Gaffney and Murphy Tied to Dock Board Lease Scandal
Crooked Dock Board actions surface in a probe linking Alderman James E. Gaffney and Charles F. Murphy to a thirty year pier lease at West Seventy-ninth street for 1200 dollars a year. Testimony details forged applications, missing leases, and favored contracts amid Tammany Hall ties.
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the Tribune
Old Dock Board
New York Contracting and Trucking Company
James E. Gaffney
Gaffney
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Messrs. J. Sergeant Cram
Peter F. Meyer
Dock Department
New-York Contracting and Trucking Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad County
James E. Gunffrey
John J. Murphy
East Twen
East Seventeenth-st
West Seventy-ninth-st
New York
Seventy-inth-1
North River
West Seventy-ninthst
Alderman Gaffrney
New-York
Mr. Murphy
Alderman Gaffney
Murphy
Criminal Courts
Dock Board
Marshall B. Clarke
Monks
Michael Egan
Thirty
William Hasters
West One
Kidney
West
District Attorney's
W. I. Kidney
Klondike
West Thirty-ninth St. Pier
Clarke
Egan
Daniel F. Cohalan
James J. Frawley
Thomas F. O’brien
South St
O'Brien Brothers
O’brien Brothers
Treasury
Murray & Co
Avenue C
Joseph Murray
East Eighteenth St
Mr. Clarke
Mr. O’brien
William J. McGirr
Croker
L. H. Harrison
Degnon-McLean Contracting Company
Degnon-MccLean
Brown & Fleming
Canal St
Harrison
Cram
Burke
James K. Gaffney
Anawanda Club
Yale Wins Three Races On Thames In Debut Sweep
Yale crews dominated the four mile Thames race program at New London, winning varsity, freshman, and four oared events. Yale's victory was led by superior oarsmanship, with Harvard failing to match in most legs of the day. The crowd, weather, and spectacle topped the event, as Yale's crew reportedly maintained a steady 32 stroke rate throughout much of the race.
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the Tribune
New London
Yale
Crimson
Thames
Cambridge
Harvard
New Haven
Yale Freshies
Navy Yard
Varsity
Gales Ferry
John Kennedy
Foster
Kennedy
Waterman
Bogue
Raffo Admits Crime in Rochelle Park Murder Case
Francisco Raffo, an Italian quarryman, confessed to fatally shooting Policeman Maurice Ahearn near Rochelle Park New Rochelle after a police ruse exposed the truth. Raffo claimed self defense, said he believed the victim was a loafer, and indicated he did not know Ahearn wore a badge.
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Maurice Ahearn
Rochelle Park
New-Rochelle
Francisco Raffo
Wiesendanger
Fedalo Seraffo
Fedalo
Cody
Timmons
Fanelli
Raffo
Petrosini
Pinkerton
Bailey
Ahearn
Tuckahoe
Bernadino Serraffo
New Rochelle
Oak St
John Peepo
New Haven
Oakst
Fidela Sarraffo
W. F. Johnson
Lady Herbert Loses Jewels on Newport Wharf
Lady Herbert wife of the British Ambassador left a jeweled handbag worth 15000 dollars on a Newport wharf. The bag was found by a freight worker and later returned to her father Mr Richard T Wilson who forwarded it to Lady Herbert.
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Tribune
Newport
R. IL
Lady Herbert
New York
Richard T. Wilson
Wickford
German Officers Snub Negro Collector in Savannah
Telegraph report from Savannah states J H Deveaux, the black Collector of Customs, was snubbed by officers of the German cruiser Gazelle after its departure. While German officers were hosted by city clubs, none visited Deveaux, contrary to customary calls on local government representatives by visiting warships.
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Tribune
Savannah
J. H. Deveaux
Deveaux
Charleston
Dr. Crum
Four Shot Riots in Wilmington Endangers City Hall
Four men were shot in Wilmington Delaware in race riot clashes late tonight two police and two black men. Officers under Sergeant McDermott engaged a black shooter as whites and blacks confronted each other near the courthouse and city hall. Reports say a growing mob, armed with sticks and weapons, roamed the streets and a second shooting left a black man wounded in the stomach.
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McDermott
William Kramer
Richmond Quiet as Militia Guards Streetcar Lines
Richmond Virginia June 25 streetcars operate on three lines with four to eight militiamen aboard and rifles fixed. Guards patrol power houses and car barns while authorities issue strict orders to suppress unrest and permit only cautious operation. Minor disturbances occur but no major riot reported as of 10 PM.
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Richmond
West End
Henrico County
Negroes Seek $100,000,000 Liberia Colonization Plan
National Colored Immigration and Commercial Association backs chartering vessels next year to transport colonists to Liberia. A petition to President Roosevelt and Congress requests $100,000,000 for transport of African Americans seeking settlement in Liberia. The measure rejects wholesale deportation.
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Montgomery
Ala
National Colored Immigration and Commercial Association
Committee On Resolutions
Liberia
Roosevelt
Congress
Woman in Black Ends Life by Train in Bronx River
A woman about 45 dressed in black stepped in front of a northbound Grand Central train near White Plains station and was thrown into the Bronx River. Witnesses Mary and Laura Scalpini saw her in the woods before the incident. engineer Larry Cavanaugh reports the impact at about 40 mph, with the body recovered from the river.
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White Plains
Mary Scalpini
Laura Scalpini
Mary
Grand Central Station
Bronx River
Larry Cavanaugh
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Curation
Tammany
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Frawley
Joseph
Twentyninth-st. Bulkhead
Erie
Michael
Twentyninth-st
William Has
Albany
A Hearn
Pocono Mountain
Rutland R. R
Manchester
Brandon
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Hyde Manor
Burlington
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Pantinay
Rand
Dr. Bishop
Philadelphia
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Cornell
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Lackawanna Railroad
Cranberry Lake
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