Arrests of Alleged Spy Plotters Hint at Wider Conspiracy
In New York, Henry Perissi and Irving Bonaparte are arraigned on Postal Laws charges. The two men, a steamship operator and a clerk, are held on 25000 dollars bond as authorities probe possible nationwide and international spy links tied to shipments from Germany via the United States to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Henry Perissi
Irving Bonaparte
Hitchcock
New York
Perissi
Bonaparte
Mai
Germain Wheats
Mexico
Germany
Draft Riots and Lottery in 1863 and 1917 Compared
The narrative contrasts 1863 draft riots with 1917 conscription. It notes 10,000,000 men aged 21–31 registered for 626,000 active duty. It describes New York turmoil in 1863, including a July 11 lottery drawing, public reactions, and societal tension around compulsory service and exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Furance
Tuey
New York City
United States
New York Tribune
New York
Forty-sixth Street
Third Avenue
Riots Over Draft Roil New York City In Civil War Era
Mob violence erupts as draft names are drawn with no notice to officials. Pro vost Marshal Jenkins flees as bricks fly and fires spread through Third Avenue blocks. Police and guards clash. buildings burn and looting follows from Forty sixth street to Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Carpenter
Carpenter
Charles E. Jenkins
William Jones
Forty-sixth Street
Tenth Avenue
Jones
Wool
New York Department
George Opdyke
Horatio Seymour
Police
Jenkins
Twenty-second Ward
Ninth Congressional District
Third Avenue
Forty Sixth Street
Kennedy
Thirty-fourth Street
Forty-fourth Street
Reed
Twentieth Street
Colored Orphan Asylum
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Broadway
Finames
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Valley Forge Memorial Arch
Washington
Valley Forge
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Wincheeee
England
Syreat
Britain
Cambridge University
Walter Hines Page
Curt of St. Jasses
France
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Meade
City
Regio Asylum
Jameson Hardware & Supply CO
MG Neil
Warren
Illustrated Directions
May Manton
N. K. Wendelboe
City OF Erie
City OF Buffalo
Buffalo
Cleveland
Burrato
Twa
Detar Point
Pat-in-Bay
Toledo
Detroit
The
Buffalo ‘Transit Company
Cleveland, Ohio
Seeandree
Baseball
Baseball Magazine Co
Fifth Ave
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