Black Hand letter terrorizes Marino in Southeast Washington
Vincent Marino, a longtime Little Italy figure in Southeast Washington, received a black hand note demanding $100 or death. Police guard his home and engine house while investigators track a letter writer. Marino suspects miscommunication with English and cites prior threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Marino
Washington
Biliz
Ninth Street
Virginia Avenue
Royal Italian Navy
Italy
Marino
Eighth Street Southeast
Maj
Sylvester
Oriant
Farret
Martino
Ari~ani
Matino
Wise Held for Grand Jury in Housebreaking Case
After a stormy police court session, Rosa Wise was held in 31,000 bail for the grand jury on charges of housebreaking. Attorney O'Brien threatened to withdraw, arguing for commitment to the Washington asylum amid questions of mental condition. Assistant District Attorney Turner and Judge Pugh urged a mental capacity petition rather than asylum, and Wise had recently been discharged from an asylum after testimony showed jewelry was taken from two residences.
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Matthew E. O’brien
Rosa Wise
Wise
Washington
Turner
Tre Ave 2
Pugh
O’brien
Funeral for Major Levi F. Burnett Set Private
Body brought from Coronado Head California will arrive Tuesday for private funeral at Arlington Cemetery. Burnett retired July 31 1894 for disability from line of duty. Severely wounded at Antietam and South Mountain, promoted from lieutenant to captain for valor. Survived by sisters Mrs Mary G Gardner and Mrs A Burnham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi F. Burnett
Coronado Head
California
Arlington Cemetery
Burnett
Battle of
Antietam
South Mountain
Mary G. Gardner
A. ©. Burnham
Brooklyn
N. Y
Seals to be Imported for Breeding Experiments
Fur seals from the Bering Sea will be delivered at Seattle early in the fall and then shipped to the fish commission in this city. The importation aims to obtain seals for experiments in breeding and to determine if they will thrive in Southern waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bering Sea
Seattle
Wash
Fish Commission
Wife Seeks Absolute Divorce in District Supreme Court
Pearl M. Shelton, represented by attorney George W. Drew, files for absolute divorce from George William Shelton in the District Supreme Court. Married April 22, 1902, they have one child. She seeks custody, alimony, counsel fees, and to resume her maiden name Degges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Drew
Pearl M. Shelton
District Supreme Court
George William Shelton
Berkeley Woman Set Free After White Slavery Case
Walter J. Bussius was arraigned in police court on a white slave act charge. He waived examination and is held for the grand jury in $1,000 bond. The accuser, Mrs. Catherine Berkeley, testified she was forced to earn money for him. The woman was later discharged from the workhouse after a personal bond of $100.
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Walter J. Bussius
Walter J . Bussius
Aukam
Bussiuz
Catherine Berkeley
Fille
Bussius
Thomas L Jones
Pugh
Joy for Giuseppe Tale of Lick's Alley Larceny
Rosie Belew aged 19 percent and Corky McKee faced larceny charges after two weeks of stealing ice cream from Guiseppe Billinsqual in Lick's alley. Belew and McKee pleaded guilty and were jailed awaiting $10 liquidations, with Belew alleging roughness by Policeman Williams. Corky also fined $10.
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Rosie Belew
Pugh
Corky” McKee
Rose
Lick's Alley
Guiseppe Billinsqual
Guiseppe
Rosie
Corky
Williams
Funeral of Howard Layer Killed Playing Baseball
Funeral services for Howard Layer 18 of 307 I Street Northeast were held at his parents home with Rev Guion and Rev R A Curtis officiating. Layer died after a pitched ball struck him behind the ear during a church boys’ choir vacation at Cornfield Point St Marys County Maryland. The body was sent to Philadelphia for burial.
