Prosecution Shifts Urged In Philadelphia Scandal
In Philadelphia on July 17 a secret counsel report urges Mayor Weaver to press criminal charges despite District Attorney Bell's refusal. The memo, drafted after a New York conference with ex officials, argues the city must prosecute powerful figures and seek magistrate action to expose alleged frauds and corrupt contracts. It calls for mayoral initiative and cooperation with Bell to advance indictments and curb political protection of offenders.
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Phila
Elihu Rost Speci
Weaver
R Root
Johmy Bell
Insurar
Real Republican
MeNichel
Ada
Mel
Gordon
Auerbach
Thiadophia
Phaitphia
Cova
Root urges duty to excure justice against corrupt Republicans
Elihu Root writes Philadelphia officials urging unwavering prosecutions to purge corruption and protect self government amid a power struggle between the district attorney and the mayor. He praises the prosecutor’s courage and wishes success for cleaner city governance. In the controversy, Bell sustains a broken leg in an elevator accident, raising doubt over trial delays. A last legislature allows a special district attorney to conduct criminal proceedings upon judge requests.
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Bell
Root
Philadelphia
Elihu Root
John Weaver
Philadelphia, Pa
Caven
Hil
Elevator Fall Injures City Officials at Land Title Building
Philadelphia July 17 District Attorney John Bell Assistant City Solicitor Harry Kingston and William Born of Collingswood New Jersey were seriously injured when an elevator plunged from the sixth floor to the basement at the Land Title Building. Bell suffered a compound leg fracture Kingston both legs fractured and Born endured body injuries with facial cuts The operator escaped with minor injuries. The cause remains unknown. Bell and Kingston are prominent legal political leaders.
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Bell
Philadelphia
John
Harry T Kingston
William Born
Collingswood
Kingston
Fern
Mr Kingston
Stabbed to Death in Room on Second Street
Detectives probe brutal murder of 47 year old Steven in a rear room of 273 South Fluke street St Louis The post mortem found forty seven stab wounds with twenty in vital areas Investigators suspect a Greek secret society and multiple assailants The envelope addressed to Antanestug Brookfield Mass bears blue pencil notation linked to 717 South Second street Greek suspects numbered over twenty
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Hank St Lows Mo
Steven
NT South Second Street
Hartman
Ag Ciety Williams
Armbruster
Antanestug
South Fluke Street
St. Louis
Brookfield Mass
South Second Street
Italians Undertake Mount Carmel Feast In New York
More than one hundred thousand Italians gathered along 104th to 116th streets in Manhattan for the Our Lady of Mount Carmel feast. Pilgrims came from Boston to Pittsburgh walking barefoot as penance. Altars of wood and tinsel lined the route with wax fingers and body parts offered in prayer. A parade featured barefoot women and children carrying candles. Seven tons of imported candles lit the scene while 300 police kept order among a crowd sleeping in the streets.
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Mount Carmel
New York
Little Italy
Boston
Pittsburgrom
Italy
Watchmaker Murdered on Narberth Road Near Philadelphia
William Cosby traveling watchmaker was found murdered on a Narberth road. His satchel with watches was found empty near the body. bruising and eye injury imply club use. Three men were seen following him before noon when he last left a customer.
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Philadelphia
William Cosby
Narberth
Crosby
Croaby
Exhume for Carlton death mystery sparks exhumation order
In Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Sewell granted District Attorney Clarke's request to exhume Mrs Frederick E Carlton's body buried at Calvary Cemetery after Carlton's March death listed as tetanus. Coroner Flaherty and DA will pursue autopsy and police will question a woman whose letter to Carlton contains key passages. Carlton's first wife Jennie died in June in Washington from the same cause amid rumors of motive and deceit.
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Washington
Carlton
Washington Post
New York
Supreme Court
Justlee Sewell
Clarke
Frederick E Carlton
Calvary Cemetery
Jennie
Washington, DC
Flaherty
Wll
da Latiie
Jay Street
Delatour
Long Island College Hospital
Margaret Mintter
West Street
Misa Marie Brosnam
Wyckoff Street
Miss Brosnam
Brosna
Misa Brosnam
Milas Brosnam
Mystery Woven Through Carlton Case On Brooklyn Street
Police pursue leads from a recovering suspect woman on Merhorn Street as exhumations proceed for two Carlton connections. Officials seek notes on a hand satchel, a costly wardrobe, and a “love code” listing women with initials, amid rumors of arsenic in embalming fluid and unresolved past associations with Carlton.
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Schaub
Carlton
Carl
Carltons
PoAdmirea
Marines
Haton
Panay
Three Brothers Stand Trial for Murder in Georgia
In Valdosta Georgia on July 17 the Superior Court began the murder trial of Milton Jesse, Leonard Rawlings, Alf Moore, and others for the killing of Willie and Carrie Carter. J G Rawlings and Frank Turner face alleged accessory charges. Prosecutors and defense debated jury representativeness as proceedings opened with preliminary sparring and a true bill returned.
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Gul
Georgia
Valdosta Ga
Milton Jesse
Leonard Rawlings
Alf Moore
Willie
Carrie Carter
J G Rawlings
Eo Rawlings
iFer
Frank Turner
John R Cooper
Honan
Barrister Daniel Shepard Dies by His Own Hand in Gananoque
Prominent Gananoque barrister Daniel Shepard, brother of the town mayor, died by suicide at his home today after being charged last week with treating a girl and released on bail for examination. He was found in bed with a bottle of carbolic acid nearby. The report notes his arrest and subsequent death before the examination.
