Brooklyn Lawyer Marrin Behind Get Rich Quick Storey Scheme
Special to The Washington Post New York March 23 It now appears that the Storey Cotton Company at 11 Broadway, which failed a week ago, had Frank C Marrin as moving spirit. Marrin, a Brooklyn lawyer, left Brooklyn in 1893 after a widow alleged he mishandled $70,000 entrusted to him. He later ran a string of ventures, including Provident Investment Bureau, and is linked to multiple failed schemes and disguises. He fled across the country, lived in Chicago and Philadelphia, and was described as a jurist and adventurer who used several aliases. The piece traces his career from Western Union to stock tipping, mortgage swindles, and rapid rises and falls, ending with his rumored presence in Europe.
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Washington Post
New York
Storey Cotton Company
A& Get Rich
Broadway
Frank C Marrin
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
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Bowling Green
Storey Company
F E Storey
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Coney Island
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Marrin
Provident Investment Bureau
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Robert G Ingersoll
Garfield
Tenth Ward
Chicago
Barry
Europe
Colombia
Panama
Frank Stone
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Investors Protective Association
Frank B&, Stone
Securities Savings Society
Sophia Beck
San Francisco
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Franklin Stone
Frank E., Story
F Ewart Storey
Cotton
Storey & Co
Frank E. Stone
Francis Stone
Franklin KE Story
Howart Storey
Arthur & Foster
Arthur & Foster & Co
Provident
Frank Marrin
Howe
Dunne
Edward Dunne
W R Bennett
Woolridge
Securities Savings Saciety
Post-office
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Russel B. Harrison
St John Hoyt
Pittsburg
Hoyt
Post Office Department
Harrison
Roosevelt
Post-office Department
White House
Hengelmaler
Diplomatic Corps
Senor Azpiroz
Mexico
Washington
Senor
Don Matias Romero
Julan Pauncefote
Lord Pauncefote
Preston
Senor Romer
Senor Romero
State Department
Hundreds Lose Savings in Storey Cotton Company Scheme
Boston reports hundreds in New England lost savings as the Storey Cotton Company collapses. Miss Marion Duffrey ran the Boston office handling circulars and investor funds, with losses blamed on the scheme. Inspector Snow notes possible links to Provident Investment Bureau and warns of widespread farmer losses across Vermont and New Hampshire. Frank Marrin, sought in Philadelphia, is linked to prior Chicago swindles, while Indianapolis officials say the Post Office Department faced a warning about the company.
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Provident Company
Marrin
Europe
Brooklyn
New England
Boston
Snow
Storey Cotton Company
Miss Marion Duffiey
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Provident Investment Bureau
Accused the Judge Vigorous Fight for Delay
Montreal magistrate charged with under contract claims against extradition judge La Fontaine as defense seeks change of venue. United States officials and Canadian ministers clash over extradition procedures while proceedings continue before Chief Justice La Coste. Adjoining reports note Ohio murder electrocuted and ads from Sunday Post.
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Montreal
Fugures
United States
Position Critical as Russian Army May Retreat in Manchuria
Central dispatches warn Russia could abandon Sungari defenses and Harbin if Chunchiatsu line cannot be held, risking Vladivostok isolation. Censor reports and military analysts urge immediate war materiel for two years, with 200000 reinforcements needed to secure a stand, while Japanese flanks press toward Sungari and rail lines. Additional notes mention rail traffic schedules and a local beer advertisement.
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Harbin
Manchurian
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Linovitch
Associated Press
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Nicholas
Hius
Manchuria
Russia
Pacific
Japan
Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaivitch
Far East
Anny
Lanevitch
Lake Baikal
Oyama
War Office
Gunshu Pass
Santoupy
Sungari River
Chantchiatsu
Siberia
Siberian
Ringrite
Br Ey
Dee
Reports On Mukden and Changtu March Mob Events
Military dispatches recount a March 10 clash in Mukden where Chinese bandits and some Japanese soldiers blocked streets as Russians were trapped. An offensive near Changtu on March 21 describes a retreating enemy cavalry along the railway line with the Russian medical staff unharmed after evacuation.
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Harbin
Mukden
Oyama
Linovitch
Tokyo
Imperial Army Headquarters
Changtu
Hts
Reporting uncertain sightings of Rojestvensky ships
London reports no solid confirmation of the Russian second Pacific squadron’s movements. Vague port sights from Port Louis Mauritius and Colombo could not establish details or timing. A Madagascar dispatch noted departure from Ness Be Island and a Crete led third division toward Port Said, with no arrival news yet.
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London
Port Louis
Mauritius
Colombo
Ceylon
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Pacffc
Ness Be
Rojestvensky’s
Rojest
Whiteman Acquitted In Buffalo Grand Larceny Case
Alonzo J. Whiteman of Dansville New York and ex Minnesota legislator was acquitted of grand larceny in a Fidelity Trust Company fraud case involving a 49000 draft. Jury deliberated about thirty hours. He was remanded for forgery indictment, then jailed awaiting bail. He had been extradited from St Louis and briefly at large after revealing a travel slip in Dunkirk.
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Washington Post
Buffalo
Alonzo J. Whiteman
Dansville
Minnesota
Fidelity Trust Company
Coateworth
Whiteman
St. Louis
Dunkirk
Mexico
Stricken in Wife's Tomb
Jonathan Reed a retired Brooklyn businessman was found unconscious and dying on the floor of his wife's granite tomb in the Evergreens cemetery He had suffered a stroke while spending his days there in an imagined conversation with the dead He had lived in the tomb for over seven years and sought permission to place a cot there but was refused before the incident occurred
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Brooklyn
New York
Jonathan Reed
Evergreens
Waa
Reed
Buffalo Bill Cody Loses Wyoming Divorce Suit
Col William F Cody known as Buffalo Bill lost his divorce bid from Louisa Cody as Judge R H Scott ruled that allegations of poisoning and cruelty were not proven. The decision cited Mrs Cody as a devoted wife and mother who aided her husband amid his intoxication. The case moves toward a possible appeal.
