Two Chinatown missionaries aid murder suspect in Harlem case
Police recount a tangled sequence in which two white women who belong to the Chinatown missionary circle aided Leon in hiding Elsie Sigel's murder. They pressured tenants to transfer a lease, helped move and dispose of a trunk, and sent aides to the laundry and cellar to conceal evidence while Yung Wah and Yung Dat schemes unraveled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinatown
Leon
Elsie Sigel
Yung Wah
No. 37
West 126Th Street
Yung Kee
Yung Dat
Elsie
Yung Web
Yung Zee
Yung Det
Eighth Avenue
45Th Street
Wung Weh
Wang Wah
Wisie
Gee Gong Tong
Harlem
Nso
Ent
Yung ‘Wweb
Yung
Elsie Sige
Lat Sing
Newark
Ang Fong Goe
Sigel
Washington
Captain Carey
Chung Sin
Sin
Philadelphia
Germantown
Young Nam
New Jersey
Hunter Leon
Woods
Bether
Long Tsiang
Brooklyn
Heat Wave Persists as New York Awaits Relief
The city braces for continued heat with forecasts of generally fair and cooler conditions over the next two days. Temperatures rose to 96 degrees at 6 pm with a low of 74 after midnight, while cooler sea breezes eased misery and electricity fans are promised within 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Weather Bureau
Essex Market
Nine Die From Heat In Philadelphia Day
Philadelphia records nine heat related deaths despite a cooldown. The humidity rose briefly with a breeze as temperatures peaked around 9 degrees 21 3 o clock, marking a dire day for heat casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Immigrants Held as Indigents by Immigration Officials
Immigration inspectors detained 215 second cabin passengers from the Ryndam after an order by Commissioner Williams. The detention stems from a new rule requiring aliens to have at least five dollars on arrival plus railroad tickets to their destination. Steamship lines face costs for processing. authorities expect most detainees to be released soon.
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Commissorer
Williams
Ryndam
Ellis Islang
Ellis Island
Teacher to Get Money Ordered Return of About 18009
Miss Mary V. McCusker, a retired public school teacher, won in Supreme Court Justice Dowling against cousin Mrs. Margaret J. Ryan. The judge ordered Ryan to return about 18009 from pensions, CDs and other amounts Miss McCusker says were wrongfully taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary V. McCusker
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Margaret J. Ryan
Miss McCusker
Mrs. Ryan
Ryan
West 235Th Street
Pain's New Spectacle at Brighton Beach Park War in the Clouds
Pain's fireworks open at Brighton Beach Park with The Battle of the Clouds a thirty scene epic describing a future aerial war. The program shows Mars and other planets declaring war on Earth over secret science with meteors and sky fleets. Earth forces win a hard fought victory as cities burn and panic spreads.
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Brighton Beach Park
Pain
Mare
Astro
Astronomical Bureau
Aviator
Earth
Mars
Fifth Ave Plot Sold Near Lorraine in Manhattan
A buyer was found for 97 Fifth Avenue adjoining the Hotel Lorraine at the southeast corner of the street. The two five story store and office building plot, 2% feet on the avenue and 100 feet deep, sold for about 560,000 from the Theodore A Havemeyer estate via the McVickar Gaillard Realty Co. F. R. Wood & Co sold a 40x140 foot six story apartment site at the northeast corner of Seventh Avenue and 141st Street for investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Hotel Lorraine
Th Street
Theodore A. Havemeyer
McVickar-Gaillard Realty Company
F. R. Wood & Co
Frank A. Jaeger
Warwick Street
Liberty Avenue
St. Joseph
St. Francis de Chantel
Thirteenth Avenue
Sith Street
Hutwelker Provision Company
Dime Savings Bank
Court and
Femsen Streets
Franklin Trust Company
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Brewster & Co
Long Island City
Board of Aldermen
Foreclosure sales of two five story tenements on Weer 5th street
Foreclosure auction at Real Estate Exchange on Vesey street sold Nos 168 and 170 Weer 5th street, 48x15 plot, to plaintiff for 46126. Prior mortgages about 4500. Other sales include multiple properties on Br day list with amounts due and taxes, with various firms and attorneys involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
Joseph P. Day
Mackay Party Returns from Eight Week European Tour
Mr and Mrs Clarence H Mackay arrived aboard Kronprinz Wilhelm from Bremen and Southampton after eight weeks abroad. He tried interviewing the Kronprinz reporters while Mrs Mackay joined in quizzing. He dismissed rumors of Western Union control by AT&T and noted Europe awaits tariff decisions. Mrs Mackay reportedly declared goods worth about 13000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Mackay
Bremen
Southampton
Mackay
Kronprinz
Quarentine
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mackey
Gould case eyed for trial relief after examination bid
Cornelius Sullivan for Howard Gould asked Justice Blanchard to set aside an order to examine Mrs Gould before trial in the Cartier jewelry dispute. John A Wise Jr opposed, claiming Mrs Gould would be away at Blue Gap farm in Virginia, out of jurisdiction. Blanchard asked for a fuller understanding and reserved decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Sullivan
Howard Gould
Justice Blanchard
Gould
Cartier
Paris
John A Wise, Jr
Blue Gap
Virginia
Sullivan
Cail
Milk Exchange hikes quart price amid short supply
At yesterday's regular meeting the Milk Exchange raised the price by half a cent to 20 cents per quart net to shippers in the five cent zone due to a short supply from higher demand during the hot spell.
