Sugar Frauds Reach Higher Officials in Arrests
The arrest of James F. Bendernagel, former general superintendent at American Sugar Refining’s Williamsburg plants, signals a widening federal probe into sugar weighing frauds. Indictments charge conspiracy and false entries against Bendernagel and others, with alleged losses to duties and several shipments from Cuba between 1907 and 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Bendernagel
American Sugar Refining Company
Williamsburg
Rendemage
Oliver Spitzer
Thomas Kehoe
Jean M. Voelker
Edward A. Royle
John R. Coyle
Patrick Henmeseer
Rendernagel
United States
Allen
Brooklyn
Benedict
Bendernagel
Henry F Cochrane
Cochrane
Henry L. Srimson
Havwe
Evers
American Company
Eastern District Hospital
Hanover Club
Congress Club
Federal
Eva
Cuba
Feleery
Bendernagel, Spitzer
James F. Halen, Jr
Peter Jehaon Kehoe
Voelkers
Ube
Ulriken
Bovle
Dover
Seneca
Coyle
Fridtjef Nansen
Hennessey
Linda
TWO BOYS ROB BANK IN EUDORA STATE BANK HOLDUP
Earl Bullock and William McKay, two youths, robbed the Eudora State Bank of 800 dollars after shooting banker Fred Starr. Bullock shot a policeman earlier, then fled across fields pursued by armed citizens. He killed himself with his last bullet as he faced capture, while McKay surrendered to authorities. The pair had prior, similar involvement in a Lawrence, Kansas case, and Bullock had been living in Jacksonville under the alias Donaldson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enfora
Ken
Earl Bullock
Lawrence
Kan
William McKay
Jacksonville
Fla
Eudora State Bank
Fred Starr
Bullock
McKay
Kaw Valley State Bank
Eudora
Henry Wilson
Starr
Wilson
Kaw
John Miller
Miller
State Bank of
William Pringle
Woods
Pringle
Pullock
McKay Bullock
J.A. Donaldson
Florida National Bank
Donaldson
Broadway Gun Play Ends With Patrolman Tire Spike
Alfred Winter a traffic patrolman stopped a fleeing car by puncturing its rear left tire after a chase from 34th to 41st streets on Broadway He warned the driver Herbert F Rawls of Harrisburg Penn and two accomplices before firing a warning shot and arresting Rawls for speeding and reckless driving at West 3rd Street station
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Alfred Winter
34Th
Herbert F. Rawls
Harrisburg
Penn
234 Street
Winter
Rawl
Seventh Avenue
4Th Street
Rawll
Onch
West 3
Many Bought Lots Aged Real Estate Swindle Reported
Pittsburg police arrested A B McCarthy who posed as president of the Metropolitan and Suburban Real Estate Company. He allegedly sold waterlogged Long Island lots to about a thousand Western Pennsylvania buyers, collecting monthly payments. A mysterious woman is said to have fled with funds. officials deny McCarthy’s link to the Bronx company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
McCarthy
Metropolitan and
Thirteenth Avenue
34Th Street
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
Southampton
Long Island
Anna Neusbaum
500
Chestnut Street
Frank Morgan
Neusbaum
Metropolitan and Suburban Realty Company
Jerome Avenue
The
Bronx
A.B. McCarthy
Mth Street
Bay Ridge
Metropolitan and Suburban Real Estate Company
Charles McCarthy
A. P. Stewart
Stewart
57Th Street
Alfred B. McCarthy
Charles
A. B. McCarthy
Zelaya Wins Battle in Nicaragua Naval Engagement
The government defeated revolutionists in a naval battle at sea, capturing three steamers and artillery. Greytown was reoccupied without a fight and forces march toward Bluefields by sea and land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Greytown
Bluefields
Former U S Treasury Secretary Carlisle Hospitalized in New York
J G Carlisle III a former United States Senator and Kentucky official is a patient at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York under Dr J D Bryant. No operation has been performed and Bryant expects possible recovery though Carlisle remains seriously ill after several days of illness. He is seventy five and has practiced law in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Carlisle
Secretary of the Treasury
St. Vincent's Hospital
J. D. Bryant
West 48Th Street
Bryant
Mr. Carlisle
Kentucky
Congress
United States
Cleveland
Treasury
Railroad cashier arrested for larceny in New York
Frederick W. Wheeler, cashier of the Long Island Railroad freight department living in Jamaica, was arrested last night while returning home. President Peters says Wheeler’s shortage could rise to about 4000 dollars. earlier, successor J. F Chatham was found short 10000 dollars. Wheeler had been under surveillance since September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Wheeler
Long Island Railroad
Jamaica
President Peters
Wheeler
Pennsylvania
J. F Chatham
Fear Kills Woman In Philadelphia Home Staircase
