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Brooklyn Standard Union
1 May 1907
SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS FOR THE LATE PATRICK SHANAHAN
The funeral of the late Patrick SHANAHAN, who died on Monday at his
home in Prospect Place, was held this morning. a solemn requiem mass
was celebrated at St. Augustine's R.C. Church, at Sixth avenue and
Sterling Place. The edifice was crowded with a large number of
well-known Brooklynites, friends of the family and of ex-Assemblyman
William SEWARD and John B. SHANAHAN, sons of the deceased, who are
well-known in Democratic affairs. Within the chancel rail were a
number of well-known priests who came from various sections of the city
to attend the mass. The Rev. Father Edward W. McCARTY, pastor of the
church, acted as celebrant. Interment followed at Holy Cross Cemetery.
NEIGHBORS' FEUD ENDS IN MURDER AND SUICIDE
Mrs. Mary KRIELE was shot and killed yesterday afternoon in the yard of
her home in Corona by her next door neighbor, Louis ROEDNER, who then
turned the weapon upon himself and inflicted a wound from which he died
a few minutes later. The double tragedy was the culmination of years
of squabbling and bickering.
Mrs. KRIELE and ROEDNER had lived in adjoining houses for many years.
The woman was in her sixty-second year and the man who killed her was
seventy-one years old. Their yards were separated by a picket fence
three feet high. Neighbors say that yesterday ROEDNER and his neighbor
were at work in their respective gardens and kept up a running quarrel,
but no one paid very much attention to them for their long standing
quarrel was known to all. There was no eye witness so far as known, to
the shooting. One bullet entered the brain and the other penetrated
the breast. She died instantly. ROEDNER died on the way to St. John's
Hospital.
BURKE - Monday, April 29, Thomas, beloved husband of Catherine BURKE,
at his late residence, 212 Norwood ave., Brooklyn. Funeral Thursday,
May 2d, at 9:30 A.M.; thence for requiem mass to St. Malachy's Church,
Van Siclen ave. and Atlantic. Interment St. John's Cemetery, Middle
Village.
BUTLER- Suddenly on April 30th, 1907, Mary, widow of William and mother
of Edward S., in her sixty-second year. Relatives and friends are
respectfully requested to attend the funeral services from her late
residence, 23 Devon st., on Friday, May 3d, at 3 P.M. [Boston papers
please copy]
COLLINS - On Monday, April 29, 1907, Charles COLLINS, husband of Ella
A.LARKIN. Funeral from his late residence, 605 Vanderbilt ave., on
Thursday, May 2, at 9:30 A.M.; thence to St. Joseph's Church, where a
requiem mass will be offered for the repose of his soul. Relatives and
friends are invited to attend.
KEENAN - On Monday, April 29, 1907, Ellen, the beloved wife of the late
P.J. KEENAN. Relatives and friends are respectfully requested to
attend her funeral from her late residence, 92 Waverly ave., on Friday,
May 3, 1907, at 9:30 A.M.; thence to the Church of the Sacred Heart,
where a solemn requiem mass will be offered for the happy repose of her
soul.
LIPPITT - Col. Augustus LIPPITT died April 30, 1907, after a short
illness at his late residence, 373 Fourth st. Funeral services
Thursday at 7:30 P.M. Funeral Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment
at Cypress Hills Cemetery. Funeral private.
SPELLMAN - On Wednesday, May 1, 1907, Mary SPELLMAN, wife of the late
John SPELLMAN. Funeral from her late residence, 394 Henry st.,
Saturday, May 4, at 9:30 A.M.; thence to St. Peter's Church, Hicks and
Warren sts.
THRUSBY - On Monday, April 29th, Helen M. THURSBY, widow of the late
Rodney THRUSBY and daughter of the late Martin KALBFLEISCH, in her 72d
year. Funeral private.
IN MEMORIAM
BADER - Louis, beloved husband of Wilhelmina KREUTZER and beloved
father of John L. and August, passed from this life May 2d, 1906, in
the 52d year of his life. He was a life-long resident of Brooklyn and
lived for 20 years at 497 Liberty ave.
FRANCESKA RUSS
The death of Franceska RUSS, widow of Joseph RUSS, removes an old-time
resident of the East New York section. She had resided since the Civil
War at 473 Glenmore avenue, where the associations were so hallowed
with memories of the past during the lifetime of her devoted husband
and the childhood of her family, that only in her late illness could
she be induced to leave the scene and make her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Julius MILLER, in Manhattan, where she died Sunday, in her
seventy-ninth year, and from which she was buried yesterday afternoon.
She attended St. Michael's German Church, now in charge of the
Capuchin Fathers, who administered to her in her enfeebled age. The
services at the house and grave were conducted by the Rev. Father
McGOVERN, of Valley Stream, a friend of the family, who have a
reverential regard for everything connected with St. Mary's Church in
Valley Stream, the ground for which was donated by a sister of Mrs.
RUSS. Three children survive her: Joseph F. RUSS, Mrs. Julius F.
MILLER and August A. RUSS. The interment was a Holy Cross Cemetery.
Thomas BURKE, age 63 years, born in Ireland and for thirty years a
resident of East New York, died on Monday at his home, 212 Norwood
avenue, after a short illness. He is survived by a widow and three
sons. He was a member of St. Malachy's Roman Catholic Church,
Atlantic and Van Siclen avenues, where a solemn requiem mass will be
celebrated tomorrow morning. Interment at St. John's Cemetery, Middle
Village. Undertaker James J.FARRELL, of Atlantic and Miller avenues,
has charge of the funeral arrangements.
Mary SPELLMAN, widow of John SPELLMAN, died this morning at her home,
394 Henry street. The funeral services will be held Saturday morning
at St. Peter's Chruch, Hicks and Warren streets. Undertaker John
F.FAGAN, of 161 Columbia street, has charge of the arrangements.
ELIZABETH CUMMINGS
A mass of solemn requiem will be celebrated in the Church of the
Guardian Angel, Ocean Parkway, Friday morning, the Rev. J.J. CULLAN
officiating, over the remains of Elizabeth CUMMINGS, who died at her
home, Neptune avenue and West Fifth street, yesterday afternoon after a
brief illness. Heart failure was the cause of death. She was born
thirty-two years ago in Gravesend and was the daughter of Bernard
DOYLE, ex-Commissioner of Common Lands in the old town of Gravesend.
The interment will be made at Greenwood Cemetery, under the direction
of Undertaker William VAN CLEEF, of Neck Road. Mrs. CUMMINGS is
survived by her husband, Henry M. CUMMINGS, a well-known lawyer, and
one daughter.
John O'DONNELL died at his home, 118 North Eighth street, yesterday, of
pneumonia, after a short illness. He was born in the Parish of Capogh,
thirty-two years ago, and came to Brooklyn fifteen years ago. He was
employed with The American Leather Company of Manhattan, for the past
ten years. He was a regular attendant at the Church of St. Vincent de
Paul, a member of the Holy Name Society, Court Geraldine, F. of A.,
and Division 34, A.O.H. He is survived by a widow, Margaret, and one
child. Funeral on Friday morning and after a solemn requiem mass at
the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, by the Rev. Thomas E. CARROLL, the
interment will be made in the family plot at Calvary Cemetery, under
direction of Undertaker Thomas H.IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
Mary GERRITY, widow of Thomas GERRITY, died at her home, 31 Devoe
street, yesterday, of pneumonia, after a short illness. She was born
in Ireland, fifty-seven years ago, and came to Brooklyn in 1880. She
was a regular attendant at the Church of St. Mary of the Immaculate
Conception, Leonard and Maujer streets, and a member of the Rosary
Society. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mary McCARTHY and Mrs.
Alice SMITH, and one son, Richard. The funeral will take place on
Friday and after services in the chapel at Calvary Cemetery the
interment will be made in the family plot, under the direction of
Undertaker Thomas H. IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
William J.BUTLER, a well-known resident of the Twenty-third ward, died
on Sunday of apoplexy at his home, 574 Lexington avenue, in his
seventy-second year. He formerly was active in Democratic politics.
He was a member of the Brooklyn Volunteer Firemen's Association and a
Catholic Knight. He leaves four sons and two daughters. The funeral
services were held this morning at the Church of St. John the Baptist,
Willoughby and Lewis avenues.
Charles PALMER, who was for many years employed in the Navy Yard as a
coppersmith, died on Monday at his home, 2159 Beverley road. He was
sixty-four years old and a native of Manhattan. Two daughters and a
son survive him.
MORRIS FITZGIBBON
After a week's illness Morris FITZGIBBON died on Monday at his home,
424 Warren street. He was born in County Limerick, Ireland, and was a
member of St. Agnes' Church. For the last five years he was employed
as a teamster in Prospect Park. A widow and four children survive him.
The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon with
interment at Calvary Cemetery. Robert F. TIMMS, of 228 Bond street, is
the undertaker in charge.
George G. HALL, a retired policeman, died on Monday in his fifty-ninth
year. He was a resident of Brooklyn for thirty-five years. The
funeral services will be held to-night at the home of his sister, 2354
Pitkin avenue. Interment to-morrow afternoon at Evergreen Cemetery
under direction of Peter J.GEIS, of 470 Marcy avenue.
Susan WARMBURN died Sunday at her home, 229 McDonough street. She was
born in Donegal, Ireland, seventy-one years ago, and came to America in
1853, residing the first twelve years at Huntington and the rest of her
life in Brooklyn. She leaves her husband, William, and two daughters,
Minnie E. and Mrs. E. CLARK. She was a member of the Church of Our
Lady of Victory, Throop avenue and McDonough street, where the funeral
services were held this morning. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery
under the direction of N.F. WALKER, of 472 DeKalb avenue.
John F. BINGHAM, a well-known florist, and who was elected Assessor on
the Republican ticket a few weeks ago, died yesterday at Oyster Bay.
He was formerly clerk to the Board of Education. He came to Oyster Bay
from Paterson, N.J., some years ago, and established himself in
business. He was about 35 years old. He was junior warden of
Mattinecock Lodge, F. and A.M., President Roosevelt's home lodge.
Death was due to pneumonia, complicated by typhoid fever.
George DREW, a native of County Longford, Ireland, died on Monday in
his seventy-second year at his home, 59 Ross street. He was a member
of Copestone Lodge, No. 621, F.&A.M. The funeral services will be
held at 8 o'clock to-night. Interment to-morrow at Evergreen Cemetery.
Alois BACHMEYER died Monday at his home, in Grant street, near Newtown
street, after a long and painful illness. He was born in Germany, and
had lived in Brooklyn many years. He was a hotelkeeper for some time,
and a member of Father Bennett's church at Maspeth, where a solemn
requiem mass was celebrated this morning. Undertaker John SCHLITZ had
charge of the directions, and interment was made in St. John's
Cemetery. Mr. BACHMEYER leaves a widow and several sons and daughters.
Elizabeth SCHWARTZ SHEDD, wife of John SHEDD, and daughter of the late
W.H. SCHWARTZ, of Halifax, succumbed yesterday to an attack of acute
bronchitis after an illness of three days. She was in her
seventy-fourth year. The funeral services will be held at her home,
235 Walworth street, to-morrow night at 8 o'clock. S. BENNET & SONS,
of 295 Flatbush avenue, have charge of the arrangements, and the
interment will be made at Greenwood Cemetery.
Ellen KEENAN, widow of P.J. KEENAN, died at her home, 92 Waverly
avenue, yesterday after a long illness. She was born in Ireland, and
had lived for the last twenty-five years in Brooklyn. The funeral
services will be held Friday morning from the Church of the Sacred
Heart, of which she was a member. Funeral Director James CONLEY, of
550 Myrtle avenue, has charge of the arrangements. Mrs. KEENAN is
survived by four sons, John T., William H., Joseph F. and James B. Her
only daughter died recently and was a nun known as Sister Marie, a
member of the Order of St. Francis, and connected with St. Joseph's
Mission, Mt. Loretta, Staten Island.
Clara E. LE FEVRE, wife of Broadhead LE FEVRE, died Monday at the
family residence, Washington avenue, Glendale. She is survived by her
husband, four sons, Ira, Broadie, John and Harold, and two daughters,
Viola and Lillie. Funeral services will be conducted to-morrow at 2
P.M., at the Methodist Church, Glendale, by the Rev. Dr. Gunton.
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, under direction of Undertaker
EHLENBERGER, 290 Wyckoff avenue.
Eliza A. MILLER, wife of Frederick W. MILLER, and daughter of the late
John F. BOGARDUS, died Monday at her home, 275 Van Sicklen avenue. She
was a member of Stella Chapter, No. 29. The funeral services were
held last night at her late home.
Interment this morning at Greenwood Cemetery.
John J. SHEA died Monday in his twenty-sixth year, after an illness of
four days. He was born in Manhattan and had lived about five years in
Brooklyn. He was employed as a clerk in the New York Custom service,
and was a member of St. James R.C. Church. He is survived by his
mother and three sisters. The funeral services will be held to-morrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late home, 280 Bridge street. Interment
at Calvary Cemetery. Undertaker T.J. HIGGINS, of 135 Jay street, has
charge of the arrangements.
James J.McDONOUGH, SR., died on Monday at his home, 66 Hudson avenue.
He was one of the oldest residents in that section, and is survived by
a widow, three sons and three daughters. The funeral was held this
afternoon and interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery. William McCLEAN
had charge of the arrangements.
Nicholas HUMBERT, a native of France, died on Monday at his home, 303
Clinton street, of cerebral apoplexy. He was a member of Montauk
Lodge, I.O.O.F., and Bethlehem Encampment. A widow , one son and one
daughter survive him. The funeral services will be held at 8 o'clock
to-night in the chapel of the Boardman Undertaking Establishment,
Clinton street, near Fulton.
DIES OF INJURIES RECEIVED ON BRIDGE
Christian HENKEL, of 255, Powers st. who was injured on a fall on the
Williamsburg Bridge on Monday morning, died in the Williamsburg Hospital the
same afternoon. He was 44 and his wife alone survives him. The funeral will
be held tomorrow from the late residence, with services from St. Nicholas
R.C. Church, Olive and Devoe sts. The interment will be at St. John's
Cemetery under the direction of John GILNNEN'S Sons.
FUNERAL OF DAUGHTER OF POLICEMAN CUMMINGS
Joseph CUMMINGS , the infant child of Patrolman CUMMINGS, of the
16th. Precinct, died at her? father's home, 137 Engert ave., on Monday of
bronchitis. The little one was buried yesterday from the home at Calvery
Cemetery by John GILNNEN"S Sons.
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT YOUNG MAN'S FUNERAL
At the funeral yesterday of Charles MURPHY, of 285 Devoe st., the
attendence was remarkably large, for MURPHY who was but 22 years old, at the
time of his death last Friday. It was a rare tribute to his character thathe
had attained such popularity in such a short life. The funeral which was from
his late home, was under the direction of John GILNNEN"S Sons. Mr. MURPHY is
survived by his mother and brother Michael of Williamsburg.
Corneilus LEACH, a resident of Williamsburg all his life, died in the
Kings County Hospital Monday of gastritus. He made his home at 14?? Newell
st., where resides 2 brothers and a sister. He was 34 years of age. The
funeral services were held this morning from the Newell st. home and were
largely attended. The buried was at Calvery Cemetery. John GILNNEN"S Sons had
charge of the arrangements.
2 May 1907
NUDE-BODY OF MAN IN WATER OFF BAY RIDGE
The nude body of a man was found floating in the water near the foot of
Eighteenth street, Bay Ridge, to-day, by Herbert EDWARDS, of 261
Fifty-first street, and was later removed to the Brooklyn morgue. The
features are almost unrecognizable. Apparently the man was about 45
years old, about 5 feet 6 inches tall and wore a goatee.
GREENPOINT -CHILD INSTANTLY KILLED BY A CROSS-TOWN CAR.
Walter GRIFFIN, 6 years old, of 143 Noble street, was run over and
instantly killed by a cross-town car early last evening. The child, in
company with his nurse, was walking along Manhattan avenue, near Milton
street, when he saw one of his playmates on the other side of the
street and broke away from his nurse. He darted directly in front of
car No. 696[?], Charles MENDRICK, the motorman, had scarcely a second
to catch sight of the little fellow, but notwithstanding that, his use
of the emergency brakes prevented more than one wheel passing over the
lad's body.
The street was crowded with pedestrians and soon a crowd of at least
1,000 persons had gathered around the car. The motorman himself
superintended the jacking up of the car and the body was taken into the
drug store of SCHWARTZ Bros. Dr. SNYDER, of the Eastern District
Hospital responded to a call and on his arrival pronounced the victim
dead. The suffering nurse was pitiful to see, she evidently believing
herself to blame. The father, C.W. GRIFFIN, is a wealthy paint
manufacturer in Greenpoint.
Charles MENDRICK, the motorman, who lives in Maspeth, was locked up.
No charge was preferred against Joseph BRAUN, the conductor, who lives
at 266 Christie street.
FOUND DEAD IN CELLAR; HEART DISEASE THE CAUSE.
Joseph LAFFERTY, 45 years old, of 102 Clay street, was found dead
yesterday afternoon in the cellar of 98 Clay street. He had been in
the habit of sleeping in the cellar and is supposed to have been seized
with heart disease. The coroner was notified.
CUNNINGHAM - On Wednesday, May 1, 1907, William B. CUNNINGHAM, beloved
husband of Charlotte CUNNINGHAM (nee REID) and son of the late George
and Eliza CUNNINGHAM. Funeral from his late residence, 376 Hicks st.,
Saturday, May 4, at 10 A.M.; thence to St. Peter's Church, Hicks and
Warren sts.
KEENAN - On Monday, April 29, 1907, Ellen, the beloved wife of the late
P.J. KEENAN. Relatives and friends are respectfully requested to
attend her funeral from her late residence, 92 Waverly ave., on Friday,
May 3, 1907, at 9:30 A.M.; thence to the Church of the Sacred Heart,
where a solemn requiem mass will be offered for the happy repose of her
soul.
LAWLER - John J., son of the late Francis and Susan LAWLER, died April
30, at his late residence, 249 Front st., Brooklyn. Funeral will take
place on Saturday, May 4. Members of the New York Printing Pressman's
and Assistant's Union, No. 51, are invited to attend.
MULLADY - On Monday, April 29th, Ellen, widow of the late Patrick
MULLADY. Funeral will take place from her home, 124 North Elliott pl,
on Friday, May 3, at 9:30 A.M.; thence to St. Edward's R.C. Church.
SPELLMAN - On Wednesday, May 1, 1907, Mary SPELLMAN, wife of the late
John SPELLMAN. Funeral from her late residence, 394 Henry st.,
Saturday, May 4, at 9:30 A.M.; thence to St. Peter's Church, Hicks and
Warren sts.
Charles P. JACKSON died on Tuesday, in his eighty-seventy year, after
three months of feeble health. He was born in Sheldon, NY, and lived
in Brooklyn for about four years and belonged to the South
Congregational Church. He was one time president of the Western
Association of California Pioneers by merit of his having reached
California via the isthmus in 1850. He lived at El Dorado, Cal., for
eighteen years, and was manager of the Wells Fargo Express Company. He
was the inventor of the JACKSON dry air refrigerator. His factories
were situated in Chicago and he was a heavy loser by the fire in 1871.
He had been retired from business life for the last decade. He leaves
a widow, Elizabeth HIGGINS, to whom he was married by the Rev. Star
KING, in California; one son, Ernst H., and a daughter, Leonora. The
funeral was held to-day from his late home, 161 Prospect Park West.
James VOORHEES, of 348 Sackett street, was the undertaker in charge.
[Ed. note: This minister, Rev. Star KING, has a mountain peak named
for him in Yosemite National Park. My husband has climbed the peak
several times.]
ELIZABETH A. CARR
After a lingering illness, Elizabeth A. CARR died at her home, 4078
Graham avenue, on Friday, April 26. She had been a resident of the
Greenpoint section for more than twenty years and was a regular
attendant of the First M.E. Church, Manhattan avenue and India street,
and a faithful worker of the Salvation Army. She is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. CURO and Mrs. MINER. After the services, which were
held at the chapel of the church last Monday, the Rev. R.T. McMICHAEL,
pastor, and Capt. LARKINS, of the Salvation Army, officiating, the
remains were interred in the family plot at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, under
the direction of John T. SHEVLIN & SONS, of 529 Grand street.
JOSEPH FARRELL
After a lingering illness Joseph FARRELL, son of John and Mary FARRELL,
died Tuesday from pneumonia. The funeral was held this afternoon.
Interment at Linden Hill Cemetery. Undertaker William H. DALY, of 136
Smith street, had charge of the funeral.
Ellen MULLADY, widow of Patrick MULLADY, died on Monday at her home,
124 North Elliott place. The funeral will be held to-morrow, with
services at St. Edward's R.C. Church. Interment at Holy Cross
Cemetery, under the direction of Undertaker Daniel MULLADY, of 667
DeKalb avenue.
MARGARET C. CARR
Funeral services were held this morning at the Church of Our Lady of
Grace, Hoboken, N.J., for Margaret C. CARR, who died on Tuesday at her
home, 710 Hudson street, Hoboken. She was born in Ireland and is
survived by three daughters, one son and two sisters, Mrs. McENTEGART
and Mrs. WALLS, of Brooklyn. Miles McKEON, OF 343 Van Brunt street,
had charge of the funeral arrangements.
Armean E. EMERSON, wife if Elmer EMERSON, died on Monday, after an
illness of two weeks, at the Hotel St. George, in her twenty-ninth
year. The funeral services were held yesterday in the chapel of
Greenwood Cemetery. She was born in Duluth, Minnesota, and had lived
in Brooklyn for about five years. She is survived by her husband, two
brothers, and one sister. Undertaker Walter ROBERTSON, of 71 Court
street, had charge of the funeral.
ANNIE S. BENNETT
A solemn requiem mass was celebrated this morning at the Church of Our
Lady of Perpetual Help, Sixth avenue and Fifty-ninth street, for Annie
S. BENNETT, wife of Richard BENNETT, who died on Monday at her home,
419 Fifty-fifth street. She was born in Manhattan and had lived in
Brooklyn for sixteen years. She was a member of the Home Circle Club
and of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The interment was
made at Calvary Cemetery. She leaves a husband, two sons, Richard and
Morris, and two daughters, Florence and Marguerite. James F. ROACH, of
Fifth avenue, had charge of the arrangements.
Mary C. HICKEY died at her home, 1[?]65 South Sixth street, yesterday.
She was a daughter of Catherine BRANAGAN and is survived by a brother
and a sister and two children. She will be buried from the Church of
St. Vincent de Paul, on Saturday, at 10 A.M. Undertaker William T.
FOLEY has charge of the arrangements.
ANNIE C. SMITH
Annie CLANCY SMITH, who had lived all her life in Flatbush, died Sunday
at St. Francis Hospital, Manhattan, after a short illness. She was in
her twenty-ninth year and a member of St. Matthew's Church. She is
survived by her husband, John, three brothers, Thomas, John and
William, and a sister. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon from
the undertaking parlors of James T. TRACY, at 1597 Fulton street.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Richard TURNER died suddenly on Monday of heart disease, after spending
the day in Manhattan. He had been ill for several months and leaves a
widow, Emma MALMGREM, two little daughters, Edith, aged 3; Evelyn, aged
2; three brothers and a sister. He was in his thirty-fourth year and
was the son of Mary and John W. TURNER. He was born in Manhattan and
lived in Brooklyn for twenty years. He was Crucifier of St. Clements
Chruch in East New York; a choir member of St. John's Church, St. Johns
place and Seventh avenue; a member of Grace Church, Grace court, and
Joppa Lodge, No. 201, F.& A.M. The funeral services will be to-night,
at 7:30 o'clock, at his late home, 522 Court street. Interment
to-morrow morning at Woodlawn Cemetery.
