Thaw Trial Opens With Insanity Plea Amid Courtroom Crowds
New York January six marks the start of the second Harry K Thaw trial with a plea of insanity entered on his behalf. Justice Victor Dowling presides as jurors are selected from 109 summoned and Evelyn Thaw arrives in a blue schoolgirl dress amid police escort. The case features mental state questions and the defense preparing to prove diminished responsibility while the prosecution outlines a brief direct case.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Ben
Jerome
Evelyn Thaw
Hovsiness Bar
Willam Fychfilter
Miller
Stanford White
Littleton
Justice Dowling
Talesmen
Thomas H. Harmer
Charles B. Gremmels
Justice Dow
Garvan
Carnegie
Jowiah Thaw
Evelyn Nesbie Thaw
Ulion
Chan Yens
France exerts over anti American cables and pacific settlement urge
Paris reports show the French government anxious to see the United States settle the Japanese difficulty amicably. The AP states France is a sincere friend of both nations and optimistic about an amicable settlement. Britain’s alliance with Japan is noted as a factor aiding a neutral adjustment.
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United States
Paris
Jan
Japan
Sanama Canal
France
Great Brittain
Stysot
Amerien
America
Great Britain
Whitmore's Pal Wanted by Police
Following damaging admissions by Theodore S. Whitmore of Brooklyn police seek associates in a murder case. A telegram from Whitmore and letters to relatives are investigated while Whitmore and others face questioning. Extradition efforts target Hendrickson as detectives pursue links to the Five Corners death.
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Theodore S. Whitmore
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Harrison
Lena
Five Corners Pond
New York
Whitmore
Margaret Schmitters
East 170Th Street
Fulton Street
Whitmire
Ulliott
Elliott
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Fortieth Street
Ward, Murray
Buddy
Whitmores
Martin Salter
Schenectady
Rodgers
Vickers
Branegan
Bartlett
Town Hall
Hendrickson
Two men held for murder of tenement inspector Fischer
Tony Bennatto and Antonio Parrio of Jersey City and 143 Jefferson St were arraigned in the Third Precinct Court for the killing of George H. Fischer, a tenement house inspector, at 110 Congress Street on New Year’s morning. They were held without bail for the Grand Jury after confessing. Bennatto admitted the shooting while Parrio, 18, appeared overconfident. A third person was brought in at the scene.
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Tony Bennatto
Antonio Parrio
Jersey City
Jefferson Street
Howell
Third Precinct
George H. Fischer
Congress Street
Bennatto
McConnell
Horter and
Tule
Headquarters
Christie
Bennatte
Parriso
Censor Committee Tightens Control Over City Posters
The Common Council ad hoc poster committee rejected several theatre posters and plans to expand review to all public advertising and saloon window displays. Aldermen Mullen Congleton and Frey lead the effort with police collaboration to enforce stricter standards. One poster allegedly depicted violence and another showed chorus girls in risqué attire.
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Common Council
Michael F. Mullen
Congleton
Frey
Mullen
Joseph Wright
Comstock
Alderman Mullen
Laldies
Elinor Glyn
Harden Case Not Ended in Berlin Trial
In Berlin Maximilian Harden, recently sentenced to four months for aiding Count von Moltke, says the case is not ended and predicts a more disastrous outcome for Moltke. He asserts Moltke cannot prevail and that the court will rule in his favor eventually. Bristol reports a January incident at the National Rubber Company plant in town, where a month-long shutdown occurred amid disrupted operations.
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Berlin
Maximilian Harder
Abeling
Count von Moltke
Harden
Yon Moltke
Bristol
National Rubber Company
Roller Skating Case Has Important Bearing
Atlantic City’s Million Dollar Pier legal fight looms large as Captain John Young faces a Court of Errors and Appeals review of a chancellor’s ruling that barred roller skating on the pier. The city claims ordinances banning more than one admission outside the Boardwalk and selling articles on the pier were breached during a recent auto show, while Young and dealers argue they only took orders.
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Alantic City
Atlantic City
Court of Errors and Appeals
John Young
Bergen
Young
Philadelphia
Took Too Many Wives Arrested For Bigamy
Morris Friedman, 224 Chariton Street, arrested on bigamy charges after an eight year chase across two continents. He confessed to two prior marriages in New York, living in Los Angeles with a third wife, while relatives pursued further marriages. Detectives Long and Ryan led the seizure at his home after a New York warrant.
