Thaw on the Stand Examined by Jerome at Hearing
In Poughkeepsie Harry K Thaw seeks freedom from Matteawan Asylum after his insanity plea challenge. Judge Morschauser may rule on May 2 as District Attorney Jerome presses to allow alienist examination under specific conditions. Thaw testified briefly about seeking civil rights, while both sides prepare constitutional briefs.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K
Thaw
Matteawan Insane Asylum
Stanford White
Morschauser
William Travers Jerome
New York
Jerome
Counsil
Matteawan
Dutchess County
Flint
Macdonald
Graham
Thaw Testimony Hears Hearing Resumed In Habeas Case
District Attorney Jerome calls Harry K Thaw to the stand at 7 0 0 p m amid disputes over adjournments and prep time for experts Justice Morschauser urges finishing the hearing while Thaw weighs rights and exam by alienists Thaw agrees to a personal examination under six alienists with three chosen by each side and costs shared by the county and Thaw.
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Thew
Graham
Ferris
Kirsch
Jerome
Thaw
Graham and
Peabody
New York
Belmont Park lifts two dollar bet limit in big ring
The Metropolitan Turf Association announced at Belmont Park that wagers under five dollars will be accepted in the big ring. John J. Cavanaugh stated the change before the first race, enabling two dollar bets going forward.
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Belmont Park
Metropolitan Turf Association
John J. Cavanaugh
Gates and others cash in on Field Mouse at Belmont
Charles G. Gates bet with Morty Lynch and Field Mouse won the Fashion Stakes at Belmont Park at 100 to 1, netting Gates 2000. Jakey Fields won 12800 from a 4 across the board play. Morris Stack, Billy Cowan, F Ambrose Clark, and Charlie Heeney also profited from the long shot victory as others celebrated the afternoon.
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Charles G. Gates
Belmont
Belmont Park
Mr. Gates
Jakey” Fields
Field Mouse
Morris Stack
Billy’’ Cowan
F. Ambrose Clark
Charlie Heeney
Auction of Gates's Chicago Home
John W. Gates Chicago residence at 2944 Michigan Avenue sold at public auction. The property, once valued at 400000 dollars, was purchased by Michael H. Spades of Chicago for 6000 dollars after prior sale attempts failed.
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Gates
Chicago
John W. Gates
Michigan Avenue
Michael H. Spades
City police vow strict liquor enforcement on Sunday
Police captains said Sunday would be comparatively dry as rumors spread that Commissioner Bingham aimed to crack down on recently granted licenses. He allegedly ordered strict observation and heightened watch for violators today.
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Bingham
Woman Dies in Home Tea Fire at Carline Street Building
Mrs. Anna Revell, widow and owner of four-apartment building at 72 Carmine Street, burned to death while making tea on a gas stove. Her dress caught fire, the stairs and hall filled with smoke, and firemen barely entered after doors were forced open. her son Frank, 43, was away at a theatre.
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Anna Revell
Carmine Street
Haskell Vetoes Anti-Trust Act
Governor Haskell vetoed the Eggerman Davis Redwine anti trust act saying Oklahoma should avoid reckless moves like the tick exterminator who killed the cow. He opposes giving the Attorney General power to seek immediate receivership without notice and favors imprisoning officers of convicted trusts. A bill aligning with his suggestions was introduced in both houses.
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Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
Haskell
Eggerman
Haskcell
Woman in Steeple Rigging Stages Daring Descent
A large crowd in Williamstown Massachusetts watched Emma Lord housekeeper at the parsonage climb to the top of a steeple rigging. She sat in the jack’s rigging one hundred feet above ground as steeple workers repaired the spire. Workmen had challenged her to take the ascent.
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the Tribune
Williamstown
Mass
Emma Lord
Miss Goodrich Here On Way To Wed
Actress Edna Goodrich traveling incognito as Miss Adams with her mother aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria arrived yesterday in New York. She plans a June 10 wedding in Berkeley to Harry MacMillan of Goldfield Nevada after a brief stay at the Hotel Plaza.
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Edna Goodrich
Miss Adams
Berkeley
Goldfield
Democrats Instruct For Johnson At Deer Lodge County Meet
Deer Lodge County Democratic convention in Anaconda Montana indorsed Governor Johnson for president and instructed delegates to push for a Denver delegation for him. Resolutions pledge allegiance to Bryan era democracy while pledging support to the Minnesotan.
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Tribune
Anaconda
Mont
Deer Lodge County
Northwest
Johnson
Denver
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska Democrats move to overthrow two thirds rule
Omaha May 16 The majority of Nebraska delegates to the Democratic National Convention have written that they will seek to overthrow the two thirds rule if W. J. Bryan fails to reach 672 votes on the first ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Omaha
Nebraska
W. J. Bryan
Commissioner's Instruc to inspectors halts speeders
Commissioner Bingham ordered inspectors to keep a vigilant watch for automobile speeders. By midnight more had been arrested than previously recorded as police intensified lookout statewide.
