OBrien Extortion Trial Resumes In Philadelphia
The trial of Carl Fischer Hansen on charges of extorting 15000 from Philadelphia decorator Joseph E OBrien resumed with limited seating. OBrien testified about payments and destroyed letters to Antonio Macaluso, claiming terror over public exposure. Cross examinations revealed disputed payments and questioned immunity, with the case set to continue today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Fischer-Hansen
Joseph E.o’brien
Philadelphia
Goft
O'Brien
Smyth
Fischer-Hansen
Antonio Macaluso
Macaluso
Mr. Smyth
Palmer
Macalusa
O’brien
Mr. Hansen
Mr. Palmer
John 3. Buckley
Fischer- Hansen
McIntyre
Buckley
Blackmeil
Hansen
New York
Thieves Sort Silverware On Lawn in New Jersey
Pinkerton detectives investigate a Knobwood Road burglary in Short Hills New Jersey where silverware and other valuables worth 1.50 were stolen from Newton Stout a banker broker at 24 Broad Street New York. The thieves entered by forcing a dining room window and left the drawers on the lawn sorted into solid and plated utensils.
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Short Hills
N. J
Pinkerton
Newton Stout
Knobwood Road
Stout
No. 24
Broadstreet
New York
Bull chases man near Caldwell during fishing trip
Arthur Weldon of Halifax was chased by a bull while cutting through a farm near Caldwell New Jersey and narrowly escaped after the bull rammed his horns into him as he climbed a pasture fence. He was only slightly injured and continued his day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell, NX
Arthur Weldon
Halifax
Weldon
Jacob van Houten
Motorman released on 2.50 bail after East Orange crash
Patrick Derrig motorman in East Orange was freed on $2.50 bail on a manslaughter charge after a fuse blew and the car jumped its gates. Detective James Mason witnessed the incident as a woman was killed and four others injured. Derrig claims he was blown from the car and bears no injuries.
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Orange
XN. J
Patrick Derrig
East Orange
Frank Nulty
James Mason
Derrig
Baltimore Fruit Centre expansion links Baltimore to Caribbean routes
United Fruit Company announced Baltimore will be the central hub for a broad expansion. Ships now operating from Charleston will be diverted and Boston New York and Philadelphia sailings redirected to Baltimore, enabling direct passenger and freight connections to Jamaica Cuba Haiti and Central American republics. A regional rate differential favors Baltimore over New York and Philadelphia for west of Wheeling to Buffalo traffic.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
United Fruit Company
Charleston
Ss. C
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Jamaica
Cuba
Haiti
Central American
Wheeling
W. Va
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Testimony on Subway Power Plant Smoke Change
Testimony was given before Commissioner Eustis of the Public Service Commission about Interborough Rapid Transit changing from anthracite to semi bituminous coal at its two large power houses. A Hotchkiss testified that the five big stacks fouled the district near 49th Street and the North River.
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Eustis
Public Service Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
49Th Street
North River
Henry D. Hotchkiss
West 71Th Street
Interborough
Mr. Stott
Insane Woman Bites Surgeon in Williamsburgh Event
Mrs. Beckie Bloch of Cook Street walked and attacked her husband and two children on Broadway. Police restrained her with help from four officers before an ambulance arrived. She bit Dr. Mary M. Crawford at Williamsburgh Hospital. the wound was cauterized with no serious danger expected. Bloch was sent to Flatbush Hospital for the Insane.
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Mary M. Crawford
Williamsburg Hospital
Les Avenue
Beckie Bloch
No. 5
Cook Street
Broadway
Williamsburg
Stapleton Men Demand a Ferry for Stapleton
Fifty Stapleton residents led by George Cromwell visited the Department of Docks and Ferries asking for a ferry to Stapleton. They urged spending about $25,000 to repair the old Westfield and Middletown boats, while Dock Commissioner Spooner cited lack of funds and losses on the St George route.
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Stapleton
Staten Island
George Cromwell
Richmond
Department of Docks and Ferries
Allen N. Spooner
Battery
Pier A
Westfield
Middletown
James Feeney
St. George
Spooner
Hold aged man for bond theft
Knoxville police arrested a 75 year old man believed to be Prescott Poynton, wanted in Manitowoc Wisconsin for grand larceny and embezzlement involving $19,000 in United States bonds. He admits the name Prescott Boynton and has been in Manitowoc but denies guilt. He is guarded at a hotel rather than jailed due to age.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Chandler
Prescott Poynton
Manitowoc
Wis
United States
Boynton
Prescott Boynton
Judge Hough suspends sentence for woman defrauding investors
Miss Edna Van Arsdale convicted of using the mails to defraud investors in Horace A. Blackmur's bucketshop at No. 18 Broadway escaped a prison term yesterday. Judge Hough suspended the sentence.
