Reckoning of Northampton Bank Robbery Heroism and Escape
The May 5 account recalls the Worthampton Northampton National Bank heist of 1876. It details cashier Whittlesey's coerced disclosure of the vault combination, the role of Edson, Leary and the gang, and the dramatic concealment of securities in a coffin in Greenwood Cemetery. It notes Edwards recovery efforts, later extraditions, the “gentlemen’s agreement” to spare conviction, and the impact on bank security including a time lock system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
Greenwood Cemetery
Worthampton
Oscar Edwards
New Eigland
Worthampton National Bank
Hed
Edwards
Red
Whittlesey
Tred’ Leary
William Edson
Mr. Edwards
Edson
Asita
Hmit
Me Ao
Scott
Dunlap
Leary
New York
Broadway
Sing Sing
Ludlow Street
Red Hate
Europe
Park Avenue Hotel
Red Kate
Greenwood
Learys
Red” Leary
William Connors
Red’ Leary
Jimmy Hope
Hig
Manhattan Bank
Shang Draper
Release From Asylum Sought in Bartlett Case
Court directs habeas corpus hearing for Clementine Bartlett, formerly a United States Senate employee, to produce her from Government Hospital for the Insane. Writ issued after petition by W H Hart claims she was confined April 2 without due process. One hundred free trips offer in Jamestown Contest. visit Exposition Department Pest Building for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Bartlett
Senate
Justice Barnard
Government Hospital For
Clementine Bartlett
United States Senate
W H.H. Hart
Exposition Department
Pest
Leavenworth
Kana
United States
Washington Chamber to Nominate Officers Tonight in Arlington
The Washington Chamber of Commerce will hold its initial meeting at the Arlington Hotel tonight to nominate officers for president and vice presidents. Names from two prominent local groups circulate, with Harper and Chester as presidential contenders and Bell and Oyster tipped for vice presidents. Also named are candidates for secretary and treasurer, while women’s candidacy is avoided and next voting occurs next Monday if nominations are complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Arlington Hotel
Charles J Bell
Jobbers and Shippers’ Association
James F .Oyster
Business Men's Association
Robert N. Harper
R. A. Chester
B. P. Andrews
Louis P. Shoemaker
Bec Gramm
National Electric Supply Company
A Lisner
Palais Royal
Public call to obey whisky labeling law and educate drinkers
John Wedderburn cites The Post on liquor dealers in Baltimore and Boston urging the President to accept the labeling law. He defends Congress and the Attorney General, argues the reform benefits the public, and explains terms like compound and blend. He notes price differences and claims most bottles were sold under deceptive labels before the pure food law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Boston
John Wedderburn
Congress
Promotion Talk Ties Captain Brian to Deputy Public Printer Role
Reported circulation in Government Printing Office about Capt Henry T Brian chief clerk potentially becoming deputy public printer as part of Stirling administration reorganization. Officials neither confirm nor deny. decision expected in coming weeks with Brian described as logical candidate after 25 years in the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Printing Office
Henry T Brian
Lne
St Ig Public Printer
Stirlings
Brian
Thea
Indian Lands for Settlers Open Blackfeet Reservation
Commissioner Ballinger announces the opening of 1 500 000 acres in the Blackfeet Indian reservation for settlement in Northwestern Montana. Surveying will begin this summer by the Geological Survey enabling 6 000 miles of public land lines and possibly fifty or more expeditionary surveyors. Lands will be classified as agricultural first and second class, grazing, timber, and mining lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackfeet Reservation
Ballinger
General Land Office
Blackfeet
Montana
Helanda
Fishers flock to Potomac as spring angling blooms
Many fishermen crowded the Potomac and Cabin John area as good weather aids a busy Sunday. Anglers reported strong catches of white perch with occasional yellow perch and catfish, using crabs, minnows, and worms. Boat and bank fishing produced steady results, with live bait proving helpful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Washington
Cabin John Road
Parcels Post Convention Sets Dutch Pound Rate
United States and Netherlands sign a parcels post convention allowing exchanges for parcels up to 2 kilograms and 4 pounds 6 ounces. The rate is set at 12 cents per pound in the United States. The article also contains an unrelated medical advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming skin and kidney benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Netherlands
Post-office Department
Pensions Advice from a Civil War Era Column
A pension column answers readers on widow and dependent pensions, eligibility under general law and acts from 1890 to 1907, and how dates of marriage and death affect claims. It covers cases from Richerdeville Virginia to Leavenworth Kansas, with guidance on board exams and agency processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Nancy T A
Pension Bureau
Darton
Ohio
Nixty
Daniel T H
Commissioner ‘of Pensions
Scranton
Samuel
Altoona Pa
Baltimors, 3d
Secretary of the Interior
Hove
Mexico
Wall Street Hope Contrasts With Pessimists On Market
Special to The Washington Post from New York on May, a rising market sparks optimism in business and finance. The ease in money rates lifts stock prices, while foreign and domestic finance show gains. Yet political and crop worries temper sentiment as analysts note adverse factors and potential future shocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Prat
