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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1909
Page
6
In St Michaels Maryland on June 27 the case surrounding Mrs Woodill and Eastman Deepening mystery follows the discovery of a small bottle with morphine traces near Eastman shack and questions about Eastman as a morphine user. Funeral today for Eastman with the grave side service.
Julius C Rosenthal acting for Mrs Ida S Epstein of New York says a telegram reports amicable arrangements with St Michaels authorities to disinter Robert Eastman s body and return it to the city this week to pursue a 150 reward. Epstein s surety losses tied to Eastman s bail forfeiture include A B Rosenthal and other parties. Mrs Eastman will accompany the body and take charge after the reward matter is settled.
In June at St Michaels Maryland it is recalled that Boss Tweed sought refuge in this remote Eastern Shore village after fleeing New York. He was later taken by yacht to Hampton Roads and boarded a steamer to Cuba, then on to Spain before capture and return for trial. The region’s waterways and limited transport shaped Tweed’s brief shelter here.
In Oswego New York a three year old girl Gertrude Mack daughter of Edward Mack suffocated in her grandmother's bed while attempting to warn family of a kitchen fire started by her six year old brother who played with matches. She hid under the covers and was not found in time.
Central Office detectives pursue a big automobile driver and a Harlem hack driver in connection with the Elsie Sigel murder. Leon and confederates from the Gee Gong Tong allegedly moved the body from Harlem to Newark then to Chinatown and back to New York. Police name several suspects, seek Hai Kong Tong members, and reveal Leon’s finances and restaurant partnerships while Chinaman Quan Nam Nam aids investigation.
Neighbors opposed Dr. Minerva Kline’s Chinese Sunday school leading to dismissal of a class of twenty Chinese taught by six young women at 6446 Drexel avenue. Inspectors found doors swinging in, violating building codes. class resumed after promise to fix. Policeman John Kane ordered disbandment half an hour later, sending pupils home.
Albany reports New York and Vermont plan July fourth to ninth celebrations marking Champlain's 1699 discovery. Delegations include Taft and Cannon, with Canadian and federal participation. An artificial island will host pageants, Indian reenactments, and Longfellow's Hiawatha, towed across the lake.
Boston June 27 statistics from Smith and Radcliffe colleges show low marriage rates among graduates. Of 3.06 Smith and Radcliffe graduates, less than 16 percent pursue business. Eight hundred Smith graduates are teachers, two percent married, and nine percent have no occupation. Three hundred Radcliffe graduates, forty four percent teachers, one percent married, and one percent no occupation. Overall fewer than seventy seven percent of graduates were married, with a noted decline in the last two years.
The heat wave drove a crowd of about 250000 to Coney Island where beach slumber replaced amusement. Families and individuals laid on sand to rest, while Captain Palmer’s officers guarded nonconventional beds. A drowning tragedy near the life lines involved David Matter, 28, as Captain Riley failed to save him amid a heavy surf.
Justice Gaynor of the Brooklyn Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision today on injunctions sought by David Robsam for Far Rockaway amusement operators. The move aims to restrain police from interfering with businesses after a weekend of quiet activity and rumors of a wider closure order.
Cordele June 27 an exploring party found a perfectly preserved petrified human form believed to be an Indian body along with numerous skeletons and bones in Boeckhouse Cave eight miles southeast of Cordele. The team ventured into passageways deeper into the cave where limestone walls showed protruding skeletons and the petrified form weighed several hundred pounds and could not be moved.
New Rochelle police raided Loews Theatre on Main Street and arrested three officials and three performers for violating Sunday laws. Bert Wilson the manager, William Evers the treasurer, a moving picture operator, and three performers were among those arrested as about a hundred people watched the show. Detectives Cody and Fannelli and officers arraigned the group before Judge Power, releasing them on $1 bail pending trial set for June 30. The Rye Beach lid was tightened.
In Des Moines Iowa on June 27 Charles McLean known as Divine Healer Schlatter is jailed on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. J Anderson of Clinton Iowa filed information claiming Schlatter took a large advance for a cure never given and fled town. Police found 745 dollars and three diamonds in his ragged clothes at the station.
James Desmond, a blacksmith, was shot and killed by Joseph Brownfield a former lodger at the Desmond home after a quarrel over 150 dollars Brownfield claims self defense. In Eureka a logging train crashed dropping eighty feet with four dead. In Chicago Junction Olney Clark killed his wife with a kitchen knife then fatally wounded himself after luring her to sign papers. Mrs Clark seriously wounded.
James Dietler of 354 East 77th Street was arrested on the sidewalk outside his home after drinking beer from a can with five companions. Magistrate Finn questioned the law, noting others drank too, and released Dietler with no disturbance found.
Toledo June 27 In a suit filed yesterday and made public today C Rudolph Brand secretary and treasurer seeks the appointment of a receiver for the Huebner Toledo Breweries Company formed in March 195 by consolidating Huebner Finlay and Grasser Brand and Pilliod clash over mismanagement and asset inflation Brand accuses Pilliod of control shift while away in California and of adding to local option support Pilliod headed the state equor dealers organization.
A concrete pier of a South Main Street viaduct under construction in Kansas City Missouri was partly wrecked by a dynamite blast late last night. The contract company employs non union men, signaling a labor dispute flare up in the project.
Edward G. Albert of Fayersville New York, said to be from a wealthy family, jumped from Gandaleh street bridge into the Chicago River last night. He was rescued but gave no reason for the act and stated he was bound for San Francisco.
Patrick Grant, a miner, was murdered on the outskirts of Mahanoy City while returning home with his pay. His skull was fractured and there were six stab wounds in his back. Several arrests have been made.
Mrs. Marie Antonio, of California, sought a farewell kiss at Charleroi station and forced her head through a car window. She suffered fatal injuries and is not expected to survive.
A baseball game between the estate workers of Edmund C Converse of New York and the Long Ridge nine was halted by Sheriff Ritch in Stanwich due to townspeople complaints about shouting. Play resumed after crossing into New York State.
Durham North Carolina June 27 Solomon Shepard a Negro confessed today that he shot and killed the engineer last December after being put off a Seaboard Air Line train he was stealing a ride. He was arrested in Columbus Ohio.
Galveston June 27 report shows white Republicans hold power in Texas as over one hundred negro deputies, collectors, inspectors and others are dismissed or not reappointed. The retirements leave no negroes in government posts as terms expire and replacements are sought.
Leonard Imboden, a wrecker and current penitentiary inmate near release, will supervise new ornamentation of prison grounds approved by commissioners. Flagstones will be torn up, concrete walks laid, and a three foot border of flowers planted around the outer walk. Grass, trees, and Eng lish ivy will transform the walls into an old English castle feel. The warden’s home will also be decorated.
The Georgia Rail road Strike Arbitration Board ruled that when using negro firemen they receive the same wages as white workers in similar roles. Arbitrator Hardwick dissented citing public safety concerns. Promotion requires three years of line experience and follows seniority. failures trigger reassignment or removal from advance lists, with exceptions for incapacitated firemen.
Atlanta June 27 opening bills include prohibiting intoxicated drivers, requiring hotel and innkeepers charging over 150 a day to provide mosquito bars May 1 to November 1, licensing pistol carriers, and a landowner consent rule for hunting fishing trapping nets or killing birds or fish on private land.
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