Bankers Accused of Big Swindle
John S. White, president of the Imperial Trustees Company of Jersey City, and brokers Robert G. Ruxton and Clyde Colt were arrested in New York on indictments for using the mail to defraud. They pleaded not guilty with bail set at 7500 for White and 2500 for Ruxton and Colt. The case involves promises of guaranteed bonds and millions in alleged fraudulent securities tied to the Imperial Trustees Company.
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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
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 booth
Frederick Kimball an insurance agent and former absconder killed himself by inhaling gas in a Mutual Life office telephone booth. Once a teller at People's Savings Bank he stole 43500 bonds and 3000 cash in 1890 and fled with a Boston woman Stella. After seven years in state prison he returned to Worcester seeking a quiet life but despondency is blamed.
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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 for Tammany Ticket
Special to The Washington Post. New York February 5. Charles F Murphy said he supported Jerome’s nomination for political reasons but opposed it personally. He claimed fear of Jerome drove his stance and declined to discuss Mayor McClellan’s alleged opposition.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles F. Murphy
Jerome
Tammany County
Mr. Murphy
Murphy
McClellan
Mr. Jerome
Wife Turns on Husband Who Abandoned Family for Stenographer
James Street former president of Street Steamship Company, earning about 820000 a year, deserted his wife and six children in Englewood New Jersey for Edna Miller a seventeen year old stenographer. He was arrested in Jersey City at the Miller home after his wife sought support and he faced a judge in Englewood. Street’s downfall followed his leaving Barber and Co and rising status, with reports of a five week disappearance and a Catskills liaison.
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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 Fire Destroys Beachfront Buildings
The Hotel Astoria in Asbury Park New Jersey burned today causing about 59000 in damage. Several nearby hotels including the West End and Ocean were saved by bucket brigades while guests fled the burning area and fears grew for a wide part of the city. The blaze started in the Doll Building and forced rapid evacuations as flames spread near the beach.
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N. J
Astoria
Beach
Doil
West End
Ocean Hotel
Faith of Garfield Kept Packers Secrets in Trial
Chicago Feb. hearing on immunity pleas of the Packers reveals Moody denying indictments based on Commerce and Labor information. McFarlane resumes testimony on Garfield papers while Packers press Roosevelt letter authenticity and cross examination centers on book records and profits.
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Chicago
Moody
Department of Commerce and Labor
Garfield
Department of Justice
Bureau of Corporations
Grand
Morrison
Packers
Edward
Ira Morris
Mr. Morris
Court proceedings on Oppenheimer case end with ruling
In a heated session the judge struck questions about the Oppenheimer company from the record after district attorney Morrison and defense counsel clashed over the credibility of ledger entries and alleged illegitimate business practices tied to sausage casings and dividends. The adjournment left McFarlane still on the stand.
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Garfeld
Oppenheimer Company
Morrison
Hynes
Moody
Oppenheimer
Humphrey
Murdered Bride Elect Ends Bitter Quarrel in Dayton
In Dayton Ohio Mrs Eva Kennedy was shot and killed after she asked to postpone their wedding set for Wednesday. Roy Mendenhall wounded himself with two gunshots and is hospitalized. The couple had been engaged for some time and quarrels were common.
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Dayton
Ohio
Eva Kennedy
Roy Mengenhall
Mendenhall
Prior Forgeries Grow In Canton Water Works Bonds
City Auditor Ashbrook reports forgeries in Canton water works extension bonds amounting to $500,000 by the late L W Prior of Cleveland, with five series issued and coupons detached to mimic payment through Kountze Bros New York. Total forgeries now reach at least $1,200,000. The Muller Sale To-day features a 1442 Belmont residence collection of household effects auctioned by Slown Co for Belva A. Lockwood. Menes February Furniture Sale offers low prices on furniture for every room.
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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 Countess Boni de Castellane divorce plea
Paris February report says Countess Boni de Castellane seeks divorce. Judge Ditte failed to conciliate and the suit will proceed. Custody undecided. children under age stay with mother. Paris society expects a duel as Count Boni may challenge Duc d Uzes. various gossip fuels scandal. Duchess d Uzes, beauty Marie Therese d Albert de Luynes, is linked to the case. Mrs. Howard Gould boards Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to Europe, possibly related to the quarrel.