FRANCES BROWN
After an illness lasting some time, Frances BROWN died on Tuesday at
the Graham Home, 320 Washington avenue, from heart disease, brought on
by a generally enfeebled condition. Mrs. BROWN had been an inmate of
the Home for some time. Most of the members of her immediate family
had died or moved away some years ago, but provision was made for her
in the home where she died. Services were held this afternoon at the
home.
ELIZA R. COMSTOCK
For some time Mrs. COMSTOCK had been in failing health, and it was not
with much surprise that her friends learned she died on Tuesday at her
home, 495 Franklin avenue. The immediate cause of her death was heart
failure. Mrs. COMSTOCK was well known in church and social circles in
this borough, and in New London, Conn., and was much beloved for her
many deeds of quiet charity. Services were held this afternoon at her
late home.
ROBERT W. DRUMMOND
The funeral services for Robert WARE DRUMMOND will be held from his
late home, 460 Second street, Saturday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, where
he passed away suddenly on Tuesday. He contracted his fatal illness
from sitting in a cold court room while serving jury duty about three
weeks ago, and had partly recovered, but succumbed to a relapse. He
was born in Manhattan and came to Brooklyn to live when a young man.
He was a prominent real estate dealer for a great many years, with
offices at 94 Wall street, Manhattan. He is survived by a sister and a
brother. The interment will be made in the family plot at Greenwood Cemetery.
Col. Augustus LIPPITT, a native of New York State and for the last
forty years a resident of Brooklyn, passes away yesterday after an
illness of ten days. He was in his sixty-ninth year and was a charter
member of U.S. Grant Post No. 327, G.A.R. He was retired from the Navy
after active fighting during the Civil War as a lieutenant. He held
the rank of colonel on the staff of Commander-in-Chief TANNER of the
G.A.R. he was a member of Peconic Council, No. 631, of the Royal
Arcanum and belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church. The Rev. Dr.
Marcus TAYLOR, pastor of that church, assisted by Chaplain RICHIE of
the G.A.R., U.S. Grant Post No. 327, will conduct the funeral services.
For the last thirty-five years Col. LIPPITT had been engaged in the
lumber business, with yards at the corner of Second avenue and Eighth
street. He is survived by a widow, Elizabeth Francis; a daughter,
Mrs. Francis McCAY; a granddaughter, Miss Vera McCAY, and a sister,
Mrs. Walter DOUGLAS, of Lake Champlain, N.Y. The funeral services will
be held to-night at 7:30 from his late home, 373 Fourth street.
Funeral Director Edward J. RENOUARD has charge of the arrangements.
Arthur McEWEN, chief editorial writer of the New York "American," died
suddenly yesterday of heart disease in Hamilton, Burmuda. Mr. McEWEN
went to Bermuda ten days ago to recuperate. He leaves a widow, a son,
and daughter. Mr. McEWEN was born in Scotland fifty-six years ago. He
learned the trade of hatter, but developed a capacity for writing,
which led him to take a course in English literature and rhetoric in
the University of California at Berkeley. Leaving college, he worked as
a laborer with pick and shovel, on the Central Pacific Railroad in
Alameda county, Cal., and after a few months took to lecturing there on
"Hard and Easy Shoveling." In the early 70x he went to Virginia City,
Nev., and joined the staff of The Virginia Chronicle, where he
associated with Charles GOODWIN, editor of The Salt Lake Tribune; Mark
TWAIN, Dennis McCARTHY, Edward HART, and half a dozen other men who
later became famous. From there he went to a San Francisco newspaper,
which he left to join the staff of The Stockton Mail as editorial
writer. Then he went back to The San Francisco Post, later joining the
Hearst forces.
Fritz WOLFANGER, of 140 Rodney street, died Tuesday at the Eastern
District Hospital, aged 42 years. Mr. WOLFANGER was a member of the
Bavarion Otto Verein. Funeral services will be held to-morrow.
Interment at St. John's Cemetery. Peter J. GEIS, of 470 Marcy avenue,
has charge of the arrangements.
Capt. Cornelius J. JOHNSON died at his home, 404 Avenue D, yesterday.
He was born in Brooklyn in 1846 and for thirty-five years had followed
the sea. He had commanded a number of merchant vessels. He leaves a
widow, two daughters, and three sons.
Elizabeth LINGUTH, aged 51 years, wife of Morris LINGUTH, died Monday
at her home, 154 Monitor street. She was born in Ireland and lived
twenty-five years in Brooklyn. She is survived by her husband, two
sons and one daughter. The funeral services were held this afternoon.
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, under the direction of Oscar BECK, of
788 Manhattan avenue.
Rebecca MOONEY, wife of James MOONEY, and mother of James J. and Mary
MOONEY, died Tuesday at her home, 165 Butler street, from where the
funeral was held this afternoon. She was born in Ireland forty-two
years ago and had lived in Brooklyn eighteen years. She was a member
of St. Agnes' Church, Sackett and Hoyt streets. Interment was made in
St. John's Cemetery, under direction of Undertaker J.H. TIMMS, of 205
Fourth avenue.
Adolph GONDECK, son of Mary and Frank GONDECK, died Tuesday at his
home, 284 Willoughby anenue. The funeral services were held this
afternoon at the undertaking parlors of BOLDERMANN & BIERMAN, 225
Hamburg avenue. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery.
Joseph P. GILBERT died yesterday, in his fifty-ninth year. He was born
in Massachusetts, and had lived in Brooklyn for thirty-five years. He
is survived by two daughters. The funeral services will be held
to-morrow night at his late home, 259 Nassau street. Funeral Director
Oscar BECK, of Manhattan avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Jacob DOBERT, husband of Catherine DOBERT and the father of seven
children, died last Sunday on pneumonia, after an illness of about nine
days. He was born in Germany and had lived in Brooklyn for
thirty-eight years and was a member of Goethe Lodge. The funeral was
held Tuesday afternoon from his late home, 191 [791?] Floyd street,
under direction of BOLDERMANN and BIERMAN, of Hamburg avenue.
Interment at Lutheran Cemetery.
AARON P. BATES.
Funeral services for Aaron PEARCE BATES, who died on Monday, will be
held to-night at 8 o'clock at his late home, 534 1/2 Pacific street,
under direction of Undertaker J.HILL, of 396 Gates avenue. He is
survived by two daughters. The interment will be made to-morrow
morning at Greenwood Cemetery.
Michael MALONEY died at the age of forty years at the Kings County
Hospital on Tuesday. He was a member of the Church of the Visitation
and was born in Ireland. The funeral services will be held from his
late home, 340 Van Brunt street, to-morrow afternoon. Undertaker
Joseph F. REDMAN, of 90 King street, has charge of the arrangements.
The interment will be made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
WILLIAM B. CUNNINGHAM
After a short illness, William B. CUNNINGHAM died at his home, 376
Hicks street, yesterday, in his twenty-third year. He was born in
Brooklyn and was a resident of the Sixth Ward the greater part of his
life. He was a member of the Willow Club and the Holy Name Society of
St. Peter's Church. Mr. CUNNINGHAM is survived by a widow, Charlotte,
six brothers and two sisters. The funeral will be held Saturday, the
Rev. Dr. Michael FITZGERALD, of St. Peter's Church, officiating.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. The undertaking arrangements are in
charge of J.F.FAGAN, of 161 Columbia street.
Mamie GILLESPIE, 29 years old, wife of Thomas GILLESPIE, died yesterday
at her home, 348 Bedford avenue, after a long illness. She was born in
Brooklyn. Funeral from St. Patrick's Church on Saturday morning.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. John McLEAN, of 74 Tompkins avenue,
has charge of the arrangements.
Anna J. PORCHER, widow of William PORCHER, died Wednesday at 221
Carlton avenue. She was born in Bloomfield, N.J., Oct. 19, 1820, and
is survived by a son, John A., who was one of six children. The
funeral services this afternoon were under the charge of James
CUNNINGHAM, of 158 Duffield street.
Harriet E. DAWSON died suddenly on Tuesday. The funeral services will
be held to-night at 8 o'clock from the home of her son-in-law,
W.E.BURROUGHS, 1609 Dorchester road, Flatbush.
Edward O'DONNELL died at his home. 357 Forty-sixth street, last
Saturday in his sixty-fifth year. He was an old resident of the Eighth
Ward, and for many years was an employee of the Brooklyn City Railway
and at the time of his death was employed in the Department of Parks as
a foreman. He leaves a widow, four sons, two daughters and ten
grandchildren, and was a member of St. Michael's R.C. Church, Fourth
avenue and Forty-second street, where a solemn requiem mass was
celebrated yesterday morning. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery under
direction of Undertaker Jacob SCHAEFER.
Thomas A. CONROY, JR. died at his home, 41 North Seventh street,
yesterday, after an illness of three weeks. He was in his 28th year
and was born in Manhattan, but lived in the Eastern District for
twenty-five years. He was a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Church,
the Holy Name Society and the Eckford and Seymour clubs. He was a
graduate of St. Vincent de Paul's Academy and is survived by his father
and a brother Joseph. The funeral services will be held Saturday
morning at St. Vincent de Paul's Church. The interment will be made in
the family plot at Calvary Cemetery. Arrangement are in charge of
Thomas H. IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
FRIENDS MOURN DEATH OF RICHARD DONAHUE.
Richard DONAHUE was buried from his home on Dykeman street yesterday.
He was 24 years old and held office in the Visitation Lyceum. One of
the bright young men in the South Brooklyn section, his loss is
regretted by a host of his friends.
CUT THROAT AND WRISTS AND LEAPED TO DEATH.
A determined and successful attempt at suicide was made last evening by
Matilda ZEIPEL, 28 years, a Swedish servant employed in the family of
James A. WALTERS, at 2 Lincoln place. The young woman slashed both
wrists with an ink eraser and after severing her jugular vein, threw
herself from a third story window to the sidewalk below. She was
removed to Seney Hospital, where she died soon after her arrival. So
far as is known she had no relatives in this country. On Sunday last
she was taken ill and had since been very despondent.
3 May 1907
OLD RESIDENT DIES OF A COMPLICATION OF DISEASES.
Joseph G. TILBERT died Wednesday night at his home, 259 Nassau avenue,
Greenpoint, of a complication of diseases. Mr. TILBERT, who was born
in Worcester, Mass., fifty-eight years ago, had resided in Greenpoint
for thirty-five years. He is survived by a wife, Caroline V. TILBERT,
and three daughters. Funeral services will be held to-night at the
family residence. The Rev. Alfred KING-COLLETT, of the Orchard
Street Primitive Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in
Mt. Olivet Cemetery at 10 o'clock to-morrow.
TAKES LIFE AFTER SHOOTING HIS WIFE
Her Wound Slight; Husband's Body Found Near Stable in Ridgewood
TRAGEDY FOLLOWS QUARREL
WAGNER Driven to Suicide by Belief He Had Slain Wife
Thinking he had killed his wife, at whom he had fired a shot,
inflicting a slight wound, John WAGNER, 50 years old, whose home was at
Covert and Elm avenues, Ridgewood, shot and killed himself early this
morning. WAGNER and his wife, Mary, who is 40 years old, had had an
altercation when WAGNER returned home at midnight drunk.
Mrs. WAGNER told the police that her husband had removed his shoes and
was putting on his slippers when the quarrel began. Without warning of
any kind the man pulled the revolver from his pocket and fired at his
wife.
Mrs. WAGNER fell to the floor. WAGNER, thinking no doubt that he was a
murderer, rushed from the house. Neighbors who heard the sound of the
firing ran to the WAGNER rooms and found Mrs. WAGNER lying on the
floor. She was badly frightened, but not seriously wounded. The
bullet had grazed her head, making a slight wound. Dr. AARONSON came
in an ambulance from the German Hospital and dressed the wound, but he
did not think it necessary to take the woman to the hospital and left
her at her home.
At 5:45 o'clock this morning the body of WAGNER was found behind a
stable at Forest and Elm avenues. There was a bullet wound in his
right temple. A .32 calibre revolver lay by his side, the same weapon
with which he had fired at his wife.
WAGNER's body was taken to the police station in Glendale, and later
Coroner NUTT had it removed to SINGER's morgue.
WAGNER was a plasterer, but had been working unsteadily of late, and
the police say he had been spending much of his time in saloons.
"CYCLONE NELL" DOES A WHIRLWIND DANCE.
Nellie FARRELL, 35 years old, of 349 Hicks street, otherwise known to
the police of the Hamilton avenue station as '"CYCLONE NELL," got into
trouble again on Hamilton avenue last night. She was executing a
"whirlwind" dance to the music of a German band when she was arrested.
Magistrate TIGHE, in the Butler street court, to-day sent her to
Raymond street jail for ten days.
YOUNG WOMAN KILLS HERSELF WITH GAS.
Mrs. Minnie PALMER, 25 years old, of 545 Hopkinson avenue, committed
suicide at noon to-day by inhaling illuminating gas in the living room
of her home. A neighbor who called could not get into the house, but
detected the odor of gas and notified the police.
When the door was broken open the woman was found lying on the floor in
a dying condition. Dr. MURPHY, of St. Mary's Hospital, was summoned,
but the woman died before his arrival.
Mrs. PALMER had been ill with an incurable malady for the past year.
For a week she had been very despondent. A note was found directed to
her husband in which she asked him to forgive her. She said that she
was sick and tired of life.
C.J. STEEDMAN KILLS HIMSELF IN PARIS
PARIS - May 3, Despondency is ascribed as the reason for the suicide
here last night at the Hotel de L'Orient of Charles J. STEEDMAN, of New
York and Philadelphia, a son of Rear-Admiral STEEDMAN.
STEEDMAN and his wife, daughter of an ex-Governor of Rhode Island,
reached here, accompanied by a little girl, on April 30. They had just
completed a tour in an automobile with Senator and Mrs. ALDRICH, of
Rhode Island.
STEEDMAN is said to have been drinking heavily of late and this caused
his despondency. When left alone a few moments last night he secured a
revolver and shot himself in the mouth, the bullet entering the brain.
He was found sitting bolt upright in a chair with the gun at his feet.
Arrangements were made to-day to ship the boy to the United States.
CANAVAN - On May 2d, suddenly, James G., beloved son of the late James
and Mary CANAVAN. Funeral from his late residence, 1346 Prospect pl.,
on Monday, May 6th, at 9 A.M. Solemn requiem at St. Matthew's Church.
Relatives and friends invited to attend.
DARROW - On Wednesday, May 1, 1907, Palmer, beloved son of Frances and
William DARROW, in his 17th year. Funeral from his home, No. 88
Joralemon st., on Sunday, May 5, at 3 P.M. Interment Greenwood.
OSTROM - Died, Annie, wife of S.E. OSTROM. Funeral services Saturday
evening, 8 o'clock, 71 Williams ave. Burial Sunday.
Interment Evergreen.
Captain Joseph HUMPHREY, a veteran of the Civil War who enlisted as a
private in the 47th N.Y. volunteers in 1861 and served three
enlistments with that regiment, rising from the ranks to that of
Sergeant, then Lieutenant and at the muster out of Company I at
Raleigh, North Carolina, was its acting Captain, died yesterday at his
home, 95 Jersey street, New Brighton, Staten Island. For many years he
carried on the business of a boss painter at the latter place, retiring
when ailments he contracted in the service took on an aggravated form.
The funeral will occur from his late residence to-morrow morning at
10:30, thence to the Church of the Ascension where the Rev. Dr. CROWDER
will officiate. Capt. HUMPHREY leaves a widow, three sons, Joseph,
William and Walter, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Maria and Louisa.
The interment will take place at Woodland Cemetery, Staten Island,
beside the remains of his son Charles, who lost his life in the
Santiago campaign. The funeral arrangements are under the direction of
Undertaker John T. GATES, of 5207 Fifth avenue.
James A. CANAVAN, a life-long resident of Brooklyn, died last night.
His death was very sudden and was caused by pneumonia. On Wednesday he
was at his post in the press room of The Standard Union, where he was
employed for the last two years and where he possessed the friendship
of all of his fellow workmen as well as at the Brooklyn "Eagle," where
he worked for eighteen years previous. Yesterday was his weekly
holiday and he spent it in bed in a serious condition at his home, 1346
Prospect place. His mother, Mary, died two years ago, and his father,
James, died six months ago. He devoted his life to his parents and
their loss affected him deeply and he never ceased to grieve. He was
over 45 years of age and the last one of the family. He was a member
of Pressmen's Union No. 25.
John J. LAWLER, son of Susan and the late Francis LAWLER, died on
Tuesday at his home, 249 Front street, after a brief illness. He was
born in the Fifty ward, and had lived there all his life. He is
survived by two sisters, Mary and Mrs. William CONDON. He was a member
of the New York Printing Pressmen's and Assistants' Union, No. 51. The
funeral services will be held at his late home to-morrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Undertaker Thomas
DONNELLY, of 77 Hudson avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
John STIRLING, who died last Saturday after a short illness, was born
in Paisley, Scotland. He came to this country twenty-five years ago,
and for the last fifteen years was with the American Bank Note Company.
He was a member of Clan McDONALD, No. 33, Order of Scottish Clans, and
for a number of years was treasurer of the Richard NAGLE Pleasure Club.
The Clan McDONALD held funeral services at his late home on Monday
evening, and a great many of its members and also members of the
Richard NAGLE Pleasure Club were present. The interment was made at
Greenwood Cemetery on Tuesday.
John F. FOLEY, a life long resident of Brooklyn, passed away this
morning at St. Peter's Hospital after an illness of six months. He was
35 years old, and leaves his father, a widow, and three children, who
live at 107 Nassau street. He was a member of St. James' Church and
belonged to the St. Vincent de Paul and Holy Name Societies. The
funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
undertaking parlors of Peter J. DALEY & SONS, 438 Hicks street.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Joseph CHRISTIAN , who had been for two years an inmate of the Brooklyn
Home for Aged Men and Couples, succumbed Wednesday to the general
debilities brought on by old age. He was born in Peekskill
twenty-three years ago and lived in Brooklyn for many years. He also
spent some years in Binghamton and was at once a well-to-do tin can
manufacturer. He leaves a sister in Binghamton and a brother in
Peekskill. The funeral was held this morning from the home, 745
Classon avenue.
[Trans. note: 'old age' and 'twenty-three years'?]
Anastasia COLLINS died yesterday at her home, 131 Dikeman street. She
was born in Ireland seventy-one years ago and had lived in the Twelfth
ward for sixty years. She was a member of Visitation Church and is
survived by her husband, Michael, three daughters and two sons. The
funeral will be held Monday evening, with interment at Holy Cross
Cemetery, under direction of SHUFELT & STROBEL, of 384 Van Brunt street.
ELSIE M. MICHEL
After a lingering illness Elsie Marie MICHEL, daughter of Casper and
Nellie MICHEL, died yesterday at her home, 371 Hoyt street, from
complications. She was born in Brooklyn. The funeral will take place
Sunday afternoon. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery. Undertaker William
H. DALY, of 136 Smith street, has charge of the funeral.
Peter LUYSTER died yesterday in his forty-first year after an operation
at the Bushwick Hospital. He was born in England and had lived in
Brooklyn for many years. He was connected with the repair shop of the
Fire Department. The funeral services will be held at his late home,
493 Kosciusko street, to-morrow night at 8 o'clock. Interment at
Evergreen Cemetery, under the direction of Undertaker Thomas J. McCANN,
of 973 DeKalb avenue. Mr. LUYSTER is survived by a widow and four
daughters.
Elmer ELLSWORTH GROODY died suddenly yesterday at his home, 321
Thirteenth street, at the age of 44. For thirty years he was connected
with Schaus Art Galleries here, and he was well known among the art
lovers of this country. He leaves a widow and one son. The funeral
will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
WILLIAM L. FITZGERALD
The funeral services for Wm. Leo FITZGERALD, son of Mary and Thos. F.
FITZGERALD, were held yesterday afternoon at his late home, 58 State
street. Interment was at Calvary Cemetery under direction of
Undertaker Jere CRONIN, of 103 Atlantic avenue.
ELIZABETH IMMERSCHITT
The funeral services of Elizabeth IMMERSCHITT, were held this afternoon
at her late home, 137 Adelphi street. She was born in German[y] eighty
years ago and had lived in Brooklyn over twenty-five years. She was a
member of St. Bonifave's Church in Duffield street, and leaves a
daughter, Louise, and a son, George. The interment will be made at
Greenwood Cemetery under direction of Undertaker Edwin BAYHS, of 219
Atlantic avenue.
Catherine BREDE, widow of Peter BREDE, died on Wednesday in her
eighty-third year at the home of her half-brother, William B.A.
JURGENS, 924 Bushwick avenue, after an illness of twelve days. She was
born in Ludingworth, Lande, Hadein, province of Hanover, Germany, and
had been a resident of Brooklyn for half a century. Her husband was at
one time owner and proprietor of Hohmann's Hotel, in East New York.
The funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Undertaker John W. ROEMMELE[?], of 326 Graham avenue has charge of the
arrangements, and interment will be made at Evergreen Cemetery.
4 May 1907
HUSBAND USES RAZOR ON WIFE
She Had Charged Abandonment, But Case Was Dismissed.
WOMAN FATALLY INJURED.
"Cop" in Nightshirt Captures Slasher
A woman, with blood streaming from numerous ugly wounds in her face and
body, created a panic at Corona about 9 o'clock this morning, as she
ran through the streets shouting for help. She fell exhausted near the
corner of Jackson and Nassau avenues and was carried into a nearby
drugstore, where she was attended by an ambulance surgeon and removed
to St. John's Hospital, Long Island City. Her wounds will probably
prove fatal.
The woman was Mrs. Lillian V. VISCARDI, of 90 Cleveland avenue, Corona.
She had been assaulted by her husband.
In the Long Island City police court yesterday a proceeding for
abandonment brought against VISCARDI by his wife, was dismissed, as
she testified that she would never live with him again. Another
proceeding against the woman, instituted by the father of her husband,
was also heard at the same time and was dismissed. The complaint
against Mrs. VISCARDI was for moving back into the house on Cleveland
avenue her household effects, after they had been put into the street
by a city marshal as the result of a dispossess proceeding.
VISCARDI's appearance in the Corona house this morning was a great
surprise to his wife and her mother, and she had no idea of the real
object of his presence until he drew a razor and made a dash at her.
Mrs. VISCARDI screamed and tried to get out of the way, but she was not
quick enough. She was slashed upon the face and body several times
before she finally managed to break from the grasp of her husband and
reach the street door. VISCARDI followed her but when he saw his wife
running toward Jackson avenue he started in the opposite direction.
Neighbors had heard the woman's cries before she got away from
VISCARDI. A policeman named EWERS lives on Grant street, half a block
away, and some cool-headed resident notified him. EWERS was in bed,
asleep, but he did not take time to dress when he heard a woman had
been murdered, but dashed out in his night clothes and after a chase of
several blocks, overhauled VISCARDI and quickly subdued him. VISCARDI
still held the bloodstained razor in his hand.
Back of the murderous assault upon the woman is the story of a short
married life, clouded with trouble almost from the start. Mrs.
VISCARDI was married only last June. Before her marriage she owned a
prosperous typewriting business in Manhattan. She is of Irish
parentage and thrifty, and at the time she promised to be VISCARDI's
bride had something over $1,000 in bank. Before her marriage she drew
the money and gave it to VISCARDI and with it he bought the house at
No. 90 Cleveland avenue, Corona. The property was placed in VISCARDI's
name.
It developed during the trial of the misdemeanor charge against Mrs.
VISCARDI yesterday that two weeks after her marriage, VISCARDI
transferred the property to his father and he proved to be a stern
landlord. He brought dispossess proceedings last November and Mrs.
VISCARDI was put into the street, although the house was practically
hers, having been bought with her own money. The fact that her money
paid for the property resulted in the charge against her being
dismissed.
KILLED BY GAS ESCAPING FROM KITCHEN STOVE.