Mrs Thomas B Williams wife of a Philadelphia physician died from fright after hearing footsteps on the stairs of their North 2th street home early today She had previously faced a black man who robbed her home of 300 two weeks earlier and had since lived in constant fear that he would return Dr Williams was returning from a professional call at the time of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Philadelphia
2Th Street
Thomas B. Williams
Heat Returns as South Wind Drives Up February Temps
Battery boatman Bill Quigley laments the heat while recalling past losses from the McIntyre failure. He explains the warmth stems from a south wind likely to shift westward, and the Weather Bureau confirms a high of 74% degrees, a hair above the November 12 1882 record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill” Quigley
Battery
Bill
Driving snow storm sweeps Northern Nebraska and South Dakota
A first season snow storm blanketed Norfolk and surrounding areas, spreading across Northern Nebraska and Southern South Dakota as night fell. Roads became slick and visibility declined, with residents bracing for continued wintry conditions through the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Man sets fire to wife over breakfast delay
Telegraph report from Paterson New Jersey Nov 12 states Steve Wasmenski of Lake View section set fire to his wife's bed after she wouldn’t rise for breakfast. He then left to become a widower. Judge Scott sentenced Wasmenski to the county jail for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Paterson
N. J
Steve Wasmenski
Lake View
Scott
Wasmenski
Violets Bloom North of Chicago As Children Sell Bunches
Violets in full bloom in woods north of Evanston as Chicago area school children sell flower bunches for 15 cents to earn candy money. The scene captures a springlike street corner activity in a suburban setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Evanston
Big Tim Sullivan III Is Assisted from Train at Hot Springs
New York political figure Big Tim Sullivan III required assistance getting off a train at Hot Springs Arkansas. He was placed in a carriage and rushed to his hotel where two physicians were waiting to examine him. A severe cough and a stitched side raised fears of pleurisy and prompted advance medical attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
F. W. Jelks
J. M. Keilar
Sullivan
Woman Sewed Her Own Finger After Accident
In Winsted Connecticut on November 12 Mrs Horace Jenks of Millerton cut the end of her thumb while chopping wood. She did not faint or seek medical help but sewed the flesh and nail back in place with a needle and seventeen stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Winsted
Conn
Horace Jenks
Millerton
Woman killed by Fifth Avenue bus near 34th Street
Mrs Harriet Lamar Jones of West 74th Street was fatally struck on Fifth Avenue near 34th Street as she crossed daily traffic. Bus driver Patrick Nierney of Brooklyn applied brakes but she was dragged under the wheels. Police arrested Nierney on a manslaughter charge pending coroner’s findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Lamar Jones
West 74Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Frank Cazenove Jones
W. A. Underhill Brick Company
Cereo Company
New York
G. B Lamar
Bank of the Republic
Nierney
Mrs. Jones
McCahill
Leighton
New York Hospital
Jones
West 30Th Street
Niekney
Jamaica hit by four day storm floods wrecks railways
Kingston reports 48 inches of rain from November 6 to 10 causing massive damage. rail and coastal lines are crippled, bridges washed away, communications down, banana plantations ruined, power and water systems flooded, many drownings feared, and vessels grounded or wrecked. United Fruit Bradford wrecked at Port Antonio. Eagle towed after collision with Scylla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Holland Bay
United States
Eagle
Scylla
Guantanamo
West Indies
United Fruit Company
Bradford
Port Antonio
Amanda
Copenhagen
Jebaen
Hamburg
Hoat
Electric Company
Availon
Woodstock Point
Atlantic Fruit Company
Danish West Indies Company
Telegraph Company
Pring
Fisherman’s Point
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Pyers
Wilhelm
Mount Vernon
Paulson
Port Maria
Paulsos
Tropical disturbance in Caribbean tracked toward Windward Passage
The tropical disturbance centered in the Caribbean Sea northeast of Jamaica, between Cuba and Hispaniola, and was moving northeast toward the Windward Passage, prompting timely weather notes from Washington on November 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Caribbean Sea
Jamaica
Cuba
Hayti
Also Mentioned on This Page
Perintendent
Strathyre
Jove
Richard Parr
Hell
Young Kansas Bandit
OF Atlantic
Zelaya
J. G. Carlisle III
the Treasury
Nebraska
Big Tim’ Sullivan III
Hot Springs
5Th Ave
F. C. Jones
Kingston Surfers
Bahamas
Bermuda
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!