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Anna
D’uzes
Howard Gould
Europe
Paris
Boni de Castellane
Rona Gould
Henry Ditte
Court of First Instance
Ditte
Countess de Castellane
Count Boni
Duc d'Uzes
France
Gould
Count Bonk
Armand de Gontaut Biron
Abduction tale mystery grips New York in wild claim
A sensational account links a British lord’s daughter raised in the East with a supposed kidnapping near Yokohama by a prominent New Yorker and confinement in a New York asylum. Inspector McLaughlin calls it a fake, saying no detectives are on the case. Wakefield denies involvement, while local notices touch on travel tours and an auction of Persian carpets.
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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 report states Mrs Douglass, widow of William Douglass bookkeeper, died after declaring she shot herself in the abdomen during neuralgia. The Walnut Hill family case ends with the assertion the wound was self-inflicted for personal safety amid his absence from the room.
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Douglass
Cincinnati
Ohio
Walnut Hill
William Douglass
W. J. Odell Commission Company
Fairfax Avenue
Prosecution in Refrigerator Case Ends After Testimony
Milwaukee, Feb 5 The government rested after cross examining Emanuel Phillipp president of Union Refrigerator Transit Co He testified receipts from Sept 1 1903 to Dec 1 1905 totaled 817927 and that Frederick Pabst Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Co president said he was satisfied The defense is expected to present its case later in the week.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Emanuel Phillipp
Union Refrigerator Transit Company
Pabst Brewing Company
Phillipp
Frederick Pabst
Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Company
Pabst
Heirship Union Sparks Royal Engagement News
Lomion Feb 5 The engagement of Marquis of Graham eldest son of the Duke of Montrose to Lady Mary Hamilton heiress to the Hamilton Brandon titles and Arran island is duotone news across papers. The couple unites two historic houses amid Scottish enthusiasm. The Marquis, a yachtsman, ran as a Liberal candidate for Stirlingshire and was defeated.
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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 Leaps Into Well After Sermon
Valdosta Georgia February 5 Reverend J G Norton leading Baptist minister dies by self inflicting fall into a disused well near his home after sermon on life's uncertainty He tied a 180 pound iron weight around his neck His body found by his son after a search and a chance glance into the well authorities suspect sudden aberration and affliction contributed to the act
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Washington Post
Valdosta
J. G. Norton
Georgia
Weils
Norton
Suits Filed Over Kirby Lumber and Houston Oil Firms
In Houston Texas on February 5 federal court suits were entered by the Kirby Lumber Company against the Houston Oil Company and the Maryland Trust Company seeking 19 359 828 in damages plus alleged debts and overpayments. The filings allege fraud manipulation and conspiracy in the ongoing receivership disputes over the Kirby Lumber and Houston Oil interests. John Henry Kirby also sues for 258 000 in debts and forCancellation of endorsements on vendor s bills. The claims describe a conspiracy to deprive Kirby of his interests without compensation.
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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 clarified by royal statement
London February five official note denies rumors about King Edward health stating Dr Ott visited as an acquaintance not a physician and that his majesty remains in excellent health. Meriden notes Carnegie donation funds organ for Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church totaling one thousand and three dollars confirmed by Carnegie signature. Californian service offers excursion sleepers via Southern and Southern Pacific at eight fifty with agent Poston.
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Ott
London
Edward
Marienbad
Carnegie
Washington Post
Meriden
Conn
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Carpenter
Andrew Carnegie
Tragic West Society Leader Takes Own Life in St Louis
Mrs Lilburn McNair a prominent society leader and golf figure in the West shot herself at home on Berlin avenue St Louis after six months of nervous melancholia. Her husband Lilburn McNair a millionaire real estate executive planned a trip East for her health but she died at 11 20 am without regaining consciousness after discovering the old revolver in her room. She had shown no hint of intent and left no note.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
Lilburn Monair
West
Berlin Avenue
McNair
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