Building Loan Contracts Outline and Parties in Manhattan
A shuffled OCR fragment mentions Norris Park Avenue and 120th of Victor Street with Manhattan Mortgage Company and several names including Selomen Jucots and Prensky. It appears to describe loan contracts or mortgage actions with address fragments and corner references but lacks coherent facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris Park Ave
Victor St
Manhattn Mortaage Company
Toans Domnic
Bronx Building Plans for Kingsbridge Read Loft Complex
The document notes a 22 story and attic brick loft project on Kingsbridge Read Canal Place with 2906 feet total, by owner Mons Johnson and architect Louis Falk, estimated cost 12009 dollars. A second project on 138th Street near nm mile 214.75 features four brick lofts cost 20000 dollars with owner William H Timmins and architect Lorenz F J Wether.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heathave
Kingsbridge Read
Dal
Mons Johnson
Louis Falk
Canal Place
William H Timmins
Lorenz F J Wether
New House for Peter W. Rouss on Prospect Park West
Peter Winchester Rouss a Broadway merchant is constructing a residence at Prospect Park West and Garfield Place Brooklyn. The 110 by 53 foot plot will rise four stories in Philadelphia pressed brick with limestone granite trim and tile roof. Architect William J. Dilthey directs the project with an estimated cost about 75000 dollars.
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Peter Winchester Rouss
Prospect Park West
Garfield Place
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
William J. Dilthey
Stwanoy Country
Ad. Field
Chester Hill Park
Grand Central Depot
125Th St
Main Depot
Chester Hill Park Company
Receivers of Rents Named in Foreclosure Actions
Justice Giegerich appointed Adolph Landsman receiver of rents for 836 East 135th Street in a suit by David H. Hyman against Leopold Goldstein to foreclose a second mortgage of 13000. prior mortgage 27000. Michael J. Driscoll named receiver of rents for 334 East 135th Street in a Commonwealth Securities Company suit against Brown Realty to foreclose a second mortgage of 0000. prior mortgage 29000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Giegerich
Supreme Court
Adolph Landsman
East 135Th Street
David H. Hyman
Leopold Goldstein
Michael J. Driscoll
Th Street
Commonwealth Securities Company
Brown Realty Company
Brooklyn Parcel Sales To Various Buyers
Moorer and Marston sold for guardian Francis M Whaler to William E Burke a three story dwelling on a 20 by 10 foot lot at 444 Hancock Street Brooklyn. Maurice G Straus sold for a client to A H Smith a three story store building with two flats at SSA Fourth Avenue Brooklyn. Augustus J Rinn sold for James Donovan to John Donovan a three story brick tenement at 157 Second Avenue Brooklyn and a adjoining two story stable at 150 Second Avenue.
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Moorer & Marston
Francis M Whaler
Guardian
William E. Burke
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Maurice G. Straus
A. H. Smith
Fourth Avenue
Augustus J. Rinn
James Donovan
John Donovan
Second Avenue
Downtown stores in demand in city leases
The Ruland and Whiting Company leased store and basement No 6 Fulton Street to Hoffman La Roche Chemical Works. The Vanderbilt Building store at Beekman and Nassau streets goes to The New York Times. The Phelps Dodge Building at Nos 11 and 13 Cliff Street houses the James L Darbine Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruland & Whiting Company
Fulton Street
Hoffman la Rocha Chemical Works
Vanderbilt
Beekman and
Nassau Streets
New York Times
Phelps Dodge
Cliff Street
James L Darbine Camnany
Loft and store leases along Canal Street and nearby blocks
Real estate notices report multiple leases and sales across Manhattan streets. Parties include Serer Mooyer & Marston leasing a 40 by 75 foot loft to Benjamin Rosenstiel on West 2nd Street, Frost Palmer & Co selling to B Hyman Shevell Co, and Hess leasing on Lispenard Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Serer Mooyer & Marston
Benjamin Rosenstiel
Frost, Palmer & Co
L. H Wong
B. Hyman, Shevell Company
Dry Goods
My Merchants
Cazal
Lispenard Street
M. & L. Hess
E. J. Rieser & Co
Broadway
First Avenue
Church Street
Real estate firms sell multiple Manhattan properties in varied districts
