Condemned Men Wait With Hope at Sing Sing Death House
International News Service reports on Sing Sing death house life as four inmates prepare for execution. Becker and four gunmen share a grim daily routine, form a fragile inmate democracy, and seek solace in music games, Bible readings, and tempered humor amid looming death.
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International News Service
New York
Sing-Sing
Albany
East Side
Becker
Lawrence J. Spohr
Maurice Lustig
Roland B. Molineux
Spohr
Mr. Becker
Charley
Muhlfeldt
Lingley
Mulraney
Casey Jones
Jack Rose
Whitey Lewis
Whitey
Lefty
Louie
Gyp
Chicago man confesses to multiple murders and robberies
John Murphy admitted to detectives a pattern of crime including one triple murder two double murders and several thefts and holdups. He was briefly jailed then released and later prepared for transfer as death row appeals loom amid the Rosenthal Becker cases and death house customs.
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Jack
Becker
Spohr
Lustig
Chicago
John Murphy
Murphy
Munich
Sullivan
Becker and Four Gun Men Await Appeal
A distorted historical fragment describes Charlies Becker and four East Side gun men hired to kill Herman Rosenthal. It notes the death watch at Sing Sing and the ritual parting before execution, with quoted exchanges among inmates and guards.
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Becker
Charlies Becker
New York City
Leutenant
Court of Appeals
Justice Goff
East Side
Herman Rosenthal
Gyp
Whitey
Sing Sing
Lewis
Lefty Louis
Dago Frank
Wireless summons lead to arrest on Lackawanna train
In Binghamton two detectives boarded a Lackawanna train after wireless warnings of suspects on board. They arrested Walter Fitzgerald and Charles McDonald, 24 and 20, for riding illegally. Brakeman alerted the wireless operator who notified police to intercept. Both men were sentenced to ten days in jail. They claimed homes in Baltimore and said they were bound for Portland. This marked the first use of wireless for such a purpose.
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Binghamton
N.Y
O' the Road
Collins
Flynn
Walter Fitzgerald
Charles McDonald
Baltimore
Portland
Amateurs to Choose US Fencers for British Match
Boston December 18 Arrangements are made for elimination bouts by the Amateur Fencers of America to select a four man team to face British fencers and broadswordsmen who will visit the United States next February. The British team will likely send four full wielders.
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Boston
America
United States
Broadway Dress Store Robbed of Goods Valued Over Five Thousand
December report says burglars forced entry at F. K. Fadett dressmaking shop 1578 Broadway, seizing items worth more than 5000. Police stationed nearby are questioned about the failure to detect the break in. Samuel F. jeweler nearby reports no losses but notes the tight partition between shops and three padlocks torn off. A separate line notes a hay stalk grown on a New York farm.
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New York
Howburg Rs
F. K. Fadett
Broadway
Forty-seventh Street
Waldo
Samuel Jeweller
Fadell
Sato
al - Fadell
A. & P. Seeded Raisins Marmalades Featured
A fragmented list shows grocery items including A P brand Seeded Raisins Kellner Marmalade Eddy Currant Jelly Malaga Raisins and other packages priced in cents. The text resembles an old catalog or advertisement blip with multiple brands and small quantities.
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Miller
Sultana
Kelller
Eevee Eddy
Malaga
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Lillian Horowits
Roland B. Molineaux
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N. Y
Merry Christmas
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Brazil
Sicily
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Fenn Moist
Vidohnson’s
Crocks
Uddin
National Biscuit Co
Iona
CC Bay
Dauphin Street
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Mobile
A. Stree
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Harrison Mutual
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