Julia E. MURPHY, a widow, 52 years old, of 392 Graham avenue, was
found dead this morning in the kitchen of her apartments. Death, which
apparently was accidental, was caused by illuminating gas, which had
escaped from a tube connected to the stove.
MRS. FARMER'S SUICIDE DUE TO DAUGHTER'S DEATH.
According to her husband, the suicide of Mrs. Minnie FARMER at her
home, 545 Hopkinson avenue, yesterday noon, which was reported in The
Standard Union yesterday, was due to grief over the recent death of her
4-year-old daughter. Mrs. FARMER, who was only 28 years old, had two
other children, who were found asleep on a couch in the parlor. The
mother had carefully locked them in the room before taking her own life
by means of gas in an adjoining room. The odor of gas was detected by
Mrs. Rose SILBERSTEIN, who lives on the floor under the FARMER
apartments, and she notified Patrolman SEARBY, of the Brownsville
station. Mrs. FARMER was still alive when the policeman entered the
rooms, but died before the arrival of an ambulance surgeon.
BROOKLYN MAN KILLS SELF AT PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia, May 4.--A man supposed to be Charles ORTON, of Brooklyn,
N.Y., was found asphyxiated this morning at the lodging house of Mrs.
CLOTHIERS, South Ninth street. The end of a rubber tube attached to a
gas jet was found in his mouth. Papers in his pockets indicated he was
employed by a publishing concern on Liberty street, New York. He is
said to have a brother, Clarence ORTON, at 693 Madison street, Brooklyn.
FAMILY THINK THAT FOSSARD WAS SLAIN.
The family of Dr. George H. FOSSARD, of 1013 Putnam avenue, who died
this morning, are of the opinion that his death was the result of an
assault which they allege occurred on the night of April 23.
The police of the Ralph avenue station, in which precinct the assault
is said to have occurred, are positive that Mr. FOSSARD's death was due
to natural causes. Coroner's Physician WEISS was called in this
afternoon and began an autopsy to discover the causes leading to
FOSSARD's death.
Although the assault is alleged to have taken place on April 23, it was
learned that it was not reported to the police until the 28th. It was
also ascertained that FOSSARD was able to go to work two days after the
alleged assault and robbery. Last Sunday Dr. WEISS, who has been the
family physician for the FOSSARD's for several years, visited the
patient at his home, in company with a patrolman from the station
house, and they declare that they didn't discover any evidence showing
that an assault had made FOSSARD ill. His malady appeared to be a
disordered system.
FOSSARD leaves a wife and a daughter. He was an army surgeon for some
years prior to accepting a position of inspector of customs at the
Barge Office, Manhattan, which he held up to his death.
BARBERY - Died on May 2, Helena, wife of Jacob BARBERY. Funeral
services will be held at her late residence, 61 Columbia pl., on
Sundlay, May 5, at 2 P.M. Relatives and friends are invited.
GROODY - Members of Acme Council, No. 594, R.A., are invited to attend
the funeral of our late brother, Elmer E. GROODY, at 321 Thirteenth
st., near Sixth ave., Sunday, May 5th, at 2:30 P.M.
A.H. CRANKSHAW, Regent.
SCHULTZ - Lewis TAYLOR SCHULTZ, beloved father of Alfred T. SCHULTZ,
died May 2d, in the 75th year of his age. Funeral services at the
residence of his son, 193 Park pl., Monday evening, May 6th,at 8:30.
Edwin GRANT, son of John J. and Catherine GRANT, died yesterday in the
Norwegian Hospital. The lad was run over last Saturday by a train, and
an attempt was made to save his life by an amputation of both legs, but
his strength could not withstand the strain. The funeral services will
be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock under direction of Undertaker
Joseph F. REDMOND, of 90 King street. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Mary CANAVAN, wife of James CANAVAN, died yesterday at the Cumberland
Street Hospital of heart disease. She was a lifelong resident of
Brooklyn, and in her forty-ninth year. She was a member of the Church
of the Visitation, Richards and Verona streets, and is survived by her
husband, one daughter, Catherine, and a son, Thomas, from whose home,
229 Van Brunt street, the funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2
o'clock. Robert C.FARLEY, of 465 Court street, has charge of the
arrangements, and the interment will be made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Henry R. WOOLNOUGH died on Monday at Saranac Lake, in his fifty-third
year. He lived at 237 Elm street, Richmond Hill. The funeral will be
held at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon from MOORE's Chapel, 69-71
Pennsylvania avenue.
Harvey KINCH, Sr., who died suddenly yesterday in his eighty-third
year, will be buried to-morrow afternoon from the home of his son,
Harvey, 515 Evergreen avenue.
GEORGE H. SELIGER
After a brief illness George H. SELIGER died at his home, 186 Maujer
street, yesterday morning. He was 32 years old, and very popular in
the Eastern District. He is survived by his parents, five sisters, and
three brothers. The funeral services will be held at his late home
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. BYER officiating. The
interment will be made at Lutheran Cemetery under the direction of
Michael DIRKES, of 184-186 Meeker avenue.
James E. McCLEAN, a life-long resident of the Eleventh Ward, died
yesterday morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. H.A. MACAFEE, 204
High street, after a long illness. Mr. McCLEAN was active in the ranks
of what is known at the radical element of the Democratic party. He
was for many years closely associated with movements in which Sheriff
M.J. FLAHERTY, ex-Congressman Robert BAKER and Register Alfred J.
BOULTON took prominent parts. He was the first secretary of the
Bookkeepers-Accountants' Union, which will attend his funeral in a
body. Mr. McCLEAN was 38 years old, and a member of St. Anne's R.C.
Church, Gold and Front streets, where services will be held to-morrow
at 2:30 P.M., thence to Calvary Cemetery. Undertaker James M. GOODWIN
has charge of the arrangements.
JOHN M. McKAY
Funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon over the remains of
John M. McKAY, 57 years old, of 404 St. James pl., who died on Thursday
at the Long Island College Hospital, after a brief illness. He was
born in Scotland and for twenty-five years had resided in Brooklyn.
The interment will be made at Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of
Undertakers MENDENHALL & CO., of Thirty-ninth street and New Utrecht
avenue. Mr. McKAY is survived by a widow.
John C. TOOMEY, son of Mary and the late John TOOMEY, died Thursday at
his home, 706 Quincy street. He was born in Brattleboro, Vt., where
the family homestead is located, and had lived in Brooklyn for sixteen
years. He attended St. John's R.C. Church, Willoughby and Lewis
avenues, and is survived by his mother, a sister, Helen, and a brother,
William. The funeral will be held to-morrow at Brattleboro, Vt.
Undertaker Thomas L. KEARNS, of 1849 Broadway, has charge of the
arrangements.
Prof. Elias A. FAIRCHILD died on Thursday at his home in Flushing,
after an illness lasting several weeks. Death was due to a
complication of diseases. Prof. FAIRCHILD was head of the FAIRCHILD
Institute for fifty years, and was greatly beloved by the members of
the alumni of the Institute, who called him Dear Old Mr. Fairchild.
He was born in Mendham, N.J., in September 1827. He is survived by a
widow, three sons-Frederick A., Clarence A. and Harold S.-a sister,
Mrs. Allen P. NORTHRUP, and one brother, the Rev. Elijah FAIRCHILD,
of Chicago.
Elizabeth WAYRICH died at her home, 116 Wythe avenue, yesterday of
pneumonia, after a short illness. She was born in New York City
forty-nine years ago, and had lived in the Eastern District for twenty
years. She was a regular attendant at the Church of St. Vincent de
Paul, and a member of the Rosary Society. She is survived by her
husband and one daughter. The funeral will take place next Tuesday,
and after services the interment will be made in the family plot at
Evergreen Cemetery, under direction of Undertaker Thomas H. IRELAND,
177 North Sixth street.
WLADISLAW SENDZIKOWSKI
Funeral services were held last Sunday for Wladislaw SENDZILKOWSKI, son
of Maria and John SENDZILKOWSKI. He died at his home, 49 North First
street, of heart disease, after a brief illness. He was born in
Poland, and had lived in Brooklyn twelve years. Undertaker F.De
KARSKI, had charge of the arrangements.
Anna K. HINZ PABST, aged 64, wife of Charles PABST, died yesterday at
her home, 423 Metropolitan avenue. She had lived in Brooklyn for
twenty-seven years. Her husband is one of the oldest inhabitants of
the Fourteenth Ward. The funeral services will be held to-morrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Undertaker George W. HAMILTON, of 216 Bedford
avenue, is in charge.
Annie LOONEY died yesterday from a complication of diseased after a
brief illness. She leaves her husband, Cornelius, a daughter, Mary,
and five sons- John, Cornelius,Jr., James, Frank and William. She was
a member of St. Andrew's R.C. Church, DeKalb and Tompkins avenues. She
was a native of Ireland and had lived in Brooklyn for thirty years.
She was in her forty-eighth year. The funeral will be held from her
late home, 207 Nostrand avenue, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Undertaker Christian P. JUNG, of 643 DeKalb avenue, has charge of the
directions. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Anna OSTROM, nee SHERWOOD, an artist and writer of some note, and wife
of Simon E. OSTROM, died at her home, 71 Williams avenue, on Thursday
after a long illness. She was a native of Stonington, Conn., where she
was born in 1866. She had been a resident of Brooklyn for twenty-five
years.
CATHERINE WATSON
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Catherine WATSON at her
home, 74 Smith street. She died on Thursday in her sixty-first year.
Her husband and one son survive. Undertaker CUNNINGHAM, of 138
Duffield street, was in charge of the funeral.
Charles ARCHER, in his twentieth year, died on Thursday at his home,
208 Emerson place, after a brief illness. He is survived by his mother
and one brother. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon, with
interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. Mr. ARCHER caught cold while
witnessing a baseball game.
Carrie ABRAMS STAGE, wife of Architect Daniel STAGE, died at her home,
Lefferts and Stewart avenues, Morris Park, on Wednesday after a long
illness following an operation. She was born at Lynbrook, and had
resided in Morris Park for the past fifteen years. She was a member of
the Morris Park Methodist Church and the Morris Park Auxiliary of the
Jamaica Hospital. She leaves, besides her husband, a son, 8 years old.
Funeral services will be held at her late home to-morrow afternoon,
the Rev. Dr. STICHLER, of Morris Park, and the Rev. Mr. MOORE, of
Brooklyn, officiating. The interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
5 May 1907
GREENPOINT ITEMS
DIES OF INJURIES HE GOT IN TROLLEY ACCIDENT.
-James GRANT, who was injured in a trolley accident on Saturday last,
died in the German Hospital on Friday. His home was at 264 Driggs
avenue, where his wife and one child reside. He was 54 years of age
and had been a resident of Greenpoint for a long time. The funeral
will be held from the late home this afternoon, with interment in
Calvary Cemetery. John GLINNEN's Sons, 64 Herbert street, are in
charge.
-WILLIAM BANNON DEAD FROM PNEUMONIA ATTACK
William BANNON, of 315 Sheffield avenue, died at his home yesterday
morning after a week's illness of pneumonia. He was 21 years of age,
and the son of Michael and Ellen BANNON, formerly of Kingsland avenue.
Besides his father and mother, one married brother survives. The
funeral will be held on Tuesday morning, with interment in Calvary
Cemetery. John GLINNEN's Sons, of 64 Herbert street, have charge.
-"COPS" KILL MAN TO SAVE SELVES.
After having been on a several days' spree, William MANSFIELD, 44 years
old, engineer of the apartment house at 360 West Fifty-eighth street,
Manhattan, last night began terrifying the inhabitants of the
neighborhood by a wild rush up and down the street, firing a revolver.
Policemen BARON and COLLINS were attracted to the scene and tried to
quiet the crazed man.
At first, he yielded to their persuasion, but finally resumed his
outburst. Things at this point began to get dangerous and the
officers, to protect themselves, had to fire at MANSFIELD with their
own weapons. He was hit by both BARON and COLLINS, one of the shots
wounding him so severely that he was taken to the Roosevelt Hospital
where he died within an hour.
FRIGHTFULLY MANGLED BY TROLLEY CAR.
Little Girl Playing Tag Dashes Into Path of Swiftly Moving Vehicle.
MOTORMAN PROTECTED BY "COP" FROM MOB.
Mrs. Septmus Faints When She Learns Daughter's Fate
Darting from behind a wagon, 4-year-old Minnie SEPTMUS, of 34 McKibben
street, ran in front of a Hamburg avenue trolley car opposite her home
yesterday afternoon and was instantly killed. The child's body was
frightfully mangled. The presence of Policeman CARROLL, of the Stagg
street station, saved the motorman, James SULLIVAN, from being roughly
handled by the excited crowd that gathered around the car and created
at demonstration.
Minnie, along with half a dozen companions, was playing tag. The
children darted from one side of the street to the other and failed to
heed either the passing wagons or trolley cars. The Hamburg avenue
car, bound for Manhattan, came along at a fast clip. The SEPTMUS girl
darted from behind a wagon and ran directly in front of the car.
Before Motorman SULLIVAN could bring his car to a standstill the fender
struck the child, knocked her down and the front wheels had gone over
the child's body.
In a minute the street swarmed with people. Many threats against the
motorman were heard. The more excited in the crowd accused him of
running his car too fast. Policeman CARROLL happened along at the time
and saved SULLIVAN. The "cop" sent a hurry call for the reserves to
the Stagg street station. Dr. SPECHT arrived in an ambulance from St.
Catherine's Hospital, but there was nothing for him to do but pronounce
the child dead.
When informed of her daughter's death Mrs. SEPTMUS fainted. She was
attended by Dr. SPECHT.
The motorman was arrested and taken to the Stagg street station,
guarded by the reserves.
TWO-YEAR-OLD IS KILLED BY CART
Frances HOROWITZ, 2 years old, of 353 First avenue, Manhattan, was run
over and killed in front of her home yesterday. The driver of the
cart, Alfred LINDBERG, was arrested.
William C. SMITH, son of the late Cyrus Porter SMITH, Brooklyn's
fourth Mayor, died last Friday night at his home, 136 Argyle road,
Flatbush. He was in his sixty-fifth year and a life long resident of
Brooklyn. Mr. SMITH served in the Civil War with the Twenty-third New
York Regiment, as a member of the Brooklyn Club and several other
organizations, and the First Presbyterian Church. A widow, Ruth YERBY,
on daughter, Mrs. Sterling PETERS, and one son, Russell, survive him.
The funeral services will be held to-morrow night at his late home and
interment will be made at Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of
Undertaker Joseph BISHOP, of 85 Henry street. Mr. SMITH's father was
the first Mayor elected in Brooklyn by the suffrages of the people. He
was also the first corporation counsel of Brooklyn and for many years
was acting president of the Brooklyn City Railroad.
Michael O'DONOHUE died last Friday at his home, 294 Hicks street. He
had been sick ten days, and is survived by a widow and son, John. He
was a member of the C.K. of A., No. 244, St. Vincent de Paul and Roman
Catholic Orphan Asylum societies, and a trustee of St. Charles Borromeo
Church. The funeral will take place from his late home, thence to St.
Charles Borromeo's Church, in Sidney place, at 9:30 A.M. to-morrow.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery under direction of J.J. CRONIN, of 115
Atlantic avenue.
Eli ATWATER BRONSON passed away Friday while visiting at the home of
his daughters, 112 Montague street. He was born in Middlebury, Conn.,
81 years ago, and went to Western New York in 1830. He was a man of
prominence in his home city of Geneva, and had been one of the
promoters of the nursery business since its conception. He had been
for more that fifty years an officer of the First Presbyterian Church
of Geneva. The funeral services will be held at his late home in
Geneva. He is survived by two sons, the Rev. Dr. Charles E.BRONSON,
pastor of the West Hope Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, and
Frederick S. BRONSON, of Geneva, and four daughters, of Brooklyn.
PALMER DARROW
After a brief illness of one week with pneumonia, Palmer DARROW, the
17-year-old son of William and Francis [sic] DARROW, passed away at his
home, 38 Joralemon street. He was born and had always lived in the
First Ward and attended Public School No. 73. The funeral services
will be held from the home of his parents to-day. Undertaker Jere
CRONIN has charge of the arrangements and the interment will be made at
Greenwood Cemetery.
JOHN GRADONSKI
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for John GRADONSKI at
the home of his brother-in-law, 361 Oakland street. he died on
Thursday afternoon after an illness of six years. He was forty-three
years old, born in Poland, and had lived in Passaic, N.J., twenty-five
years, where he leaves a widow. The interment was made under the
direction of Undertaker F. DeKARSKI, of 205 Driggs avenue.
Max LEVY died Friday at his home, 626 Broadway, as a result of failing
health for several years. He was eighty-four years old and had been a
resident of Brooklyn for more than forty years. He was born in England
and was well known in the Jewish societies of Brooklyn. The funeral
will be held from his late home this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Louis T. SCHULTZ, a native of New Windsor, Orange County, died Friday
in his seventy-seventh year. He served during the Civil War with the
124th Regiment of New York Volunteers and was present at the surrender
of Appomattox Court House. He conducted a hardware business at
different times in the towns of Washingtonville, Chester, and Cornwall.
He was active in the public life of the towns where he lived and was a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He retired from business
twelve years ago and since had lived with his only son, Alfred L.
SCHULTZ, of Brooklyn.
Kate WILKES, a native of London, Eng,, died on Wednesday, in her
forty-third year, after a brief illness. She was the stepdaughter of
Thomas W. MATTHEWS and until a year ago resided in the Heights
District, where her stepfather was engaged in the upholstery business.
The funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Dwight N. HILLIS at
the Chapel of the BOARDMAN Undertaking establishment in Clinton street
this afternoon.
Joseph WARNOCK died on Friday after a brief illness. He came to
Brooklyn in 1903. Surviving him are his parents and a sister. The
funeral will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from his late home,
663 Hicks street. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. DOYLE & KENNY
are the undertakers in charge of the arrangements.
Maria BANNON OAKES, wife of Walter E. OAKES, passed away on Friday
after a brief illness, in her sixtieth year. The funeral will be held
from her late home, 212 Clinton street, this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
The interment will be made at Franconia, N.H.
Elizabeth LOEBLE, who died on Wednesday at her home, 83 Macon street,
was buried yesterday afternoon in Evergreen Cemetery under the
direction of George PETH, of 1207 Myrtle avenue. Mrs. LOEBLE was born
in Troy [N.Y.?] 42 years ago, and is survived by her husband and four
children. The Rev.Dr. S. PARKES CADMAN officiated at the funeral
services on Friday night.
Ludwig KREHL, a member of the Painters' Union, and a native of Germany,
died on Wednesday at his home, 165 Bleecker street. He was a resident
of Brooklyn for twenty-six years, and is survived by three sons and two
daughters. The funeral was held Friday, with interment at Lutheran
Cemetery. George PETH, of 1207 Myrtle avenue,
was the undertaker in charge.
Catharine TIPPLE, sixty-seven years old, died at her home, West Sixth
and Dewey streets, Coney Island, yesterday morning. She was born in
Germany and came to this country forty years ago. Death was due to
heart trouble and followed a brief illness. She is survived by one
brother and one son. Funeral services are to be held to-morrow
afternoon with interment at Evergreen Cemetery under the direction of
Undertakers KOWSKI & JENTZER, of West Eighth street.
Eugene F. FINELY, JR., son of Dr. Eugene F. and Anna M. FINLEY, died
suddenly Friday evening after an illness of four weeks. He attended
the Convent of St. Angelus Hall on Washington avenue, and is survived
by his parents, and a sister, Marguerite. The funeral will be held
from his late home, 291 Carlton avenue, Tuesday morning, at 10 o'clock.
The interment will be made at Calvary Cemetery.
Jane MacKAY ROWELL passed away in her eighty-sixth year at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. P.A. DALY, 10 South Elliott place. She was the
widow of Dr. Warren ROWELL. Dr. ROWELL was an old member of the New
York Polytechnic Institute and was active in politics in the sixties.
Mrs. ROWELL was a former member of the old Scotch Presbyterian Church,
Manhattan. The funeral will be held from her daughter's home this
afternoon and the interment will be made at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
Christopher McDERMOTT died at his home, 1401 Fulton street, yesterday,
after a brief illness. He was a member of the Church of Our Lady of
Victory and a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated there for the
repose of his soul on Tuesday at 9 A.M. The interment will be made at
Holy Cross Cemetery under the direction of Undertaker James H. TRACY,
of 1597 Fulton street. Mr.McDERMOTT leaves a widow; three children,
Catherine, Margaret and John; three sisters, Mrs. Annie CONKLIN, Mrs.
Delia McDONALD, and Mrs. Theresa MINNICK, and a brother, Patrick. He
had been employed for a number of years in the Department of City Works
and was a member of Champion Lodge, Royal Arcanum.
Margaret BARBIER died on Friday in her thirty-sixth years. She had
resided in Brooklyn nearly all her life. The funeral will be held
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Trinity P.E. Church,
Arlington near Schenck avenue, of which church she was a member.
Anna GARDNER, wife of James GARDNER, died on Friday of nephritis after
a short illness at her home, 145 High street. She was a native of
Ohio, and her husband is her sole survivor. The funeral services will
be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the undertaking parlors of
James CUNNINGHAM, 158 Duffield street. Interment will be made at
Evergreen Cemetery.
Margaret DUFFY LEACH, widow of William H. LEACH, died yesterday. The
funeral will be held from her late home, 104 North Oxford street,
Tuesday morning, and thence to St. Edward's Church, where a solemn
requiem mass will be celebrated at 9:30 o'clock. She was born in
Brooklyn fifty years ago and resided in the Second Assembly District
thirty-five years. She is survived by three sons, Harvey, Adam and
William. Undertaker John H. FARRELL, of 296 Jay street, had charge of
the arrangements.
6 May 1907
BRANDT - On May 5th, Isabella BRANDT [nee McNALLY], beloved wife of
Herman BRANDT and daughter of Sarah and the late Patrick McNALLY and
sister of John and William McNALLY. Relatives and friends are
respectfully invited to attend her funeral on Wednesday, May 8th, from
her late residence, 687 Sackett st., at 2 P.M. Interment Holy Cross.
FARRELL - On may 4, Thomas FARRELL, brother of William, Michael, John
and Ellen FARRELL. Will be buried from 73 Joralemon St. Tuesday, 2:30
P.M. Dublin papers please copy.
MELDRUM - Helen MELDRUM, the beloved daughter of Albert and Kate
MELDRLUM, died suddenly at her home, 97 Bergen st., Monday, May 6th, 2
years and 11 months. Funeral notice hereafter.
EXPERT ACCOUNTANT COMMITS SUICIDE
Without reason, as far as his family knows, John E. SHIELDS, an expert
accountant, 56 years old, of 222 Hewes street, killed himself by gas
yesterday in his home. SHIELDS returned late Saturday night and after
getting up yesterday morning went out and returned to his room with the
Sunday papers and asked his wife to call him at dinner time. His son,
Charles on going to his room soon after noon detected the smell of gas.
He traced it to his father's room, forced the door open and found his
father dead in bed. The family is reticent about the matter and say
there was no cause for SHIELDS' act. He is survived by a widow, son
and two daughters. The girls became hysterical and Dr. TEITZE, of the
Eastern District Hospital, had to care for them.
FUNERAL OF WILLIAM KING HELD FROM HIS LATE HOME
William KING, son of John and Elizabeth KING, died at the home of his
parents, 110A Nassau avenue, on Wednesday last. He was 18 years old
and had lived in Greenpoint all of his life. The funeral was held from
his late home on Saturday afternoon with interment at Calvary
Cemetery. Joseph McGUCKEN, of Manhattan avenue, had charge of the
arrangements.
MORGAN - Anne MORGAN passed away May 5th, at 10 o'clock. Beloved mother
of Margaret A. CASSIDY, 733 DeKalb avenue.
Interment Calvary Cemetery, May 7.
