Webber Cross Examined in Becker Murder Trial
Webber, the Rosenthal murder informer, faced three hours of sharp cross examination as prosecutors push his testimony against Charles Becker. Defense aims to undermine corroboration with affidavits from Rose, Webber, and Walton and hints at dictagraph recordings from Issey Fish’s home.
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Webber
Rosenthal
Charles Becker
Becker
Jack” Rose
Martin T. Manton
Rose
Walton
Jack Sullivan
Jecot Felch
Kewrbor
Issey” Fish
Harry Valton
Disriot
Whitman
Wallon
Court of Appeals
14Th St
Reventhal
Mexican Situation and Trials Dominate Morning News
A jumble of desultory items fills the column including reports on Tampico tensions and executions, Mexican affairs, race notes from Texas, legal actions, love suits, and militia clashes. The page blends foreign events with domestic curiosities and market mentions.
Duryea Million Left to Children in Late Will
General Hiram Duryea heir to about 1,000,000 split among three children Chester, Harry H. and Mrs. Anderson. Chester Duryea indicted by Brooklyn grand jury and may have estate placed in care if he is found insane. Proceedings to appoint a committee to manage property. possible alimony and Paris residence of Mrs. Duryea influence. Hudson River Day Line season opens with routes from New York and Albany.
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Hiram Duryea
Chester
Harry H
Henry
Anderson Chester Duryea
Brooklyn
Cropsey
Duryea
Bellevue Hospital
Supreme Court
Harry
Broafst
Mr. Anderson
Fawcett
Thurston H. Dexter
Hancock Sr
Nathan P. Rathbun
Greeneave
Mellen Blames Morgan for New Haven Looting and Franchise Fund
Former New Haven Railroad president Charles Mellen testifies before the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging J Pierpont Morgan instigated key financial maneuvers. He cites a $1.2 million slush fund and says Morgan helped engineer his rise, detailing exchanges of stock to influence franchise outcomes and court decisions.
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Mellen
Morgan
New Haven
Eprom
Tribune
Washington
New Haven Railroad
Boston
New Hampshire
Folk
Mr. Mellen
Thomas F. Kyrnes
New York
New York, Westchester & Boston Railway
Woman Goes Up in Air With Miss Wrightman
Ralph Moore suspended three months by Aero Club of America for flying over New York City. He took Ellen Wrightman a Dobbs Ferry high school teacher for a spin in a flying boat yesterday. She received violets from a pupil. They soared 2000 feet above the river past Hastings and to Tarrytown before landing near Dobbs Ferry.
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Ralph Moores
Aero Club of America
New York City
Ellen Wrightman
Dobbs Ferry
Wrightman
Hastings
Tarrytown
Brown
Mira Weightman
Two Rockaway Boys Missing In Jamaica Bay
Rockaway Park families report Clarence Colton and Royal Rutt missing since Monday. Their routes to school noted, with Royal and his brother meeting Colton at Seaside depot and planning to go West. A witness saw two boys in a small rowboat in rough Jamaica Bay that afternoon.
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Rockaway Park
Clarence Colton
John Colton
Royal Rutt
Helen Rutt
Washington
Royal
Harry
Seaside
Richard Burchell
18 Boulevard
Rockaway Beach
Jamaica Bay
Crocker Land Explorers Report All Well
Knud Rasmussen, Danish explorer, relays word from Donald MacMillan that all Crocker Land expedition members are well. MacMillan was in New York at the time awaiting further dispatches.
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Openhagen
Knud Rasmussen
Beck
Donald B. MacMillan
Macmillan
Pe York
Sulphur Cleanses Hell in Fortress Fortunes of War
Vera Cruz May 14 Captain Reed of the Vesta and Lt Cusachs will examine more San Juan Ulua prisoners to identify others for release. Twenty eight more captives, including the nephew of Pino Suarez, were found. Hell in San Juan was fumigated with sulphur. released inmates seek return home or work while awaiting family contact.
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Arthur Rua
Vera Cruz
Reed
The
Vesta
Cusachs
San Juan Ulua
Leutenant
Tabasco
Pino Suarez
Madero
San Juan
Hell
McReynolds Not to Quit Amid New Haven Hearing Rift
Washington reports denied by officials that Attorney General McReynolds plans to resign over friction with former Governor Folk, solicitor for the Interstate Commerce Commission, about the New Haven hearing. The President has been firm that he will not meddle in ICC affairs, though McReynolds may hold a different view.
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Folk
Mellen
Washington
McReynolds
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
Polk
No public reception planned for Colonel Roosevelt
The return from South America next week will not be marked by a public reception. Family wishes favor keeping him away from the port, with a possible trip to Oyster Bay in a yacht. George W. Perkins, head of the Progressive National Committee, has received many requests urging a large welcome dinner or reception.
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Roosevelt
South America
Oyster Bay
George W. Perkins
Progressive National Committee
Attack at Baltimore & Ohio yards injures watchman
Five men forced entry into the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yards at 26th Street and Thirteenth Avenue just after midnight, firing revolvers. They wrested the watchman Frederick Freeman’s revolver and removed his clock, then knocked electrician Frank Upton from Prospect Park West unconscious with a blow to the head while aiding Freeman.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
26Th St
Thirteenth Av
Frederick Freeman
Frank Upton
Prospect Park West
Brooklyn
Freeman
Arms for Rebels and Spoils Exports Blockade Threat Pace Talks
Mexican peace envoys reach Key West and set to attend a conference in Canada. U S and European questions hang on Huerta’s gunboats at Tampico delaying arms imports and cotton exports while American and German officials weigh action before Niagara Falls talks.
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Key West
Canada
United States
Tampico
Bryan
Mexico
Huerta
Bravo
Zaragosa
Niagara Falls
Washington
Germany
Forty snipers shot with one volley in Vera Cruz
Soldiers and marines recount days of bloodshed in Vera Cruz when snipers fired from unseen positions. Sixty two wounded arrive at the Solace on the way to a naval hospital. A young sailor from Boston recounts taking a sniper with another man, the fight in the boathouse, and his leg wound as bullets cut through.
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Vera Crux
Navy Yard
Solace
Naval Hospital
Vera Cruz
Red Cross
Stone Wall
George S. Kinsman
Vermont
Boston
Robert Emmet Lee
Navy
Eve
Lee
Steve
August Tel
Utah
Ho E. Holsinger
Rufus Percy
Academy
Xnld
Ebel
Red Cros
Sonyone
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Valton
Sak
Verter
Vallon
Romerate
Cobb
Fale
Lehigh
Weiberg
Buck White
Fillen
Wannut
Becadian R. R. Finance
Foman
Whorialoo
Weednecteaense
WN Burt Catendas
Police
Will
Hudson River
Alany
PEI
Road
Debonair and Defiant
Byrnes
Mr. Morgan
Morin
Dromas F
Charles TS. Porllem
Ney
Rockaway
Crocker Land Explorers Well
M'Reynolds
Attack
B. & C. Watchman
Villa
Carranaa
Torreon
Brean
Carranza
Ryan
Ville
Department of State
Wilson
Garrison
Risen
Carrangistas
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