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Edna van Arsdale
Horace A. Blackmur
No. 18
Broadway
Hough
Uncle Dies by Nephew's Hand in Brooklyn Shooting
John Lynott a Brooklyn contractor died in Norwegian Hospital after being shot by his nephew Robert who lay in the same hospital in a dying condition. Lynott said he refused to give his nephew money, prompting the fatal shooting. The nephew had been an inmate of St. John's Home from age six to fourteen before living with his uncle.
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John Lynott
Brooklyn
Robert
Lynott
David Evans
Fort Hamilton
St. John’s
Patrick's Habeas Corpus Bid Denied in Rice Case
Judge Lacombe of the United States Circuit Court denied Albert T. Patrick's writ of habeas corpus. Patrick, jailed for the murder of William Marsh Rice, argued his conviction and death sentence later commuted to life arose from a conspiracy to plunder the Rice millions.
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Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Lightning Strikes Gleason Family, Paralyzing Man on Veranda
During a June storm at the Gleason home a belt of lightning knocked farmer Ernest Gleason and his two daughters to the floor. Gleason suffered a paralyzed left side and remained unconscious for hours, but was reported recovering today.
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Malone
Ernest
Gleason
Wife Evelyn Thaw Visits Husband in Jail
Evelyn Thaw again visited her husband in the Poughkeepsie jail and shared dinner with him in Sheriff Chanler's courthouse room on June 15.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Evelyn Thaw
Governor Guild Returns to Duty After Illness
Boston date June 15 Governor Guild resumes duties after over three months absent due to illness. Bulletins on the Republican National Convention in Chicago will be posted at frequent intervals in front of the Tribune Building beginning this morning.
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Boston
Chicago
Tribune
Dearth of Good Things N Y C Flower Mission Seeks Help
The New York City Flower Mission at 104 East 2th Street reports growing need as food delicacies and fruit supply dwindle. Donors still provide many flowers, including 400 roses from J. Pierpont Morgan’s place to Gouverneur Hospital and a hundred potted plants to Orange NJ Sunday school recipients, while volunteers and funds remain tight and demand rises.
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New York City
J. Pierpont Morgan
Gouverneur Hospital
Lincoln Hospital
Bronx
Orange
N. J
Express
Hudson
Europe
East 2Th Street
Frances Rufelt
Pipe Dream Says Dr Day About Resignation
Lake Placid New York June 15 Special On his arrival at the Adirondack resort Chancellor James R Day head of Syracuse University declared there was no truth in the story that he is to resign from the post he has held so long He called the report a pipe dream and said trustees did not ask him to resign He will rest at his farmhouse near Lake Placid and later be joined by his family.
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Lake Placid
N. Y
Adirondack Resort
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Ananias
Flag dispute at Ossining printing office ends with flag removal
Citizens of Ossining react to a Confederate flag displayed over the printing office of William J. Physiac on Main Street. Commander Sumner A. Smith of Morell Post G A R removes the flag and takes it home. Physiac cited to appear before the Grand Army post.
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William J. Physiac
Main Street
Ossining
Morell Post
Sumner A. Smith
Physiac
Grand Army
Regents exam cheat arraigned as sale questions found
William Rosen of 331 East 8th street faced Tombs court arraignment for offering for sale Regents examination questions and was held on 500 bail for examination tomorrow. Also Charles Bartlett, eighty four, pleaded guilty to forgery and was sentenced to three years in state prison.
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William Rosen
East 8Th Street
Tombs
Charles Bartlett
Rosalsky
West 41St Street
Jefferson Market
Real estate trades outline in Manhattan and Brooklyn firms
Listing of property deals and leases including Fegar T Kingsley selling corner lot at Richmond Road and Margaret Street for Freehold Construction Nevins and Perelman. Various leasings and sales across Stuyvesant Rye West 4th Street Madison Avenue Broadway 73 75 Manhattan and 404 First Street Brooklyn with brokers Goodwin Burrill Tanenbaum and Strauss Co among others.
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Fégar T. Kingsley
Freehold Construction Company
Nevins & Perelman
Richmond Road
Margaret St
Graniteville
Borough of Richmond
Herbert A. Sherman
Richard T. Wainwright
Stuyvesant Ave
Rye
N. Y
Bainbridge Colby
M. & L. Hess
Charles Brogan
Standard Novelty Company
2Th St
David Crystal
Bamberg & Scheyer
West 4Th St
Hyman Levy & Co
Louis Rothschild
Brodie Realty Company
George A. Fisher
Goodwin & Goodwin
Madison Ave
Harry L. Rosen
Anton Antosch
B. Chenken
Hotel Comfort
Windsor Theatre
Bowery
Forsyth and
Division Streets
I. Tanenbaum, Strauss & Co
David
Harry Lippmann
Etagloc
Burrill Brothers
1St St
7Th and
Th Aves
Brooklyn
Realty Associates
G. W. Talmadge
Midtown realty boom nets $750000 sale and more
Multiple high value New York City property deals reported. Tucker Speyers & Co sold a twelve story mercantile building at 4 fot 1x93 ft for $750,000 to an investor. William Cruikshank's Sons sold a six story dwelling at 88th Street and 5th Avenue for $450,000. Ogden Avenue five story limestone and brick apartment sold to investor by Slawson Hobbs for Eagan and Haleey Construction. Other plans include a twelve story commercial building for Robert S. Finney at West 149 and 151 Streets, a four six story apartment block on 18th Street, and remodelling work at 8th Avenue offices. Architects include Mulliken Moeller Ne ville Bagge Hedman Schoen.
