Bankers Accused of Big Swindle In New Jersey Case
New Jersey Jersey City executive John S. White and brokers Robert G. Ruxton Clyde Colt were arrested in New York on indictments charging mail fraud in a guaranteed bond scheme. They pleaded not guilty with bail set at 7500 for White and 2500 for Ruxton and Colt. The Imperial Trustees Company allegedly guaranteed millions in bonds and used circulars to lure investors while promising backing from various firms.
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New Jersey Trustees Company
Boston Bank
New York
Philadelphia
First Concern
John S.S. White
Imperial Trustees’ Company
Jersey City
Robert G. Ruston
Clyde Colt
United States
Henkel
Shields
Miot
White
Cole
Ruxton
First Facs
Var 8Us
Cail
Imperial Trustees’ Company of
Jerery
Wate
Superintendent of Banks of
New Jersey
Trenton
TR T’arter
Scramm, Paccersville and
Tunkhannock Railrad Company
Ile
Cott
Afandas
Commonwealth Weat and Ligh Company
Pitcusburg
G Thule Pasa
Imperial Trustees Company
Post-vMiem-pe-sts
Pastelloop
North
United
Hale
H'M
TV Wen Che
John &. White
Sew Teiser
Hooper
Serantom Facteoayailie
Tunkhannock Rai Oad
Anion
Factoryville
State Banking and Safe Deposit Company
Hanover Bank
Hanover Pant
West Virginia
Ex convict Kimball ends life in Worcester office
Frederick Kimball an ex teller and former absconder killed himself by inhaling gas in a Mutual Life Insurance office telephone booth in Worcester. A former bank teller who stole 43500 in bonds and 3000 cash with a Boston woman, served seven years in prison, and after release struggled with his past and despondency.
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Worcester
Mass
Frederick Kimball
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Kimball
People’s Savings Bank
Alony
Boston
Stella
London
State's
Murphy Wanted Jerome on Tammany Ticket
Special to The Washington Post. New York February 5 Charles F Murphy says he supported Jerome for political reasons but Jerome was not placed on the Tammany county ticket. He feared Jerome and did not love him. He denied knowledge of a report that Mayor McClellan opposed Jerome’s nomination and said he would not comment further.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles F. Murphy
Jerome
Tammany County
Mr. Murphy
Murphy
McClellan
Mr. Jerome
Wife Turns At Last She And Children In Want
New York news reports James Street, former president of Street Steamship Co worth about 820000 yearly, deserted his wife and six children in Englewood New Jersey for Edna Miller a seventeen year old stenographer. Arrest followed wife’s non support complaint. Street lived with Miller in Jersey City Catskills trip and Lenox Avenue address exposed. He was treated for appendicitis in June 1900 as the story unfolded.
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Washington Post
New York
James Street
Street Steamship Company
Edna Miller
Jersey City
Street
Englewood
N. J
Miller
Steamship Company
Figgins
First Criminal Court
Barber & Co
Tiss Miller
Catskills
Lenox Avenue
40Th Street
Asbury Park Hotel Burns Threatens Beacharea
A fire in Asbury Park New Jersey today destroyed major buildings along the beach. Hotel Astoria suffered partial loss with guests escaping just in time. Doil Building caused the blaze, while West End and Ocean hotels were saved by bucket brigades. total losses around 59000 dollars.
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N. J
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Beach
Doil
West End
Ocean Hotel
Faith of Garfield Kept Packers' Secrets
In Chicago defense seeks admission of a Roosevelt letter as evidence while Attorney General Moody asserts indictments rest on non government information. McFarlane resumes testimony on Garfield produced papers and book claims as court debates admissibility amid Packers immunity pleas.
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Departments of Justice and Commerce and Labor
McFarlane
Chicago
Moody
Department of Commerce and Labor
Garfield
Department of Justice
Bureau of Corporations
Garfeld
Morrison
Senate
Miller
Packers
Grand
Edward
Ira Morris
Mr. Morris
Court Spars With Attorneys Over Oppenheimer Case
During a lengthy court session the district attorney and defense counsel clashed over a note about the Oppenheimer company and sausage casings. The judge ruled the questioning on the company out and adjourned with McFarlane still on the witness stand.
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Oppenheimer Company
Morrison
Hynes
Moody
Oppenheimer
Humphrey
Murdered Bride Elect After Bitter Quarrel in Dayton
Roy Mendenhall fatally shot Eva Kennedy who wished to delay their wedding, then shot himself in a jealous rage. Kennedy died from a bullet to the heart. Mendenhall survived with two gunshot wounds and remains in hospital, with fatal outcome expected.
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Dayton
Ohio
Eva Kennedy
Roy Mengenhall
Mendenhall
Forgeries Grow in Canton Water Works Bonds Case
City Auditor Ashbrook reports that Canton water works extension bonds forged by the late L. W. Prior total at least 500000, higher than prior 300000 figure. Five series A through E found in Cleveland banks, each with two detached coupons to imply payment via Kountze Bros. New York. Ashbrook kept receipts and sent coupons to Kountze Bros. to block honors. Prior forgeries now exceed 1200000. Also notes Muller Sale at 1442 Belmont Street today at 10:30 am by Slown & Co. Belva A. Lockwood executrix. Menes February Furniture Sale advertised.