GEN. DE PEYSTER IS DEAD AT AGE OF 86
Gen. John Watts DE PEYSTER, soldier and historian, died Saturday
evening at his home, 60 East Twenty-first street, Manhattan. He was 86
years old. He was a member of the old New York family of that name, a
son of Frederick and Mary DE PEYSTER. He was born in New York City
March 9, 1821, and received his early education from private tutors.
Later he went to Columbia College.
He entered the New York military service in 1846, was soon afterward
commissioned a colonel, and later was appointed brigadier general,
being the first officer of that grade to be commissioned by this State.
In 1866 he was breveted a major general of the State forces in
consideration of his unusual and valuable services prior to and in the
Civil War.
A game of tag resulted fatally to six-year-old Philip KATZ, of 64 Cook
street, yesterday. In company with several other small boys he was
playing at 178 Varet street, when he fell headlong from a fire escape
on the first floor. he was unconscious until Dr. Rosalie MORRELL came
and revived him. Five hours later he died from a fracture of the skull.
Patrick J. LENNON died at his home, 155 Weirfield street, yesterday
after a brief illness. He was born in New York City thirty-nine years
ago. He was particularly well known in the Eastern District, where the
LENNON family resided formerly prior to taking up their residence in
East New York. He was a carpenter and builder, and had been actively
engaged for the past twenty years. He is survived by three sisters,
Annie, Marie and Josephine. The funeral will take place on Wednesday
morning, and after a solemn requiem mass at the Church of St. Martin of
Tours, Hancock street and Knickerbocker avenue, the interment will be
made at Calvary Cemetery under the direction of Undertaker Thomas H.
IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
MARY McGINITY
A solemn requiem mass was celebrated this morning for Mary McGINITY at
the Church of the Epiphany, South Ninth street, near Bedford avenue, of
which church she had been a member. She was born in Ireland
seventy-six years ago, and had spent most of her life in Brooklyn. She
died on Saturday at her home, 417 Wythe avenue. She was the widow of
Peter McGINITY, and three sons, Owen E., John H., and Cornelius V.,
survive her. The interment was made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Joseph M. HEIBLE died on Saturday at the German Hospital, after a long
illness. He was born in Germany, had lived in Brooklyn almost fifty
years, and leaves no relatives. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock
to-morrow morning from the undertaking parlors of Rudolph STUTZMANN,
396 Knickerbocker avenue. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
CHARLES WEIL
The funeral of Charles WEIL, who died on Saturday at Mount Vernon, was
held this afternoon from his late home, 689 Myrtle avenue. Interment at
Holy Cross Cemetery under the direction of John W. MADDEN, of 632
Myrtle avenue. Hr. WEIL was born in Brooklyn in 1870. He was a
carpenter and a member of the Foresters' Order and St. Patrick's
Church. A widow and one child survive him.
Max Francis KLEPPER, artist and illustrator, died yesterday at his
home, 252 East Fifteenth street. One of his best known works is "The
Coach Good Times Leaving the Waldorf-Astoria," which hangs in the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Another of his paintings is "The Coach
Pioneer," owned by Alfred VANDERBILT . Among his later works were Jay
and Kindgon GOULD in polo costumes, and the horses of James HAZEN HYDE.
Mr. KLEPPER was born in Zeitz, Germany, March 1, 1861. In 1876 his
parents came to this country and made their home in Toledo, O. His
father, Francis KLEPPER, was a lecturer on astronomy. Mr. KLEPPER
studied at the Royal Academy of Munich, and while pursuing his art
studies made several pedestrian tours to study the scenery of the Rhine
and the Tyrol. He returned to this country in 1889 and took up the
work of an illustrator, contributing to Collier's Weekly,Harper's
and the Century. Mr. KLEPPER married Miss Amelia von RHEIN on May
28, 1883, at St. John's Church.
The funeral will be held at to-morrow night.
Hannah WHATLEY died on Saturday at St. Catherine's Hospital. She
resided at 148 Taylor street and was a member of the Church of the
Epiphany in South Ninth street. She was born in Ireland, sixty-nine
years ago, and is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Frank T. BURKE. The
funeral will be held to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock with interment at
Calvary Cemetery, under direction of William T. FOLEY, of 270 Marcy street.
Katherine May FERRIS, wife of Dr. G. Newton FERRIS, and daughter of the
late Chauncey andMargaret HILLS, died yesterday in her forty-fifth
year, after an illness of one month. Her birth place was Delaware,
Ohio, and she had lived in Brooklyn with her husband for twenty-three
years. Her home was 910 Flatbush avenue. She was a member of St.
Paul's Church, in Flatbush, where the funeral services will be held
to-morrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Undertaker H.T. PYLE, of Flatbush
avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
Patrick J. McCAULEY, who had been a resident of the Twelfth Ward for
the past forty years, died yesterday in his sixty-fifth year, after a
short illness, at his home, 522A Court street. He was a native of
Cleveland and had conducted a retail shoe store at 522 Court street for
twenty-five years. He was a member of St.Mary's R.C. Church, at Court
and Luquer streets, and was connected with all societies of that
church. A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated there for him
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. He leaves a widow, Anna, five
daughters, Lilly, Catherine, Josephine, Elizabeth and Esther, and two
sons, Daniel J., and John F., and a sister, Mrs. Sarah McQUILLIN, of
Montague street. The interment will be made at Holy Cross Cemetery,
under the direction of Undertaker Robert FARLEY, of Court street.
Mary HANSEN died last Friday after a lingering illness at the
Cumberland Street Hospital. She was a member of the St. Louis R.C.
Church for many years, and was a native of Ireland. She formerly lived
at 28 Spencer place. The funeral was private from the hospital on
Saturday. Interment was made at St. John's Cemetery under direction of
Peter DUFFY, of 504 Flushing avenue.
Elizabeth BRODERMANN died suddenly of apoplexy last Friday at her home,
64 Ellery street. The funeral was held on Saturday and the interment
was made at Holy Cross Cemetery under the direction of Undertaker Peter
DUFFY, of Flushing avenue. Mrs. BRODERMANN was born in Germany and had
lived in Brooklyn over twenty years. Her husband, Michael, three sons
and three daughters survive.
PATRICK KEENAN, CITY CHAMBERLAIN, DEAD
City Chamberlain Patrick KEENAN died last night at his home, 253
Seventh street, Manhattan. He had been ill six weeks, the result of a
stroke of paralysis. His last official act was to sign the Sinking
Fund papers, which the Mayor's messenger brought to his home last
Saturday. Gathered about his bedside when the end came were many men
of prominence in New York's official life. His only known relative, a
nephew, Hugh MEENAGH, was out of town.
Patrick KEENAN was born on the 17th of March, 1837. The anniversary of
his birth, St. Patrick's Day, was always made the occasion for
merriment by Mr. KEENAN's friends on the lower East Side. Coming form
his native place, the County Tyrone, Ireland, at the age of 14, he
settled in New York. He obtained a place as a ship plumber's
apprentice. Later he became a calker in the shipyards on the East
Side, and finally branched out with his brother, James, in a saloon
venture when both were young men. They opened a place at Avenue C and
Thirteenth street, but Pat KEENAN soon tired of the liquor business,
declaring it was not the right sort of work for a young man to stay in.
Chamberlain KEENAN received a salary from the city of $12,000 a year,
and much of this he distributed in charity. Having no relatives to
care for, and being a bachelor, he had only himself to support, and his
fortune soon grew into the hundreds of thousands, for he never
squandered his money. The details of his political career would fill
several newspapers. His funeral will be one of the most largely
attended ever held in New York.
7 May 1907
LEAVES HER CHILD TO DIE IN FLAMES.
Little Girl Asleep When Policeman Warns Parent of Danger--Mother Saves
Second Daughter, But Does Not Discover Absence of Other Until Too
Late--Charred Body Found in Bed in Eastern District Tenement - Six
Families Driven Out by Fire --Flames, Starting in Air Shaft, Eat Their
Way to Living Apartments.
One life was lot at a fire which broke out this morning in the
four-story tenement house at 5 Debevoise street. It was at 9 o'clock
when the blaze was discovered by Policeman BANNA, of the Clymer street
station, and two alarms had to be turned in before the flames could be
controlled.
The fire started at the bottom of the airshaft and worked upwards to
the top floor, where Mrs. Jennie NIEDENBERG, with her two little girls,
Jennie and Dora, live. Jennie, who was 4 years old, was asleep in bed.
Mrs. NIEDENBERG was told by Policeman BANNA to hurry down or she would
be burned to death, for at that time the flames and smoke were coming
fiercely out of all the windows on the top floor. Grabbing Dora and a
few valuables Mrs. NIEDENBERG hurried down to the street.
The flames burned for a few minutes longer and then the air was rent
with the shrieks of Mrs. NIEDENBERG, who, coming to realize the
situation, was demanding to know where little Jennie was.
The child was not found with the five other families who had escaped
from the burning building, and BANNA essayed to go again into the
smoke-filled structure and search for her. In the bedroom, on the top
floor, he found, lying among the badly scorched bed clothes, the
charred body of the little girl.
Father HANDEL, the fire chaplain, was on the scene, and told Mrs.
NIEDENBERG what had become of the child. The grief of the mother was
pitiful, but finally she calmed down enough to tell that she had left
the child asleep while she went on with her housework. She said that
she was so excited when she was told to leave the burning building that
all thoughts of Jennie left her mind.
The five families escaped unhurt. The damage was estimated at $1,000.
SON FINDS PARENTS SUFFOCATED BY GAS.
Louis SKOPEC, a barber, 51 years old, of 115 Raddle [Raddie?] street,
Long Island City, and his wife, Mary, 48 years old, were found dead
from gas asphyxiation in a bathroom in the basement of their home this
morning. The bodies were found by Otto SKOPEC, the son of the couple.
Gas was flowing from a heater, the cock of which was open. The man
and woman were lying on the floor of the room. The son says that his
parents went to bed at 11 o'clock last night and appeared in their
usual spirits. Whether their deaths resulted from an accident or was
the outcome of a suicide pact is not known, but the police are making
an investigation.
SKOPEC had a barber shop in the front of the building on the first
floor and had sleeping rooms behind the shop.
WORKMAN KILLED AT MANHATTAN BEACH.
As Joseph ARCADO, a laborer, was hoisting a bucket of sand from an
excavation in front of the Manhattan Beach Hotel this morning the rope
attached to the derrick broke and the bucket fell on him. He was
crushed to the earth and died before the arrival of an ambulance.
Stephen EMMONS, of Neck road and Gravesend avenue, the contractor, was
arrested charged with homicide, but was discharged by Magistrate
VOORHEES in the Coney Island court.
SCHENCK - On May 6, Helen RYDER SCHENCK, beloved daughter of Willard
and Elizabeth DITMARS SCHENCK, aged 10 years. Funeral from the
residence of her parents, 209 East Nineteenth st., Flatbush, on
Wednesday, May 8, at 2:30 P.M. Kindly omit flowers.
COAN - Patrick COAN, of County Galway, Ireland, dearly beloved husband
of Jennie VEITCH COAN, in his twenty-seventh year. Funeral from his
late residence, 569 Macon st., on Wednesday, 10 A.M.; thence to the
Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, where a solemn requiem mass will be
offered for the repose of his soul. Members of Foresters of America,
Court Defender, No. 307, and of the Holy Name Society of Church of the
Sacred Heart, relatives and friends invited to attend. Chicago and New
Haven papers please copy.
DILLON - On Sunday, May 5, 1907, Rosetta J. DILLON. Funeral from her
late residence, 505 Clinton st., on Wednesday, May 8 at 10 A.M.; thence
to St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church, for requiem mass. Interment in
Holy Cross Cemetery.
NOONAN - On May 6, Luke T. NOONAN, aged 34 years, son of the late
Catherine and Luke NOONAN. Relatives and friends are invited to attend
the funeral from his late residence, 125 Cumberland st., on Thursday,
May 9, at 10 A.M. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery.
TYNAN - On My 5th, Julia NEARY, beloved wife of Paul M. TYNAN. Funeral
from the residence of her mother, 647 Dean st., on Wednesday, My 8, at
9 A.M. Solemn requiem at St. Joseph's Church. Relatives and friends
invited to attend.
GREENPOINT...OWEN BRADY, EX-POLICEMAN, VICTIM OF TUBERCULOSIS
Owen BRADY, an ex-patrolman of the Sixtieth precinct, died at his home,
149 Engert avenue, yesterday of tuberculosis. He was 49 years old. He
was born in Ireland. A wife and five children survive. The funeral
will be held from St. Cecelia's Church, Herbert and North Henry street,
to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, with interment in Calvary Cemetery.
John GLINNEN's Sons, of 64 Herbert street are in charge.
LIVED NEARLY ALL HIS LIFE IN GREENPOINT SECTON.
William DAVISON, who died at his home, 1143 Manhattan avenue, on Friday
last, was buried from the undertaking parlors of John McELROY, of 949
Manhattan avenue, on Sunday. He was born in Philadelphia thirty-seven
years ago, but had been living in Greenpoint ever since he was two
years old. He is survived by two sisters and one brother. The
interment was in Calvary Cemetery.
EDWARD R. SULLIVAN.
Failing to rally from a sudden attack of pneumonia, Edward R. SULLIVAN,
50 years old, of 664 Tenth avenue, Manhattan, died shortly after 11
o'clock yesterday morning in St. Vincent's Hospital. Mr. SULLIVAN was
a prominent undertaker, and besides having a large circle of friends in
Manhattan, was known and respected by a host of friends in Brooklyn.
He was born in Bethel, Sullivan County, N.Y., Aug 2[9]?, 1856. He was
enrolled in many prominent clubs throughout the city, was a member of
the Elks, Knights of Columbus, Foresters, Royal Arcanum, Red Men, and
Hibernians. On March 17 last he officiated as floor manager of the
great Hibernian dance at SULZER's Harlem River Park, which was attended
by upwards of 25,000 persons. He numbers several relatives in
Brooklyn, among them being Dr. SULLIVAN, of St. Mary's Hospital.
Surviving him are two sons, both of age, and a second wife. A solemn
requiem mass will be celebrated at St. Ambrose's Church, on
Fifty-fourth street, Manhattan, where he was sexton for a number of
years. Father CHIDWICK, formerly chaplain of the navy, now pastor of
the church, will officiate, assisted by two priests. Interment will be
made at Calvary Cemetery.
Alice J. MAHER died at her home, 69 Sutton street, yesterday on
pneumonia, after a short illness. She was born in the Eastern District
thirty-seven years ago, and was a regular attendant at the Church of
St. Cecelia, North Henry and Herbert streets. She is survived by her
husband, Officer Patrick J. MAHER, of the Sixtieth Precinct, and five
daughters. Funeral on Thursday afternoon. After services in the
chapel at Calvary Cemetery the interment will be made in the family
plot, under direction of Undertaker Thomas H. IRELAND, of 177 North
Sixth street.
ISABELLA FRAZER
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Isabella FRAZER from
her late home, 1710 Broadway. She died suddenly on Saturday of heart
failure. Interment was made at Evergreen Cemetery, under direction of
Undertaker H.A. DELINS, of 704 Decatur street. She was born
seventy-eight years ago in Scotland, and came to Brooklyn to live when
28 years of age. She was a member of the Mt. Olivet Church, of Borough
Park. Her survivors are three daughters, Mrs. MILLER, Mrs. KELLEY, and
Mrs. SESSENTEN, and two sons, all of Brooklyn.
Florence M. TAYLOR, child of James and Mary TAYLOR, died Sunday. The
funeral services were held this afternoon from her late home, 550
Seventh avenue, under direction of Undertaker LYNAM & PURVIS, of Fourth
avenue. Interment was made at Greenwood Cemetery.
CHARLES BURKHARDT
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the undertaking parlors of
LYNAM & PURVIS, 503A Fourth avenue, for Charles BURKHARDT. His body
was found Sunday morning in the river at the foot of Harrison street,
where he had been employed on the dock and boats as a cooper. He was
35 years old; was born in Germany, and had been a resident of South
Brooklyn for twenty-six years. His last residence was 380 Degraw
street. The remains were interred at Greenwood Cemetery. Two sisters
survive him.
Rosetta J. DILLON, who died on Sunday at her home, 505 Clinton street,
was born in Brooklyn, and a member of St. Mary's Church and the
Catholic Women's Circle. She is survived by one brother, John, and one
sister, Mary. The funeral will be held to-morrow morning from St.
Mary's Church. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, under direction of
Robert C. FARLEY, of 465 Court street.
John LANE, a native of Ireland, and a member of St. Francis Xavier
Church, died yesterday at his home, 686 Sackett street. A widow, three
children, one brother, Michael, and a sister, Mary, survive him. The
funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon in the chapel at Holy
Cross Cemetery. The undertaker in charge of the arrangements is John
H. TIMMS, of 203 Fourth avenue.
Margaret RENNIN, in her sixty-first year, died yesterday at her home,
336 Second street, after a brief illness. She is survived by her
husband, two sons and two daughters. The funeral will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Strong Place Baptist Church.
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, under direction of D.S. ABRAMS, of
Harrison street.
Ashbeline CHASE, widow of William W. CHASE, died Sunday at her home,
394 Lenox road, Flatbush. She was 81 years old, and for half a century
had been interested in charitable and philanthropic work. With her
husband, who was a sea captain, Mrs. CHASE visited every quarter of the
globe. She leaves two nieces.
Thomas KENNEY, who was know to everybody in the neighborhood of Borough
Mall as "Crutchy the Newsboy," died at his home, in Dean street, on
Saturday. KENNEY was about 30 years old and a cripple. He sold
newspapers in front of the Hall of Records and was well known to all
the politicians and lawyers who pass there daily. :"Crutchy" had a
reputation among his fellows for wisdom, and his advice was always
sought by the other "newsies" when they were in trouble. The night
before he died, KENNEY, who, as one boy asserted, had a "heart as big
as a house," put in his time raising a fund among the boys to buy a
floral piece for the funeral of another "newsy's" wife. Yesterday the
same lads were chipping in for flowers for "Crutchy's" own funeral.
Timothy HURLEY, a Civil War veteran, 72 years old, died on Sunday at
his home, at 1930 Eightieth street, from the ills incident to old age.
Mr. HURLEY was born in Boston. In 1869 he went to Columbia, S.C. He
was State Treasurer under several Governors, a member of the
Constitutional Convention and chairman of the Electoral Board of the
State in the election of President HAYES.
Joseph APPLEGATE, 95 years old, one of the founders of the New York and
Brooklyn Casket Company, died yesterday at his home, 492 Bedford
avenue. Mr. APPLEGATE was born in Huntington. He was known as an
expert in hard woods. Forty years ago he founded the New York Casket
Company, with offices in Broome street and the Bowery, Manhattan. He
retired from business twenty years ago with a considerable fortune.
Mr. APPLEGATE was widely know in Masonic circles, and is survived by an
adopted daughter. He was a member of Hyatt Lodge, 205, F.& A.M.,
Masonic Veterans and the Society of Old Brooklynites. The funeral
services will be held at 8 o'clock to-morrow night.
Joseph VILLENUVE, 39 years old, who had been a resident of the Twelfth
Ward for the past ten years, died last Thursday at St. Peter's
Hospital, after a short illness. He was a member of the Visitation
Church and leaves a widow. The funeral took place from his late home,
45 Walcott street, on Sunday, under direction of DAILY Bros., of 59
DeKalb avenue. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
DENIS DOWNEY
The funeral of Denis DOWNEY will take place to-morrow morning at 10
o'clock from the home of his son, Dr. James Maurice DOWNEY, 381 Clinton
street, thence to St. Agnes' R.C. Church, Hoyt and Sacket streets.
Interment will be made at Holy Cross Cemetery. Mr. DOWNEY had passed
his seventy-fifth year. He was formerly in the grain business. For
fifty years he had lived in South Brooklyn. He was born in Kildare,
Ireland. Besides his son, a widow, Margaret, and two grandchildren,
survive him.
Mary Frances LORTZ, daughter of Frederick and Anna LORTZ, died at her
home, 145 George street, yesterday morning, being sick only two weeks
with pneumonia. Funeral services will be held to-morrow at 2 P.M.
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, under direction of Undertaker Rudolph
STUTZMANN, of 296 Knickerbocker avenue.
PAULINA BIERMAN
The funeral of Paulina BIERMAN, widow of Michael BIERMAN, will be held
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late home, 196 President
street. She was the mother of Augusta BATTSTEIN, Anna ROSENBERG, Dora
TISCH, Charles BIERMAN and Moses BIERMAN.
Joseph BOWROSAN, late of Binghamton, died yesterday at his home, 434
Clermont avenue. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2
o'clock. A delegation of Brooklyn Masonic veterans will attend.
REBECCA G. POOLE
A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of the soul of
Rebecca G. POOLE, widow of John F. POOLE, to-morrow morning at 10
o'clock in St. Mark's Church, Sheepshead Bay. Mrs. POOLE died
yesterday at her home in Emmons avenue. Interment will be made at
Calvary Cemetery.
Anne MORGAN, mother of Margaret A. CASSIDY, died on Sunday at her home,
733 DeKalb avenue. The funeral was held to-day, with interment at
Calvary Cemetery.
Joseph BAILER died on Sunday, in his forty-fourth year, at his home,
1517 Greene avenue. The funeral services will be held at 8 o'clock
to-morrow afternoon.
Eliza CLAYTON, widow of Joseph CLAYTON, died on Sunday at her home,
562 Wythe avenue, where the funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock
to-morrow afternoon.
Edward O'BRIEN died yesterday at his home, 5319 Fifth avenue. The
funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon.
Sarah BUTTS, a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, died suddenly of heart
trouble last Saturday in her fifty-fourth year at her home, 332
Tompkins avenue. The funeral services were held this afternoon from
the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets, of which she was
for many years a member. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery.
She leaves three daughters, two sisters, and one brother. Funeral
Director T.J. HIGGINS, of Jay street, had charge of the arrangements.
Helen NELSON, only daughter of Edward and Olga NELSON, of 649 Hicks
street, died yesterday after an illness of three weeks. The funeral
was held this afternoon, the interment taking place in the family plot
at Evergreen Cemetery. The funeral arrangements were under direction
of Undertaker John T. OATS, of 5207 Fifth avenue.
Thomas DUNN, 35 years old, died last Friday at the Cumberland Street
Hospital after an illness of seven days. He was born in the Eleventh
Ward and formerly resided at 288 Bridge street. The funeral was held
this afternoon from the chapel of DAILY Bros.,59 DeKalb avenue.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
ROBERT LAYFIELD
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Robert LAYFIELD at
his late home, 146 Lawrence street. He was the first and only
newsdealer to obtain permission to conduct a newsstand inside the
Manhattan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge. He had been a familiar
daily sight to thousands since its opening. He belonged to the Second
Assembly District Democratic Club. The funeral was under the direction
of Undertaker T.J. HIGGINS, of 135 Jay street.
Margaret SMITH, wife of Frederick SMITH, died yesterday at her home,
656 Leonard street. She was born in Brooklyn fifty years ago.
Surviving are three sons and a husband. Morning Star Council, No. 44,
D. of L., and Camp No. 14, P.O. of A., will hold their services at the
late home of Mrs. SMITH to-morrow evening. The family services will be
held Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Lincoln H. CASWELL, pastor of the
Tabernacle M.E. Church, officiating. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery
under the supervision of Undertaker Oscar BOCH, of 788 Manhattan avenue.
8 May 1907
AWNING HANGER IS INSTANTLY KILLED.
An accidental fall from the sill of a second-story window, at 364
Bedford avenue, resulted in the death of Lafayette BURRELL, 25 years
old, of 839 Broadway, last night. BURRELL had been hanging awnings on
the front of the Bedford avenue building and losing his balance toppled
to the sidewalk. His neck was broken.
