Fatal wreck may be staged for Pell jury
The long Island Railroad crash that killed 5 Pell family members and injured Mrs Laimbeer in 1913 may be reenacted before the jury hearing Mrs Pell's $260000 damages suit. Witnesses say the engine had no lights and indicate the crossing signals were in doubt as plans to recreate the scene are debated by attorneys and court officials.
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Oxgood Pell
William Lalmbeer
August van Wyck
Pell
Long Island Railroad
Laimbeers
Ner Nusv
Westport
Long Island
Helen
Withers
Witnexeos
Arthur W. Kelly
Eugenia Kelly
Frank Gould
Long Beach
Hengicht
Litreton
Mayor Involved as Trial Focuses on Carnivale Murder
In a political feud linked murder case, Rocco Carnivale also known as Rex Cornell and Thomas Moore faces witnesses to prove Michael A. Rofrano of the Street Cleaning Department was not at his office on key days. The trial ties Carnivale to orders for Gaimari’s killing amid Foley and Rofrang faction tensions.
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Rocco Carnivale
Rex Cornell
Thomas Moore
Michael A. Rofrano
Michael Gaimari
Gaimari
Thomas F. Foley
Rofrang
Foley
Maurice Simmons
Rofrano
Wan
George V. Mullan
Mitchel
Carnivale
Mr. Hrothers
Buckner
Stryker
Driscoll
Lloyd P. Stryker
Salestoriaiorans
Cherry Street
Rofrino
Broadway
Joseph la Saile
Herrana
Rofrane
Vincent Pleura
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Kofrano
Chinatown
Ceining
Gaetano Montimagno
Carfivile
Frank Fennimore
Montimagno
Fennimore
Garnivale
Tom Foley
Galmari
Wife Kept Diary Of Marriage Woe In Court Records
Mrs Grace A Keigham, former Moria High School teacher, kept a diary detailing marital strife with Charles V Keigham. Entries from 1914 to May describe happiness turning to conflict, threats, financial strain, and a separation suit. The diary notes alleged attacks and a campaign by mail, leading to her leaving teaching for New Jersey with her mother.
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Grace A. Keigham
Moria High School
Charles V. Keaham
C. V
Iy Iife
Keisharn
Marah
Board of Expestion
Beigham
New Jersey
Vessels Crash in Fog Near Delaware Breakwater
In fog off the Delaware Breakwater the tank steamship Alabama and the freighter Delaware collided at slow speed with no serious damage or loss of life. Both ships sustained minor denting. water entered briefly but was kept out by patches. The Delaware continued its voyage while the Alabama, headed from Port Arthur to New York, proceeded to port and arrived at 6 30 p.m.
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Yanker
Delaware
Alabama
Port Arthur
Tex
New York
Finland Starts Canal Service In New IMC Line
The former Red Star liner Finland enters service with Parama-Pacific Line of the International Mercantile Marine Company. It sails today for San Francisco via the Panama Canal carrying 346 saloon and 100 steerage passengers. Notable travelers include Lawrence Philips and family of Congo, J. Law Harriman, J. Willis Martin, and E. T. Hajock of San Francisco.
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Finland
Red Star
International Mercantile Marine Company
San Francisco
Panna Canal
Rence
Police athlete in trick swing saves lad life
Patrolman Frederick Hettenheamer heroically swung from a trolley car’s dash to grab a boy crossing Eighth Avenue in New York. The boy Henry Masse, eight, escaped serious injury as the car halted. cheers followed the rescue amid traffic in a crowded scene near the Polo Grounds.
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Lad
New York
New Jersey
Wang & Boy
Eighth Avenue
Henry Masse
Polo Grounds
Frederick Hettenheamer
West 185Th Street
Elmort
Billiard Champion Stabs Wife Then Slashes Self
Chicago June 16 Calvin Derma a noted billiards champion stabbed his wife during an attack and then slashed his own throat. The wife is reported seriously injured while Derma is in critical condition. Police调查 ongoing with no final charges announced.
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Calvin Demarest
Chicago
Calvin Derma
Demarest attacked wife, slashed himself, hospitalized
Demarest, former amateur champion, assaulted his wife today and slashed his own throat. His mother tried to restrain him as both he and his wife were taken to hospital in serious condition. The wife suffered neck wounds and breast stab wounds. doctors see a fair recovery chance. Demarest, once top amateur, later pro, showed signs of mental distress prior to the incident.
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Fagor
Demarest
Revolle
France
New York
Temarest
Frederick Conklin
Chameplon
Rum Bottles and an Incompetent Heiress in the City
Mrs. Louisa Daisy Simpson widow of a drygoods partner was ruled incompetent by a sheriff's jury. A committee will manage her $250,000 estate after alleged dissipation. Testimony described habitual drunkenness, fights, past injuries, and 300 empty whiskey bottles found in her room. Her mother and niece testified to alcohol abuse and threats, with properties mortgaged and unpaid interest.