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Centon
Ohio
Ashbrook
Canton Waterworks
L. W. Prior
Cleveland
Kountze Bros
New York
Canton
Prior
Muller
Belmont
Stoughton) St
Slown & Co
Belva A. Lockwood
Paris Duel Fears Follow Castellane Divorce Plea
Paris reports Countess Boni de Castellane seeking divorce from Count de Castellane after court conciliation failed. Duchess d Uzes amid gossip of a duel, with Count Boni Boni de Castel lane in the southeast France and social figures in Paris watching proceedings. Mrs Howard Gould sails for Europe aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse amid ongoing Castellane tensions.
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D’uzes
Howard Gould
Europe
Paris
Boni de Castellane
Rona Gould
Henry Ditte
Court of First Instance
Ditte
Count Boni
Duc d'Uzes
France
Gould
Count Bonk
Armand de Gontaut Biron
Abduction Tale Mystery Draws Fire and Doubt
New York police deny the sensational tale of a supposed British lord’s daughter kidnapped near Yokohama and held in a New York asylum as insane. Inspector McLaughlin and Detective Wakefield call the yarn fake, while the report spans East Asia to Manhattan and mentions a Walford-Astoria resident.
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Washington Post
New York
Far East
McLaughlin
Detective Bureau
Yokohama
Wakefield
Jefferson Market
Waldorf-Astoria
Shooting Mystery Cleared by Ante Mortem Statement
Cincinnati reports Mrs. Douglass, found fatally shot in Walnut Hill, died after claiming the wound was self inflicted to escape neuralgia. She said she took her husband William Douglass’s revolver while he stepped from the room. The tragedy at 1882 Fairfax avenue ended with her death and her husband’s mental collapse.
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Douglass
Cincinnati
Ohio
Walnut Hill
William Douglass
W. J. Odell Commission Company
Fairfax Avenue
Prosecution in Refrigerator Case Wraps Up Testimony
Milwaukee February 5 government testimony in the rebate case ends after Emanuel Phillipp president of Union Refrigerator Transit Company is cross examined. He testifies company receipts from 1903 to 1905 total 817 927 and that Frederick Pabst expressed satisfaction with profits. Defense expected to present its side later this week.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Emanuel Phillipp
Union Refrigerator Transit Company
Pabst Brewing Company
Phillipp
Frederick Pabst
Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Company
Pabst
Heirs of Historic Houses Engagement Shocks Scotland
Lomion Feb 5 The engagement of Marquis of Graham eldest son of the Duke of Montrose to Lady Mary Hamilton heiress to the Hamilton and Brandon estates and known as the Lady of Arran is widely covered. The couple’s union would unite two historic houses. Lady Mary owns Arran island. Graham is a wealthy yachtsman who recently failed as a Tory candidate for Stirlingshire.
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Lomion
Marquis of Graham
Duke of Montrose
Mary Hamilton
Duke of Hamilton and
Brandon
United Kingdom
Scotland
Mary
Arran
Marquis of
Graham
House of Commons
Stirlingshire
Pastor Norton Dies After Sermon in Valdosta Well
Reverend J G Norton a leading Baptist minister in Valdosta Georgia preached on life's uncertainty then killed himself by leaping into an unused well near his home He weighed down his neck with a 180 pound iron before his act His body was found by his son after a search began following his disappearance The incident follows his Sunday sermon urging readiness for the final summons and closing line Prepare to meet thy God Norton reportedly left a modest fortune and may have suffered a sudden aberration
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Washington Post
Valdosta
J. G. Norton
Georgia
Weils
Norton
Suits Filed in Federal Court Over Kirby Interests
In Houston Texas on February 5 Kirby Lumber Company sues Houston Oil Company and Maryland Trust for 19.36 million dollars plus debts and overpayments amid claims of fraud manipulation and conspiracy in ongoing receivership cases. John Henry Kirby separately seeks 258000 dollars and cancellation of certain endorsements on vendors' notes alleging conspiracy to deprive him of his large interests.
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Houston
Texas
Kirby Lumber Company
Houston O71 Company
Maryland Trust Company
Houston Oil Company
John Henry Kirby
Kirby
Edward's Health Denied as Serious by Official Note
London February 5 official statement denies circulating rumors about King Edward's health. It says Dr Ott of Marienbad visited as a friend not a doctor and that the majesty's health happily continues to be excellent. Carnegie Helps Struggling Church Meriden February 5 Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church receives $1,003 from Andrew Carnegie to fund a new organ after years of fund raising.
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Ott
London
Edward
Marienbad
Carnegie
Washington Post
Meriden
Conn
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Carpenter
Andrew Carnegie
Noted Society Leader Shoots Self in Chicago Area Tragedy
Mrs Lilburn McNair, prominent society figure and wife of millionaire Lilburn McNair, shot herself at home in St Louis while under six months of nervous melancholia. The planned East trip with her husband was canceled by tragedy. She died at 11 20 a m after leaving no message.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
Lilburn Monair
West
Berlin Avenue
McNair
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