FORMER GREENPOINTER DIES IN MANHATTAN
James O'CONNELL, 40 years old, of 299 West 137th street, Manhattan,
died at his home yesterday morning of gastritis. Although living in
Manhattan, he had made his home in Greenpoint practically all of his
life, and leaves a host of friends in this section. While here his
home was at 147 Kingsland avenue. Two sisters survive. The funeral
services will be solemnized by high mass in St. Cecilia's Church,
Herbert and North Henry streets on Friday morning at 10 o'clock. The
interment will be in Calvary under the direction of John GLINNEN's
Sons, of 64 Herbert street.
BARTENDER DIES FROM GAS FUMES IN HIS ROOM.
Alfred HOLPERT, 30 years old, a bartender, who boarded with Mrs. Mary
SICKEN, at 249 Atlantic avenue, was found asphyxiated in his room this
morning. Death is believed to have been accidental.
UNKNOWN WOMAN DEAD FROM ALCOHOLISM
What the doctors of two hospitals saw was alcoholism, caused the death
at 9 o'clock this morning of an unknown woman in the Kings Count
Hospital. Picked up by a policeman of the Canarsie station at 6
o'clock last night, then being in a stupor, she was taken from the
Canarsie station to the Brownsville station, where she was put in the
care of Matron COX.
DRIVER SUDDENLY DIES IN CHURCH.
James SMITH, of 91 Rutland street, a driver of Joseph HARRIGAN, a
lumber dealer, was taken suddenly sick at the corner of Marcy avenue
and Hooper street this morning. He was removed to the Church of the
Transfiguration, nearby, where he died a few moments later. Death is
believed to have been due to heart failure.
ECKELHARDT, DEMENTED, BLOWS BRAINS OUT.
Ernest ECKELHARDT, 37 years old, a salesman who lived at 254 Cornelia
street, shot himself while in a lumber yard at Halsey street and Irving
avenue this morning. ECKELHARDT had been demented for some time, and
his friend had proposed sending him to an insane asylum. The body was
found by Policeman CLEMENS, of the Hamburg avenue station.
TWO WOMEN MURDERED IN FAMILY QUARREL
Giovano ZITO Charged With Cutting Throats of Wife and
Mother-in-Law---Arrested at Scene of Tragedy, in Manhattan Tenement,
With Hands and Face Covered by Blood---Denies Guilt and Tells Tale of
Two Mysterious Strangers---Is Accused, However, in Dying Words of One
of the Victims.
What is considered one of the most brutal murders that has ever been
perpetrated on the East Side of Manhattan occurred early this morning
on the sixth floor of the tenement at 230 Chrystie street. Giovano
ZITO, 24 years old, is under arrest charged with having killed his
wife, Maria, also 24 years old, and Maria TALLTIERETTI, his
mother-in-law.
The police found ZITO in the house, his hands and face covered with
blood. The body of his wife lay on the threshold of the door, her
throat cut from ear to ear with a razor. Mrs. TALLTIERETTI was also
found cut up in a most brutal manner in the house of her next door
neighbor, Martini CASSANO. The floor was a pool of blood and the
windowpanes, the doors, and almost every object in the room were
covered with it.
ZITO married Mrs. TALLTIERETTI's daughter about four years ago, and
their married life had been marked by quarrels and unpleasantness. Two
years before the marriage ZITO had shot his wife, and for this he was
sent to jail for a year. When he was released the pair became
reconciled and subsequently were married. They went to live with the
woman's parents at 3 Second street.
Giuseppi TALLTIERETTI, the girl's father, keeps a fruit stand at Canal
street and the Bowery. ZITO refused to work, and several days ago the
four were dispossessed from their Second street house, and they moved
to the Chrystie street tenement.
At 5 o'clock this morning TALLTIERETTI left the house to go to his
stand. ZITO had had a quarrel with his wife the night previous, and
had not been home all night. About 5:30 o'clock this morning CASSANO,
who lives next door to the TALLTIERETTIs, heard sounds of a quarrel
next door, and in another moment his door was opened and Mrs.
TALLTIERETTI, her face bespattered with blood, stumbled into CASSANO's
house.
"My son-in-law kill me, and he kill my girl." she said as she dropped
dead at CASSANO's feet.
CASSANO rushed to the street and told Policeman RHENLAND, of the Fifth
street station, what had happened. RHENLAND rapped for assistance and
Policeman DOBBINS responded. The officers went to the TALLTIERETTI
apartments and there found ZITO looking at the dead form of his wife, a
razor lying at her side and another razor at his feet.
ZITO emphatically denied that he had committed the crime. He said that
two strangers had entered the house and had attacked the women. ZITO
declared that he had struggled with the men, but they managed to
escape. Dr. McRAE, of the Gouverneur Hospital, was summoned. He said,
death had been almost instantaneous.
George GATENBY, a Civil War veteran, died on Sunday at the Soldiers and
Sailors' Home, at Bath, Steuben County. He was born sixty-seven years
ago in Yorkshire, England, and was a son of the Rev. Mr. GATENBY, of
Manchester, England. He came to America in 1857 and at the outbreak of
the Civil War enlisted in Company F, First Illinois Light Artillery.
Mr. GATENBY was buried at the Home burying ground this afternoon. He
is survived by a widow, two sons, and two daughters.
Maria DOONER McCORMICK, wife of Thomas McCORMICK, died to-day at her
home, 25 Walworth street, in her sixty-third year. She was a native of
Ireland and had been a Brooklynite for fifty years. She was a member
of St. Patrick's Church, Kent and Willoughby avenues, and of the Rosary
Society. A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated in St. Patrick's
Church for the repose of her soul, Friday morning at 9 o'clock. The
interment will be made at Calvary Cemetery, under direction of James
CONLEY, of 550 Myrtle avenue. She is survived by her husband, who has
been for twenty-five years, employed as an engineer in the GILL soap
works, on Kent avenue; a son, Edward, and a daughter, Mrs. Kate SIBILACH.
Julia NEARY TYNAN, wife of M. TYNAN, died on Sunday after a brief
illness. The funeral was held from the home of her mother, 647 Dean
street, this morning. She was for many years a member of St. Joseph's
R.C. Church, Pacific street and Vanderbilt avenue, where a solemn
requiem mass was celebrated. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Thomas KILDUFF, a native of County Westmeath, Ireland, died yesterday
after a brief illness. He had lived in Brooklyn for twenty-eight years
and was a member of the Assumption Church, Holy Name Society and the
Ancient Order of Hibernians. He is survived by a widow, three
children, a brother and a sister. The funeral will be held Friday at
2:30 P.M. from his late home, 160 York street. Undertakers DOYLE &
KENNY have charge of the arrangements. Interment will be made at Holy
Cross Cemetery.
George KEBER, 48 years old, died yesterday of pneumonia in Bellevue
Hospital, Manhattan, after a short illness. He was a native of Germany
and had lived in Manhattan forty years, where he was employed for some
time as a butcher at 439 West Forty-second street. The funeral
services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of
his sister, Mrs. Josephine SCHEUR, 1214 Greene avenue. Interment at
Lutheran Cemetery. Funeral director Rudolph STUTZMAN, of 396
Knickerbocker avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
THOMAS KELLY
Funeral services over the remains of Thomas KELLY, for the past
fourteen years janitor of School 54, Richmond Hill, who died at his
home in Hayestown, Richmond Hill, on Sunday night from heart disease,
were held this morning in St. Benedict Joseph's Church, Morris Park,
the Rev. Father FAHEY officiating. Mr. KELLY, a number of years ago,
when property was selling at a low figure, purchased considerable at
Hayestown, most of which he owned at the time of his death and which
to-day is valued at $20,000. He leaves a widow and a daughter.
Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery, Jamaica.
MARIA WEEKS
Funeral services were held yesterday at the Graham avenue Home for Old
Ladies for Maria WEEKS, who died there on Sunday. She had been a
resident of Brooklyn for five years and an inmate of the home for two
years. She belonged to the Washington Avenue Baptist Church. The
remains were interred with those of her husband in the family plot at
Hempstead. She is survived by two sisters, who reside at Great Neck.
Lillian Agnes ASHCROFT, wife of Ralph W. ASHCROFT, and daughter of John
and Margaret B. McGANN, died suddenly on Monday at her home, 349
Seventy-eighth street. She was for a number of years a teacher in
Public School 58, Degraw street, near Smith. She was thirty-two years
old and had always lived in Brooklyn. She is survived by three
sisters, and two brothers. The funeral services were held this
afternoon from St. Mary's P.E. Church, Classon and Willoughby avenues,
of which church she was for many years a member. Interment was made at
Greenwood Cemetery.
SAMUEL WRIGHT
Illness of short duration caused the death on Monday morning of Samuel
WRIGHT, a resident of Brooklyn for more than half a century. Mr.
WRIGHT was born on Long Island seventy-seven years ago and came to
Brooklyn in 1855, settling at the home in which he died, 123 St. Felix
street. He was very well known in Newark, where his business was, and
on Long Island. For many years he was a professor in Polytechnic
Institute and later in Adelphi College. He was the teacher of a number
of men who are prominent figures to-day, including ex-Mayor Seth LOW.
He later entered business life and was very successful, becoming
general agent for a life insurance company and had his offices in
Newark, N.J. He was a member of the Hanson Place M.E. Church and for
many years has been identified with its work. A widow and four
daughters survive him. Funeral services will be held to-night at 8
o'clock at his late home at which the pastor of the Hanson Place Church
will officiate. The remains will be taken to Rockville Centre
to-morrow for interment. A short service will be conducted at that
place by the Rev. Dr. PRICE, pastor of the Rockville Centre M.E.
Church, in which Mr. WRIGHT received his first religious instruction.
James CARROLL, a well known resident of the Twentieth Ward, died at his
home, 117 Carlton avenue, on Monday after a long illness. He was a
veteran of the Civil War, having served on the U.S.S. Octoroon and was
honorably discharged at the close of the war. He then settled in the
Twentieth Ward forty years ago. He was a member of the Church of the
Sacred Heart and is survived by a widow, Bridget, and a son, William.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, to-morrow at 2:30 P.M. Undertaker
DONEGAN, of Park avenue, has charge of the funeral.
FRANCIS A.L. MOORE
Francis A. LETTS MOORE, widow of Charles A.MOORE, died on Monday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. John H. WARD, 1166 Forty-fifth street. She
was 78 years old. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock to-morrow
afternoon, with interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
THOMAS FARRELL
Funeral services were held yesterday for Thomas FARRELL at his late
residence, 73 Joralemon street. His death was caused last Saturday by
pneumonia, after an illness of ten days. He was a member of the Church
of St. Charles Barromeo, on Sydney place. He was 30 years old, born in
Ireland, and had lived in Brooklyn ten years. A sister, Ellen, and two
brothers, William and Michael, survive. The interment was made at Holy
Cross Cemetery.
Hugh FARRELL died at his home, 571 Kent avenue, on Monday, of
pneumonia, after a brief illness. He was born in Ireland thirty-eight
years ago and came to Brooklyn in 1887. He was a regular attendant at
the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Wythe avenue and South Second
street, and a member of the Holy Name Society. He is survived by a
widow, Catherine. The funeral will take place on Friday afternoon and
after service in the chapel at Calvary Cemetery, the interment will be
under direction of Undertaker Thomas H. IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
Ophelia CHRISTENSEN MATHIAS, daughter of the late Gen. C.T. CHRISTENSEN
and Mrs. Emma L. CHRISTENSEN, died at her home, 432 Sixth street, on
Monday night after a long suffering from a complication of diseases.
Mrs. MATHIAS was 53 years old, and , with the exception of twelve years
spent in Dakota, had lived all her life in Brooklyn, and was a member
of Plymouth Church. Her husband was Dr. A.M. MATHIAS. She is survived
by her mother, four sisters, two brothers and three sons, Walter,
Francis and Frederick.
John G. STEEL, who was for many years in business as a tobacco merchant
at Beekman and Nassau streets, Manhattan, died on Monday at his home
678 Marcy avenue. He was born in this city sixty-nine years ago and
was a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. STEEL was a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic and of the Masonic Order.
Amelia W. FAVILL, wife of Col. J.M. FAVILL, died at her winter
residence, Blythdale Farm, Stafford County, Va., on Monday. She was
the daughter and last surviving child of the late Henry BAINGRIDGE, one
of the early merchants of William street; founder of the wholesale
stationery firm of Henry BAINBRIDGE & Co. Born in Brooklyn in 1853,
she was educated at the Packer Institute and became an enthusiastic
botanist. The remains will be brought to Brooklyn for interment in
Greenwood Cemetery.
FREDERICK W. EICKHOFF
Funeral services were held Monday from his late home, 262 Eighth street
for Frederick William EICKHOFF. He leaves a widow, Rosina, four
daughters, Anna S., Mrs. Emil HERZOG, Mrs. Theodore H. EINICKE, Mrs.
William SINEMAN?, a son, Frederick, and nine grand children. He was
born in Germany 74 years ago and came to New York when 29 years old.
He was for a number of years a member of Trinity Church, Manhattan, the
curate of which, Alfred William GRIFFIN, officiated at the service.
GREENPOINT.-MARGARET M'DONALD DIES OF CONVULSIONS.
Margaret McDONALD, the infant child of Officer William McDONALD, of the
Fifty-fifth precinct, died at her father's home, 525A Humboldt street,
yesterday of convulsions. She was the only child. The funeral
services were held this afternoon from the late home, the interment
being in Calvary Cemetery, under the direction of John GLINNEN's Sons,
of 64 Herbert street.
9 May 1907
INSTANTLY KILLED BY FALL FROM WINDOW.
Mrs. Harriet BRADLEY, 59 years old,was instantly killed about noon
to-day by falling from a second-story window of her home, 659 Baltic
street, as she was trying to attach a flag-pole to the window sill.
Dr. KANDT found life extinct when he arrived with an ambulance from
Seney Hospital.
LAWYER DROPS DEAD IN REAL ESTATE OFFICE.
Robert A. MORRISON, a lawyer, of 3204 Glenwood road, who had an office
in the Arbuckle Building, fell dead with heart failure this morning
while transacting some business in a real estate office at Coney Island
avenue and Avenue L.
Frank FANNING died at his home, 180 Grand street, yesterday of
pneumonia, after a short illness. He was born in the Eastern District
29 years ago and was a regular attendant at the Church of Sts. Peter
and Paul, Wythe avenue and South Second street, and a member of the
Holy Name Society. He is survived by a widow, Mary, and two sons. The
funeral will take place to-morrow morning and after services the
interment will be made in the family plot at Calvary Cemetery, under
direction of Undertaker Thomas H. IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
MARGARET F. TAYLOR
Funeral services for Margaret FRAZER TAYLOR will be held this evening
at 8 o'clock from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Minnie TAYLOR RITCH,
124 Kingston avenue, where she died on Tuesday. The interment will be
in Greenwood Cemetery to-morrow morning.
Thomas L. DUNLEAVY died Tuesday after a prolonged illness in his
thirty-fourth year. He leaves a widow, Margaret, two sons, four
daughters, a brother and a sister. He was a native of Ireland and had
lived in Brooklyn twenty-two years. He was a member of the Church of
the Holy Rosary, of the Holy Name Society, of the ......... Volunteers,
Company L, and of the Sarsfield Club of Brooklyn. He was connected
with the Street Cleaning Department for fifteen years. Funeral
services will be held at his late residence, 211 McDougall street,
to-morrow morning, thence to the Church of the Holy Rosary, Chauncey
street, near Reid avenue, where a solemn requiem mass will be
celebrated. The interment will be made in Holy Cross Cemetery,
under the direction of Undertaker James J. JOYCE, of 360 Reid avenue.
CATHARINE E. RICE
Miss Catharine Eulalla RICE died at her home, Forty-eighth street and
Seventeenth avenue, Borough Park, on Tuesday, after an illness of ten
days, from pneumonia. She was 26 years old and had always lived in
Brooklyn. She was a member of the Church of St. Rose of Lima,
Parkville, where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated to-morrow
morning at 9 o'clock, the Rev. Father McALEESE officiating. She is
survived by her parents, Thomas and Catharine RICE, four sisters,
Julia, Mary, Rose and Sarah, and two brothers, James, a patrolman of
the Parkville precinct, and John. The family has resided in the
Thirtieth Ward for more than half a century. The interment will be in
Holy Cross Cemetery. The funeral arrangements are under the direction
of Undertaker James FARRELL, of 1180 Fifth avenue.
WILLIAM B. RENWICKE
Stricken with apoplexy on the steamship Karoma, William B. RENWICKE
died on Tuesday. He was born in England, and had been a resident of
Brooklyn for only six weeks. For some years he had been a captain of
the ship. He is survived by a widow and two children. The funeral
services were conducted last night at the mortuary chapel of J.
SCHAEFER, 4014 Third avenue.
MARY RYAN
After a two months' illness, Mary RYAN died at her home, 154 Jay
street, on Monday afternoon. She was born in Virginia in 1883 and had
lived in Brooklyn for five years. She was a member of the Assumption
Roman Catholic Church. She is survived by her husband. The funeral
took place this afternoon, interment being made at Greenwood Cemetery,
under the direction of T.J.HIGGINS, of 135 Jay street.
JOHN GARADINE
A long illness, as the result of a complication of diseases, caused the
death on Tuesday of John GARADINE, of 430 Fifty-ninth street. He was
born in Ireland, and had lived in South Brooklyn for twelve years. He
was a member of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. He had
retired from active business. Two daughters and two sons survive him.
The funeral will be held to-morrow. Interment at Calvary Cemetery. J.
SCHAEFER, of 4014 Third avenue, is the undertaker in charge of the
arrangements.
Frederick Edward BAKER died on Tuesday in the Long Island College
Hospital of typhoid fever after an illness of two weeks. He is
survived by his parents and sister, who reside at 827 Fulton street.
The funeral was held from the undertaking parlors of Edwin BAYHA, 219
Atlantic avenue, this afternoon. The interment was made at Lutheran Cemetery.
LAFAYETTE BURRELL
Funeral services were held last evening for Lafayette BURRELL at the
un........[page cut off]..... Brooklyn. The Rev. Dr. HAMILTON, of the
South Third Street M.E. Church, officiated at the funeral services.
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery to-day.
Bridget RYAN died suddenly of heart disease Monday evening while
visiting her grandson, at 264 Berrack street, Jersey City. She was 50
years old and all that time had lived in the Sixth Ward. She leaves a
daughter, Mrs. BRANDSHAW, and a grandson, from whose home, in Jersey
City, the funeral was held to-day. She was for many years a member of
St. Peter's Church, Hicks and Warren streets. Interment was made at
Holy Cross Cemetery, under the direction of Peter J. DALY, of 438 Hicks
street.
William F. EDWARDS, Jr., died at his home, 63 North Tenth street,
yesterday of pneumonia. He was born in the Eastern District and always
resided there. He is survived by his parents, William and Jennie
EDWARDS. The funeral will take place to-morrow and after services in
the chapel at St. John's Cemetery, the interment will be made in the
family plot under direction of Undertaker John H. IRELAND, of North
Sixth street.
Nellie R. McKEON, wife of Harry F. McKEON and daughter of Bridget and
the late Michael RYAN, died yesterday at her home, 98 Pioneer street.
She was a member of Visitation Church, Richards and Verona streets, and
was in her twenty-fifth year. She leaves a husband and a son, Harry,
aged 19 months; her mother, a sister, Anna, and a brother, John. The
funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon. Undertaker Joseph F.
RAYMOND, of 90 King street, has charge of the arrangements. Interment
at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Lawrence F. BROGAN, born in the old Tenth ward twenty-four years ago,
died on April 28 at Oneida after a long illness. He was popular in the
Twenty-sixth ward, where he had lived since he was three years old. He
is survived by his parents; one brother, John, and five sisters,
Katherine, Helen, Anna, Rose and Mrs. LUDWIG. The funeral services
were held in the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, the Rev. Father McCOY
officiating. The pallbearers were John DOUGHTY, Thomas MOORE, John
KEENAN, Thomas MURPHY, William VAN HULSE and William DUANE. Interment
was made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Joanna A. CUMMINGS, daughter of James and Mary CUMMINGS, died on
Tuesday. The funeral will be held to-morrow morning from her late
home, 885A Putnam avenue, thence to the Church of Our Lady of Good
Counsel, Putnam avenue, near Ralph, where a solemn requiem mass will be
celebrated at 10 o'clock for the repose of her soul. Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery.
Annie MOWER LOUD, wife of J. Herbert LOUD, died suddenly yesterday of
pneumonia after a short illness. The funeral services will be held at
8 o'clock to-night at her late home, 1083 Dean street. Interment at
Holy Cross Cemetery to-morrow.
WALTER A. PHELPS
A solemn requiem mass was celebrated yesterday at St. Teresa's R.C.
Church, Classon avenue and Sterling place, for Walter A. PHELPS, who
died on Saturday, in his sixty-eighth year. A widow survives him at
774 Franklin avenue. Interment was made at Calvary Cemetery under
direction of Undertaker Frank A. DALTON, of 63 DeKalb avenue.
Frances A. MOORE, 78 years old, a pioneer resident of Borough Park, is
dead at her home, 1166 Forty-fifth street. Death was due to pneumonia.
Mrs. MOORE was ill only three days. She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. John A. WARD. The funeral will be held to-morrow, the Rev. M.
LUDWIG, officiating. Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery. BROPHY &
Co., of Fifty-seventy street and New Utrecht avenue, have charge of the
arrangements.
Andrew J. McCORT died on Tuesday at his home, 149 Harrison street. He
was born in Ireland over seventy years ago. He enlisted in the cause
of the Union in '61, and saw active service during the war. He was a
member of Vanderbilt Post, 136, G.A.R. He had been employed for a
number of years as a Custom House inspector. He is survived by a
widow, Mary A. He was a member of the St. Peter's R.C. Church, Hicks
and Warren streets, and a solemn requiem mass, will be celebrated there
to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, after which interment will be made at
Holy Cross Cemetery.
Christine KENT BELL, wife of R. Walter BELL, died yesterday at her
home, 894 Park Place, after a long illness. Mrs. BELL was born in New
York forty-seven years ago. She was one of the Board of Managers of
the Brooklyn Nursery and Child's Hospital and was actively interested
in the charitable work of the Central Congregational Church, Hancock
street and Bedford avenue. Mrs. BELL leaves a husband, a son, a
daughter, two sisters and a brother, Rev. Dr. R.J. KENT, pastor of the
Lewis Avenue Congregational Church. The funeral will be at her home at
2:30 P.M. to-morrow. The burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery.
John A.MEYDING died at his home, 276 Baldwin avenue, Jersey City, on
Monday on internal injuries resulting from a fall on an icy sidewalk
last February. He was born in Brooklyn in 1847, and although only 14
years old when the Civil War broke out, enlisted in the Ninety-first
New York Volunteers, and served until peace was declared. While his
regiment was fighting at Petersburg, Va., he received a bullet in the
shoulder. The surgeon probed for the ball, but could not find it.
Twenty-five years later it worked to the surface and was extracted. He
leaves a widow.
Christina CUENIN died on Tuesday in her eightieth year at the Old
Ladies' Home, Staten Island. She leaves two sons, and at the home of
one, Alexander, 478 Dean street, the funeral services will be held
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Arrangements are in the charge of
Undertaker Frank A. DALTON, of 63 DeKalb avenue. Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery.
Matilda M. BATES, widow of Frank BATES, died on Tuesday, after a brief
illness. The funeral services were held this afternoon from her late
home, 225 Forty-third street. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
Pamela LINBARGER passed away yesterday after a long illness at her
home, 23 Fourth avenue. She was eighty years old and spent nearly her
whole lifetime at her birthplace in the town of Peekskill, except for a
few recent years, when she made her home in Brooklyn. The funeral
services will be held to-morrow night at 8 o'clock at her late home.
