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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1894
Page
6
Property listing at 131 West Front Street shows A G Vogeler as proprietor. The notice notes ownership and address details for the premises.
Report covers Jeremiah Casey aged 24 and Kate Bisteler aged 15 from Binghamton sought for abduction and robbery. They allegedly eloped after meeting in Paterson New Jersey, were arrested in Bellevue Paterson, carried $500 in Casey’s vest and $62 in Bisteler’s stocking, with ties to Erie county Pennsylvania crimes and a daring robbery of an elderly couple.
The committee will continue through mid June with expanded powers to oversee city government and protect witnesses. Recorder J W Goff remains chief counsel, with speculation about successors including Wellman and others. Moss Jerome and Moss deny plans, while Byrnes and Williams are expected to testify early next week.
Reported in Enix, Fa. Three men Frank Anderson, Baphavaser, and Jeremiah Casey allegedly planned and led a burglary that netted $10,000 from Savin and Sarah Slocum. Other conspirators were arrested at a house, with Casey captured in eastern State. The group allegedly formed while Anderson and Casey were jailed, and their scheme culminated in a bold, well‑timed theft.
New York reports a looming clash between major labor leaders as the American Federation of Labor and Knights of Labor split over strategy. The two wings within the miners’ union face pressure as John McBride aims to shift Knights of Labor miners to AFL influence ahead of the Columbus convention in February.
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt lists dramatic works and writers. It notes Mrs Hamlets Soliloquy and lines about attire and modesty. It cites Rosabel Morrison, Sedley Brown, Gustave Frohman, Walter Craven's An Innocent Abroad, Jerry Herzell, Browning's Colombe's Birthday adaptation, Rose Eytinge, Ada Fisher, Julia Marlowe-Tuber, David H. Scully, and Edward Payton with details of plays and performances in London, Harlem, Birmingham, and beyond.
Fragmentary timetable data lists trips to and from Palaintiel and Somertille with times such as 6.28 am 1235 p.m Sunday and 1.38 p.m. for various routes. Mentions routes including Washington and Philadelphia areas with connections to Easton and Harrisburg and notes tickets at lowest rates on application.
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