Italian mechanic Cocchi linked to Ruth Cruger case
Mme Mureal recounts how her sixteen year old daughter Philippa narrowly escaped Cocchi at his motorcycle shop on West 127th Street last November. She says other local girls visited the shop and that Cocchi lured Philippa with kindness before grabbing her in the basement. The mother reported the incident to Police Commissioner Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Cruger
Alfredo Cocchi
Cocchi
The
Tribune
Mme. Mureal
West 16Th Street
Philippa
Mureals
Manhattan Street
Woods
Philppa
Goechi Abe
Kilippa
Ehtla
Corebi
Paisppa
Ars
Gerat
Ile
Philipps
Ruth
Irly
Commissioner Woods
Girl Traces Cruger Case Attacks After Cruger Case
Consuelo La Rue, found injured outside her West Fightieth Street apartment, claims two men tried to murder her for providing information in Ruth Cruger’s case. Grace Humiston links the claim to white slavery investigations and says the La Rue incident may draw a broader, dangerous pattern.
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Cruger
Consuelo la Rue
Mrs. Hamiston
Cocchi
West Fightieth Street
la Rue
Immich
West Sixty-eighth Street
Grace Hamiston
Ruth Cruger
Ruth Cruger's Murderer Had Help, Evidence Shows
District Attorney Luana and assistant pressed case as multiple people linked to Ruth Cruger murder. Witnesses included three girls who knew Alfredo Cocchi, one fourteen, who said he threatened her over friendship. Motorcycle officers Geisenhitt Ochse and Haggerty questioned about tips and shop, with others noting reports from Manhattan street.
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Ruth Cruger
Luana
Alfredo Cocchi
Dooling
Cocchi
Coehi
John J. Geisenhitt
Doulny
Ochse Shutt
Cocehi
James Haggerty
Foreny
Manhattan Street
West Corchi
Chyen Bit
Ruth Crager
Evidence Ties Cocchi Case To Murder Hole Relics
New York police pursue a fatal case linking Cocchi to a murder at his shop. Investigators recover khaki uniforms, a civilian suit, and a toppled hot air jug used in a trap. Clues include a taunting card and multiple chauffeurs named by a key witness as potential accomplices.
Maspeth Resident Dies From Injuries After Navy Yard Incident
Mra Augusta Jarner of Maspeth is reported in a brief notice as the victim of alleged cruelty at the navy yard. The death was recorded as the eighth casualty from the event, with two other men cited as grieving and the investigation ongoing.
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Augusta Jarner
Maspeth
Irhunese Gage
Navy Yard
Meyer
Aldermen urged to probe police follow-up on complaints
At a board meeting President Dowling presented Dr William H Allen of the Institute of Public Service letter urging an aldermanic inquiry into how the Police Department handles citizen complaints. The matter was referred to Rules with potential for an investigating committee if approved.
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Board of Aldermen
Dowling
William H. Allen
Institute of Public Service
Police
Allen
Cruger
Committee On Rules
Dowlin
Ten Jurors Chosen in Gilligan Poison Trial
Hartford Conn June 11 All but two of the jurors required for the trial of Mrs Amy E Archer Gilligan charged with murdering her second husband and four inmates from the home she ran for the aged have been selected From an additional panel of forty to be in court Wednesday morning the remaining two will be chosen The state will press the Andrews count involving the disinterred body found to show traces of poison Five counts are in the indictment with Andrews expected to be hardest to defend as the case was fully developed before her arrest Gravediggers exhumed the other four bodies after custody was taken.
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Terhune
Hartford
Conn
Amy E. Archer-Gilligan
Franklin K. Andrews
Man Mysteriously Slain at 102 Mott Street
Police search for three unnamed men in connection with the death of Joseph Caruso a 32 year old brassworker whose body was found in his room at 102 Mott Street. Neighbor Mrs Mary Costello held as witness after hearing a prowler and a scream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Caruso
Mott Street
Caruso
Mary Costello
Lora Miller
Churchmen Back Wilson in Pledge at White House
Forty members of the Presbyterian General Assembly executive council pledged church support to President Wilson when presented in the executive offices. Led by Vice President Marmol and presented by Rev. Wallace Radcliffe the President thanked them and urged maintenance of lofty ideals and rejection of hate or revenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Presbyterian General Assembly
Wilson
Presdent Marmol
Wallace Radcliffe
Divorce for Chicago Countess Reveals Russian Estate Neglect
Countess Eleanor Patterson Gizycka testifies in Chicago divorce suit against Count Josef Gizycka. She describes a ruined Russian estate five miles from a railroad, a parade of underpaid servants, and a husband chasing money, while detailing inherited income and mortgage strain. Felicia, their daughter, was born near Vienna in 1905 and is now in Lake Forest.