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Gi. E. Carmati
Lysbrock
Jamaica
Joseph J. 7 Chauteur
Etwaring
Mary C. Loon
Clark T Chambery
Frm
Dominic Gambino
Louisa Daisy Simpson
Drygoods
Simpson, Crawford & Simpson
Justion Martin
Stover
Sampson
Corona
L. LA
Elizabeth Jane Presbry
West Eighty-eighth Street
Simpson
Mres
Mrs. Simpson
Presley
Europe
Japan
Freaby
Slaughter
Father, If Fit, May Get $1,000,000 Son
The custody dispute over William Crossman Lee, age eleven, centers on whether his natural father William Mills Jr of Venice California is unfit. The boy, heir to a substantial fortune from his grandmother, is living with T Frederick Lee. briefs are due in a week as the court weighs the likely guardianship outcome and the influence of a large inheritance.
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William Crossman Lee
White Plains
Beegan
Tompkins
Supreme Court
T. Frederick Lee
William Mills, Jr
Venice
Cal
George W. Crossman
New York
Mills
Lee
Ansonia
Trade Secret Blow Up Hurls Actor and Actress Into River
On the Hudson near Hastings a dynamite explosion aboard a scow tore through a production set for the Gotham Film Company. Actors Hetty Marshall and Frederic de Belleville were swept into the water but were rescued. a technician blamed for the accident, and three cameras lost. Hundreds of boats gathered believing a real tragedy had occurred.
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Hudson River
Hastings
Palisades
Misa Hetty Marshall
Frederic de Belleville
Gothem Film Company
Mise Marshall
de Hellerville
New York
Mr. de Helleville
Ana li
Drug Trust
Miss Marshall
Mr. de Holieville
Marshall W. Taggert
Gotham Film Company
Hudson
Mrs Dunphy Denies Kingsbury Charges At Hearing On Randall's Island
Framed by a dozen friends including Mrs Barclay Hazard and Mrs Mary Dunphy the former Randall's Island superintendent testified before the State Board of Charities denying accusations as absolutely false. She defended her fifty year administration citing improvements and supported by letters from inspectors and mission representatives. A follow up session was scheduled for tomorrow at 2 40 PM with Mrs Dunphy unlikely to attend.
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Ananias
Homer Polka
Obermser
Folks
Obermeier
Corporation Counsel
Mex. Dunphy
Nellie Elwood
Bleecker Street
Elwood
Randall's Island
George
New York
Randall’s Island
Ghermeier
Board of Education
Missions
Sarah Hi. Hallock
Victim of Chivalry Sues Banking Man in N J Suit
James O'Brien of Paterson, an NY Telephone official, sues Horace R. Taylor of Rutherford for 16000 damages claiming Taylor assaulted him at night near Acquackanonk Township on May 7 1918 after signaling to a woman who alleged Taylor tried to assault her. The woman remains unnamed.
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Trenton
N. J
Supreme Court
James O'Brien
Paterson
New York Telephone Company
Horace R. Taylor
Rutherford
New York
H. P. Taylor Co
Acquackanonk Township
O'Brienanya
Ammond Rosd
Taylor
O'Brien
Thomas McCram
Blodgett Named Adelphi President in Brooklyn
Professor Frank D. Blodgett, ex mayor of Oneonta and former head at Oneonta State Normal School, is appointed president of Adelphi College Brooklyn to succeed Dr. Parkes Tadman who had acted since Dr. Lovermore’s resignation three years ago. Blodgett, 44, Amherst ’18, is known for lectures on educational and sociological topics and has led Oneonta Normal School for 21 years.
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Blodgett
Adelphi
Frank D. Blodgett
Oneonta
Oneonta Normal School
Thaw Trial Again Put Off by Supreme Court
Harry vR inmw trial delayed again as Court of Appeals weighs whether to permit the July trial from Ludlow Street jail. Attorney General appeals Justice Hendrick’s postponement while a decision was awaited expected Tuesday.
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Harry Vr. Inmw
Supreme Court
Ludlow Street
Dinnity
Court of Appeals
Hendrick
Becker Plays Handball in Sing Sing Deathhouse Yard
In Sing Sing prison Becker, awaiting execution after a Court of Appeals denial, joins six fellow inmates for a half hour of handball in the deathhouse yard. Once fat and disinterested due to confinement, his spirit revived briefly as he played while facing his impending death.
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Sing Sing
Charles Becker
Becker
Prizas
Court of Appeals
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