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Tucker, Speyers & Co
Henry Corn
West 21St St
William Cruikshank
Willem Sittenham
88Th St
Sth Ave
Slawson & Hobbs
Eagan & Halleey Construction Company
Ogden
Ogden Ave
Greene & Taylor Company
West 84 St
Robert S. Finney
Mulliken & Moeller
John W. Kight
18Th St
Lenox
Neville & Bagge
8Th Ave
Columbus Iell Arcade Company
Hedman & Schoen
Manhattan
Christie Iron Works
Llth Ave
22D St
Three foreclosure sales in Real Estate Exchange auctions
Foreclosure sales totaled three in the Real Estate Exchange rooms at Vesey street. The list shows properties on James Place, 167th Street area, and multiple addresses with lenders, trustees, and attorneys named. totals due include roughly $19,000, $8,000, and other sums with taxes and related charges. A second day of offerings is planned with numerous properties including several 2- to 6-story buildings and vacant lots, with specific mortgage and tax details.
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Vesey St
D P Ingraham &O
James Place
W S
167Th St
C_E Sands
Rachel Weinstein
Bowers & 5
Herbert A Sherman
Fulton Ave
W Cor
Joseph J
Joseph P Day
111Th St
Makransky & Appelbaum
Harris & Fattys
Real estate transfers in Edenwald and nearby Bronx areas
The Edenwald Land Companies sold two Wright avenue lots to John and Norah Howard and a lot at East 2324 Street and Doone avenue to Maurice Murphy. George F. Picken sold a West 133rd Street dwelling for Mary A. Mae Cormack and Mapes & Co. sold a West Farms Road dwelling and a Grand avenue plot in Van Nest. Irving Kempner purchased a five story flat with store at 2611 8th Avenue corner 129th Street. James K. Holly sold a 3 story dwelling at 7th Avenue near 135th Street to S. E. Pakas. Harry L. Rosen sold 6 West 118th Street five story double flat. Charles W. South sold for Dr. Walter J. Clarke eighteen lots on Morris Walton block 1834 184th Streets with three houses. American Real Estate Company sold a two family house on Faile Street to Frank Gersten. Hugo Wabst sold two three family houses on White Plains Road near Elizabeth Street and plots on Eden Avenue Bronx River Road Webster Avenue area.
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Edenwald Land Companies
Wright Ave
Nelson Ave
John and
Norah Howard
Doone Ave
Maurice Murphy
George F. Picken
Mary A. MaeCormack
H. C. Mapes & Co
West Farms
Faile St
Frank Gersten
Hugo Wabst
White Plains Road
Elizabeth St
174Th St
Eden Ave
Webster Ave
Bronx River Road
Mile Square Road
Receiver of Rents Named for Bronx Flats Foreclosure
Justice Guy of the Supreme Court appointed Robert Ten Eyck as receiver of rents for two five story flat houses at Nos 313 and 315 Crimmins Ave in The Bronx. The action is Louis Zuckerkandel versus Max Hellstein and others to foreclose a third mortgage of 1.9 million dollars, with prior mortgages totaling 31 thousand dollars on the property.
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Justice Guy
Supreme Court
Robert
Ten Eyck
Crimmins
Bronx
Louis Zuckerkandel
Max Hellstein
Building Loan Contract Details for Emily A Taber
Commonwealth holds a building loan contract referencing a parcel 75 feet north of Merrilat, lot dimensions 255 by 100 feet. Emily A Taber loans Marte Kugelmann $4,500 as the principal amount, with terms and conditions implied in the record.
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Commonwealth
Merrilat
Emily
Taber Loans
Marte Kugelmann
Police Clock and Lock Mender Charles Brewer Dies
Charles E. Brewer aged 64, a Police Department clock and lock mender and custodian of police flags, died yesterday at his home 67 West 128th Street from nephritis. He joined the force February 14, 1874 and was a Civil War veteran serving under Sherman in Tennessee and Georgia.
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Police Department
Charles E. Hrewer
Bureau of
Police
West 128Th Street
Brewer
Sherman
Tennessee
Georgia
Winnette Believed Hiding in Chester Penn After Assault Claim
Police suspect Edward Winnette of Stapleton Staten Island fled to Chester Pennsylvania after allegedly assaulting nine year old Agnes O'Brien of Stapleton. Detective Sergeant Smith says Winnette, a Farley strike breaker ally, may be with Farley in Chester.
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Edward Winnette
Stapleton
Staten Island
Agnes O'Brien
Chester
Penn
Smith
Farley
Winnette
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