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Howard Layer
Charles W. Layer
I Street
Cornfield Point
St. Mary's County
Mr. Guion
Church of the Good Shepherd
R. A. Curtis
St. Mark’s Church
Philadelphia
Young Layer
C. S. Abbott
Trust Company Dissolved Amid Indictments of Officers
In the District Supreme Court Justice Barnard granted the dissolution of National Trust Company on District Attorney Clarence R. Wilson’s application. The post office authorities allege mail fraud and conspiracy with intent to defraud, indicting president James N. Houston and Harvey M. Lewis after a raid on F Street offices. The company claimed $1,000,000 authorized capital while only $25,000 stock existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Company
Clarence R. Wilson
District Supreme Court
Barnard
National Trust Company
Post Office
Trust Company
United States
James N. Huston
Harvey M. Lewis
F Street
Orphans on Excursion With Marshall Hall Company
Orphan asylums in the District enjoyed a Potomac outing aboard the steamer Charles Macalester as Marshall Hall Company hosted a day of races attractions and merriment. Frederick Mertens president and staff arranged events and provided free transport to the wharf joining the day’s celebrations for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Hall Company
Potomac
Marshall Hall
Charles Macalester
Frederick Mertens
Negro Thief Sentenced to Jail in District Court
Elizabeth Kelly alias Mary Foster a former employee of Mrs Chorley a ladies tailer at Fourteenth and L streets NW was found guilty of larceny in police court yesterday and sentenced to thirty days in District jail for stealing jewelry worth zero dollars The Post teases a new serial The Man in Black beginning next Sunday in the Monthly Magazine Section of The Post
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Kelly
Mary Foster
Chorley
Fourteenth
L Streets
Man In Black
the Post
Vacation Lodge Opens at Cherrydale by YWCA
The YWCA Vacation Lodge at Cherrydale opens today with an invitation to friends and contributors to visit. About 1200 dollars is needed to pay for the house before August 16, with nearly 6000 dollars already raised by city merchants. The lodge offers a country home for a limited number of working girls and a public reception is set for Saturday August 20 from 4 to 8 p.m. The lodge is accessible by Great Falls cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Cherrydale
Cherrydale
Great Falls
Conveyed transfer refused sparks lawsuit in court
Hart Cohen, through attorney Levi H. David, sues Capital Traction Co. in District Supreme Court for 10000 damages claiming a conductor refused to honor a transfer obtained from another car at Fourteenth and U Streets and ejected him. AlsoSarah Scott sues Washington Railway and Electric for 10000 over injuries from a car incident at Four-and-a-half and C Streets SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi H. David
Hart B. Cohen
District Supreme Court
Capital Traction Company
Fourteenth and
U Streets
Sarah Scott
A. B. Webb
Washington Railway and Electric Company
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Star Negliges
Hanan & Sons
Saks & Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
Ask Potomac Electric Power Co
14Th Si.n. W
Hé& E Sis
Friedlander Bros
C. Lansburgh Furniture Co
Ninth St
Star Laundry
Herrmann
Washington Post
Niagara Falls
Pennsylvania R. R
Susquehanna Valley
Ita
Washington Gas Light CO
Tenth Street
N. W
Nytay
DR. White
7Th St. N. W
Randle Highlands
Capitol OF US
Wairehouse
Sala Uec
Capitol
Dupont Circle
Lota
U. S. Realty Company
7Th and Pa
Ave. N. W
Becker
F St
Call Main
Holmes’ . Bakery
Ross Wise
Maj. Burnett
Arlington
Berkeley
Lick’s Alley
TLCO
Goldenbiesg’s
Jewell
Venice
City Bulletins
Grogan's
Tel. Arington-Bot
Brentano's
Judge Aukam
George C. Aukam
Mulloway
Edmund Brady
Point Lookout
Potomac River
New
C L. Powers Co
74Th St Nw
I. Glasser & Co
John Moran Co
Ave
Star Laundry Co
6Th St
Zia
U.S. N. Instanis
Yellowstone Park
Parkecloses
Gardiner
Clg
Ae Paul
Aigneopeus
Tel
Chestnut St
Fummili, Dist
Pass
Northern Pacific Ry
THE
Keeley Institute
North Capitol Street
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Maryland
the Sunday Post
James Hopper
Gouverreur Morris
Perceval Gibbon
C. Henry Roy Norton
Arthur Stanwood Pier
Grace Sartwell Mason
Leo Crane
Charles Belmont Davis
Mabel Herbert Urner
Randolph Redford
Frederick Arnold Kummer
David King
Arthur Stringer
Gmory Pottle
Wilhelmina
Plain Truth
National Impression CO
Aleep Betear
Not
People's Drug-Store
O'donnell’s
Rexall Drug Store
Sharp
Berkeley Rye
F St. Aw
Henry Evans
Pioneer
Horn
Anon
R.P. Andrews
la. Ave
Sela
John F. Ellis & CO
Sevanth St. WW
Pact Iera
Aren
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