Interment at Peekskill. Undertaker Frank A. DALTON has charge of the
arrangements.
Amanda M. WEAVER died on Monday at her late home, 356 Bedford avenue,
after a brief illness. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon.
WILLIAM V. BROKAW DEAD
William VAIL BROKAW, who, with his brother, Isaac V. BROKAW, founded
the clothing house of BROKAW BROTHERS, died suddenly yesterday at his
home, 825 Fifth avenue, Manhattan. He was 75 years old and born in
Bound Brook, N.J. Mr. BROKAW leaves four children, Mrs. James E.
MARTIN, Mrs. H. Brahmhall GILBERT, W. Gould BROKAW and Clifford V.
BROKAW. Mrs. MARTIN and W. Gould BROKAW are in Europe. Mr. BROKAW was
a director of the Bowery Savings Bank, a member of the Chamber of
Commerce, the Huguenot Society, the Holland Society, the Union League
Club and of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. The funeral will be held
at this church at 11 o'clock Saturday morning.
KILDUFF - On Tuesday, May 7, Thomas, beloved husband of Mary KILDUFF
[nee McMANUS] and son of the late Daniel and Elizabeth KILDUFF, of
Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland. Funeral from his late residence,
160 York street, Friday, 2:30 P.M. Interment Holy Cross.
NELSON - Mary A., beloved wife of George H. NELSON, at their
residence, 2 Fleet pl. Funeral Saturday morning, 9:30, at St. Edward's
Church. High mass. Friends welcome.
PARADINE - John, died on Tuesday morning, May 7, at his late residence,
430 Fifty-ninth st. Funeral on Friday, May 10th, at 9:30 A.M., from
the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Fifty-ninth st. and Fifth
avenue, Brooklyn. Interment...[page cut off]
GREENPOINT-PNEUMONIA CAUSES DEATH OF WOMAN ON COAL BARGE.
Mrs. Annie JOHNSON, 48 years old, who lived with her husband on the
coal barge Mark Hanna, lying at the foot of Commercial street, was
found dead in bed this morning by her husband. He notified the police
at the Greenpoint station and told them that his wife had been ill with
pneumonia for about a month and all of that time she was without
medical attendance. The body was removed to the station house and the
coroner was notified.
CROWD AT FUNERAL OF POLICEMAN BRADY
The funeral of Officer Owen BRADY, of the Sixtieth Precinct, held from
his late home, 149 Engart avenue, yesterday afternoon, was largely
attended. A large number of the police force attended. The coffin was
banked with beautiful flowers. Father McGOLDRICK, of St. Cecelia's
Church, had charge of the services. The interment was in the family
plot in Calvary Cemetery.
MR. AND MRS. CHARLES GUGEL LOSE LITTLE DAUGHTER
Laura GUGEL, the infant daughter of Charles and Anne GUGEL, died at her
parents' home, 58 Herbert street, yesterday after a short illness from
bronchitis. She was one of six children. The funeral was held this
afternoon from the late home, with interment in Lutheran Cemetery.
John GLINNENS Sons, of 64 Herbert street, had charge of the
arrangements.
10 May 1907
SOUTH BROOKLYN-MYSTERY AS TO HOW "L" GUARD WAS KILLED.
The police are trying to find out how Reuben G. WINNE, a guard on the
Fifth avenue elevated, was killed. WINNE's body was discovered,
mutilated, on the tracks of the elevated near the Sixteenth street
station last night. Persons on the streets saw blood dripping from the
structure and notified a policeman, who in turn notified the officials
of the B.R.T. How WINNE, who was on duty last night, and who should
have been on a train, came upon the tracks, is what the police are
endeavoring to solve. They do not believe it possible that the guard
could have fallen from the platform on his train, and fear that he may
have been thrown off a moving train in a fight.
Henry L. CLAPP, formerly, and for many years, manager of the New York
house of Fairbanks & Co., died this morning at his home, the Villa
Zammit, Pieta, on the island of Malta, in the Mediterranean. Mr.
CLAPP, a son of a Massachusetts Congregational clergyman, came from
Boston to New York in the early seventies, and for fifteen or more
years was a familiar figure in its business and social life. He was an
active member of the Lotos, Union League and Olympic clubs, a director
of the United States Life Insurance Company and in close touch with the
active and forceful men of the day. Illness compelled his retirement
from business, and long and protracted absence in Europe resulted in
his marriage to the daughter of one of the old families of Malta and
his subsequent permanent residence, first in the capital, Valetta, and
later in a suburban villa modernized from medieval times. Mr. CLAPP
had twice within the past few years returned to the United States,
revisiting with keen interest, many of the scenes of earlier days, and,
though his home was on British soil, maintained constantly the closest
sympathy with American affairs, politics and interests. His
hospitality to Americans in Malta, of either branch of the service or
civilians was instant and generous, and many visitors and travelers
will miss his friendly greeting. Mr. CLAPP was also a member of the
Union Club of British officers at Malta, a close personal friend of the
Governor, and enjoyed the respect and friendship of the Maltese
families as well as of the British civil, military and naval officers
on duty in the island. During the last few years much of Mr. CLAPP's
time and attention had been devoted to a hospital, built and endowed by
himself and Mrs. CLAPP, which was to have a ward named for President
ROOSEVELT and to be a shelter and a solace for the suffering, without
restriction of race or religion. Plans had been prepared and
considerable work accomplished, and the project is in a fair way for
early and complete development. Mr. CLAPP is survived by his widow and
her sister, Miss ZAMMIT, his nearest living American relative being his
sister, the wife of the Rev. Dr. FAIRBANKS, formerly of St. Johnsbury,
Vt.
John P. HANNIGAN, son of P.M. HANNIGAN, died on Tuesday at his home,
136 Fort Greene place, after a lingering illness. He was 23 years old,
and recently attended Pratt Institute, where he figured prominently in
track-team athletics, and on the basketball team, winning many medals
and upholding the standards of fair play. He was obliged to leave
school owing to failing health, and was a member of the Alumni
Association. He was born in the Bronx and had lived eight years in
Brooklyn. He leaves his father, two brothers and three sisters. He
was a member of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, Debevoise place, where
a solemn requiem mass was celebrated this morning at 10 o'clock. The
interment was made at Calvary Cemetery under direction of Undertaker
Frank A. DALTON, of 63 DeKalb avenue.
Mary PENSO, wife of Andrew PENSO, died on Wednesday in her
seventy-sixth year at her home, 187 Huntington street. The funeral
services will be held at 9:30 A.M. to-morrow, at the Church of St. Mary
Star of the Sea. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. Undertaker J.L.
HART, of 496 Court street, has charge of the arrangements.
John PARADINE, a native of Ireland, who had lived in this country for
fifty years, died on Tuesday at his home, 430 Fifty-ninth street, of a
complication of diseases, after an illness of six months. He had
retired from business some time ago, and lived in the Eighth ward for
more than twelve years. He leaves two sons and two daughters. A
solemn requiem mass was celebrated this morning at the Church of Our
Lady of Perpetual Help, Fifty-ninth street and Fifth avenue. The
interment was made at Calvary Cemetery, under direction of Jacob
SCHAEFER, of 4014 Third avenue.
Richard COOPER died yesterday of pneumonia after a week's illness. He
was born in Yorkshire, England, sixty-four years ago, and had resided
in Brooklyn a number of years. He was the son of Anna STABLER COOPER,
and has eleven brothers and sisters in Yorkshire, where the family is
well known and prominent. The funeral services will be held to-morrow
night at 8 o'clock at his late home, 1705 Dean street. Interment at
Evergreen Cemetery, under direction of Richard D. HOLMES, of 1320 St.
Marks avenue.
George S. CAPSTICK, husband of Isabella M. CAPSTICK, died this morning
at his home, 59 Chauncey street. He was in his fiftieth year. The
funeral services will be held at 8 o'clock Sunday night. Undertaker
ROEMMELE, of 326 Graham avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
Mary NEWTON COX died on Wednesday in her eighty-eighth year, after an
illness of three weeks. She was born on Dec. 2, 1820, in Ealing,
England, then a suburb of London, but now in London proper. She came
to this country when 21 years old, and settled in Manhattan. She
married Thomas E. COX and came to Brooklyn, where she resided for the
last twenty-eight years. She was an attendant of the Episcopal Church,
and her mind was remarkably clear for one of her extreme age. The
funeral services will be held at 8 o'clock to-night at the home of her
son, Benoist J. COX, 398 McDonough street. She is survived by her son,
Benoist, four grandchildren, Harold N. COX, B.S.,; Mrs. George W. DAHL,
Sarah COX and William E. COX, and two great grandchildren, Florence A.
and Harold A. DAHL.
James McGOVERN, 31 years old, died suddenly on Tuesday at his home, 260
Conover street. He was a member of St. Mary Star of the Sea Church,
and is survived by two sisters, Mary and Annie. The funeral was held
this afternoon, with interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. Undertaker J.L.
HART, of 496 Court street, was in charge.
Charles BORCHERS, husband of Annie GERKEN BORCHERS, died on Tuesday at
his home, 729 Union street, in his thirty-ninth year. The funeral was
held this afternoon.
Thomas J. WATTS, aged 51 years, died yesterday at his home, 1479 Fulton
street, after a short illness. He was a native of Ireland and came to
America when 15 years old. He had been employed as a ticket agent by
the B.R.T. for a number of years. He was a member of the Foresters
Fourth Utica, No. 7, of the B.R.T. Benevolent Association, the Holy
Name Society and the Church of Our Lady of Victory, Throop avenue and
McDonough street, where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated
to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Funeral Director James H. TRACY, of 1597 Fulton street, has charge of
the arrangements. The survivors are a widow, Theresa, and three
children, Michael J., William and Mary Josephine.
Henry A. BORCHERDING died on Tuesday at his home, 840 Bedford avenue,
after a long illness. He was in his thirty-seventh year, and had
always lived in the Bedford section, where he was well known. He was a
member of All Saints' R.C. Church, Throop avenue and Thornton street,
nearly all his life. He was engaged in the wholesale millinery
business in Manhattan for many years. The funeral services were held
this morning from his late home, thence to the Church of All Saints,
where a solemn requiem mass was celebrated. The interment was made at
Holy Cross Cemetery, under direction of Thomas MADDEN, of 917 Kent
avenue.
August JAHN, son of Alfred and the late Anne JAHN, died on Tuesday
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[.........] COLES
[first part of obit cut off]..... German Line about an hour before her
departure from the pier in Hoboken for Bremen. He was going to Europe
with his wife, intending to spend the summer at Carlsbad. His health
had long been impaired, but when he started from his home at 24
Montgomery place, yesterday morning for Hoboken, he was in good
spirits. He became faint soon after he reached the vessel and died
within a few minutes from heart failure. The body was taken to the
home here. Mr. COLES was born in Glen Cove, in 1825. He settled in
New York City in early life and for more than thirty years was engaged
in the produce business and became one of the best known members of the
Exchange. He was interested in several banking institutions and was
long active in the management of the Citizens' Bank. When he lived in
Manhattan he was a deacon of the Madison Avenue Baptist Church. He was
a member of the St. Nicholas Society. He leaves a widow, son and three
daughters. The funeral services will be held at the house to-morrow.
ERNST ECKHARD
The sudden death of Ernst ECKHARD on Wednesday morning was a great
shock to his friends. He was 37 years old, and was born in New York
City. He was very popular in the Eastern District and had many
friends. The funeral will be held from his late home, 254 Cornelia
street, to-morrow afternoon, at 2 o'clock. The interment will be made
at Lutheran Cemetery under direction of Michael DIRKES, of 184-186
Meeker avenue.
THOMAS BANDROT
Funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon for Thomas BANDROT,
48 years old, who died at his home, 242 Fifty-second street, on
Wednesday after a short illness. Pneumonia was the cause of death.
Mr. BANDROT was born in Nova Scotia. For the past few years he resided
in Brooklyn. The interment will be made at Holy Cross Cemetery under
the direction of MENDENHALL & Co., of Thirty-ninth street and New
Utrecht avenue. Mr. BANDROT is survived by a widow and three children.
Walter WHITE, 32? years old, of Sev.....[bottom of copy cut
off].....Clarence E. DUNHAM, pastor of St. Jude's, Fifteenth avenue and
Fifty-fifth street, officiating. The interment will be made at
Evergreen Cemetery. MENDENHALL & Co. have charge of the funeral
arrangements. Mr. WHITE is survived by his mother, a widow and four
children.
Eliza MILLER died yesterday at her home, 48 Ellery street. She is
survived by her husband and six children. The funeral will be held
to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with interment at Greenwood
Cemetery. P.J. DUFFY, of 504 Flushing avenue, has charge of the
arrangements.
Katherine O'BRIEN, after an illness of five weeks, died on Wednesday at
her home, 296 Pulaski street. She was twenty-four years old and is
survived by her parents, a brother and a sister. Solemn requiem mass
was celebrated this morning at the Church of St. John the Baptist and
interment was made under direction of John DELANEY, of Quincy street,
near Lewis avenue.
Josephine COB died at her home, 5 New street, Coney Island, after a
short illness. She was born in Manhattan, sixty years ago, and had
lived for the past twenty-five years at Coney Island. The funeral will
be held from her late home to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. She
leaves her husband and one daughter. Undertakers KOWSKI & JENTZER, of
2871 West Seventeenth street, have charge of the arrangements.
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
Mary A. NELSON, wife of George H. NELSON, died yesterday at her home, 2
Fleet place, of Bright's disease, after a long illness. She was
thirty-nine years old and had been a lifelong resident of the Fifth
Ward, where she was known as a charitable woman. Her husband is well
known in vaudeville circles as a musical artist. She was a member of
St. Edward's R.C. Church and a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated
there to-morrow morning at 9:30. Undertaker Charles H. WALKER, of 202
Bridge street, has charge of the arrangements. Two brothers and two
sisters survive Mrs. NELSON.
11 May 1907
BROOKLYN BOY IS DROWNED AT VERA CRUZ
The steamer Monterey, which arrived to-day from Mexico and Havana,
reports that on May 1, while at Vera Cruz, Preith MEYER, an engineer's
cadet, of Brooklyn, aged 17 years, while bathing outside the
breakwater, became exhausted and was drowned.
Every effort was made to save him, but without success.
Capt. Dennis BROWNE, aged 76, died at his home, 600 Warren street,
Thursday. He was a native of Ireland, came to this country in 1848,
and was active in business until ten years ago, when he retired.
During the Civil War he served in the Sixty-ninth Regiment as
lieutenant of Company I, later being promoted to a captaincy, which
command he held for some years. He was one of the originators in
perpetuating the memory of Robert EMMET. He was a member of Frank HEAD
Post, No. 16, G.A.R., and is survived by a widow, three sons, Robert
E., George E., and William D. BROWNE; three daughters, Mrs. William J.
MOORE, Flushing, N.Y., Mrs. Ambrose P. HILL, Arthur J. MURPHY, and
eighteen grandchildren. The funeral will take place to-morrow.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Maggie HAMM, wife of Henry HAMM and daughter of the late John E. and
Mary GORMAN, formerly of the Seventh ward, Manhattan, died at her home,
43 South Tenth street, on Wednesday in her thirty-fifth year. She is
survived by her husband and three children, Mary, Charles, and Harry,
two brothers, John E. and Joseph F., and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
ROGERS. Funeral to-morrow at 2 P.M. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery
under the direction of R.J. DONNELLY, of 33 Cannon street, Manhattan.
Phillip WIECH, aged 45 years, died this morning of rheumatism after an
illness of two weeks. He was born in Germany, and had conducted a meat
market at 54 Snyder avenue, Flatbush, for some years, and was a member
of the Kuv Germanic Lodge, of Flatbush, and the Flatbush German
Lutheran Church. The Rev. Dr. JUBOLT will officiate at the funeral
services Monday afternoon at 1:30. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery,
under the direction of Undertakers MENDENHALL & CO., of Thirty-ninth
street and New Utrecht avenue, Borough Park.
Helene KRAFT, widow of Nicholas KRAFT, died yesterday in her
seventy-ninth year of heart trouble, after a long illness. She was
born in Germany, and had lived in Brooklyn for seventy years. She
leaves four sons and two daughters. The funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at her late home, the home of her son,
Frank KRAFT, 378 Cumberland street. The Rev. Dr. J. HEIRSCHMANN, of
St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Bedford avenue, will conduct the services.
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. The funeral arrangements are under
the direction of Undertaker Christian P. JUNG, of 643 DeKalb avenue.
SAMUEL ALLISON
After an illness of two weeks, Samuel ALLISON died yesterday at the
Riverside Hospital. He was born in New York, and had lived for several
years at 45 Degraw street. One brother, William, survives him. The
funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Interment at
Evergreen Cemetery. Undertaker M. McMAHON, of 124 Summit street has
charge of the arrangements.
JEANETTE C. ROTHANGE
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Jeanette C. ROTHANGE
at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. K.G. BARTHEL, 221 John Marshall
place, N.W. Washington, D.C. Miss ROTHANGE died on Tuesday after a
brief illness at the home of Mrs. BARTHEL, whom she was visiting. She
was the only daughter of George and Margaret ROTHANGE, of Brooklyn, to
whom her death is a great shock. She was born in Brooklyn almost
twenty-one years ago, and lived here for some time. The interment was
made to-day in the family plot of the Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Anna Jennie WELLS died on Thursday at her home, 878 Greene avenue,
after a brief illness. She was the widow of Henry C. WELLS, and an old
resident of the Stuyvesant section. The funeral services will be held
to-night at 8 o'clock. Interment to-morrow morning at Greenwood
Cemetery.
Honora SULLIVAN MURPHY died, Thursday at the residence of her grandson,
27 Aberdeen street, after a month's illness, resulting from a cerebral
hemorrhage. She was born in Ireland seventy-eight years ago, and had
been a resident of Brooklyn for more than thirty years. She was a
regular attendant of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, on Aberdeen street.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late
home, thence to the mortuary chapel of Calvary Cemetery, where services
were conducted by the Rev. Father HOGAN. J.J. GALLAGHER'S Sons, of 215
North Eighth street, were in charge of the arrangements. Surviving are
two daughters, a son and a grandson.
Mary A. SCULLY passed away Thursday at her late residence, 218 Smith
street, after a prolonged illness. She was born in Ireland sixty-three
years ago, and had lived a number of years in the Tenth Ward. She is
survived by her husband, John SCULLY, and three sons and a daughter.
She was a member of St. Paul's R.C. Church, corner of Congress and
Court streets. Funeral services were held this afternoon from her late
home. The interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery. The funeral
arrangements were under the direction of Undertaker Edward F. McGEE, of
657 Hicks street.
John S. BROWN*, at one time a member of the Brooklyn Police Department,
died Thursday at his late home, 150 North Seventh street, after a brief
illness. He was well known in the Fourteenth Ward, where he was born
and had always lived. He was for many years a member of St. Vincent de
Paul Church, where a solemn requiem mass was celebrated this morning at
10 o'clock, the Rev. Father Thomas E. CARROLL officiating. He is
survived by his father, three sisters, Mrs. John SMITH, Sarah and Mary
BROWNE*, and one brother, James. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery.
[*both spellings]
Antoni CAPOCUCEA died Thursday night at her late home, 199 Neptune
avenue, Coney Island. She was born in Italy sixty-eight years ago, and
had lived in Coney Island for the past ten years. Funeral services
will be held from her late home Monday morning, thence to the Church of
Our Lady of Solace, on West Seventeenth street, where a solemn requiem
mass will be celebrated at 10 o'clock, the Rev. Father BROPHY
officiating. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, under direction
of Undertakers KOWSKI & JENTZER, of 2871 West Seventeeth street.
Alexander GRIM died on Wednesday at his home, 672 Warren street, after
a lingering illness. He was born fifty-three years ago in Switzerland,
and had....[bottom of page cut off]...son Place Methodist Episcopal
Church, and is survived by a widow, a daughter and a son. The funeral
services were held this afternoon. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
The arrangements were under the direction of Undertaker James FARRELL,
of 118 Fifth avenue.
Joseph RICHARDSON died on Thursday at his home, 95 Fulton street, after
a long illness. He was a resident of Brooklyn for the last fifteen
years, and a member of Assumption Church. The funeral was held this
afternoon. T.J. HIGGINS, of Jay street, had charge of the funeral.
Frank X. GRIES died yesterday at his home, 14 Ellery street, after a
long illness. He was in his seventy-second year, and always lived in
Brooklyn. He was a member of All Saints' Church, Throop avenue and
Thornton street. The funeral will take place Monday at 8:30 A.M. The
interment will be made at Calvary Cemetery. Peter J. GEIS, of 470
Marcy avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
Sarah B. SMITH, daughter of William T. and Annie T. SMITH, died
yesterday morning at her home, 126 Pierrepont street, after a short
illness. She was born in Brooklyn twenty-four years ago. The funeral
will be held to-morrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from her late home,
and the interment will be made at Evergreen Cemetery. She is survived
by her parents.
Phillip MARTIN died yesterday in St. Peter's Hospital after a short
illness. He was an old resident of the Sixth Ward, where his death is
mourned by his many friends. He was a member of St. Peter's R.C.
Church, Hicks and Warren streets. The funeral will be held to-morrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of his sister, Mrs. John CARRS,
92 Harrison street. The interment will be made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
The arrangements are under the direction of Peter J. DALY & Son, of
438 Hicks street. One sister, four sons and a daughter survive.
John T. PIRKL, son of Mrs. Tillie PIRKL, died suddenly on Thursday. He
was 28 years old and spent his life in the East New York section, where
he was well known. The funeral services will be held to-morrow evening
at 8 o'clock at the home of his sister, Mrs. Emily PIRKL MACK, 555
Glenmore avenue. The interment will be made Monday afternoon at
Lutheran Cemetery, under the direction of Undertakers Louis BADER's
Sons, of 497 Liberty avenue.
A.J. COAKLEY
Funeral services were held this morning for A.J. COAKLEY from his late
home, 147 Skillman street, and thence to St. Patrick's Church, Kent and
Willoughby avenues, where a solemn mass of requiem was celebrated. He
was 77 years old. He had retired from business for a number of years
and was for a long time a member of St. Patrick's Church. The
interment was made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Johanna McCARTHY died last Wednesday at her home, 126 Douglass street.
She was born in Ireland sixty-six years ago, and had lived in Brooklyn
for nearly half a century. She was a member of St. Agnes' Church. She
has no surviving relatives. The funeral was held this afternoon, with
interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, under the direction of T.F. QUINN,
of 262 Hoyt street.
HENRY CALLAHAN
Funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon for Henry CALLAHAN,
who died on Thursday at his home, 43 Duffield street. He was a member
of St.James' R.C. Church, and is survived by his mother and one
brother. Interment will be made at Calvary Cemetery, under direction
of T.J. HIGGINS, of 135 Jay street.
Walter William NASH died Thursday night at the Brooklyn City Hospital
after a short illness. He was born in England thirty-three years ago,
but had spent the past fifteen years in Brooklyn. Funeral services
will be held next Monday from his late home, 99 Johnson street.
Undertakers KOWSKI & JENTZER have charge of the arrangements. He is
survived by a widow, two children and a mother, two brothers and a
sister.
Meta J. WESCH, wife of Henry E.M. WESCH, died on Thursday from
appendicitis at her home, 320 Bleecker street. She was born in
Germany, and had lived in Brooklyn for twenty-eight years. Beside her
husband, two sons and one daughter, survive. The funeral will be held
at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, with interment at Evergreen Cemetery,
under direction of BOLDERMANN & BIERMANN, undertakers, of 255 Hamburg
avenue.
Annie CASH CORCORAN, wife of William J. CORCORAN, died on Thursday at
her home, 319 Thirty-ninth street, where funeral services will be held
at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Undertaker J. SCHAEFER, of 4014
Third avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
Irving PHILLIPS WEST, son of Nettie M. WEST, died on Thursday at his
home, 14 Schaeffer street. The funeral will be held to-morrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Bushwick Avenue Baptist Church.
