Man shoots wife then himself in West 101st Street tragedy
West 101st Street witnesses a grim domestic shooting as Anthony Debs, a patrolman, shoots his wife Marguerite in the head, injures two young girls, and dies by his own hand in his home. The victims include Mabel Debs, 10, and Samuel Debs, 8, plus bystanders Margaret Collins 13 and May Hawksworth 12. Debs had faced a domestic dispute after a court summons. the scene closes with Debs collapsing at his doorway and neighbors surrounding the attack.
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Anthony Debs
Harry K. Than
Gunford White
Madison Square Garden
Marguerite
West 01St Street
No. Iss
Het
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Relstone Court
Harris
Deb
Simmons
Debs
Wimmerman
Zimmerman
10St Street
Bootblack
West Wath Street
Deba
Wist Street
Columbus Enue
Gafage
West 101
Margaret Collins
Mia
Tessie Coline
May Hawksworth
John Hawksworth
Mttet
Mt Dee
Morning News Highlights Include Political Skirmishes and Trials
Local page reports Becker's trial delay and a larceny arrest while political items note Waltman’s Saratoga lead and a suffrage plank adopted. England bonds Taft and a Tennessee inquiry appear amid scattered society notes.
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Witkemon
Hooi
Killa le Kile
Yale
Hite Mack
Becker
Pwaltman
Saratoga
England
Taft
Keee
Tennessee
Owen
Maye Murphy
Wilton
Jean Massachuantta
Moonette
Aphasia Victim at Eighty Believes Joby Olcott Seeks Help
An eighty year old Yonkers publisher named Joby Olcott was found in a doorway in a confused state and taken to a hospital. Doctors diagnosed aphasia after he could not remember his identity or card details. Police investigated his absence from home and traced a possible relation to Horace Anderson and the Title Guard matter.
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Joby Olcott
Yonkers
Ian
Antes and ‘Trust
Lexington
Leighton Aye
Hellenie
Horace Ander
Anderson
Taft and Wilson Meet in Boston Evening Chat
President Taft and Governor Woodrow Wilson met at a Boston hotel for a first post campaign discussion. They greeted warmly, exchanged remarks on voice endurance, and shared a cordial handshake before Wilerson noted his longstanding regard for Taft.
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Roosevelt
Broan
Wiler
Taft
Ideal of Beauty Burned in House Fire in Suburban Mohegan Park
Mrs. Leonard A. Day wife of the chief of the Bureau of Fire in Marin Tele iy Manhattan was badly burned when a fire started in a library during a tree incident. Her two year old son Leonard Jr and the nursemaid slept upstairs. Neighbors rushed to help and extinguished the flames with a blanket. Before marriage she was Miss Adelaide Allers of Atlanta. The attending doctor said her beauty may not be permanently marred.
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Leonard A. Day
Bureau of Fire
Marin Tele Iy
Manhattan
Velit
White House
Mohegan Park
Adelaide Allers
Atlanta
Nikit
Camera catches drinkers amid Scranton railroad crackdown
In Scranton Pennsylvania on September 26 Lackawanna Railroad workers faced enforcement of Rule 6 banning saloon visits while on or off duty. Two men photographed by a detective while drinking in Elmira were summoned to the division superintendent George A Poor and discharged. This action follows a prior crash at Corning New York on July 4 and questions about a train engineer reporting for work after drinking.
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George A Poor
Lackawanna
Corning
Arrest of Robinson ties to Hotel Charles burglaries
Police report partner ties arrest to a string of burglaries across Washington Square Kantintn Street areas. Goods valued near 25000 recovered from Robinson at the Charles Hotel suite. Walter Pelletrent and Walter Melnerney linked to incidents. a bystander injury occurred during pursuit with shots fired.
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Serre Robinson
Push Thomas
Hotel Charles
Seventh Avenue
2Th “Street
Robinson
Tendertown Poller
MUM
Washington Square
Kantintn Street
Charles Hotel
Walter Pelletrent
Margaret Willis
14Th Street
Walter Melnerney
Times Criticises Taft Over Panama Treaty Readings
London Times denounces Taft for claiming his government did not enter into certain treaty obligations. The editorial warns that challenging the treaty interpretation could impeach both Taft and Britain’s honor. The Times also notes a separate message on December 21, 1911, discusses financial conditions of the treasury.
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Congress
the Times
Prestont Taft
The
Times
Taft
London quotes Wilson on tart question sparks debate
London reports from Sept 21 show Liberal and Unionist papers citing Woodrow Wilson's Hartford speech to counter claims about free trade. The Daily Express publishes Wilson's assertion that neither he nor the Democrats defend free trade, while other papers plan to echo or avoid the remarks.
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London
Woodrow Wilson
The
Daily Express
Governor Wilson
Hartford
Wilson
Daily News
Daily Chronicle
Bulgaria War Probable Peace Chance for Prestige Return
Constantinople reports a Greek era minister leaves for Switzerland amid talks of peace with Turkey. Porte may seek rapprochement with Bulgaria, restoring lost prestige. A Balkan settlement is framed as a power-ruled outcome with Czarist and Russian influence pressing the cabinet.
