Night Rider Confession Shapes Union City Murder saga
The Night Rider investigation broadens as Tid Burton, jailed then recanting, confesses to being part of the group and implicates about forty members. Thirteen arrests occur as authorities name leaders and press on with military camp trials and a pending grand jury appearance.
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Br Telegraph
the Tribune
Union City
Tenn
Night Rider
Tid Burton
Lake County Jeft
Tiptonville
Night Riders
Burton
Captain Rankin
R. Z. Taylor
Iife
Rankin
Donaldson
Harris
Haines
J. F. Carpenter
Colonel Taylor
Tom
Garrett Johnson
Will” Watson
Squire George Wynne
Lake County
Squire Wynne
Flack
Jacksonville
Baptist Church of
Saks
Nashville
Hickman
Samburg
Patterson
Tatom
Colonel Tatom
Speeding driver given six months in prison
Boston, Oct 27 A sentence of six months imprisonment for reckless driving of an automobile was imposed on Harry C Orndorff of Providence son of T C Orndorff He appealed and posted bail of 500 He claimed poisoned food and liquor caused the crash into a tree and was also fined 100 for intoxication
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Boston
Harry C. Orndorff
Providence
T. C. Orndorff
Orndorff
Orndorf
Worcester
Christy Mathewson to Speak at Democratic Meeting
Christy Mathewson the Giants pitcher is billed to speak tonight at 4 Democratic mass meeting in the Assembly District. Former Police Commissioner McAvoy is a leader. John Hayes winner of the Marathon will be on the platform. Several athletes who went to England as part of the American team are named as vice presidents of the meeting.
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Christy Mathewson
Giants
McAvoy
John 3. Hayes
England
Another Cleveland Traction Suit Filed in City
Cleveland October 27 A new creditor the Kuhlmen Car Company sues Municipal Traction for 30000 alleging conversion of cars to the pay os you enter type. Creditor suits against Municipal Traction total 684163 besides Cleveland Railway rent claim of 220134. Police guard funds at the company offices day and night.
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Cleveland
Municipal Traction Company
Kuhlmen Car Company
Ezainst
Crediors
Cleveland Railway
Gunness Coroner Resigns to Enter Ministry in Toledo
Laporte Ind Oct 7 Dr C S Mack coroner of Laporte County and prominent in the Gunness case has resigned from medicine to enter the ministry He formerly held the chair of materia medica and therapeutics at the University of Michigan and has accepted a pastorate at the Swedenborgian Church in Toledo Ohio
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Laporte
Ind
C. S. Mack
Laporte County
Gunness
Gay
Mack
Acid kills druggist in new Westminster store
Philadelphia report says Harry G Garrow a druggist died from hydrocyanic acid in Westminster Avenue shop he had recently bought Unclear if accidental or intentional details note he had been groaning over store struggles Washington report by Inspector General Garlington clears Goethals in Isthmian Canal Commission case finding no collusion and recommending Lidgerwood contract proceed Secretary of War approves report
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Harry G. Garrow
Westminster Avenue
Garrow
Washington
Garlington
Army
Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
President Brothers
Balanced Crane Cable Company
New York
Gatun
Lidgerwood Company
Secretary of War
Fire sets taxicab alight in strike era NYC
A red New York Taxicab Company vehicle used by a chauffeur during a drivers strike was set ablaze with phosphorus based incendiary. A stick resembling an explosive was found near the engine. the driver sustained a burn and an ambulance responded to the West 30th Street station after a shed incident. Police pursue the new method of arson.
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New York
Albany
Broadway
No. 10
East 424 Street
Albert Norris
Norris
Fifth Avenue
Mason
New Aeroplane Flies from Darton Ohio
Frank J. Heinfelt tucked a single plane aeroplane completed a 1500 foot flight at Darton Ohio using a different design from Wright brothers machines. Heinfelt, a stenographer, financed three earlier builds from his meager salary and with a motor lent by a friend. The flight ended when the pilot mishandled the craft and landed abruptly breaking a wing.
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Darton
Ohio
Frank J. Heinfelt
Wright Brothers
Wright
Heinfelt
Typhoid Bacilli Breeder Mary Malien Confined Indefinitely
Mary Malien, taken to North Brother Island fifteen months ago for typhoid carrier status, remains under observation. She reportedly infected multiple families through food while working as a cook and has shown fluctuating germ presence during daily examinations. Officials warned of possible indefinite detention unless the bacilli are eliminated.
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Mary Malien
Brother Island
Long Island
Mary Mallen
Mary Mailen
Cook
Health Department
North Brother Island
Robbery suspect held after attack on Mrs. Plough
Police arrested Elmer Swallow of 139 Bergen Street Brooklyn for a Friday night burglary in which a masked thief bound gagged and robbed Mrs A B Plough of jewelry and cash total value about 9 dollars with a gold watch a diamond ring a cameo pin and other items. The plan was uncovered after Mrs Plough escaped from a closet where she had been confined for hours and neighbors intervened. Swallow was arraigned at Adams Street police court and held for examination Thursday.