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Morris Friedman
Chariton Street
Long
Ryan
Etna Nathan
New York City
Friedman
New York
Captain Carroll
Detective Bureau
Europe
Nathan
Buffalo
Inspector McCaffrey
Los Angeles
Rosa Fritch
Nin
Pretty Sin Nathan
Friedman No 2
Itl Emph
Jerome
Crveral Iimen
Fromalifornia
Toston
London
Fredman
Teurope
Newark
Red
Cal
Predman
Carroll
McCaffrey
Loot Robbery at Isolated Warehouse Revelation of Truck Load
A wholesale robbery at C. Smith & Morehouse warehouse on North Fourteenth street occurred between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Thieves pried a cellar window, carried away thirty bags of oats six barrels of flour and five tubs of lard, valued at 96.25 overall, using a truck to move the goods. Police from the Fifth Precinct were notified but have no leads. The building’s location and lack of a night watchman enabled easy access and limited public view.
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C. Smith & Morehouse
North Fourteenth Street
Fifth Precinct
Letter From Brownson Given Out
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt releasing Admiral Brownson's resignation letter from the Bureau of Navigation. The dated correspondence shows Brownson explaining the need for confidence in the service, the danger to naval morale, and his decision to retire after forty six years. The president accepts the resignation, with Brownson to hand over duties to Captain Winston.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Brounvon
Navigation Bureau
Department of the Navy
Bureau of Avitation
Washington, D.C
United States Asiatic Fleet
Navy Department
Secreary
Vest
Bureau of Navigation
Army and Navy
Willard I Brownson
Turemy
Winstow
Theodore Roosevelt
Willard Hi. Brownson
Fort Consults With Inauguration Committee
Governor elect Fort visits Trenton to meet the inauguration committee and discuss plans for the upcoming ceremony and transition. The source notes Fort’s engagement with officials and his outreach to state leaders ahead of the January inauguration.
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Fort
Evening Star
Trenton
Joaugurajon
Liquor Interest Challenge Local Option Law in Delaware
Three Delaware liquor men will challenge the local option statute in Kent and Sussex counties arguing its unconstitutionality. Attorney General Richards defends the law in the County Court as Baulabury, vonder, and Curtly lead the liquor interests. If court voids the law, it could trigger renewed legislative efforts to dry the entire state.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
General Assembly
Kent
Sussex
Baulabury
Vonder
Curtly
Robert H. Richards
Sussex Corner
On Trail of Cobbler's Murderer in Irvington Shop
Irvington shoemaker Giuseppe Avellino was stabbed in his shop before daylight. Police, assisted by New York detectives, pursue a mystery stranger linked by multiple sightings. body at Orange morgue. No letters or known relatives found. search continues through Italian sections and nearby cities.
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Gleuseppe Avellino
Irvington
Joseph Ducker
John Coleman
Irvington Force
New York
New York City
Highth Avenue
Brooklyn
Chief Green
Avelling
Salvatore Abruzzo
Avellino
Abruzzo
Ducker
Hilton
Green
Silver Lake
Hoboken
Sam
Orange
Osage Man Dies After Night of Dancing Festivities
A full blood Osage man known as the largest in the tribe died after dancing through the night at an Osage festivity in Tulsa Oklahoma. He was among the few survivors of the Osage-Kansas conflict from fifty years ago and participated in the war era events.
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Tulsa
Okid
Jan
Ke Wan
Ahi Lo
Ye Mo
Warelore
Minton
Millan's
Corbally Trial Again Postponed In Subornation Case
Detective Sergeant Thomas J. Corbally’s trial, postponed to January 27, follows his arrest on a charge of attempted subornation of perjury. Bail of 1000 dollars was posted by his father in law as prosecutors move to strike the jury amid concerns of improper influence in the panel.
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Court of Quarter Sessions
Ten Eyck
Thomas J. Corbaily
Henry Young
Corbally
Max A. Mueller
Patrick J. Nash
Mr. Young
Tse Petit Jury
Tal
Sheriff
Petit Jury
Samuel Kelisch
Corballus
Charles J. Watson
Broad Street
Gorham, Smith, Gilman
Cosgrove
Sommer
Frederick V. Ruland
Howard Street
Herbert J. Healy
Sterling Street
Watson
Mason
Ruland and
Healy
Alexander Cashin
Sai
Board of Police Commissioners
Quash
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Frederick W. Elliott
Harry Hendrickson
Caleb Evans
Fischer
von Moltke
Brownson
Chicago
Jon
Mary O'Keefe
Arunkard
Elles O'Keefesikier
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