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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
32
In a stalled session the Craig committee heard petitions from New York Public Library and Zoologich Gardens for salary raises. Mayor absent. major issues debated include a 20 percent plan and wage schedules amid talks on educator and staff pay.
Seventeen year old Angelo Angres, employed seven months at a firm on East Sixteenth Street, was held up in the hallway of the factory branch and robbed of a weekly payroll of 1400 dollars. Two masked men bound his hands, gagged him, and tied him to a standpipe. He freed himself and ran to the firm head, who notified police but offered no further details. Jacob Numay, 28, of 198 Madison Street, died at Gouverneur Hospital from suspected wood alcohol poisoning after collapsing in his room.
District Attorney Doolin and Assistant D.A. Wis questioned witnesses about Elwell's death. A woman called the “woman in gray” identified as Miss Anderson was eyed as a potential source, while Wagstatt and others testified about a luncheon guest. Relatives and friends, including Pendleton and Spratler, gave alibis and details of Elwell’s routine, with authorities pressed to locate a key unidentified woman and review phone records from June 10. Officials expressed guarded optimism as inquiries continued with privacy.
A race track man claimed a horse deal involved $5,600 and a promised profit share. A man named Hardy denied making the arrangement, saying the story was hearsay from a newspaper. The account references El and an unnamed partner, with questions raised about accountability.
A powerful gas leak from a warehouse at 521 Broome Street caused 200 families to flee tenements on Proome and Watts streets near Thomps Street. Firefighters, aided by police, forced evacuations while investigators traced the odor to a container on the first floor. Consolidated Gas Company was contacted for a smoke expert as four firemen and others were hospitalized after exposure.
Four men escaped from Ellis Island by tearing a hole in a washroom window screen on the third floor. They climbed a ledge, lowered themselves with a rope, and fled on a barge named Willam C. Moore before slipping away. Authorities did not release names but one is said to be an ex convict, another a German, a third a stowaway, and the fourth a Spaniard with a passport.
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