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A. B. Plough
Elmer Swallow
Bergen Street
Brooklyn
Wallow
Adams Street
Morton Trust petition denied in circuit court ruling
Judge Lacombe denied the Morton Trust Company petition to reconsider the approval of a supplementary advertising contract linked to the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. A ten year contract for the Third Avenue system was not approved. Joline and Robinson were released from advertising obligations. Also reported, The Trenton True American sold for 55000 to Henry E. Alexander, Columbus, Ohio, subject to court confirmation. Alexander plans to continue the Democratic newspaper.
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Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Morton Trust Company
4Th Messrs
Messrs. Joline and Robinson
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Trenton
True American
Henry E. Alexander
Columbus
Ohio
Court of Chancery
Aleder
Stricken Executive Is Paralyzed in Auto Crash Route
Alfred Wannamaker, vice president of the Toledo Grain and Milling Company, was stricken with paralysis while driving an automobile. A companion steadied the wheel to avert a wreck as his left side became paralyzed and his speech failed.
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Toledo
Alfred Wannamaker
Toledo Grain and Milling Company
Wannemaker
Gottlieb to Be Tried by Court Martial
After a month's probe into alleged financial irregularities by First Lieutenant Edward Gottlieb, an electrical expert in the U S Army, he was arrested September 30 at the Army Building and remains confined at Governor's Island. General Grant orders a court martial for November 2, with charges including absence without leave and disobedience, alongside financial irregularities.
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Edward Gottlieb
United States Army
Army
Governor's Island
Grant
Maurice Goldberg
Gottlieb
Goldberg
Boston Electrical Company
Department of the East
Boston Company
General Grant
John L. Chamberlain
Department
Boston
Chamberlain
Emma Goldman Ousted From Indianapolis Talk
Emma Goldman was escorted from the Propyleum in Indianapolis on October 27 after police barred her from speaking to a large audience at a fashionable clubhouse. About twenty officers were present as she was told to leave and would be taken to a police station if she persisted. She offered no resistance and exited quietly.
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the Tribune
Indianapolis
Emma Goldman
Propyleum
Haskell land deals tied to Creek Nation exposed in Mott statement
Guthrie Okla Oct 27 A signed statement by M L Mott Federal Attorney for the Creek tribe details Haskell land schemes. He claims Haskell used dummies to obtain town lots at half price by false listings and trusteeship with James King Duffy of New York supplying dummy names for patents.
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Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
N. Haskell
Roosevelt
Bryan
M. L. Mott
Muskogee
Mott
C. N. Haskell
James King Duffy
New York City
Haskell
New York
New Jersey
Jury Visit To Lampblack Swamp In Whitmore Trial
The Whitmore jury will tour Lampblack Swamp Harrison New Jersey today to inspect the murder scene. Prosecution hints at new damaging evidence while defense plans to call witnesses shifting blame. Testimony includes Quinn the elevated railway man and Mrs Whitmore’s mother Mrs Salter, with jewelry linked to a Brooklyn saloon.
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Whitmore
Lampblack Swamp
Harrison
N. J
Alexander Simpson
Quinn
Jersey City
Henry Henrickson
Henry Heidel
Whitmores
Lilly
James M. Brannigan
George Vickers
Kern Charges Quickly Denied in Indiana Campaign Row
Tipton on October 27 reports John W. Kern asserting that $100,000 from trusts and combines entered Indiana and passed through Frederick Sims, Secretary of State. Sims calls the claim false, and Upham of the Republican fund denies any transfers or knowledge of Kern.
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Tipton
Ind
Indiana
Frederick Sims
John W. Kern
Indianapolis
Chicago
Frederick W. Upham
Republican Campaign Fund
Kern
Sims
Settlement in Brown will case ends probate dispute
In Salem Massachusetts counsel announced a out of court settlement of the contest over John Burnham Brown of Chicago and Ipswich will. The 7 million estate provides 200000 for relatives and the balance for a Ipswich higher education institute for young men. Terms were not disclosed.
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Salem
Mass
John Burnham Brown
Chicago
Ipswich
Essex County
Brown
Mrs Ada Magness Visits Deserting Husband in Philadelphia
Mrs Ada Gorman Magness, daughter of the late Senator Gorman, traveled to Philadelphia to see Charles J. Magness, held at the navy yard for desertion. They spoke for about thirty minutes before she returned to Washington, vowing to continue efforts for his release as trial is expected next month.
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Philadelphia
Ada Gorman Magness
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Charles J. Magness
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Navy
Magness
Washington
Says girl eloped four times
Philadelphia report says Florence Damney eloped at age fourteen and is missing from her East Clearfield street home for a fourth time with $110, linked to the disappearance. Mrs McKinsey, the mother, provides a male companion’s name to detectives as a possible accomplice.
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The
Tribune
Philadelphia
Florence Damney
East Clearfield Street
Andrews Wins Long Fight Over Mental Condition of Wife
Justice Tompkins in White Plains Supreme Court ordered the case to be determined at the November term seeking a jury verdict on Blanche L. Andrews mental state. Mrs Andrews, owner valued at 360000 and former Elk horn Valley Coal Company president, was confined to Bloomingdale Asylum since March 13 1907. Andrews alleges she is sane now and criticizes Nannie V Roosevelt for maligning him. He cites 10000 spent on attorneys fees. Roosevelt counters that Blanche acted childish during a visit in August. Doctor Austin Flint had found delusions in 1997.