Arnold Byrne and Baumann sell a six story apartment on a 40 by 100 plot at 141st Street and Seventh Avenue to Gustavus L Lawrence for Frank J Welton. Casey Irwin sell a five story flat house on a 44 by 100 plot at East 135th Street to T and Johnson. Frank L Fisher Co sells a corner plot at Waldo Avenue and 26th Street to Oscar Kress. Joseph Goldberg sells a five story flat house at West 35th Street to Aaron Sutton. Susan Barrett sells 121 and 123 West 46th Street including a four story stable and three story dwelling on a 41 by 105 foot plot. Michael Donnelly sells 164 West 63rd Street to Elize Eegieton for George Ganter. John Forster and William White sell 793 and 795 Ninth Avenue and adjacent numbers to Louis Cohen, including four five story tenement houses on a 50 by 100 foot plot at Ninth Avenue and 534th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Sutton
William Hyman
West 35Th Street
Susan C. Barrett
West 46Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Broadway
Michael Donnelly
Elize Eegieton
West 63Th Street
George Ganter
John ©. Forster
William H. White
Louis Cohen
Ninth Avenue
Daly and daughter take title to Fifth Avenue estate
Marcus Daly and his daughter Mrs. Mari A Gerard acquired title to premises Nos 581 and 883 Fifth Avenue on a 39 1x100 foot plot adjoining Miss Helen M. Gould's home from Mrs. Virginia R. Dingee. The property was recently reported sold and is mortgaged for $375000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Daly
Mari A Gerard
Fifth Avenue
Helen M. Gould
Virginia R. Dingee
San Francisco Stocks Close Mixed on Mining Quotas
San Francisco June 23 official closing quotations show mining stocks with varied results led by prominent names such as Hagan and Titanicon. Trading activity reflected cautious investor sentiment as miners posted marginal gains and losses throughout the session.
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San Francisco
Realty Notes Show Property Transfers Downtown and Shorefront
William F. Day sells Rye shore front estate on Rhy Neck including big house and six acres to Samuel Samuel John W. Weber who recently bought a Park Slope plot from Woodruff group. Weber also sells Stuyvesant avenue corner mansion to M Stern. Joseph Friedman buys five story American basement dwelling at 317 Riverside Drive near 11th Street, sold recently by Myles Tierpey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Day
Andrew Miller
Rhy Neck
Rye
Samuel Samuel John W. Weber
Park Slope
Brooklyn
Timothy L. Woodruff
Stuyvesant Avenue
Hart Street
M Stern
Joseph Friedman
Riverside Drive
11Th Street
Myles Tierpey
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Hot Wate
Liner
Fifth Ave
Lorraine
Joseph P Day
Broome St
Columbia St
K M Solomon
Emil Afeles
Sanborn
Attys
Pryor
Cambrelleing Ave
Crescent Ave
Sixif
Garry
Kirby
Earley
J T Brady
SS 118Th St
Christiana Ogle
Isaac Huppert
Bartey
Abraham Herrmen
Sarah Fein
Sanborn & & Attrs
Reddy
Caroline Newman
Ferris
Mos Revins
Matilda Ave
Patrick O Rourke
Samuel Marx
Lafontaine Ave
R G Goldiett
Philip Huntington
Joseph FP
Kemp Real Estate Co Agt
Chelsea Realty T
John Larkin
P Dillon
East Cortlandt
Et. al
West St
West Cortland St
SEO
West
Ales
Houston St
Cor Sullivan St
Columbus Gve
Cor Taylor
van Nest
Brigget McManus
Sith St
Francis Frey
Adolph Miller
W G Whaley
M S&s Bevine
Gerfeld
H C Steneck
Elfen Nish
West End Ave
Knickerbocker Trust Co
Wicker Et
Davis
S&a
Boyd Ave
Jefferson Ave
Fox Ave
Edenwalé
Eva Rappaport
Jacob Schmid
Ist Ave
Heider
Marcline Reis
Rabe & K “Attys
Marcel Levy
Bryan L. Kennel
Jet Ave
MR. MacKay
Europe
THE
Bronx
Peter W. Rouss
W. J. Dilthey
Hackett Carhart
Chambers St
Canal Street
Marise Construction Company
Sachs & Kessler
US West 2Th Street
Henry Morgan
Washburn
Crosbys
Weg
Macmillan
Mr. James Lane Allen
Mr. F. Marion Crawford
Miss Ellen Glasgow
Mr. Eden Phillpotts
the Three Brothers
Mabel Osgood Wright
Poppea
William Allen White
Kentucky
Bach
the Macmillan Company, Publishers
Deal
Julia i TiNericon
Con
Westchester
Westchester Property
Chestac Hill
Cooley & West. Inc
Vernon
Ruland & Whiting CO
Beekman ST
Bryan L
Kennelly
Broadwa
City
West Oyes
Verona
Madison Ave
64Th St
Belmar
N. J
Ee Su
Honce & Dubois
10Th Ave
Belmar, N J
Hotel Regent
70Th St
Sherman Square
D. P. Hathaway
Long Island Real Estate
East Midwood
H Ave
Cabell
Boonton
Hope
Clay Ave
Bath
Woodall
Tremont Ave
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