Key witness in Coster case dies amid blackmail probe
New York authorities report the death of a key witness in the F. Donald Coster scandal while awaiting custody. Three suspects, including a disbarred Brooklyn lawyer and two Musica partners, are charged with blackmail. Federal, state, and local agencies continue to untangle the financial affairs connected to McKesson and Robbins and the Adelphi Drug Company.
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New York
F. Donald Coster
McKesson and Robbins
Custer
Philip M. Musica
Musica
Coster
Mrkerson
Reb
Cosler” Blackmailere
Brooklyn
Adelphi
Burns Detective Agency
Philip Musica
Donald Coster
Girard Drug Company
D. A
Elmira
Fire Damages Atlantic Refinery in Port Arthur
A Port Arthur blaze at the Atlantic refinery polymerization unit caused about 109000 dollars in damage. No deaths or injuries were reported though relatives and sightseers clogged highways as flames shot hundreds of feet into the air. Fire crews contained the fire after about two and a half hours.
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Port Arthur
Atlantic
Francis McComas to Be Buried in Cypress Grove
Funeral services today for Francis EteComas four year old California artist known for depicting cypress scenery. Following cremation, a ceremony tomorrow will place the ashes beneath a granite boulder in the Cypress Point grove. Death yesterday followed two years of chronic heart disease.
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Francis McComas
Grove - Monterey
Calif
Francis
EteComas
California
Cypress Point
McGomas
Weather briefing with mixed regional readings and phase data
The report lists 24 hour precipitation totals ending January 4 with a 2.79 inch deficiency, 23.25 inches since January 4, and December rainfall of 1.23 inches. It notes sun set and rise times, a first quarter moon on December 29, and statewide readings from Amarillo to West Coast locations showing varied conditions from clear to cloudy with scattered temperatures.
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Tam
Thursay
Aransas Paes
Lowe
Qoudy
Amarillo
Tex
Corpus Christi
Walla
del Rio
Denver
Coto
Iee
Towa
Canada
el Paso
Fort Smith
Ark
Galveston
Goodland
Kan
Hetteras
Havre, Mont
Bno Helen
Mont
Houston
Huron
Dusksomville
Juneau
Alaska
Kamloops
Kental City
Key West
Fis
Fonville
Tenn
Taredo
Rock Ark
Clear
Los Angeles
Louisville
Cloudy Lubbock
T Baron
Memphis
Miami
Fla
Minneapolis
Mina Mobile
Ala
Biodena
Utah
Nontgomery
Als
Nashvnie
Needles
Catif
Wyo
Shreverort
BO Louis
Britt Current
Bnow Tampa
Toledo
Wichita
Lear Widletog
Ales Wenderer
Iat
Branemaers
Novoi Rad
Winnipee Cronin
Philip Musica Turned Out to Be Costers Greatest Blackmailer
A long profile of Fr Donald Coster and Philip Musica reveals how Musica’s fingerprints tied to Coster’s past crimes at McKesson Robbins. The piece tracks Coster's rise, blackmail past, and eventual death by suicide as exposure loomed, with Musica guiding the unraveling through a web of fraud and impersonation.
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Philip Musica
Coster
Adela Rogers
ST. Johns
King. Feas. Synd., Inc
Donald Coster
Sher~ Wi Street
McKesson-Robbins
The
Mighty
Tropment
Wolves
Wall Street
United States
McKesson-Robbing
Catenin Pias
Hell
Boa
Carol Coster
Hen Coster
Philip Ausles
Philip Musics
Yesteryear
Musica
F. D. Gost&r
Julian Thompson
Food and Drug
Dr. Jekyll
Philip
Woman Dies By Self Inflicted Asphyxiation In Alabama Home
Nell Gerhardt 31 of 134 Wickes Street wrapped a blanket over her head near a gas heater and died by her own action. Her body was found by her mother, note nearby, doctor and firefighters failed to revive her. She was widow of Edwin Gerhardt drowned at Medina Lake in 1924. Survivors include her mother, a son Edwin 14, and two brothers. Also a separate INS report notes 2680 square miles of U.S. forest planted since 1924.
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Nell Gerhardt
Wickes Street
Justice of the Peace
O. L. Wiley
Washington
Delaware
United States Forest Service
Rescued from Gas Fatalities In Family Home
Mrs Anna Willams 28 and her children Patricia Ann and Tom Jr 2 were saved from asphyxiation after gas odors filled rooms at 1016 West Woodlawn Ave. Joe Goodman 1012 West Woodlawn Ave arrived and found the Williams family unconscious. Gas jets were open in several rooms and windows closed. Firemen revived the children with artificial respiration and Mrs Willams was treated at Robert B. Greer hospital.
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Anna Willams
West Woodlawn Avenue
Patricia Ann
Tom Jr
Joe Goodman
Williams
Williams Waa
Robert B. Greer Hospital
Texas Woman Is Hanging Victim in Meatzon
Jewel Hensley, 33, was found dead in her Meatzon home by her 11 year old son Golden after he returned from town. Justice of the Peace Jack Douthit ruled death by self inflicted hanging.
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Texas
Meatzon
Jewel Hensley
Golden
Justice of the Peace
Jack Douthit
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Ted
Frank Bros
Frank Bros. Sports Shop
Andrew Geller
Rice O'Neill
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Bill
I, Price
Women's Shoe Dept
Coats
Frank Bros. Grts SH
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