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Chicago
Eleanor Patterson Gizycka
Eleanor Medill Patterson
Josef Gizycka
Charles M. Thompson
Washington
Gizycka
Gizyeka
Felicia
Vienna
Lake Forest
United States
Russia
Electrician Survives 13200 Volt Blast at New Jersey Plant
Ezra Hull, exposed to 13200 volts at Public Service Company power plant in Orange, NJ, was pronounced dead by Memorial Hospital staff en route to the morgue. Midway, Hull revived, shocking attendants as the ambulance diverted to the hospital and he began to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Hull
Kera Hull
Public Service Company
Orange
N. J
Memorial Hospital
Hull
Huil
Marble Memorial Arch At Valley Forge Dedicated
Valley Forge Penn June 19 The marble arch marking the 1777 78 encampment site was presented to the state by Champ Clark Speaker of the House on behalf of Congress. More than a hundred Senators and Representatives traveled to attend the dedication. Governor Brumbaugh accepted the arch on behalf of the commonwealth. It is an imposing marble structure.
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Valley Forge
Penn
Washington
Congress
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Brumbaugh
Commonwealth
Cooper Union Mass Meeting for Aliens Thursday Night
Speakers at Cooper Union mass meeting under the American Defence Society will discuss deans and nationalities. Aliens of all nationalities are invited to attend with speeches in Russian Italian Polish Hungarian Slavic and English. Major Jorge Haven Putnam will speak on The Call of the Republic. other speakers include Oscar S Straus Rabbi Stephen S Wise and Professor Alexander Morria Cukor.
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Lingenempang
Million Bequeathed To Metropolitan Museum by Hoge
The estate of John Hoge, a soap manufacturer and New York figure, leaves $1,000,000 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Actor’s Fund of America gets $500,600, thirty-one Zanesville churches receive $1,000 each, and two Zanesville hospitals receive $26,000 each. Mrs. Frederick Grant inherits $100,000 in real estate. Asa Hoge of Leavenworth receives $50,000, and the remaining $2,000,000 goes to James Doster Hoge of Seattle. Hoge, a noted treasurer and director, founded Schulte & Co later absorbed by Proctor & Gamble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
John Hoge
Zanesville
Ohio
Actor's Fund of America
Frederick Grant
Str. Hoge
Asa Hoge
Leavenworth
Kan
James Doster Hoge
Seattle
Wash
Hoge
New York
Schulte &A
Proctor & Gamble
Brown Manufacturing Company
Guardian Trust and Safe Deposit Company
United States Playing Card Company
West
Union| S League
Lawyers
Republican and Whitehall Clubs
Ohio Society
Newark Board of Education Bans Janitors From Interfering With Teachers
The Newark Board of Education orders schol janitors not to hear other Touma when desired by teachers who come to school underdressed or for fresh air, triggering a dispute over duty and discipline in schools.
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Newark Board of Education
Five U S Gunboats Interned by China
Five American gunboats including Monoescy Palos Samar Quiros and Villalobos were interned in Shanghai harbor by the Chinese government after being given 48 hours to depart. The Wilmington and transport Abarends were believed to have left, but official confirmation was not obtained. Officials suggest the ships may not be seaworthy and notes the action followed delayed expectations of China entering the war.
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Aey
Washington
Shanghai
Monoescy
Palos
Samar
Quiros
Villalobos
Wilmington
Abarends
China
Peking
Alumni Day at Yale Marked by Simplicity
New Haven June 1 Alumni day at Yale was held on a war basis with utmost simplicity. There were no class costumes bands parades or class dinners. President Hadley spoke in Battel Chapel on war challenges Yale Corporation’s aid to the government and undergraduates’ response. He predicted a better educated postwar era through practical courses and adaptation. The artillery armory near Yale Bowl was dedicated and a patriotic Hewitt quadrangle celebration followed. A 1492 dinner by graduates capped the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale
Arthur T. Hadley
Battel Chapel
Yale Corporation
Hadley
University
Yale Bowl
Hewitt
Rail car shortage shrinks by one third in May
The American railway system reports freight car shortages fell from 143,427 to 100,127 in May, a near one third improvement. Shippers and railroads, prompted by Railroads War Board guidance, pushed for more efficient use of existing equipment as the country moves toward a continental system. Earlier figures show shortages rising from 130,082 on March 1 to 144,797 by April 1, then to 149,627 on May 1 as the War Board began operations.
