Detective Tyser the Minstrel Sleuth of City Watch
William Tyser of the local detective force is a multi talent officer known for singing composing two coon dialect songs and a sentimental ballad under NY publisher consideration. He blends hobbyist performance with sharp interrogation skill, being praised as one of the cleverest talkers to win prisoner confessions while maintaining grave detective focus.
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Wiliam Tyser
Boardman
Tyser
Coon
New York
Tyzer
Johnson
Wirth
First
Baltimore and Ohio
Central Office
Ned” Weeden
Tyger
Tom Fields
Will Brown
James A Watson
Jim Henson
Ruany
Firearms Regulation Upheld By Court Of Appeals
The Court of Appeals reverses the Police Court ruling in the District of Columbia v Percy T Lewis. Chief Justice Shepard holds the city regulation valid, though Lewis, a police officer, fired without a permit while off duty in public streets. The decision affirms legality of the District’s gun regulations and deems the earlier quashal improper.
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Court of Appeals
Justice Shepard
District Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Percy T.lewis
Lewis
Police Trial Board
Maj. Sylvester
Kimball
Flour Inspectors Ordered to Enforce Fees Across District
Commissioners resolve to enforce flour inspection fees, directing the inspector to proceed with general inspections of all flour entering the District. Dealers contest the fees as a hardship and vow to refuse payment, with court action likely for fee collection as early as next Monday.
Detective Tyser Mystery Reading Minds and Magic
The article profiles detective Tyser famed for psycho tricks such as reading sealed envelopes and recounting absent actions with uncanny accuracy. It notes his sensational claims, dramatic background, vocal talent, and key cases while hinting colleagues doubtfully guard his methods as “a little trick of magic.”
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Tyser
May Sylvester
Roc
Night Ends at Midnight Debate Divides District Building
A question over the meaning of night in a La Tosca license sparked a furious dispute at the District Building. Corporation Counsel Thomas cited an Indiana judge’s ruling that night ends at midnight, while many officials pressed dictionaries and laws, leaving Tuesday night versus Wednesday night unsettled as workers debated the true end of the night.
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Thomas
Indiana
A. Peters
la Tosca
Hopewell H. Darneille
Mellifluous Cliffbourne Pleased By Street Renaming
R L O'Brien writes to Commissioners praising the renaming of Northwest subdivision streets outside Florida avenue highlighting Cliffbourne place spelling. Auction notice for new rugs sale Thursday at 10 a m by Wilson & Mayes at 1227 Gst A Cracker Need In Best Supplied By Ordering Havenser's Creat Biacatts praises crackers. Prices listed for groceries and Rosenfelds ice cream ads. Sunday-school Institute at Epiphany Church. Plant sale and decorating services noted. Wedding florals by Gude and Secorations info.
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Cliffbourne
R. L. O'Brien
Florida Avenue
Cliffbourne Place
New Nage
Wilson & Mayeys
Havenser
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