ANNIE G. COATES
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon for
Annie G. COATES, wife of W.E. COATES, who died yesterday at her home,
37 Conselyea street. F. ROEMMELE, of 326 Graham avenue, is in charge
of arrangements. Interment will be private.
Anna CHASE DEPPEN died suddenly on Thursday in her thirty-eighth year.
She was a member of the Holy Cross R.C. Church, Flatbush, and a solemn
mass of requiem was celebrated there this morning at 10 o'clock.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
William Walter NASH died suddenly on Thursday at his home, 99 Johnson
street, Coney Island. He was the brother of Dr. P.I. NASH, of Coney
Island and was a well known Mason. The funeral services will be held
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late home, conducted by the
master and wardens of Amity Lodge, No. 198. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
Eugene McMAHON died on Wednesday at St. Catherine's Hospital as the
result of an operation for appendicitis. He attended St. Patrick's
Academy. He was born in Brooklyn, and [always] lived here. The
funeral will be held from the home of his parents, 105 Sanford street,
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery,
under direction of Undertaker Thomas F. MADDEN, of 917 Kent avenue.
Guy C. WINNER died on Thursday at Dix Hills, L.I., in his thirty-first
year. A widow, Annie E. CAMM, survives him. He was very well known in
Brooklyn fraternal circles and his loss is deeply mourned by the
brothers of the orders of which he was a member. He was enrolled in
Jamaica Lodge, No. 136, I.O.O.F., and the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics. The funeral services will be held to-night at 8
o'clock at the home of his father-in-law, F.E.CAMM, 37 Bradford
street. The interment will be made to-morrow morning at Greenwood Cemetery.
GEORGIANA A. POPE
The funeral of Georgiana Alexander POPE, wife of W.G.E. POPE, were held
this afternoon at her late home, 946 President street. She died on
Thursday after a short illness. The interment will be made to-morrow
morning at Greenwood Cemetery.
FATHER FOLEY'S FUNERAL ON MONDAY MORNING
Funeral services for the Rev. Father Richard S. FOLEY, rector of Our
Lady of Mercy Church, who died Thursday evening, will be held at 10
o'clock Monday morning. Divine office at 9:30 A.M.
STEPHEN MATHERSON DIES, VICTIM OF FIRE.
Stephen MATHERSON died in the Kings County Hospital last night as a
result of burns sustained at a fire in his home,at 489 Ocean avenue, on
Wednesday night. Mrs. C.A. DEPPEN was suffocated by smoke at the fire.
MATHERSON was president of Stephen MATHERSON & Co., coffee brokers,
with offices at 91 Wall street, Manhattan.
Mrs. MATHERSON is in the Kings County Hospital in a serious condition
from injuries she received at the fire.
ALBUS - On May 9, Louis C. ALBUS, beloved husband of Lizzie ALBUS.
Relatives and friends and members of Court Fort Greene, No. 23, F. of
A., are invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, 167 Park
ave., on Sunday, May 12, at 2 P.M. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
BROWNE - Capt. Denis BROWNE, late Company I, Sixty-ninth Regt.,
N.G.N.Y., died at his home, 600 Warren st., Friday May 10, 1907.
Funeral Sunday, 2 o'clock. Omit flowers.
CAPSTICK - On Friday, May 10, 1907, George S., beloved husband of
Isabella M. CAPSTICK, in his 50th year. Relatives and friends are
invited to attend funeral services at his late residence, 59 Chauncey
st., near Lewis ave., on Sunday, May 12, at 8 P.M. Interment private.
COATES - On Friday, May 10th, 1907, Annie G., beloved wife of Frank
W.E. COATES. Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral
services at her late residence, 37 Conselyea st., on Sunday, May 12, at
8 P.M. Interment private.
CORCORAN - On Thursday, May 9, Annie CASH, beloved wife of William J.
CORCORAN. Funeral from her late residence, 319 Thirty-ninth st., on
Sunday,, May 12, at 2 P.M. New Jersey papers please copy.
HAMM - On Wednesday, May 8th, Maggie HAMM, beloved wife of Henry HAMM
and daughter of the late John E. and Mary GORMAN, formerly of the
Seventh Ward, New York. Relatives and friends of the family are
invited to attend her funeral from her late residence, 43 South Tenth
street., Sunday, May 12th at 2 P.M.
WEST - Irving Phillips, beloved son of Nettie M. WEST, died May 9th,
'07, at 14 Schaeffer st. Funeral services Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock, Bushwick Ave. Baptist Church, Bushwick ave, corner Weirfield st.
12 May 1907
BOYS FIGURE LARGE IN FATAL ACCIDENTS.
Mod Tries to Get Motorman Whose Car Killed Frank LUTTFUCHS
A Lorimer street car going along at a fast clip hit five-year-old Frank
LUTTFUCHS, whose parents live at 48 Maujer street, at Maujer and
Lorimer streets last night, and instantly killed him. The lad, in
company with his fourteen-year-old brother, Louis, was crossing the
street when the car, which was in charge of Motorman Pat MURRAY, of
1855 Pacific street, hit him. The wheels passed over the little
fellow's body, terribly mangling him. The reserves were summoned from
the Stagg street station, and they had to use their clubs to drive back
the crowd that wanted to get at the motorman. MURRAY was taken to the
Stagg street station.
HOMELESS MAN DIES IN THE JAIL
John FLYNN, 73 years old and homeless, who was committed to Raymond
street jail on Friday by Magistrate DOOLEY, pending an examination on a
charge of vagrancy, became suddenly ill in his cell yesterday afternoon
and died before the arrival of a physician. Heart failure is said to
be the cause of death. FLYNN had asked for shelter in the station
house Thursday night and was locked up.
PRIEST AT FUNERAL LAUDS EDWARD SULLIVAN
Most celebrated funeral services were held in St. Ambrose's Church in
Fifty-fourth street, Manhattan, on Friday morning over the remains of
Edward R. SULLIVAN, of the family of SULLIVANS of Sullivan County.
Departing from an established custom of the Roman Catholic Church,
Father CHIDWICK, the rector, who was formerly chaplain of the navy,
preached a highly laudatory sermon over the body of the deceased man.
The funeral was attended by a number of the most prominent politicians
and business men of the metropolis, who vied with each other in
magnificent floral tributes to their dead friend and comrade.
Father CHICWICK was assisted at the solemn requiem mass by Father
Daniel DOHERTY, a relative of the widow, formerly of Middletown, but
now at Kingston, as deacon; Father SMITH as sub-deacon, and two other
priests. A choir of one hundred boys in full vestments chanted the
mass. The ceremonies were deeply impressive.
In his sermon Father CHIDWICK dwelt at some length on the faithful and
untiring service rendered by Mr. SULLIVAN as sexton of St. Ambrose's
Church, a position that he filled for a number of years prior to his
death. He declared that Mr. SULLIVAN, through his works of charity and
his labors of love, had been instrumental in increasing the church
membership. His generous and happy disposition had attracted people to
the church, so that from a handful in the pews the membership had
increased many fold.
Commenting on Mr. SULLIVAN's marked generosity and leniency toward his
debtors, Father CHADWICK made the assertion that if one-half of what
was due him for funerals had been paid, he would have owned several
city blocks. In his business as an undertaker Mr. SULLIVAN was good
enough to bury persons irrespective of their wealth or poverty, feeling
that in any event he would be paid in the end, if not in actual cash,
at least by the approval of his conscience.
Mr. SULLIVAN was 50 years old. He lived at 664 Tenth avenue,
Manhattan. He leaves tow sons, Frank and Edward, who will succeed to
his undertaking business, and a second wife, formerly Miss Delia
DONAHUE, of 10 Myrtle avenue, Middletown.
Over 125 carriages were drawn up along the curb outside the church.
The funeral cortege made its way to Brooklyn, where interment was made
with impressive ceremonies at Calvary Cemetery.
Among those present at the funeral were
Mrs. Peter RYAN,
Mrs. Sarah RUMSEY,
Mrs. B. MALLON,
Miss M. MAHONEY,
Miss Helen DONAHUE, of Middletown;
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry SULLIVAN and daughter Vivian, from Bethel, Sullivan County,
Mrs. Margaret KELLEM, of Long Eddy, N.Y.
Brooklynites at the funeral:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. SULLIVAN and family,
Mr. and Mrs. M.J. DONOVAN,
Mr. and Mrs. W.A. RAFTER and daughter Marie,
Mr. and Mrs. FERRIS
Mr. P.J. KENNEBECK and Thomas KENNEBECK.
WILLIAM RAWLINS
Funeral services were held at 8 o'clock last night for William RAWLINS
at his late home, 140 Franklin avenue, the Rev. Dr. JONES, rector of
St. Mary's P.E. Church, officiating. Mr. RAWLINS was a member of St.
Ann's P.E. Church on the Heights, but recently allied himself with St.
Mary's Church. He was born in Sheffield, England, 76 years ago, and
was for some years employed by the Rogers Cutlery Company there, and
came to this country in 1849 as the sole American agent for that
company. He retained that position until his retirement from business
life some years ago. He was a resident of Degraw street for thirty-six
years. He s survived by a widow, Champ STANARD RAWLINS, a native of
Orange Court House, Va., and a great-grandniece of ex-President TAYLOR;
a daughter, Mrs. Lillian RAWLINS CROSS, wife of the Rev. Dr. CROSS,
assistent pastor of St. Ann's Church, and a son, William, Jr., of San
Francisco, Cal. The remains will be cremated to-morrow at Fresh Pond.
Andrew PARKS, after an illness of 10 days, passed away yesterday in the
Brooklyn Hospital of pneumonia. He was for fourteen years connected
with the Police Department. He was born in Ireland thirty-seven years
ago and had lived in Brooklyn for twenty years. He was a member of the
Second Assembly District Democratic Club and the Church of Assumption.
He leaves a widow and four children. The funeral services will be held
Tuesday from his late home, 111 Sands street. The arrangements are in
charge of Undertaker T.J. HIGGINS.
Irving Phillips WEST died Friday after a brief illness at his home, 14
Schaeffer street. He was a member of the Bushwick Avenue Baptist
Church and Sunday school, and the Alumni Association of Public School
No. 85. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the Bushwick Avenue Baptist Church, Bushwick avenue and Weirfield street.
LOUIS C. ALBUS
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late
home, 167 Park avenue, for Louis C. ALBUS, who died last Thursday in
his forty-second year. He was a native of Germany, and lived in
Brooklyn about twenty-seven years. He leaves a widow Lizzie, and three
children. He was a member of Court Fort Greene, No. 23, Foresters of
America. The interment will be made at Greenwood Cemetery under
direction of William DUNIGAN & Son, of 201 Park avenue.
Patrick CONWAY, son of Michael CONWAY, died suddenly yesterday. He was
a native of County Galway, Ireland, and had made his home in Brooklyn
for a number of years. The funeral services will be held on Tuesday
from the home of his sisters, 260 Pacific street.
Joshua SHAW, for nearly nine years chief clerk in the Arrears Office of
the Tax Department, died last night at his home, 295 Prospect place.
He was born in Ireland fifty-nine years ago and had lived in Brooklyn
nearly all his life. He was prominent in Democratic politics and was a
member of the Washington Club. He was also a Forester and Past Supreme
Chief Ranger of the order. His death was sudden. He had been making
preparations to start for the convention of the Foresters at Rochester
this week when stricken. The members of the Foresters order will meet
to-night at the Washington Club and proceed from there to the late home
of Mr. SHAW, where services will be held. Interment will be made at
Holy Cross Cemetery on Tuesday. Mr. SHAW is survived by a widow and
five children.
Richard LEWIS, a member and an officer of the Canarsie Episcopal
Church, died on Wednesday at his home, East Ninety-fifth street and
Smith lane, Canarsie. He was born in Brooklyn 68 years ago, and lived
for many years in East New York, later moving to Canarsie, where he
spent the last few years of his life, and was quite prominent in public
life there. His death came suddenly by apoplexy. Besides a widow, he
leaves a mother, a daughter and two sons. The funeral services will be
held at 1:30 this afternoon, with interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
The funeral arrangements are under direction of J.W. EARL, of 2594
Atlantic avenue.
Emily A. HOFFMANN, wife of John HOFFMANN, died Wednesday after a brief
illness. She was born in Tampa, Fla, 23 years ago and had made
Brooklyn her home for twenty years. The funeral was held yesterday
afternoon at her late home, East Thirty-fourth street and Church
avenue. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery under direction of Undertaker
Fred STEINMAN, of 306 Knickerbocker avenue. Besides her husband, two
children survive Mrs. HOFFMANN.
Edward LEAVY, son of Christopher S. and Mary LEAVY, died yesterday at
his home, 484 Lexington avenue. He was a member of the Seventeenth
Assembly District Democratic Club, De La Salle Council, Knights of
Columbus; Holy Name Society, and the Church of St. John the Baptist,
Willoughby and Lewis avenues, where a solemn requiem mass will be
celebrated Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. He leaves a widow, Minnie
STANLEY LEAVY, his parents, and three sisters.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Mary BOYLE died yesterday of heart disease at her home, 145 Fourth
avenue, after an illness of three weeks. She was born in Ireland
forty-three years ago, and had made Brooklyn her home for the last
twenty years. She was a member of St. Augustine's Church, Sixth avenue
and Sterling place, where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. She leaves one brother. The interment
will be made at Holy Cross Cemetery under direction of Undertaker T.J.
HIGGINS, of 135 Jay street.
Emeline H. JENNINGS passed away on Friday in her seventy-fifth year.
She was an old resident of South Brooklyn, where he had many friends.
The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late
home, 5513 Third avenue, and the interment will take place in the
family plot at Evergreen Cemetery.
Delia GRAHM, a lifelong resident of the Twenty-fourth Ward, and wife of
Patrick GRAHM, of Engine Companyy no. 125, died yesterday in her
fortieth year. She was a member of St. Matthew's Church. Besides her
husband, three sons, William, James and Thomas, and two daughters,
Paulina and Margaret, and three brothers, Thomas, Patrick and James
survive her. The funeral will be held from the home of her
brother-in-law, 1526 Bergen street, to-morrow afternoon. Undertaker
L.W. OWENS, of 1007 St. Marks avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
Mary BROAD GIRVIN died on Friday after a short illness. The funeral
will be held this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from the home of her
brother, Robert N. BROAD, 144 Van Buren street. She is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Howard H. MERLIN, and a son, Herbert C. GIRVIN, both of
this city.
Ellen BEARLY QUARRY, wife of John T. QUARRY, died on Thursday at her
home, 561 Quincy street. She was a member of the Church of St. John the
Baptist, Willoughby and Lewis avenues, where a solemn requiem mass was
celebrated yesterday morning. The interment was made at Calvary Cemetery.
ROBERT A. MORRISON
The funeral services for Robert A. MORRISON, who dropped dead of heart
disease in a Flatbush real estate office on Thursday, will be held this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Church of the Nativity, Kenilworth
place, near Avenue F, Flatbush. He was a member of the Brooklyn
Chapter, No. 148, R.A.M; Central Lodge, No. 361, F.& A.M.; Veterans'
Association, Twenty-third Regiment, and of Winchester Post, G.A.R. He
was born in Brooklyn 62 years ago, and belonged to the Society of Old
Brooklynites.
Edward SINNOTT died on Thursday at his home, Malbone street, near
Albany avenue. He was a member of St. Matthew's Church, in Utica
avenue, where a solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated to-morrow
morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery.
He is survived by a widow, Ellen.
Elizabeth LOTT, widow of John S. LOTT and a lifelong resident of
Brooklyn, died yesterday after an illness of about two weeks. She is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mary E. GENTLE, and a sister, Mrs. D. VAN
NOSTRAND, from whose home, 73 Hanson place, the funeral services will
be held to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. Charles
Edward LOCKE officiating. The interment will be made at Greenwood
Cemetery under the direction of Undertaker F.M. FAIRCHILD's Sons, of
702 Fulton street.
Robert A. McLAREN, a native of Scotland, died Wednesday after a short
illness at his home, 400 Sixth avenue. He was in his seventy-second
year and had lived in Brooklyn a good many years. A widow and one son
survive him. The funeral was held yesterday and interment was made at
Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of F.M. FAIRCHILD's Sons, of 702
Fulton street.
CONWAY - Suddenly on Saturday, May 11, 1907, Patrick CONWAY, beloved
son of Michael CONWAY, of Clifden, County Galway, Ireland. Funeral
services from the home of his sister, 260 Pacific street, on Tuesday,
May 14, 1907.
FOLEY - The Rev. Richard FOLEY, rector of Our Lady of Mercy Church, 30
Debevoise pl., died May 9th. Solemn mass of requiem on Monday, May 13,
Devine office at 9:30 A.M. Reverand clergy and friends are invited.
13 May 1907
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STRIKE-BREAKER MURDERED; POLICE HOLD TWO SUSPECTS
Victim Stabbed to Death in Columbia Street Cellar
One Prisoner Covered With Blood.
SHRUGS SHOULDERS AND IS MUM
Tie-Up Alongshore More Effectual Than Ever---Arbuckle Men Not Out Yet.
A longshore strike-breaker was the victim of a brutal murder at
midnight in the cellar of 330 Columbia street. The dead man, an
Italian, was to-day identified by a time ticket found in his pocket as
Sanci LELI, who worked last Friday with a hundred other strike-breakers
on the Ward Line pier loading the steamship Havana.
Patrolman DUNN, of the Hamilton avenue station, was passing 330
Columbia street when a frightened woman came from the door of the house
and ran up to him. She begged him to see what was the matter in the
cellar. She said she had heard terrible screams coming from the
cellar. She said she thought some woman was being attacked by a gang
of thugs.
DUNN went to the doors leading from the street to the cellar and tried
to force them open. As he was tugging to break the hasp holding the
doors down the door of the house ...in opened and an Italian wearing a
white cap stepped out after glancing ..tively up and down the street.
HAND AND CAP BLODDY.
The policeman grabbed the Italian immediately, as his actions seemed to
connect? his with the trouble in the house. As he took the man by the
..... DUNN found it was wet, and looking at his own hand, he saw it was
covered with blood from touching the Italian. The Italian put up a
sharp ...t, but the policeman soon brought ..... to terms with his
club. On ex.......ing his prisoner further, DUNN dis[cove]red a big
smear of fresh blood on the white cap.
.....willing and shrinking, the Italian, .....said his name was Mark
BASELO, refused to tell DUNN anything fur[ther] about himself, was
dragged back .... the house. Inside the door the [police]man told
BASELO to show him [whe]re the fight had taken place. [BASE]LO only
shrugged his shoulders and .... he knew of no trouble and that his
........ was an outrage.
DUNN, convinced the Italian was lying, made him accompany him from the
....... to the bottom of the house. Noth[ing] suspicious had been
discovered .... they came to the street floor ........
BODY FOUND IN CELLAR.
DUNN escorted the prisoner to the [cella]r stairs and started down,
BASELO ...... to show signs of fear and once ..... tried to break away.
The mys[tery] came to an end when the light of [a can]dle that DUNN
was carrying dis..... the body of a man huddled up ...... rear corner
of the cellar. Many ...... wounds could be seen on the body,
......ating there was small chance of ......ing alive. DUNN hurried out
and ...... in an ambulance call, summoned [p]atrol and sent BASELO to
be locked ..... a cell in the Hamilton avenue [stati]on.
DOYLE of the Long Island College Hospital answered the call. When the
..... of the man was stretched out ..... stab wounds were seen in his
...... breast and throat. Dr. DOYLE [said t]he man could not have been
dead [more] than five minutes before DUNN [discov]ered him. A deep
knife gash ....... the hand indicated he had at[tempt]ed to wrest the
knife from his [assail]ent. A blood-covered dirk* was [found] lying a
few feet away from the [body.] The dirk was like most of the ........
the police have been arresting ....ns for carrying lately and the
......ers have been allowed to go free ...... Court of Special
Sessions. { *dirk = a short dagger}
HELD WITHOUT BAIL
[At] the police station BASELO was .......ed. When his coat was taken
off [blood] stains were seen on his shirt and ........ Later in the
Butler street court [he wa]s charged with homicide and held [withou]t
bail.
......e hours after DUNN discovered [the m]urder, the police arrested
Gui...... ARGENTO, 44 years old, of 333 Co[lumbia] street. ARGENTO was
heard .......ng that he knew all about the ......ng. He was held as
a material [witnes]s in the Butler street court in .....all.
BASELO and ARGENTO were taken to [headq]uarters and photographed.
BASELO ......e lieutenant at the station house ........ a longshoreman
on strike and [he] was twenty-six years old. He ..... to give his
address.
WORKED ON WARD LINE.
.... some time the police were at a .... the name of the dead man, as
[no one] living in the house where he [was f]ound could identify him.
In [checki]ng his clothes, however, a long[shorem]an's time check was
found in ........ inside coat pocket. the num[ber] 17 W was printed
on the ticket ...... also showed that the man it had [been is]sued to
had worked from 6:30 Friday morning until 7:30 that [nig]ht at the Ward
Line Pier. The [ticket] was taken to the Ward Line ..... [a]nd there
the name of Sanci LELI .....ered on the time book opposite the number.
No address was given, but it is believed LELI came from Manhattan.
It is thought that there is some significance attached to the fact that
the man arrested at the time of the murder wore a white cap. The
opinion is strongly favored that the white cap is the emblem or
insignia of an Italian society. In working on shooting and stabbing
affrays among the Italians in the last few years the police have
noticed in several instances that one of the parties mixed up in the
crime has been a wearer of a white cap.
LOST MONEY IN LAND DEAL; HANGED HIMSELF
Erwin E. CASE, janitor of the high school in Flushing, hanged himself
this morning in a woodshed in the rear of his home, at 47 Farrington
street. CASE, who was 41 years old, had been in poor health about
seven months and was despondent. He was well-to-do and owned
considerable real estate, but some months ago lost money is a land
transaction and this added to his depression. Besides a widow he
leaves two sons and a daughter, all of whom are married.
WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY FROM HEART TROUBLE
Jane N. MILLS, 70 years old, of 230 Fiske avenue, while passing 97
Moffatt street yesterday, was suddenly attacked with heart disease and
died before the arrival of Dr. VOLK, of Bushwick Hospital. The body
was taken to the Ralph avenue station and later to her home.
DROPPED DEAD WHILE WALKING IN STREET.
James H. SMITH, 67 years old, of 63 Ralph avenue, died suddenly
yesterday of heart failure as he was walking in the street near his home.
Edward JOHNSON, of 80 Carroll street, president of the Peoples Trust
Company, and member of the Crescent, Montauk, Brooklyn and Atlantic
Yacht clubs, died of apoplexy last night while in a subway express
train between Fourteenth street and the bridge, Manhattan. Mr. JOHNSON
was in one of the side seats. At the Grand Central station it was
observed that he was breathing heavily. Just after the express left
Fourteenth street the banker straightened up suddenly, threw his hands
in the air and slid off the seat. Dr. F.E. CAULDWELL, of 119 Henry
street, who was sitting opposite him, lifted him up. The cross seats
were emptied and passengers made a bed of overcoats, on which the
suffering man was placed. Dr. CAULDWELL, who was accompanied by his
wife, administered a hypodermic injection, but Mr. JOHNSON died almost
instantly. Mrs. JOHNSON was notified by telephone of her husband's
death, and her son, Louis M. JOHNSON, hurried to Manhattan to take
charge of the body. Mr. JOHNSON was supposed to be in perfect health.
He had never been ill and was feeling perfectly well when he left
home. For many years he had been prominent in financial circles. He
was the first secretary of the Peoples Trust Company, with which
corporation he served nineteen years, and four years ago was made
president. He was sixty years old. A widow and two children, a son
and a daughter, survive him. The funeral services will be held at 3
P.M. to-morrow at St. Ann's Church, Clinton and Livingston streets.
