Newark Woman Linked to Black Hand Murder Plot
Paterson police rely on the confession of Frank Amazzono to implicate Black Hand figures in the February murder of Justice of the Peace Cortese. Names tied to the plan include Pasquale Gara sola Joseph Rebuffo Bertha Michael Mario Braga and Pasquale Giangiante with Mustol as another suspect. Bertha Michael was jailed as a witness after admitting familiarity with Amazzono and denying Black Hand letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasquale Gara- Sola
Amazzano
Paterson
Joseph Rebuffe
Bertha Michael
Colden Street
Newark
Mario Braga
Pasquale Giangiante
Amanzono
Joseph Mustol
Michael Monaching
Mustol
Newresse
Cortese
Anjazeono
Joseph Rebufto
Amazzono
Tebuffo
Rebuffo
Johp Bison
Eimson
Amazzone
Charlie
Colorado
Amanzone
Amazsone
Monachino
Garret Mountain
Arazzano
Michael
Mile Duval
Braga
Eugene Emley
John Biffson
Aftics
Garato
Joseph Rebutto
Indian League to Trenton for Governor Fort inauguration
The Republican Indian League will go to Trenton tomorrow to attend the inauguration of Governor elect J. Franklin Fort. Members meet at the Republican County Committee headquarters at the corner of Halyedny and Academy streets, starting at 11 o clock in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Indian League
Trenton
J. Franklin Fort
Republican Count Committee
Hgledy
Acadmy
Fire Scare At Night In Claremont Apartment House
A wire in the Claremont apartment building at 47 Pennsylvania Avenue sparked a basement fire last night. A tossed lighted match into a storeroom containing furniture caused the blaze. Dense smoke damaged the building, totaling about 500 dollars. Tenants listed include C Wood, W J Motzenvecker, W J Smith, Emanuel Lehman, George W Jacobs, C S O Laughlin, M H Goldsmith, F J Titus, and M Mendel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremont
Pennsylvania Avenue
C. Wood
W. J. Motzenvecker
W. J. Smith
Emanuel Lehman
George W
Mothers mourn drowned boys at Kirchgessner pond tragedy
Grief filled the upper western city as hundreds viewed the three boys who drowned at Kirchgessner’s Fond near Fifteenth Avenue and South Nineteenth Street last Saturday. The crowd criticized the unguarded pond and watched funeral services for Gustave Hartmann, Louis Hartmann, and Leo Smith, while residents urged fencing to protect children. Edward Rolle, rescued by Henry Blechschmidt and others, survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirchgessner
Fifteenth Avenue
South Nineteenth Street
Eighteenth
Edward Rolle
Henry Blechschmidt
South Eighteenth Street
Ose
Soho
Gustave Hartmann
Wendelin Hartmann
Nineteenth Street
C. Voegtlin
Manhattan Park Presbyterian Church
Rolle, Biechschmidt
Fritz Kaufman
Biechschmidt
M. HL. Healey
Fairmount Cemetery
Gussie
Louis Hartmann
South Eighteenth Btregt
Leo Smith
South Eighteenter Street
St. Antoninus's Church
Debates Hangs Himself in Brooklyn Youth Mystery
Seth Schuyler an 18 year old Brooklyn youth, found dead by hanging in a bathroom after a parish debating club meeting. Police say death was self inflicted in despondence, while family and friends dispute the verdict, suggesting an experimental search into death by hanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
York
Seth Schuyler
Youns Schuyler
Robbery Report From Avenue C District Station
Charles Beche of 68 Avenue C reports two strange men entered his room at the Third Precinct station area in his absence this morning and stole $18 in cash and a 20 silver watch. He says they emerged from the nearby railroad and he attempted to recover the items himself but was unsuccessful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Beche
Avenue C
Camden Near 60th Birthday Celebration Sparked Debate
Residents in Camden discuss marking the town’s 60th birthday on February 16 as a ceremonial event amid questions about city status and corporate ties. Local officials weigh the risks and benefits of separating celebration from governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Van
Jury Soon Chosen To Try Wilson In Orange Murder Trial
The trial of George Wilson alias Williams, self confessed murderer of Frederick R. Romer, an Orange undertaker, opened at the Court of Oyer and Terminer before Judge Ton Fyck. A crowd observed in court as Wilson, in Gundy attire, faced jurors after being brought from Philadelphia. Counsel George A. Douglas was assigned, and the case proceeded amid tense court guard and formal pleas of not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Swift and Sure
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Ton Fyck
George Wilson
Williams
Frederick R. Romer
Orange
Philadelphia
George A. Douglas
Arcularius
Gorham
Taft Says Catholic Church Indemnity Too Low
Secretary of War Taft and Lt Col Hull told the House insular affairs committee that the Philippines church indemnity should be at least 500000, countering a board report of 304000 based on military occupancy rentals only and excluding building damages from Spanish War times. The board had recommended 300000 plus, but Taft and Hull pressed for higher compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Taft
J. A. Hull
Department of the Host
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Philippines
Hull
Army Board On
United States
Degraw's Hotel at Greenwood Lake Destroyed by Fire
The Degraw's Hotel at Greenwood Lake burned to the ground shortly after midnight. The blaze started from an overheated stove. The dancing pavilion with launches for New York Newark and Paterson summer camps was destroyed. Loss estimated around $20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
Degraw
Greenwood Lake
New York
Newark
Operation on Judge Linott at St Michael's Hospital
Judge Thomas J Linolt underwent an appendectomy at St Michael's Hospital this morning. By this afternoon officials reported his condition favorable and said he should be about in a short time unless new symptoms arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lintott
Pawnbrokers' Signs Banned Under City Law
City announces a new ordinance banning exterior pawnbroker signs from shops. Mayor Stoy orders removal within five days under threat of license revocation. The law imposes a $1 annual tax and restricts inscriptions, disallowing familiar signs such as Money to Joan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoy
Joan
Inauguration of John Fort as New Jersey Governor
Newark prepares to send 1000 supporters to Trenton for the inauguration of former Supreme Court Justice John Franklin Fort as Governor, to succeed Governor Stokes. The event includes noon ceremony at Taylor Opera House with invocation, oath, and benediction, amid receptions, parades, and a packed Republican gathering at the Trenton House and Windsor Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
New Jersey
Supreme Court
John Franklin Fort
Edward Casper Stokex
Taylor Opera Louse
James M. Ludlow
Mast Orange
Port
Gummer
Stokes
Senate
Assembly
W. Strother Jones
St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Church
Opera House
Trenton House
Ao Brillant
Windsor
Chaiman Alfred N. Dalrymple
Baxex County Republican Committee
Pennsylvania
Tha Wranks
Briggs Republican Club
Newark
Lobe
Briggs Club
Beigsy
Republican Club
Bort
Bernas
Fort
Edward C
Newark Lawyer Charles Glen Dies in Elizabeth Home
Charles T. Glen a Newark lawyer with Broad street offices died at his Elizabeth home yesterday aged 63. A Essex County bar member for forty years he was son of the late Rev William Glen former pastor at German Valley. He trained under Cortlandt Parker and A O Keusbey and was active in social life serving as master of Washington Lodge 43 for two years. He belonged to the Newark Board of Trade the Lawyers Club of Newark and the New Jersey Historical Society. He is survived by his wife Miss Catharine Frances Young and four daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Lodge
Newark Board of ‘Trade
Lawyers’ Club of
Newark
New Jersey Histetorical Society
Catharine Frances Young
Speed law trial over motorist Hardham in Pitot Court
Janex Hardham, who runs a Hill Street garage, faced a speeding charge after Motor Policeman McNally pursued his motorcycle on Clinton Avenue. McNally testified the speedometer read 27 miles per hour, rising as he chased, and noted Hardham accelerated to 35 mph before being halted near Halsey Street. Judge Howell fined Hardham under protest, stressing pedestrian safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitot
Janex Hardham
Hill Street
Hardham
Motor Po
McNally
Clinton Avenue
Wright Street
Halsey Street
Hazsham
Howell Lim
Sardhara
Preparations Urged for Journey to Pope in Newark
Catholic churches across Newark are urged to prepare for a pilgrimage to Rome next summer to honor the Holy See and celebrate the Pope’s golden jubilee. Bishop O’Connor asked pastors to count parishioners planning to go so organizers can estimate the number of pilgrims and arrange travel by the Cunarder Carpathia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Rome
Holy See
O'Connor
Bids for Almshouse Provisions and Coffins Opened
The poor and almshouse committees met at City Mall to advertise bids for bread meat and coffins to bury the poor. Bids will be received and opened at City Hall by the committee at the evening of February 6. The panel included Beuy Hext and Inspect Bie with multiple appointees from the Pennsylvania line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Ceault
Ana Aint Ming
Pennsylvania i
Gas kills two children in home tragedy
In a two story house at 476 South Eighteenth Street, Robert Hylands 12 and his sister Mariel 8 died of asphyxiation from a gas leak. The mother Mrs Hylands described the night and said the children had been sent to separate rooms. The family had moved from England three years ago and the father worked as a trolley employee. The mother appeared dazed as she mourned the loss and recalled arranging schedules for church and shopping before the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hylands
Mariel
South Eighteenth Street
Bob
Hylands
England
Muriel
Leo Smith
Robert
Mus Riel
Helen Glover
Oere
Suns
Thaw Trial Sees Evelyn Nesbit Recalled
New York January 2 Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was called to repeat her story as the Thaw trial resumed. District Attorney Jerome renewed a motion to exclude the public and newspaper reporters from the courtroom while defense counsel urged the court to decide. Justice Dowling said no constitutional warrant existed to bar the public from a capital case and noted concerns over sensational testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Jerome
Monroe County
Littleton
Mr. Littleton
Second Wife Can't Get the Furniture
In the probate of Louise Chapman Fenner wife of Frank Fenner treasurer of South Orange village who died October 28 1906 the Surrogate's Office records that all furniture household effects and money at death go to her three children. The deceased left everything to her husband except 1000 to her son Frank Mop rivon Fenner to aid his college career or start him in life as he chooses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Chapman Fenner
Frank Penner
South Orange Village
Frank Moprivon Fenner
Four Killed in Two Railroad Accidents
Reports from Indiana Georgia and West Virginia recount multiple rail disasters. At Corydon Junction an westbound Southern Railway locomotive plunged from a ninety foot trestle killing three crewmen and injuring others as a fire broke out. in Savannah a Central of Georgia wreck near Macon killed an engineer and injured a wireman with no passengers harmed. at Porter Falls a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train narrowly avoided a wreck when an obstruction halted the engine, with an ex‑employee later arrested for complicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
sault—Georgia
Corydon Junction
Ind
Southern
New Albany
Clarence Dunham
W. BL Scott
Frank Carter
James W. Pritachett
Clyde Stewart
Lisle
Savannas
Central of Georgia Railway
Macon
Savanynah
Atlante
Athens
W. Ti. Tarver
John Williams
New Martinsville
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Porter Falls
J.W. Bull
Samuel McCormick
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Indian League
Wilson
Romer
Young
Court House
Burlington County
GeRuze
Cox
Capital City
Murphy
Elizabeth
Charles T. Glen
Order
Pope
Thaw
Evelyn
White
South Orange
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