Drug Robbery Involving Widow Of Gems And Automobile
Mrs Helen McHugh widow of a saloonkeeper was lured into a car near Van Cortland Park by men promising $500 a month for her vehicle. Her car and gems valued at about 84,000 were stolen after drugging. Chauffeur arrested with Liberty bonds. Adams Piery implicated. plan to rent car for Europe trip discussed. She recovered after dawn and was treated by a physician.
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Helen McHugh
Eld
Europe
Paul G. Adams
Adams
Broadway
Piery
City Island
Meflugh Seized and Drugged in Van Cortlandt Park Case
A woman named Mrs. Meflugh was seized and drugged near Van Cortlandt Park as an ambulance attempted revival at 2:00 a.m. A late-for-work hotel desk visitor at Endicott hotel asked for Mrs. Metlugh, while a night worker confirmed she had not returned from an automobile ride. The visitor exclaimed a plan for revenge and alleged chloroform use.
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Villadelphia
Insurance firm withholds payment on Caruso jewels
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company withholds $400,000 in jewelry loss claims from Enros Caruso of Easthampton L I until clear proof of loss is established. Attorney Leon M. Prince says an inquiry with sworn testimony will be held, questioning Caruso family members and employees, with Caruso possibly summoned. New leads may aid investigation but no proof yet.
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Enros Caruso
Easthampton
L. I
Leon M. Prince
Cedar Street
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Com
Iisuit
Caruso
Cem
Mr. Princes
Ince
Masthampton
Louisiana Liberty League Telegraphs for Pro-Wine Plank
In New Orleans on June 25 General Arséne Perilliat leads the Liberty League with 15000 Louisiana members urging President Wilson to back a Democratic platform modification of the Volstead Act. The telegrams to Bryan and convention leaders demand no reversion to saloon or liquor sales but the right to use wine and beer as historically practiced.
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Erty League
Wilson
Bryan
New Orleans
Louisiana
Arséne Perilliat
Liberty League
William Jennings Bryan
League
Arrest near Elwell case hinted in widow's tale
Police probe how keys reached the mantelpiece as they weigh whether the killer entered with a known visitor or by eluding the turfman’s defenses. Mrs Larsen, housekeeper, disputes who owned sets found on Elwell’s clothes and in the bedroom.
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Marie Larsen
Elwell
Lates
Case
Toupee
Mortgage bonds help housing via guaranteed notes
The Title Guarantee & Trust Co offers 322 mortgages on hand for sale to investors. Amounts range from 1000 to 3000 dollars each, guaranteed by the Bond & Mortgage Guarantee Company to net about 4.54 percent. Proceeds fund new mortgages and housing construction.
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Bond & Mortgage Guarantee Company
Murder on Ritz Roof Dispute and Hidden Keys Arising
The account links Elwell to a disputed night scene on the Ritz Roof with Hiwell and Miss Kraus, noting a hidden key, the receipt of mail, and a fatal shot. Witnesses like Octavio Figueroa and Edgar Walters connect Elwell to events that morning, including a man being driven from the New Amsterdam Theatre and a brown suit sighting.
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Hiwell
Ee Well
Elwell
Well
Octavio Figueroa
Lewisohn
Ritz
Figueroa
Edgar Walters
New Amsterdam
Walters
Night before murder man resembled Elwell seen at Hotel des Artistes
Carey said police were not searching for anyone unknown or unanalyzed and had already questioned. The District Attorney's office felt an arrest was near after Elwell’s presence at Studio Chuir on Wednesday night before Friday.
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Elwell
Hotel Des Artistes
West Sixty-seventh Street
Studio Chuir
Carey
District Attorney’ State
Exhumation Planned for U-Boat Victims Remains
Paris June 25 Exhumation of 489 American soldiers from ships Tuscania and Otranto wrecks will start July 1. Relatives push for return of kin while Scottish clan pledges care of graves on Islay. Bodies will be sealed in metal caskets and shipped to the United States via Cherbourg with Duhome port as embarkation point.
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Tuscania
Otranto
Paris
Islay
Lonely S Pot
Cherbourg
Duhomet
United States
Equentreville
Swann Proposes Probe of Travis Office Irregularities
District Attorney Swann moved yesterday to investigate charges of irregularities in the office of State Comptroller Eugene M. Travis. He asked The Brooklyn Daily Times editor to provide legal evidence justifying the charges for grand jury consideration. The Times said it would take days to gather and correlate the evidence.
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Office of State
Eugene M.travis
Brooklyn
Time
Travis
the Times
Stat
Mir. Sas
Sevaral
Lafayette BR
Gleason
Travis and Exorbitant Fees At Issue In Swann Inquiry
The article alleges improper fees and salaries connected to Jes M Travis and the Actual Appraisal Company, with Swann's influence noted. It mentions Travis’s denial, suspicions by allies, and Franklin Taylor preparing to present evidence to Swann, amid Republican gubernatorial politics.
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