Doomed Slayer Testifies in Boy's Kidnapping and Murder Case
Roberto Raffarte, under death sentence for his role in the kidnapping and murder of five year old Giuseppe Varotta, testified in the trial of Antonio Marino. Raffarte described a chance meeting in Union Square and his part in the ransom plot, including a plan to obtain money believed to be an inheritance. He admitted the money was to be shared with four other men, and that the group expected a larger sum before negotiations lowered the payout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberto Raffarte
Giuseppe Varotta
Sing Bing
Antonio Marino
Hee
Raffache
Rela
Tee
Marino
Marina
Jona Dames Rogelers
John
Remelewold
Peder
Robert J. Lev. Formey
Ettaneer
Ruggerlie
New York City
New York
Melty
Bowe
Union Square
Dead Woman Restored After Being Packed in Ice
Mrs Rebecca Lent is mistaken for dying at 28 Lew Street after shomis declared her dead. At the third floor, hours later, Mrs Senft appears alive as undertakers move her in a box with ice. Dr Bernard Zaglin later resuscitates her, noting a paralysis stroke and urging medical consultation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shomis
Rebecca Lent
Jacob Grossman
Senft
Sime
Lews Street
Mr. Senft
Bejt
Sherman
Mrs. Senft
Corps
Weinstein
Cadet Killed by Train When His Car Stalls
Jerome Stuart Jr a cadet at West Point was killed when his stalled car was struck by the Long Branch express at a Pennsylvan ia Railroad crossing in New Jersey Jeannette Smethurst saved herself by jumping before the collision. The accident killed Stuart and injured other passengers. a track walker warned him but he could not escape. Stuart had been driving at high speed to catch a Kansas City bound train and died en route to Ann May Memorial Hospital. His father Dr J M Stuart a dentist learned of the death.
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Allaire
Jerome Stuart Jr
United States Military Academy
West Point
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Harris
West Thirty-second Street
New York
Paresenger
May Memorial Hospital
Spring Lake
Harris
Railroad D. 1
Trenton
Jeannette Smethurst
W. A. Smethurst
Farmingdale
Stuart
Ann May Memorial Hospital
Heroine
Kansas City
J. M
Miss Smethurat
W.D. Griscom
H.C. White
Speen
Jerome Stuart
New Jersey
Westport High School
Tit Riaita Building
Military Academy
Wart Prout
Reed
Weather Report Amid Showers and Thunder Across Regions
A fragmentary weather summary notes showers and thunder moving across Washington, New York, and Pennsylvania. It references warm temperatures in the east with highs around 30 degrees, frequent storms, and a shift to milder conditions Sunday into Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norometer
Warhington
Jane
Studia West
Valltarein
Daily Radio Program Saturday on WIZ Newark
A dense radio programming schedule lists stations WIZ Newark and KDKA Pittsburgh with mentions of various time slots, programs, and presenters. It references weather forecasts, music hours, civil engineering topics, and multiple program titles with limited readable details.
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Tone
Wiz
Newark
Ieee
Axon
Trane SM
Sertich
Paneraine
Matias
Sun
WWE
New York
Paneied Waz
Springfield
Mapedall Sonron
Larrare
Mk Intermaenel Hithiese
Ramet
Pete Briccat
Ecient of Civil Engineering
Silene
concertoRireau Wd
KDKA
Pittsbureh
Pansiar
Ple K Clue Matearer
Monkens Marees
Mire Kwy
Chirseo
Pam Newcart
Margaret Foster
Sonra
Tala Lows Fieren
Ishiet James Maun
Crties
Ad Wiliam Deterlantet
Ancompanist
Italian Kidnap Map Shows Local Ties and Trial Adjourment
Raffaello and three companions face murder charges connected to a Varatta kidnapping in a New York Italian quarter. Marino, a Calabrian neighbor at 149th Street, is noted as a friend of the family. investigators suspect the abductors hurriedly planned a crime amid fits of fear and a threat of death. The trial adjourned to Monday with further testimony from Raffaele.