Mexico to Enter War for Allies Rumor Says
A San Antonio newspaper extra cites a telegram from Mexico City claiming France offered 20,000,000 pesos and that Mexico will join the Entente. No official confirmation accompanies the telegraphed note.
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Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
la Roza
Carranza
el Univer
Mexico City
France
Ententa Alies
13 Held as Aids On Confession Of Mrs. Hyman
Mrs. Ray Hyman the magnetic banker confessed in bankruptcy proceedings before United States Commissioner Gilchrist accusing twenty one people of conspiring to dupe others. She claimed 09 percent monthly gains funded large credits to instigators and that a failed boat attempt nearly drowned her. Thirteen accusers were arrested and held on bail. a grand jury will investigate.
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Hyman
Ray Hyman
United States
Gilchrist
City Island
Oyster Bay
Mount Vernon
Grossman
Nellie Grossman
King's Highway
Brighton Beach
Its
Connon
Four Trenton Prison Keepers Freed of Cruelty Charges
Four deputy keepers at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton were vindicated when the State Board of Prison Inspection dismissed cruelty charges. G. K. Lane faced a death by beating allegation, while Thomas McEvoy George Smith and Edgar Horner were charged with using the water cure. The board upheld all four men.
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Trenton
New Jersey State
State Board of Prison Inspection
G. K. Lane
Thomas McEvoy
George Smith
Edgar Horner
Fragmented OCR note on Today’s events and people
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Mourasittan Mussom, Pea a iain Pascoe, and Va pes, with unclear actions or places. The readable bits suggest a casual listing of names or roles rather than a coherent event. Missing context prevents a precise headline or summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iain Pascoe
Army Doctor Charged with Piper's Death
New Brunswick New Jersey residents report that Dr William J Condon a captain in the United States Army Medical Corps is charged with murdering Rutgers College student Jay Piper whose body was found in Say Wood woods after a night shift at his furnaces Piper who was twenty four years old and father of two disappeared February seventeenth after leaving to service his clients Neighbors heard a gunshot and a 22 caliber shell was found near Condons home A black laborer Allison Wellington said he found decomposed flesh in Condons cellar and later saw a body removed Prosecutor Joseph Strickler described lime powder bloodstains and coats with powder traces as crucial clues and connected Condons automobile to the case Condon was arrested at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia by military authorities and Detective took charge of the inquiry with New Jersey detectives in attendance The authorities believe Piper was killed shortly before his body was hidden in Say Wood in the woods near Condons residence and they expect a dramatic development soon
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Swann Belives
Victor Blady
Assatant
Dooling
Blady
Broadway
Cocchi
Windy
Cruger
Henry Romede
Kemelle
Assidant District
New Brunswick
N. J
William J
Yomern
New Jersey
Brunswick
Wan
Jay Piper
Rutgers College
Whey
Saywood
Condon
United States Army
Corps
Army
Philippines
Japan
Fort Ogthorpe
New Jeng Infantry
Jtm
Piper
University of Vermey
Dea
Rogers
Wade
Dr. Condon
Fe Condon
Hearng
Hom
Beth Allizon
Wellington
Condon Keay
Joseph E. Strickler
Welling
Piper Ét
de Condon
Pruecutor Strickerasser
Spee Wood Woods
JH Delieg
Abe
Eee
Harvard Class Day Amid Wartime Programs at Cambridge
Harvard observed Class Day in Cambridge with wartime programs and canceled club events. The ceremony featured an oration by G Paine of Spokane and a class ode led by J Dsons of Cambridge with Y Cook of Worcester assisting. Willcox Jr wrote the class piece from an aviation training camp.
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Cambridge
Maia
Harvard
Yale
Mian’ G. Paine
Spokane
Wee
John DB Sons
Ted
Y. Cook
Worcester
Plattsburg
Weatmore Willcox, Jr
Exo Jorman F. Burbridet
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Mureal
Humiston
Rorke
Fourth Branch
Polyclinic Hospital
Hamiston
Alfred Cocchi
D. Kk
Billy Bynon
Distriet
Swann
William Bynon
Schultze
Black
W. A. Newcomb
Rome
Antonio Cardinale
Raff
Gilligan
BY Briggs
Jon
Georges
Perigee
Baer
Mr Ot
Cooper Union
Metropolitan Museum
Ita
U. S
Jersey
Georgia
Negro
Surgeon
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