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Constant A. Andrews
Blanche L. Andrews
Bloomingdale
Justice Tompkins
Supreme Court
White Plains
Andrews
Elkhorn Valley Coal Company
Mr. Andrews
Nannie V. Roosevelt
Tompkins
Austin Flint
Ex official admits 27000 theft in Sac City court
Sac City Iowa October 27 former County Treasurer William Pettis pleaded guilty in district court to embezzling 27000 of county funds and was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
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Sac City
Iowa
William Pettis
Municipal Art Society Elects Board and Considers Woman Director
The Municipal Art Society met at the National Arts Club and referred the question of a woman serving on the board to the committee on constitution revision led by Bert Hanson. Officers elected include John G. Agar president and Nelson S. Spenser counsel. The new board includes George T. Brewster and William T. Evans among others. The constitution committee will report December 15.
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Municipal Art Society
National Arts Club
East 19Th Street
Bert Hanson
Henry W. Sackett
William Laurel Harris
William Cummings Story
Isidore Kenti
Nelson Spenser
John M. Carrere
William T. Evans
John G. Agar
Frederick S. Lamb
Albert E. Davis
William J. Coombs
Firemen Memorial Fund Scam Charged In Manhattan
Henry K Gannon 47 of 153 Manhattan street and Edgar O Cavette 50 of 772 Dawson street The Bronx were arrested for posing as collectors for a firemen memorial fund They allegedly obtained a marked 19 dollar bill from Joseph M Greenfield a candy maker at 4 Barclay street The pair were taken to Church Street police station and Cavette was found outside after Gannon’s store visit Cecil J Allen secretary said Cavette worked for the ad agency handling the souvenir programme but had no authority to collect money.
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Firemen's Memorial Fund
Henry K. Gannon
Manhattan Street
Church Street
Edgar O. Cavette
Dawson Street
The
Bronx
Joseph M. Greenfield
Barclay Street
Langford
Fire Department
Greenfield
Cecil J. Allen
Memorial Fund
Cavette
Guggenheim Pearls Held Up In Customs Dispute
A dispute over whether a 59 pearl necklace imported by Tiffany & Co for Maurice Guggenheim should be taxed as jewelry at 6 percent or as pearls at 19 percent was heard by United States General Appraisers judge Thaddeus S. Sharretts. The case hinges on whether the pearls were assembled into a necklace in Paris or remained unformed pearls imported for $25,000. Adjourment set to November 16.
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Tiffany & Co
Maurice Guggenheim
Smelter Trust
Thaddeus S. Sharretts
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Guggenheim
United States
Paris
Tiffany & ‘Oe
Suit Against Leiter Goes to Jury. Curzons Impoverished
Chicago reports Hugh Crabbe testified that L Z Leiter’s secretary sued Zeigler Coal for salary owed him. Judge Eberhardt refused to direct a verdict. The tale disclosed Leiter’s wheat pit loss of 9 million and Curzon family decline after returning from India. Leiter’s allowance now 4000 yearly. sisters receive over 8000.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Hugh Crabbe
Leiter
Rainstorm Quenches Forest Fires in Maine
A heavy rainstorm broke weeks of dry spell, with Portland recording 1.41 inches and eastern Maine still rainy. Fires across the region were quenched by the downpour as weather eased.
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Portland
Weather Bureau
Major fire destroys over a hundred cottages at Salisbury Beach
A wide summer colony at Salisbury Beach, north of the Merrimac River, was largely wiped out by a blaze that consumed more than one hundred cottages along the beachfront. Firefighting from Amesbury, Salisbury, and Newburyport, plus lifesavers and volunteers, prevented the flames from reaching larger hotels. Incendiary origin suspected as three hours of burning left a mile of scorched area beside the Boston and Maine railroad tracks.
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Salisbury
Mass
Salisbury Beach
Merrimac River
Amesbury
Newburyport
Boston & Maine Railroad
Woman Held on 9909 Dollar Larceny Charge in Boston
Mrs Mabelle Dumphy arrested in an upscale Huntington Avenue apartment faces extradition after a Municipal Court hearing set the case for a week. Police say she fled Chicago where diamonds and jewelry valued at 9909 were stolen from Charles E Giles. Dumphy denies the charges and vows to fight extradition. Giles remains in Chicago.
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Boston
Mabelle Dumphy
Huntington Avenue
Chicago
Charles E. Giles
Hart in Suburban Wreck In Illinois Train Collision
Edwardsville Illinois October 27 two electric interurban cars on the Edwardsville and Granite City line of the Illinois Traction system were in a head on collision tonight a score of passengers were injured some seriously but none fatally
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Edwardsville
Ill
Granite City
Illinois Traction System
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C. A. Andrews
Municipal Art Socity
A. E. Davis
W. J. Coombs
Man
Guggenheim Pearls
Tiffany
Government
India
Dumphy
Taft
Mr. Taft
Hughes
Hart
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