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Wealthy Duke Marriage Sparks New York Inquiry
In New York, Brodie L. Duke and Miss Alice Webb Webb wed secretly on December 21, 1904. The marriage, followed by Duke’s commitment to Bellevue Hospital amid alleged alcohol related illness, prompts a grand jury probe into ties of business promoter Alice Webb Duke and family disputes with his siblings.
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New York
Brodie L., Duke
Alice Webb
W. W. Coe
Charles Parkhurst
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Duke
Brodie L. Duke
James B. Duke
American Tobacco Trust
Durham
N. C
Tobacco Trust
England
Somerville
N. J
Society
North Carolina
Psycopathic Ward
Bellevue Hospital
Jerome
Alice Webb Duke
Agnes Desplaines
Dukes
Brodie Duke
South Carolina
Lawrence Duke
Benjamin N. Duke
Hoffman House
Brodie
Mr. Duke
Benjamin Duke
Flushing
L. I
Miss Webb
Park Avenue Hotel
Texas
Taylor, Webb & Co
Astor House
Hopkinson
Edward H. Powell
Pittsburg
Powell
Chicago
Alleghany City
Montreal
Louisa Weiss
New York City
Weiss
Germany
Osbaldeston
Weil
Washington
D. C