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Bingham
Claim over original America model sparks yacht dispute
Captain Charles Edwards of Toledo claims the original America model, but William Irving of Staten Island says his is the only true version. Irving notes the model’s family provenance, potential destruction of other originals, and his intent to donate or gift it to Lipton or a museum.
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Charles Edwards
Toledo
America
William Irving
Irving Manufacturing Company
Staten Island
Tribune
Edwards
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas Lipton
Irving
Mr. Irving
George Steers
India Street
Greenpoint
Edward Cullen
Steer
Ward Avenue
Tompkinsville
Captain Edwards
Lipton
New York
William D. Logan
Cullen
Mr. Steers
The
Murder at Marlboro Farm Triggers Armed Manhunt
In Matawan New Jersey on May 16 a murder at the Marlboro squad farm left William B Shepherd his wife Josephine and servant Jennie Bendy dead. An armed posse looked for Joe Huron a Hungarian farmhand suspected of the killings amid a ransacked home and a baby unharmed. Local officials dispatched Coroner Cravatt Sheriff Francis and Prosecutor Nevins while witnesses reported sightings and a bloodhound search near Marlboro.
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Matawan
N. J
Monmouth County
William B. Shepherd
Marlboro
Josephine
Jennie Bendy
Shepherd
Rough Riders
Joe Huron
Huron
Joseph Miller
Charles Strong
Shepherd Place
Mones
Frank Zastera
Zastera
William Wall
Frank McDowell
Cravatt
Freehold
Frank Crooks
Tennent
Crooks
Cashion
Shepherd Home
John R. Snedecker
Atlantic Highlands
Shepherd Farm
Gunness Mystery Funds Approved to Aid Murder Probe
Laporte Indiana May 16 The Laporte County Council approved 9000 for officers working on the Belle Gunness farm murders and the deaths of her three children. The action supports Sheriff Smutzer’s inquiry and coroner Mack’s planned chemical analysis. Lamphere’s defense funds are being gathered by relatives. A crowd is expected at the Gunness farm with railroads ready for visitors after last Sunday’s 15000 curious people.
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Laporte
Ind
Mack
John Wheatbrook
Ray Lamphere
Typographical unions enjoined in Butte and Anaconda case
Federal Judge Hunt granted an injunction restraining the Butte and Anaconda Typographical unions from interfering with Butterick Publishing Company of New York. The complaint alleged a widespread boycott by many unions and the Montana Federation of Labor, but the court dissolved all but the two unions.
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Helena
Mont
Hunt
Butte
Anaconda
Butterick Publishing Company
New York
Montana Federation of Labor
Juneau Democrats Back Bryan in Territorial Primary
The Russell-Davidson faction won the Juneau local primaries defeating Williams and Casey. The delegation chosen to attend the territorial convention Monday was instructed for W. J. Bryan for President.
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Juneau
Alaska
Russell-Davidson
Democratic Party
Williams
Territorial
Casey
J. Bryan
First Railroad Ride in 87th Year Begins in Middletown
Peter Lawson, 86, of Mongaup Valley, took his first railroad ride in Middletown New York on May 16. He traveled from Monticello to visit his daughter and recalled witnessing the Erie Railroad’s first train in 1848. He is described as cutting his third set of teeth.
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The
Tribune
Middletown
Peter Lawson
Mongaup Valley
Monticello
Lawson
Erie
Night riders destroy tobacco beds in Scott County raid
Fifty masked riders attacked the Hinton area of Scott County last night destroying multiple tobacco beds. The assailants are believed to have come from Pendleton County.
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Lexington
Hinton
Scott County
Pendleton County
Five Bullets Endanger Life of Williamsburg Driver
Patrick Walsh seventy years old survived five self inflicted gunshots after loading a revolver in his cellar. He shot himself multiple times in Williamsburg near his home at 35 Hooper Street and at the second floor he emptied the revolver into his abdomen. Doctors at Williamsburg Hospital say recovery is impossible. Walsh worked as a driver for stone merchant Colonel Andrew D. Baird of Wythe Avenue and Penn Street for nearly thirty years.
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Patrick Walsh
Williamsburg Hospital
Walsh
Hooper Street
Williamsburg
Andrew D. Baird
Wythe Avenue
Penn Street
Kellar the Magician Ends Career at Ford's Opera House
Baltimore May 16. With tonight's show at Ford's Opera House Kellar the magician ends his professional career at fifty nine after more than forty years before the public. The Sandy Hook Route es for the season May 17th. elephone 3144 Chelsea Advt.
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Baltimore
Ford's Opera House
Kellar
Sandy Hook
Chelsea
Burrows Named Temporary Chairman for Republican Convention
United States Senator Julius Caesar Burrows of Michigan was chosen by the Republican National Committee sub committee as temporary chairman for the national convention to meet in Chicago on June 16. The panel also named officers including General secretary John R. Malloy and secretary assistants from several states, with Asher C. Hinds named parliamentarian and M. W. Blumenberg as official reporter. The committee adjourned after the appointments and most members departed for home.