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Turkey
London
Constantinople
Phe Daily ‘Telegraph
Atechad Pacha
Switzerland
Wim
M. Sazenof
Balmoral Castle
Mayor on Hat Pins and Aldermen Debate
A correspondent notes a proposed ban on hat pins with unprotected ends, citing a French prefecture’s order as influence. Mayor Lave argues he cannot prohibit such dress details, while Aldermen show no clear action. The piece mixes local politics with a humorous aside about a French example and a French lick springs sleeper advertisement.
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Tannenbaum
Rhone
Francs
Rene F Lave
Ithane
Sundome
French Lick Springs
New York Central
Painter Virgelle kills, leaps six stories in deadly bid
In a six story fall after slashing Mrs. Joseph Carriasio with a butcher knife and firing five shots, Virgelle a painter, died alongside the victim shortly after police find him. The Carriasios had shared the Sullivan street flat for a month as detectives responded to the fatal double tragedy.
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Joseph Care Rasio
Virgelle
Carriasian
Sullivan Street
Rigney,stusey
Whitman
Jax Virgelio
Josph Corrisio
Hood
Rislo
St. Vincent's Hospital
William B Brown Dies After Prolonged Illness in City
William B Brown, a well known woman of this city, died today after several months of illness from malarial fever and other complications. The report notes complications and health concerns surrounding her passing, with local attention to the loss from the community.
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Commons
Onto
William . Brown
Imeas
Ioana
Suffragettes Adopt Protective Armor Garments
London reports a new suffragette tactic as several protesters at a Loyd George meeting in Wales last Saturday wore metal pinned garments with sharp points outward to deter disruption. The device is described as protective armor used by demonstrators to shield themselves during protests.
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London
Wales
Moon Flight Tragedy and Near Collision at Mineoki
George W. Beatty flies at night with Mr and Mrs N T Thomas of New York as passengers in a biplane. Earlier he piloted two flights toward the fair grounds. Miss Burnett Adame Miller also flew, but low. Bellaner in a baby machine the humming bird suddenly veered to avoid collision, causing a desultory crash with minor injuries. Beatty escaped injury.
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Bellaner
Thief Boy Aims At Poor In Brooklyn Incident
Twelve year old Philip Salvage of 429 Monard avenue Brownsville was arrested after stealing twenty stockings and other items from Mrs Rose Zimmerman at 521 Rockaway avenue. Detectives say he was influenced by socialist rhetoric and attempted to aid the poor by distributing wealth, while the boy insists he acted to help the needy. Time table changes noted for Seashore lines and New York routes.
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Philip Salvage
Monard Avenue
Brownsville
Lee
Rose Zimmerman
Rockaway Avenue
Pytkin Avenue
Yale Receives Half of Dimock Estate If Daughter Dies Without Issue
Wealthy financier Meary F. Dimock’s will directs that Yale University receive half of his residuary estate after his wife and daughter’s deaths, or the entire residuary if the daughter dies without issue. The estate, valued at about 2.168 million after admin costs, includes holdings in Dominion Steel, Great Northern Railroad, and utilities, with Mrs. Susan Dimock Hutchinson and Mrs. Dimock receiving income during their lives.
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Susan D. Hutchinson
Meary F. Dimock
Yale University
Yale
Dimock
William C. Whitney
Wallace & Fraser
6Th Street
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Rotckerbocker Trest Company
The
Dominion Company
Dominion
Steel Corporation
Metropolitan
Society
Maythower
Dimork Wee
Yate College
Inn
Harvard Law School
Yale Corporation
New Haven
Susan
Susan Dimock Hutchinson
Cary T. Hutchinson
Mis. Hutchinson
Pennsylvania Water and Bower Company
Donikolon Tron and Steel Corporation
Manhattan Railway Company
Northern Pacific Railroad
New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
American
Imteeo Company
Emtitte
Whitman Favored as Governor Nominee at Saratoga Convention
District Attorney Whitman of York emerges as the leading upstate candidate for governor at the Saratoga Republican convention. After hours of balloting and internal jockeying, Whitman signals willingness to accept if the convention prompts him, aiming to avoid a prolonged deadlock and to handle ongoing Roger Touhy murder case locally. Upstate delegates back his candidacy as Wadsworth Hedges and Bennet appear poised for strong showings, with Erie County signals potentially breaking a long stalemate toward Whitman on the final ballots.
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Rou
The
Tribune
Ratoga
Sept
Morrow Marting
Whitman
York
Upstate
New York
Bhp
Hia
Hie
Rane
Francis Hendricks
Syracuse
Delrates
Ruthin
Hendricks
Barnes
Hedges
Wadsworth
Bennet
Wondbury
Chautauqua
Daniels
Iitaly
Brackett
Saratoga
Hinman
Thhee
Whifte
Warratg J
Erie County
Rotteaul WM
Streemman
Newark
Fusiilor Vi
Erie
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Stanford White
Ulster
John Olcott
Taken
Mr. Roosevelt
Lackawanna Road
London “Times
United States
Ste Landon
Panama
Jor Brackett
Chauncey M. Depew
John A. Sleicher
Lou Payn
Onderwood
Roento
Jobe
Beatty
Mineola
Fenny
BIG Bequest
H. F. Dimock
W. C. Whitney
Mrs. Hutchinson Childrese
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