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Daniel Shepard
Gananoque
Ont
Niagara River swim match ends with Glover beating Graham
Carlisle D Graham of Niagara Falls and William J Glover Jr of Baltimore swam the lower Niagara River four miles from Flat Rock to Lewiston in 26 minutes. Glover led, was delayed near Devil's Hole, then finished about a boat length ahead. Graham, exhausted, rested at a Lewiston hotel.
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Carlisle D Graham
William J Glover Jr
Baltimore
Lewiston
Glover
Flat Rock
Webb
Graham
Fist
Troops Move Negroes After Gadsden Jail Attempt
Montgomery dispatch reports a mob threatened five jailed black suspects in a Mrs S J Smith murder case near Gadsden. Federal and state authorities ordered safe transport to Anniston then Birmingham under military escort for trial, as searches target a suspected ringleader Jack Hunter. Sheriff and deputies also handed three defendants to Jefferson County jail for safety.
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Montgomery
Ala
Gadsden
J Smith
Anniston
Birmingham
Third
Alabama Regiment
Jack Hunter
William Chandier
Etowah County
Vance Garner
Bunk Richardson
Will Johnson
Automobile smash at Seventy-ninth Street and Third Avenue
Two young women likely fatally hurt when Frederick E. Marshall’s borrowed car wrecked between an elevated pillar and a street car. The rear half collapsed with Miss Cora Michaelias and Miss Helen Dennshhauser trapped for half an hour. A chauffeur’s male companion was ejected. the chauffeur uninjured. The street car crowd fell, and its conductor was injured and hospitalized.
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New York
Frederick E. Marshall
St Louis
Equitable Stock Sale and Loan Probe Unfolds
From New York report, Thomas Ryan plans to sell his Equitable Life stock back to the society for the amount paid plus 4 percent interest. Newly elected directors were assured of mutualization. Chairman Morton and officials probe a Mercantile Trust loan tied to disputed expenditures and potential improper actions. Jerome will review testimony for possible criminal action. Albany and Albany- area officials seek legislative inquiry into insurance practices.
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Washington Post
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Thomas Ryan
James H Hyde
Ryan Holdings
Equitable Society
Grover Cleveland
Morgan O’brien
George Washinghouse
Morton
Equitable
H C Deming
The
Mercantiles Trust Company
Supt Hendricks
James W Alexander
T B Jordan
Bquitable Society
Mayer
Jerome
Equitable Stock Involved In Witte Doubtful Peace Talks
Index notes a spread of items including legal fights over stock in Equitable and references to Witte’s doubt on peace. Other entries mention department official drownings, a hot day, railroad history litigation, and social happenings. The issue also covers national results, racing entries, and district appointments.
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Carlton
Ryan
Geil Equitable
Witte
Department
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News
Virginia
Maryland
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Randall
Man Attacked by Mob After Boat Incident at Audubon Beach
Samuel Brooks a beach barker rocked a boat to capsize it endangering three young women Carne Bauer Mellie Hatten and Agnes McLaughlin aged about eighteen were aboard and pleaded for help as men in the water joined the disturbance. The boat overturned rescuers pulled the girls to shore while a mob beat Brooks until police intervened and placed him under arrest.
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Samuel Brooks
Audubon Beach
Brooks
Carne Bauer
Mellie Hatten
Agnes McLaughlin
Gir
Photographed Forts Arrest of Dr Franklin Clarke in Jamaica
Dr Franklin Clarke an American was arrested in Kingston for breach of the official secrets service act after photographs of forts protecting Fort Royal and Kingston were found on him. A Harvard graduate and Boston native, Clarke, about twenty six, has lived in Jamaica four months and faced $2000 bail for inquiry.
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Clarke
Fort Royal
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Larke
Franklin
Boston
Sraceng
Clash of Authority in Peonage Case Standoff
In Montgomery Alabama a clash between State and Federal authorities erupts over two African American witnesses in a peonage case against Heath and Adams. Federal Judge Jones received word that witnesses are held by a United States deputy but state authorities demand them on warrants. A special U S posse led by Deputy Marshal Lo J Bryan heads to Chambers County to obtain the witnesses, with Deputy Gibson holding them until arrival.
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Montgomery
Chambers County
Agaist Heath
Adams
Jones
H Gibson
United States
Heath
Lo J Bryan
Bryan
Gibson
Senator Clark Restful After Radical Operation
New York July 27 Senator Willum A Clark rests well after a radical operation. Doctors report steady recovery with restoring strength and sleep. Attending physicians say there is little anxiety about the final result though progress remains cautiously hopeful. Dr Lewis Morr, the Senator's son in law, and Dr VeKernon have kept close watch throughout the day.
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New York
United States
Willum A Clark
Lewis
Morr
A-Law
VeKernon
Alexander Very Ill at Unkaway Sanitarium Near Oaks
James W Alexander former president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society is critically ill at Unkaway Sanitarium near the Oaks. He suffers from a kidney issue and has had a stroke followed by nervous prostration. Secrecy surrounds his condition, with family and Hyde unaware of proximity.
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James W Alexander
Equitable Life Assurance Society
the Oaks
James H
Alexander Sostrich
James H Hyde
Chile
Witte Warns Japan Demands Risk Humiliating Terms
M Witte Russia’s peace envoy in St Petersburg warns that Japan may press for harsh terms that could threaten Russia’s dignity and future. He says internal dissension exists but could fade if the nation believes its land and empire are at stake, and notes Russia would resist any peace that harms its vital interests. The interview frames two Russian camps over ending the war and stresses Russia will not accept terms that undermine national honor.
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M. Witte
Associated Prese
Yelagin Tmach
Associated Press
United States
Witte
Neva
M Witte
Rustan Stresmso
Russia
Therteigh-Gimes
Byers Empesor
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Russa
Ebelong
Huimlathon
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Moscow
Whch
Novos Vremja
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