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Chicago
United States
Julius Czwsar Burrows
Michigan
John R. Malloy
Columbus
Ohio
Lafayette B. Gleason
New York City
Charles Brooks Smith
Parkersburg
W. Vwa
Ernest Walker Smith
Empsirdell Stone
Indianapolis
John H. Jackson
Cincinnati
William F. Stone
Baltimore
Edward Phayer
Greenfield
Ind
Stephen R. Mason
Senator Alfred Page to Quit Senate for Financial Reasons
Senator Alfred R. Page, a strong supporter of Governor Hughes, announced he will not return to the Senate this fall. He said he cannot afford the job and must return to his law practice to earn a living. He expects the governor’s racing bill to pass with Wallace’s election aiding the vote.
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Alfred R. Page
Hughes
Senate
Page
Wallace
Fancher
Oklahoma
Albany
Tornado Kills Six in Northern Louisiana Towns
A tornado devastated Chataignier 150 miles northwest of New Orleans, killing Henry J. Young and Mrs Thomas Young with child, and injuring many others. Plaquemine Ridge in St Landry Parish also wrecked with three dead and a dozen injured as relief ships in from Opelousas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
New Orleans
Louisiana
Chataignier
Texas & Pacific
Henry J. Young
Thomas Young
Plaquemine Ridge
St. Landry Parish
E. Richards
Opelousas
Montgomery in Jail on New Embezzlement Charge
William Montgomery former cashier of the Allegheny National Bank is jailed again after being charged with embezzling Pittsburg Brewing Company bonds worth 125 004 from the bank. Bail estimated at 150 000. Bondsmen Tener and Quay decline to cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Pittsburg Brewing Company
Fulds
United States
Lindsay
George E. Tener
Richard R. Quay
Montgomery
Tener
Liberia Commission Arrives Aims to Boost Rubber and Mines
A three-member Liberia development commission arrived aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. Dr Garretson W Gibson ex President James Dawson Vice President and Charles B Dunbar will meet President Roosevelt to seek American financing for rubber timber mining and a railroad link to New York. They seek direct liner service between Monrovia and New York.
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Liberia
Garretson W. Gibson
James Dawson
The
Republic
Charles B. Dunbar
Roosevelt
Negro Republic
Dawson
New York
Taft leads deep into Republican convention delegate race
The Tribune reports Taft holds 531 delegates with 958 named so far and 197 uncommitted as 128 delegates were chosen since May 10. Knox Hughes Cannon Fairbanks La Follette Foraker and others trail. several state conventions in Alaska California Georgia Idaho Louisiana Michigan and New Jersey instruct Taft while others remain uninstructed or split.
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Chicago
Tribune
Texas
Taft
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
Michigan
Louisiana
Ohio
Foraker
Pennsylvania
Knox
Roosevelt
William Barbour
6Th
New Jersey
The
Trenton
Hughes
Cannon
Fairbanks
la Follette
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Pilgrim
Evans
Jelliffe
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Morschauser
Dr. Flint
C. G. Gates
Miss Goodrich
Original OF America
Jersey
Gunness
Bryan
Burrows
New
Stone
Senator Page
Dewey’'S
Fulton Street
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Him
Alaska Territorial
Ketchikan
L. P. Shackelford
E. R. Burkhart
George Shea
F. W. Johnson
S. H. Reid
B. A. Dodge
W. T. Perkins
John G. Heid
R. S. Rran
E. W. Johnson
Harry White
C. G. Wulff
Sacramento
M. H. de Young
G. A. Knight
San Francisco
H. A. Melvin
Jacob H. Neff
Oakland
G. W. Reid
G. G. Halliday
Stockton
J. H Hebern
Salinas
R. Roberts
Madeira
J. P. Wentz
P. Thompson
E. L. Hawk
E. F. Augustine
L. Field
P. Bancroft
J. C. Daly
E. F. Belcher
H. H. Maybury
John H. Norton
H. T. Oxnard
John Paul
Georgia
Macon
HR. Johnson
Atlanta
Clark Grier
Dublin
FH. L. Johnson
Judson W. Lyons
Augusta
Brunswick
J. W. Wilkinson
Lowndes County
M. C. Parker
Pierce County
E. W. Binkins
Camden County
James H. Brady
Pocatello
Blf Neil
Warren Truitt
C. Cavanaugh
J. W. Hart
FE. M Heighe
Pearl Wight
A. B. Kennedy
H. C. Warmoth
Lawrence
Henry McCall
Donaldsville
Cohen
W. L. Cohen
Joseph Fabacher
Emile Kuntz
B. V. Baranco
W. J. Brophy
Felix Berkel
J. Madison Vance
Fedward Youngs
R. E. Roster
C. (. Wilsor
Lalace
M. C. Bobe
C. H. Thompson
E. Duconge
J. L. Deshappes
St. James
Baton Route
W. J. Behan
Berville Parish
F. Steere
S .P. Brown
JF Walker
Grand Rapids
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