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Cody
Chicago
Fort McPherson
Mrs. Coady
Scott
H. Ridgeley
Col. Cody
Supreme Court of Wyoming
Peace Step Near End to Russo Japanese War Talks
Reports from St Petersburg and London claim pacific proposals to end the Russo Japanese conflict are near. European powers’ jealousies hindered earlier talks, but London Berlin and Paris interests may push peace to a rapid conclusion. Special cables note rumors of Roosevelt mediation and shifts in official sentiment.
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Russia
8&T
London
Berlin
Paris
Fyre
Mislaid Her Baby In Transit Mystery Returns Home
Hillsdale Til March 28 A six weeks old babe of Mrs RK Merryman was carried 200 miles by rail before the mother realized the child was missing She forgot the infant during a visit and rushed home thinking the child slept In time she learned the baby was on a train in Iowa and was returned to her in the care of railroad workers with the child still sleeping on board.
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Idwa
Gessler Rosseau On Trial in New York Case
Gessler Rosseau stood trial before Recorder Goff and a jury in New York on March 24 charged with sending an infernal machine to the steamship Umbria on May 3, 183. The indictment accuses labeling the explosive and sending it to a structure with intent to destroy it and endanger lives. Rosseau was arrested in Philadelphia January 14 after attempting to wreck the statue of Frederick the Great at Washington. Trial to continue tomorrow.
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Maren
Gess'er Rosseau
Goff
Mves Rosseau
Philadelphia
Frederick the Great
Washington
Two freshmen mortally wounded in campus brawl at Mines
Golden Colorado March 23 two freshmen Harry F E Clapp of Denver and Arthur J Weinig of Durango were injured in a class battle between freshmen and sophomores at the State School of Mines. Clapp is unconscious from a brain concussion and may die while Weinig remains internally injured and in critical condition after a flag fight that started early morning and lasted over an hour.
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Colo
Harry FE Clapp
Denver
Arthur J Weinig
Durango
State School of Mines
Clapp
Weinig
Newfoundland Retaliates Over U S Fishing Vessels
St Johns March 2 Newfoundland orders customs collectors to refuse licenses to American fishing vessels to procure bait in colonial waters. Government plans legislation at next week’s session to enforce the ball act against Americans as stringently as against the French, after the Senate killed the Bond Haw treaty. Advocates of retaliation say they can cripple Gloucester as they have St Ijerre.
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St Johns
Newfoundland
Gloucester
St. Jerre
Man Killed by Electrified Door Knob During Storm
St Louis report: John McGovern, an engineer at the insane asylum, was instantly killed when an electrified door knob shocked him as he tried to open a door after a storm knocked a charged wire across the knob. Also noted are local auction and transit items and brief ads.
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St Louis
John McGovern
Insane Asylum
Ina Hole
Coroner orders arrest in Allen Street tenement fire
New York reports a coroner verdict finding gross negligence by Mrs Celia Lerner lessee of the Allen Street house, censuring the tenement house commission for lax inspections after a deadly fire killed about twenty. The trap door to the roof was locked, impeding escapes. cause of the blaze remains undetermined. A railway ad and local notices follow, with various unrelated lines.
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Tenement House Commission
Celia, Lerner
Allen Street
Leiner
Philadelphia Promoter Disappears
A Philadelphia promoter vanishes under unclear circumstances prompting a search and questions about his recent activities and financial dealings. Local authorities coordinate with colleagues to trace his whereabouts as rumors circulate about potential foul play.
Mexican Ambassador Azpiroz Near Death in Washington
The Mexican ambassador Don Manuel de Azpiroz languishes at the embassy in Washington with Dr Franz A Jung attending. He collapsed during the 1900 inaugural ceremonies and has since weakened rapidly at nearly seventy, amid a long diplomatic history including a feud with Austria over Maximilian and a push to elevate Mexico’s legation to an embassy.
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Franz A . Jung
Capitol
Kent McKinley
Mexico
Ladislaus Hengelmuller von Hengerver
Real estate broker Drunken laudanum mystery at Kellogg Building
Alexander M Gorman, prominent real estate and insurance broker, lies in critical condition from laudanum poisoning at Emergency Hospital after being found unconscious in the Kellogg Building. A nameless man summoned a janitor confirms the overdose and vanishes. Police seek details as Mrs Gorman stays by his side.
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Hula
Gorman
Bond
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F Martin
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Nolice
Corman
Miss Craig Sues Dermatologist Over Nose Damage
Miss Emily E Craig, a lecturer, sues a New York dermatologist for 2000 damages claiming a March 1902 treatment worsened the nose from a slight tilt into a swollen discolored feature. She cites a ruined engagement and irreparable vein damage. the defendant denies responsibility and the complaint was dismissed.
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Washington Post
New York
Beef Trust Inquiry Hears Out-Of-Town Witnesses
Chicago dispatch reports that twelve witnesses from packing firms and meat dealers testified before a special grand jury probing the beef trust. District Attorney Morrison pressed for price evidence paid by retailers and cattle raisers while censorship kept jury proceedings private. Notable witnesses included R C Rowe of Armour & Co Omaha W Kelly of Cedar Rapids and Robert Hail of the Kansas City Sun.
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Beef Trust
Cay Morrison
R C Rowe
Armour & Co
Omaha
Kelly
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Robert Hail
Kansas City
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