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Raffaelo
Cusamano
Raffaello
Marino
Varatta
thIteenth Street
Varattas
Varotta
Marine
Raffaele
Mother of 6 Held as Bigamist In Canada Elopement
William Henry Deastater, Cobourg principal, and Mary G Deastater of Harrow Ontario were arrested in Rochester after she left her husband and six children to marry him. He expressed humiliation, while she had been a farmer’s wife. They faced possible return to Canada.
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Rochester
N. O
William Henry Deastater
Cobourg
Canada
Mary G. Deastater
Harrow
County
Ont
Doxstater
Polic
Borland
Burglars Loot Mellick Home In Plainfield
Burglars robbed the home of George P. Mellick a New York banker in Plainfield yesterday of thousand dollars worth of silverware and jewelry and 100 dollars in cash. Mrs Mellick woke and roused her husband as the crime occurred. A year earlier the home was robbed of fare and other valuables later recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Melick
New York
Plainfield
Double Crown Skull Hints at Jimmy Glass Identity in Porto Rico
Captain James Rooney prepares to sail to San Juan in search of Jimmy Glass who was kidnapped by gypsies in 1910 at age five. A peculiarly formed skull with a double crown is the key identifying feature, potentially confirming the boy’s identity if found. Police and the boy’s parents hold cautious hope as Rooney’s San Juan report awaits, amid a long, unresolved search spanning years.
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James Rooney
Jersey City
San Juan
Porto Rico
Jimmy G
Greeley F's
Rooney
Dorsey City
Glass
Doy
Jimmy Glass
Greeley
Examination Delay For Fred Andrews Accounts
Public accountants have not completed the audit of Fred Andrews loan transactions with the bankrupt brokerage firm E. Dier & Co. and its predecessor Hughes & Dier. The examination was postponed yesterday to 3 o'clock on June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Fred Andrews
Barkrupt
E. 2. Dier & Co
Hughes & Dier
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse Learns Pride in New Babies
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse becomes secretly proud of his four newborns, while Mrs. Whitefoot celebrates their beauty. He seeks approval from neighbors Timmy the Flying Squirrel and others, but most perceive the babies as ordinary. The tale centers on parental pride and social reactions in the Green Forest community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefoot
Wood Mouse
Ned
Mrs. Whitefoot
Timmy
Flying Squirrel
Z. W. Bureees
Green Forest
W Foot
Hear Stumbling on the AMPICO word records
A brief note records the piano roll titled Stumbling on the AMPICO, noting its existence as a word record. The entry references the AMPICO player piano system and the track title for cataloging purposes.
A Museum of Usables at BELMAISON New York
Visitors are invited to view A Museum of Usables at BELMAISON in New York City. The exhibit pairs antiques with reproductions and modern hangings to show harmony between old and new in rooms on the Fourth floor of Old Bailey buildings.
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Congress
New York City
AU Quatrieme
Belmaison
Bureau of Interior Decorating
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Boy
Park Bench
James Ruggieri
Tomeone
Ray Nicoflett
Cusamane
Rofsele
Harry Sherman
Louis Weinster
House of Mourning
Young West Pointer
Long Branch Express
Weather Report
Alarine Vorday
Tomorow
Pennsylvania
Inneral
Tony
Renee Pennestystin
Stern
Fale
Conier
Caylugat Tiem
Mellick
Bedtime
By Thornton W. Burgess
Euter
Weed Mouse
Westetoot
Devil's Workshop
I Ffacu
Ampico
Ampico-In-The-Chickering
Ampico-In-Schumacker
Ampico-In-The-Haines Bros
Ampico-In-The- Marshall & Wendell
Wanamaker
Glass and Pottery
Harmay
Mereae
Old Baily
New Bally
New Baldy
Madame Lanvin
Wanamaker’s
Paris
Lanvin
de Regle
Washington
Europe
London
Berlin
Panama
New Build
Palm Beach
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