New York
May
Wall Street
Nho
Eingland
Germany
London
Berlin
Paris
Bank of England
Joans Ia
United States
West
Financial
Atocke
Faust
Great Lakes Navigation Opens Amid Strong Traffic Forecasts
Great Lakes navigation begins the 1907 season with heavy traffic and record potential. Freight demand across lakes Superior ports, Sault Ste. Marie, and Cleveland signals a busy year, with predicted ore, coal, grain, and timber movements exceeding prior records by up to 2 percent. Shipyards remain busy with new vessel orders despite added tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, May
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Cleveland
Ohio
May & —Navigation
Holmes Plea Not Guilty After Paper Error
A past article misstated that H Eduind Holmes Jr former assistant statistician in the Department of Agriculture pleaded guilty to misconduct and conspiracy to defraud the government in cotton cases. The record shows Holmes pleaded not guilty and the error related to upcoming trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heduind Holmes, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Holmes
Stabbing During Patterson Street Fight Leaves Man Injured
Joseph Hamell was stabbed twice during an altercation with two unidentified colored men on Patterson Street Northwest yesterday noon. He received care at Sibiev Hospital and was sent home. The suspects fled. one was tracked in an alley between Second and Third, K and EL streets Northeast before the trail was lost. Police ordered to watch for the two suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ashton
Sixth Precinct
John
Ehlers
Land of
Nod
Baltimore and Ohio
Wilmington
Del
Pittsburg
Earl Patterson
East Thirteenth Street
George Connor
George Conner
McConnell's Court
Gome ‘Long
Joseph Hamell
Patterson Street
Hamell
Sibiev Hospital
Hotels and Notables Reach Across Cities in Roaring Attendance
A scan of hotel registers lists numerous names across Baltimore Chicago New York Philadelphia and other cities. Guests include Henry Sonneborn Raleigh Johnson J H Maught and many more from Metropolitan St James and Shoreham hotels with frequenters from Raleigh New Haven Hartford and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
L M le
Henry H Sonneborn
Raleigh
J & Johnson
J H Maught
R Hot
St James
Correa Runsall_ Spencer
Arlington
Thomas H Gibbs
F Creson
C Gilett
G H Welles
New Willard
Hiladelphia
M Kaufman
John T Bennett
Mary C Sannatt
Anna V
Sennatt
Metropolitan
Leser
R Stahl
Horn
Salifornia
George W Wittmear
Sylvester
San Francisco
Pascoe
Los Angeles
National
Arlitt
Ariitt
Oakland
J D Johnson
Mov Johreon
Arthur P Hagner
James Spries
Katherina
South Norwalk
Lockwood
Stamford
Willieon
Hayne
New Haven
Shoreham
Irving H Chase Mies
Chase
Lucia H Chase Watebury
Indiana
Meyers
Goodridge Haverhill
James Dan
Cole and
Wits
Springfeld Riggs
Dmory Halman
Auburn
G R Hills
Rallind Ebbitt
Butler Rallaod
R Batchelder
Worcester
Minnesota
Wesbrook
Minneapolis
Engdon
Duluth
Robert Noves
Hannaford de
St Paul
Maxwell Schenétady
Brigham Rochester
James
Bartlett
Syracuse
Shoreham Wheelock Rider
L W Lose
Rochester Alzas
North Carolina
Merking Elizath City
Ohio
Walte Clveland
Symund Klein
L Kieth
Nshby
Dowling
Pace Seranton
Me’ropol’ton
Charles L Beuer
Bradford
P J Gabrill
Scranton
A & Miller
Lebanon
Sir
Rhode Island
W H Teber
O C Crumley
J J Helmer
G C Andews
Jo 'Niles
Providence
Gardner Thwarts
New
Willard Tennysyse
W H
Spear and
Rogersville
Warren L. Roke
Ciatie Noogs
Ebbitt
Virginia
PHO
Ask U
Lowley
Thasen Herndon
Nowik
CM Horkins
Meneses
Holynan
Danville National
West Virginia
Chores
Wright Bessig Wright
Charleston
Metroalitan
Oakley Parkershore
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Licht
Duns
R. G. Cox & Co
Allo
Joweley and Clocks
United Statens
Ate
C. J. Be
J. F. Oyster
Pickaninny
Mother
Wedderburn
G. P
Indian Lands
Settlers
Upper Potomac
Parcels Post Convention
Hood
C. #. Jones
Poldiurs
Sailomana
Zera
Washyllle
Tenn T
George Thh
Swift & Company
Wall Street Hopeful
Anwinne Wmndtan
Asec
Daniel F
Fenancial
International
Barking Corporation
Trust Department
Washington Loan and Trust Company
John Joy Edson
HOS
Washington Safe Deposit Building
Pa Ave
Franklin Savings Bank
Geo Chenning
Penna
Randolph
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
A.O. Brown & Co. Bankers and Brokers
Broad St. & Waldorf-Astoria
Munsey
Charas G. Gatas & Co
Herbert L. Jones
Principal Exchanges
E.R. Chapman & CO
W. Y., Stock Exchange
G. B. Chipman
Washington Stock Exchange
N.W. Cor
Office of Financial Institution
F. H. Smith Co
E Q Smith
L D Latimer
F Nessit
N. Y. Ave
District of Columbia
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
Wapner
Etreet
Napiron
Hapoleon
Arthur Cowsill
Colorado Building
4Th
Sts
Walter A. Brown
14Th Street
Royal Exchange Assurance Co
Annetts
Ralph W. Lee
G St
Co-operative Building Association
Equitable Building
F Street N. W
Frank Preebside
Exchange
American ExpressCo
the Traders National Bank
Washington Nevada Inn Company
Orizaba Syndicate
Plumas Hobawk
Andy Hampel Brokerage Co
Reno
Nev
Washington-Nevada Investment Co
Fredonia Motel
Chesley & Spence
Colorado
G.S. Langdon Commission Broker
R. M. Weaver
Diamond St
Griswell
Detroit
Public Stock and Grain Co
South Fourth Street
Philadelphia
Washington Branch
F St. N
E . Simpson
J. H. Crane & CO
F St. N. W
E. W. Potts &60
F Street Northwest
Francis R. Dooley & Co
LeDroit
Frank Kane & GO
RM Miner & Co
Euterest
Rh Marsam
Lewis & CO
Margla
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