with an office on Walnut Street.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Robb, Jr
Thomas Robb
Walnut Street
After All Usher's The Scotch That Made The Highball
An advertising blurb touts a scotch brand as the drink that popularized the highball. It presents a concise promotional line urging readers to choose that whisky for the classic cocktail.
Orchard Crime Trial and Hughes at Columbia Address
The trial details Harry Orchard’s alleged kidnapping plots and the Steunenberg murder, tracing earlier crimes and schemes in Idaho and Denver. Columbia University celebrates Doctor of Laws Charles E. Hughes, with a speech urging reason, zeal, and civic duty among alumni and sharing memories of Theodore Dwight and university life.
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Iam D. Haywood
Frank Steunenberg
Steunenberg
Columbia
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Albany
Orchard the Burglar in Denver Meeting and Carson City Bomb Plot
The testimony recounts Harry Orchard’s statements about a 1900s conference with Charles H. Moyer at Moyer’s Denver home regarding Peabody, and a plan to go to Carson City to discuss the Peabody matter. Orchard details threats, the motive of removing Peabody, and his later shift to hail insurance scams while awaiting racy goals. He admits misdeeds and fake policies, with Richardson pressing for dates and connections to Hawkins. The narrative continues on the eighth page.
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Boise
Idaho
Richardson
Harry Orchard
St Haywood
Charles H. Moyer
Denver
Peabody
Moyer
Orchar d
Haywood
Pettibone
Mover
Orchard
Tellibone
Postard
Lfe
Canon Cit
Hawkins
Telluride
Cation City
Federation
Carion City
Canon City
Mr. Peabody
Autopsy to probe aged physician death and embalming
Coroner investigates the death of Dr Oliver Davis Palmer 71 at his West 6th Street home. An autopsy by Dr O Hanlon and Prof Larkin will determine the cause and whether embalming fluid was injected before a death certificate.
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Oliver Davis Palmer
West 6Th Street
Harburger
O’'Hanlon
Larkin
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Palmer
Hanlon
Ella Palmer
Raynaud
Arthur Beatty
No. 182
West 1Th Street
Eric Johnson
West Sith Street
Yanion
West 90Th Street
Ella Palmeri
O'Hanlon
Johnson
John Palmer
Montgomery Street
Jersey City
Beatty
Dr. Palmer
Br. Beatty
Ela Palmer
Actress Janet Priest Weds Thomas Robb Jr in Philadelphia
Miss Janet Priest known as a diminutive soubrette and former newspaper woman married Thomas Robb Jr., son of a prominent Philadelphia family, in a ceremony at Metropolitan Temple. The couple then appeared at Wallick's Theatre with Harry Kelly, drawing an amused audience with her rural comedy.
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Janet Priest
Wallack’s
Thomas Robb
Philadelphia
Bagnell
Metropolitan Temple
Warlack’s
Harry Kelly
Miss Priest
Dan” Frawley
Comediennes
Borden Corners Market Corner Stock Purchase
Providence report says M. D. Borden of Fall River bought 110,800 pieces of print cloth in New York through FE. B. Claflin & Co. The cloth, made by B. B. & R. Knight & Co of Rhode Island, cost 5? cents a yard, a cent above last February’s big price, signaling a rise to 5 cents a yard.
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The
Tribune
Providence
R. L
New York
FE. B. Claflin & Co. M
D. Borden
Fall River
B. B. & R. Knight & Co
Rhode Island
Chinese Boxers Sail For China With Arms Steamer
Mail advices from Tien Tsin report a large group of Chinese Boxers leaving America for China aboard a special steamer loaded with arms and ammunition. A Shanghai dispatch says local governors have been ordered to take precautions in consequence.
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Victoria
B. C
Tien- Tsin
America
China
Shanghai
Justice Crane Almost Killed By Oncoming Train
Mineola Long Island June 12 Justice Frederick E Crane narrowly escaped a moving train while leaving the courtroom after charging the jury in the Mott divorce case He leaped to a wall as an outbound train passed within twenty feet The jury in the Mott case was locked up for the night.
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Mineola
Long Island
Frederick E. Crane
Mott
Senate Stands Ground as Raines Victory Faces Wadsworth Split
Albany June 12. In a dramatic Senate session Senator Raines challenged the Wadsworth led opposition with a public rebuke of Woodruff and a victory for the Tully apportionment plan in a 21 to 12 caucus vote. The clash over reapportionment prolongs the deadlock as Speaker Wadsworth and allies push a compromise while Raines insists on the Tully plan and adjournment strategies.
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Tribune
Albany
Wadseworth
Senate
Haines
John
Wadsworth
Raines
Woodruff
Leu
Emerson
Herbert Parsons
Horace White
Syracuse
Otto Kelsey
Tully
Telly
Kelsey
Cig
Senate Finance Committee
Hinman
Senator Hill
Hooker
Wadsworth Forces
White
Armstrong
Wadsworth-Woodruff
Cortland
Chenango
Delaware
Tompkins
Tioga
Broome
Steuben
Chemung
Cayuga
Schuyler
Seneca
Allegany
Livingston
Wyoming
Genesee
Niagara
Orleans
Franchot
Sherman Moreland
Steuben-Chemung
Cassidy
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Fr*pector
DE Lacey
Dewey’s
Dewey & &O
Fulton St
Bronx
Church ON Wheels
Novel
B. R. T. Power House
Texas
Michigan
Usher’s
Colorado
Will
Steun
Easterly
Silver
North
Paulson
David Coates
Wallace
Coates
Jack Simpkins
Fauison
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Parke
Moyer and Pettibone
Butte
Paulsen
Los Angeles
Caldwell
Governor Hughes
Atlantic
Pacific
Elas
le Rs
Mnany
Iit
Richardon
Borden Corners Market
Justice Crane
Caucus
Speaker
Court of Appeals
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