James H. SMITH died suddenly of apoplexy yesterday in his sixty-sixth
year. He was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and lived in the
Fifth Assembly District for thirty years. He was a mason and plasterer
and formerly had an establishment of his own. He lived at 63 Ralph
avenue. He is survived by two daughters, one of whom is Mrs. R.V.
GIBBONS, of 2258 Eighty-second street, Bensonhurst. The funeral will
be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Plainfield, N.J., at the
home of his daughter. The funeral arrangements are in charge of
Undertaker S.G.B. GOURLAY, of 916 Gates avenue.
Michael E. ROSSITER died yesterday of nephritis [disease of the
kidneys] at the Eastern District Hospital after an illness of one day.
He was born in Ireland forty-three years ago and had been a resident of
Brooklyn for thirty-three years. For the last ten years he was foreman
for the Simon Hill Trucking Company. He was a bachelor and leaves one
brother, John, and three sisters. The funeral will be held Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late home, 107 North Sixth street. The
interment will be made at Calvary Cemetery under the direction of
Undertaker John GALLAGHER, of 204 Bedford avenue.
MARY H. HALSEY
Word was received here to-day of the death on Saturday at her home in
Detroit, Mich., of Mary H. HALSEY, daughter of the late Silas D. HALSEY
and sister of the late Rev. Samuel P. HALSEY, of Brooklyn.
Francis T. HERZING died last Friday of heart disease, after a short
illness at his home, 33 Maujer street. He was born in Brooklyn
forty-four years ago. He was a tinsmith by trade. Surviving him are a
daughter, Anna, a brother Thomas, and three sisters, Margaret, Barbara
and Mrs. Mary LOUTH. He was a member of the Annunciation R.C. Church,
North Fifth street, where a solemn mass of requiem was celebrated this
morning, the Rev. Father Peter HEISS officiating. Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery.
ANNA BARNING
Funeral services were held yesterday for Anna BARNING at her home, 238
Onderdonk avenue, where she passed away last Thursday, after a brief
illness. She leaves her husband and two children. The interment was
made at Lutheran Cemetery under the direction of Undertaker DUFFY, of
504 Flushing avenue.
MARY STANDINGER
Funeral services were held this morning for Mary STANDINGER who died on
Friday at her home, 43 Ellery street. A solemn mass of requiem was
celebrated at St. Louis's R.C. Church, Ellery street, of which church
she was a regular attendant. She leaves two sons and two daughters.
The interment was made at Holy Trinity Cemetery, under direction of
Undertaker DUFFY, of 504 Flushing avenue.
Charles HAYNES HASWELL, one of the best known civil and marine
engineers in the country and the oldest member of Tammany Hall, died
yesterday at his home, 324 West Seventy-eighth street, Manhattan. He
was born in New York, May 22, 1809. In the building of the early ships
for the United States Navy many of Mr. HASWELL's constructive plans,
improvements and inventions were used. He was first chief engineer and
engineer in chief in the navy, from 1836 to 1851. He planned the
metallic tanks to be used in the holds of vessels in place of the
primitive demijohns for the conveyance of volatile oils and
turpentines. For his fight against a plan which the Navy Department
considered relative to the hiding of smokestacks in time of war he was
dismissed from the service. His reinstatement was promised if he would
apologize for the action, but this he refused to do. When, however,
the engineer corps of the navy was organized, Mr. HASWELL was placed
in sole charge. Later, when Rear-Admiral RAE assumed the duties of
chief engineer in place of Rear-Admiral MELVILLE, retired, Mr. HASWELL
went to Washington to sit for his picture as first and last chief
engineer of the Navy Department. On leaving the service he went for a
time into the employ of the Russian Government in the Department of
Naval Engineering. Subsequently he was assistant engineer to the Board
of Estimate. Mr. HASWELL also served as chief engineer to the Dock
Department, superintending engineer to the Department of Charities and
Correction and consulting engineer to the Board of Public Improvements.
Mr. HASWELL had voted in eighteen Presidential elections. He was a
New York man to the core from the days when as a boy he had played with
Hamilton FISH, Theodore S. FAY, and Edward MINTURN. Apart from several
technical works, Mr. HASWELL was the author of "Reminiscences of an
Octogenarian from 1816 to 1866." He was a member of the Union, the
Engineers' and the Democratic clubs, as well as of many scientific
organizations in this country and in Europe.
HARRIET BRADLEY
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Harriet BRADLEY, who
died last Friday as the result of an accident. She was born in
Brooklyn fifty-nine years ago. Her late home was at 659 Baltic street.
The interment was made at Cypress Hills Cemetery under the direction
of Undertakers FINCHENAUER Brothers, of 155 Bridge street.
Marcus CHRISTIANSEN, who had resided in the Twelfth Ward for
twenty-five years, died suddenly at his home, 97 Huntington street, on
Saturday. He leaves a widow, one son and two daughters to mourn his
loss. The funeral was held this afternoon, the interment being made in
the family plot at Evergreen Cemetery. The funeral arrangements were
under the direction of Undertaker John T. OATES, 5207 Fifth avenue.
Mary J. DUNN, formerly of Staten Island, but who had of late resided at
110 Wall street, Manhattan, died at the latter place on Saturday from
pneumonia. She leaves her husband, several small children and a
brother, Michael McADAMS, of 361 Baltic street. The funeral will be
held to-morrow at 2 P.M. from the Church of the Immaculate Conception,
Stapleton, S.I. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Staten Island.
Undertaker John T. OATES, of 5207 Fifth avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
James MOCKLER, who was well known in the Bushwick and Bedford sections,
died Saturday after a long illness of pneumonia. Years ago he was one
of the leading master horseshoers in Brooklyn, having had a big plant
in the Bushwick District. He was born in Tipperary, Ireland, fifty-six
years ago. The funeral will take place from his late home, 372
Lexington avenue, to-morrow at 2 P.M. The interment will be made at
Holy Cross Cemetery. Mr. MOCKLER is survived by a widow, Margaret,
three sons, Thomas, James and John, and a daughter, Mamie, who is a nun
in St. Joseph's Convent.
CLUB TO TAKE ACTION ON DEATH OF LATE MEMBER.
A special meeting of the Washington Club and the Assembly District
Committee of the Tenth Assembly District will be held at the club
house, 241 Prospect place, this evening for the purposes of taking
action on the death of JOSHUA A. SHAW, late member of the club.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FATHER RICHARD FOLEY.
The Church of Our Lady of Mercy, in Debevoise place, was crowded to the
doors this morning at the funeral services for the Rev. Richard S.
FOLEY, rector of the church, who died last Thursday. The mass was
celebrated by Vicar General McNAMARA, pastor of St. Jospeh's, and
formerly rector of Our Lady of Mercy. The deacon was Father BOBIER,
pastor of St. Charles; the subdeacon, Father John DURICK, pastor of Our
Lady of Guadloupe, and formerly an assistant to Father FOLEY. The
panegyric was preached by Father Herbert FARRELL, pastor of St. Mary's,
at Far Rockaway, and Bishop McDONNELL pronounced the final benediction.
The oaken casket containing the body of Father FOLEY was last evening
taken from the rectory to the church, where it remained in state until
this morning. Long before the hour for the transfer of the body from
the rectory to church Debevoise place was lined with a multitude of
people. Various societies attached to the church and the little ones
of the parish school, headed by the clergy, followed the body of the
dead priest to the church, where it was viewed by thousands.
At 7:30 o'clock there was a vesper service, the chanting of the
priests, with no accompanying music being impressively solemn. At the
close of the services a guard of honor, appointed from the several
parish societies, was posted, remaining on duty in the church until
relieved at an early hour this morning.
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER LOST LIFE BY DROWNING
HUNTINGTON, May 13, -- S.A. ARMOUR, keeper of the Huntington Harbor
light house, was found drowned last night at MILLER'S place, a few
miles from here. The body was badly decomposed, indicating that it had
been in the water for some time.
Coroner W.B. GIBSON is making an investigation. ARMOUR had been
missing for several days.
GLORE - On Sunday, May 12, 1907, Henry DE LAND GLORE, aged 18 years,
son of John A. and the Mary L. GLORE. Funeral services will be held at
his late residence, 1020 Madison st., Brooklyn, Tuesday evening at
8:15. Private interment.
PARKES - On Saturday, May 11, Andrew PARKES, officer of the
Seventy-third Precinct, Brooklyn, beloved husband of Mary LYDON.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend his funeral on
Tuesday, May 14, at 9 A.M., from his late residence, 111 Sands st.;
thence to Church of the Assumption, where a solemn requiem mass will be
offered for the repose of his soul. Interment Holy Cross.
KILLED IN QUARREL OVER MONEY MATTERS.
Joseph WIRCHA, 25 years old, a Pole, was shot and killed by a fellow
countryman yesterday at the Polish boarding house in which both lived
at 7 University place, Woodhaven, Queens. Joseph KOO is charged with
the shooting. It is said the men began quarreling over money matters.
14 May 1907
NONOGENARIAN [sic] IS KILLED BY A FALL
Mrs. GUSTAVESON Dragged From Roof by Weight of Blankets She Had Washed.
WAS ACTIVE FOR HER AGE.
Had Been Prominent Worker in Pilgrims' Church.
Mrs. Christina GUSTAVESON, 90 years old, a widow, of 419 Atlantic
avenue, was instantly killed this morning while hanging up clothes on a
line by falling from a rear extension to the yard below.
Mrs. GUSTAVESON lived alone on the second floor in two small rooms at
the rear.
Although she was 90 years old, she was remarkably active and did her
own housework.
This morning she did her week's wash. She hung the heavy clothes on
the pulley line first and left the lighter articles to be hung last.
The heavy blankets made the line sag, and she was unable to work the
pulleys. In order to get a better hold on the line she stepped on the
extension outside her window.
She got the pulleys working, but she did not notice herself being drawn
near the edge of the extension, and before she could pull herself back
the weight of the heavy blankets pulled over the edge. She struck on
her forehead on the stone flagging in the yard below, a distance of
twenty feet.
A neighbor in the next house, who saw the accident, ran out and
notified Patrolman SOMERS, of the Adams street station. When the
policeman reached the woman she was unconscious. Dr. J. LEACH, of 185
Bergen street, was summoned, but when he arrived he said the woman had
died instantly.
Mrs. GUSTAVESON was an active worker in the Swedish Pilgrims' Church,
at Bond street and Atlantic avenue. It is said she has a married
daughter living on Seventh avenue, whom the police are trying to locate.
THIRD DEATH FROM OCEAN AVENUE FIRE.
Mrs. Stephen MATHERSON died in the Kings County Hospital early this
morning as a result of burns received at a fire at her home, 489 Ocean
avenue, last Wednesday. Stephen MATHERSON, her husband, died several
days ago in the same hospital. The funeral services will be held late
this afternoon at the St. Paul's Church, the Rev. P.T. JACKSON
officiating. The interment will be made in Greenwood Cemetery
to-morrow. A woman guest of the MATHERSONS also lost her life in the fire.
14 May 1907
THIEF MURDERS AGED WOMAN IN FREEPORT
Mrs. SIMMONSON'S Body Found in Kitchen of Her Home by Daughter.
FREEPORT, May 14, Mrs. Elmira SIMONSON [2 different spellings], 73
years of age, was found dead in the kitchen of her home on Main street,
in the south part of the village yesterday, under circumstances which
indicate she was murdered and robbed. The murderer apparently choked
her into insensibility and after robbing her of the money on her person
ran off without waiting to make a search of her house. He is supposed
to have gotten between $50 and $100. That he was a person with some
familiarity as to the habits of the dead woman is believed.
Mrs. SIMONSON was the widow of Hewlett SIMONSON, a fairly wealthy man,
who died a year or so ago. During all her life it had been a sort of
hobby on the part of Mrs. SIMONSON to always have money on her person.
Having it in the house would not satisfy---she had to have it on her person.
Mrs. Phoebe HERBERT, a daughter of Mrs. SIMONSON, went to the house
yesterday morning to see her mother. She had gone once or twice daily
since her father's death as her mother lived alone. She usually called
on her mother nightly, but was at the house early yesterday.
She went to the kitchen door and found it open. Stepping inside she
found her mother lying dead on the floor. There were scratches and
bruise marks on the throat.
Dr. Edwin CARMAN and Justice of the Peach C.F. GITTENS were called.
The doctor found the woman had not been dead very long, a couple of
hours. The choking which caused the death had not been violent, but
the aged woman's hold on life had not been strong.
Justice Charles F. GITTENS, of Hempstead, who, acting as Coroner, is
investigating the death of Mrs. Elmira SIMONSON, who was found murdered
in her home, on Main street, in this village, yesterday, said today
that there appeared to him to be no doubt that the woman was killed by
someone who was well acquainted with her habits, and knew that she
always kept about a hundred dollars in a cloth bag which she used as a
purse. Justice GITTENS added that as yet no suspicion was directed
against any particular individual, but that a thorough investigation
was under way. He said that he would hold an inquest here on Thursday
next, and hopes by that time to be able to throw some light on the murder.
NEW YORK INDIAN TO BE TRIED FOR MURDER.
ROCHESTER, May 14, --The United States Circuit Court, which convened
to-day, is to be called upon to try Harrison HILL, a full-blooded
Seneca Indian, on a charge of murder. HILL is alleged to have killed
his brother-in-law, Elijah PETERS, on the Tonawanda Indian reservation
last January. It is the first time in a number of years that a
full-blooded Indian has been tried in New York State on a serious charge.
THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL KILLED BY TROLLEY CAR.
While crossing the street in front of her home,at 570 Union street
about 7 o'clock last night, Jennie GERACI, 3 years old, was struck by a
west-bound Union street car and instantly killed.
A great crowd assembled and became so demonstrative against the
motorman, Peter BROWN, of 521 Seventeenth street, that word was
telephoned to the Bergen street police station, and the reserves were
sent to the scene. BROWN was taken to the station house and locked up.
In the meantime Ambulance Surgeon Hospital. He crawled under the car,
and , with little difficulty dragged out the body. He found that the
whole side if[sic] the child's head had been crushed. He said she had
been instantly killed.
In the Myrtle Avenue Court to-day BROWN was held in $200 bond for
examination on a charge of homicide
BRICE - Suddenly, on May 13, 1907, at the residence of his brother, 108
N. Elliott place, Chas. BRICE. Funeral will take place on Thursday,
May 16, at 9 A.M. sharp; thence to St. Edward's R.C. Church. Interment
Holy Cross Cemetery.
KETCHAM - On Monday, May 13, 1907, Ann, widow of John KETCHAM, in her
87th years. Funeral services at her late residence, 171 Bainbridge
st., Thursday, May 16, at 2 P.M. Interment at convenience of family.
FISCHBACH - Monday, May 13, after a long illness, Margarette A.
FISCHBACH, wife of John. Funeral services at her late residence, 449
Logan st., Wednesday, 2:30 P.M. Interment Cedar Grove.
GILLEN - Suddenly, on Monday, May 13th, 1907, Jeremiah T.F. GILLEN,
beloved son of Michael and Jane GILLEN. Relatives and friends are
invited to attend the funeral on Wednesday at 2:30 P.M., from his late
residence, 467 Union st. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery.
McLAUGHLIN - On Monday, May 13, William, beloved husband of Mary
McLAUGHLIN, in his 73d year. Funeral will take place on Thursday, May
16th, from his late residence, 101 Gold st., at 9:30 A.M.; thence to
St. Anne's R.C. Church, cor. Front and Gold sts., where a solemn mass
of requiem will be held. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.
NEWMAN - Miss Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary NEWMAN, formerly of the
old Williamsburg section, St. Peter and St. Paul parish, died Monday
on pneumonia at her residence, 1069 Halsey st., after a short illness.
She was born in 1883 and is survived by her father, mother and two
brothers, Frank and Henry. She was employed by New Amsterdam Casualty
Co., in Manhattan, in a responsible position and was dearly loved by
all the employees, who are deeply grieved at her death. She was a
member of St. Martin of Tours R.C. Church and formerly of the Church of
Our Lady of Good Counsel, both of which she took an active interest in
all social and charitable entertainments. Her sweet and kind
disposition endeared her to all with whom she came in contact. The
funeral will take place in St. Martin of Tours R.C. Church, corner of
Hancock st. and Knickerbocker ave., on Wednesday at 10:30 A.M.
Interment in Calvary Cemetery.
KNIGHT - Mrs. Margaret H. KNIGHT, on May 13th, 1907. Funeral services
from the Fifteenth St. Baptist Church, near Fourth ave., Wednesday, May
15th, at 2 P.M. Friends invited.
AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE Board of Trustees of the Williamsburgh
Savings Bank, held May 13, 1907, it was ordered that the following be
entered in full on the minutes of the Board, and published in the
Brooklyn "Eagle", "Times," and Standard Union, and an engrossed copy be
forwarded to the family:
ABRAM COOKE, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Williamsburgh Savings
Bank, died May 10, 1907.
He was elected Trustee of the Bank in July, 1883, and Vice-President in
January, 1905.
His services as Vice-President and on the attending and examining
Committees, and on many occasions when his counsel and advice were
sought, were greatly appreciated by the officers and Board of Trustees.
He was always deeply interested in the affairs of the Bank, and,
furthermore, was of such a genial, happy and cheerful disposition and
unselfish in character, that he endeared himself to us all.
We mourn his loss greatly and hereby express to his family our warm
sympathy in their great affliction.
J.V. MESEROLE, President
John DURYEA, a retired wealthy manufacturer, died on Sunday at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Frank WALTERS, at Staunton, Va., after an illness
of a month. Mr. DURYEA was born at Glen Cove eighty-one years ago. In
1855 Mr. DURYEA and his five brothers, Wright, William, Hiram, Edgar
and George, organized the Glen Cove Manufacturing Company for the
making of starch, glucose and other cereal products. This concern
continued until 1890, when it joined the combination known as the
National Starch Manufacturing Company, Mr. DURYEA becoming the general
superintendent of manufacture. In 1899 he withdrew from active
business to manage his large personal interests. He was active in
church and charitable work, building and endowing a Presbyterian church
at Glen Cove to the memory of his wife, Jane CARPENTER DURYEA, who died
fifteen years ago. Funeral services were held yesterday at Staunton,
and the body was buried to-day in the family plot at Glen Cove.
Hedwig BUCHER, a life resident of Brooklyn, died last Saturday at her
home, 212 Eldert street, from pneumonia. Two daughters, Lillie and
Isabella, survive. The funeral services will be held to-night at St.
Thomas' Church. Interment to-morrow at Lutheran Cemetery, under
direction of George EHLENBERGER.
Andrea SORENSON, of 168 President street, died suddenly on Sunday. The
funeral was held this afternoon from the undertaking parlors of M.
McMAHON, 124 Summit street. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Elias T. EDDY died Sunday morning at Bellevue Hospital of paralysis.
He was taken to the hospital a week ago. He was born in Manhattan in
1830, and came to Brooklyn when very young and lived here until last
year, when he returned to Manhattan. He is survived by one son, Elias
T. EDDY, Jr. The funeral services were held this afternoon from his
late home, 100 Norman avenue, the Rev. W.V.EDWARDS officiating.
Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
Joseph DIRACO died Sunday at his home, 78 Central avenue. He is
survived by his parents. The funeral services were held this morning
at 10 o'clock. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. Undertaker Peter
GEIS, of Marcy avenue, had charge of the arrangements.
Henry DE LAND GLORE, son of John A.P. and the late Mary L. GLORE, died
of pneumonia on Sunday in his nineteenth year. He contracted at severe
cold about seven months ago, and on account of this he was sent to
Liberty, N.Y., in order to recover. He was a graduate of P.S. No. 106,
and was preparing for a regent's diploma and at the same time studying
law at the office of his brother, Harrison C. GLORE, 391 Fulton street.
The funeral services will be held to-night at 8 o'clock at his late
home, 1020 Madison street, the Rev. Dr. Donald D. MacLAURIN
officiating. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. He is survived by two
brothers, Harrison C. and John, and two sisters, Mrs. R.C.CRAFT, of
Manhattan, and Mrs. Dr. D.D. TOWNER.
ELIZABETH KALLENBACH
After an illness of two months, Elizabeth KALLENBACH, of 229 Floyd
street, died yesterday at the Kings County Hospital. She was born in
Germany in 1836, and had lived in Brooklyn for half a century. She was
a member of All Saints' Church, Thornton street and Throop avenue, and
is survived by two sisters, Mrs. WINKLER and Mrs. SCHLAAR, and one
brother, Joseph NIEBLING. Undertaker George EHLENBERGER has charge of
the funeral arrangements.
Lille M. DREW passed away yesterday, after a lingering illness, in her
forty-fourth year. She was born in Royalston, Mass., and had resided
in Brooklyn some years. She was the wife of John W. DREW, inspector of
stations of the B.R.T. Mrs. DREW was a member of the Baptist Temple,
Schermerhorn street and Third avenue, of which the Rev.Dr. Cortland
MYERS is pastor. The funeral services will be held from her late home,
443 Second street, at 8 o'clock to-night. Interment to-morrow at the
Royalston Cemetery. The funeral arrangements are in charge of
Undertakers LYNAM & PURVIS, of 503 Fourth street.
Willard G. FICHTELMANN, son of Fred and Jennie WILLARD FICHTELMANN,
died yesterday after a bries illness at his home, 12 East Seventh
street, Windsor Terrace. He was a graduate of P.S. 10 and a member of
the Alumni Association. He is survived by his parents and one brother
and a sister. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2
o'clock from the Church of the Apostle, Prospect and Greenwood avenues.
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. Undertaker Ferdinand SELLE, of 684
Fifth avenue has charge of the arrangements.
JOSEPH SALZATO
Funeral services were held yesterday for Joseph SALZATO, who died on
Sunday of old age. He was born in Italy seventy-four years ago, and is
survived by a brother. He lived at 554 Flushing avenue. The interment
was made at Linden Hill Cemetery, under the direction of Undertaker
Peter GEIS, of 470 Marcy avenue.
SARAH CAPEL
Funeral services were held last night for Mrs. Sarah CAPEL at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Charles E. OBRIG, 474A McDONOUGH street. She was
the widow of Charles CAPEL, and was in her eighty-second year. She was
born in Holliwell, England, and leaves seven children. The interment
was made to-day at Evergreen Cemetery.
Franklin R. WALLACE, a well-known real estate man, died at his home in
Bretton Hall, at Broadway and Eighty-sixth street, Manhattan, on Sunday
afternoon, after an illness of several weeks. Mr. WALLACE was born in
Burlington, Vt., sixty-two years ago. His family moved to Brooklyn
when he was a child, and he was educated here. Later he went to
Montana and Colorado and became largely interested in mining and land
operations. Eight years ago he returned to New York and entered the
real estate business. He was a member of the Lotos Club and of several
Western clubs. He leaves a widow, two sons and four daughters.
REV. HERMANN RAEGENER
After a brief illness the Rev. Hermann RAEGENER, former pastor of St.
Mark's German Evangelical Church, in Sixth street, died yesterday in
his home, 9?1 President street. He was 84 years old, and his death was
due to infirmities of age. He was born in Brunswick, Germany, came to
America in 1855, and in the next year took the pastorate of St. Mark's,
which he held until 1882. He leaves a son, Louis C. RAEGENER, and a
daughter, Mrs. Francis T. MOTT.
ETTA MULHRIN
Funeral services were held yesterday morning for Etta MULHRIN, who died
last Friday after a short illness at the Little Sisters of the Poor
Home for the Aged, Bushwick and DeKalb avenues. She had been an inmate
of the home for some years and is survived by several nieces, who are
in the hotel business in Manhattan. The interment was made at Calvary
Cemetery, under the direction os Undertaker James M.GOODWIN, of 1141
DeKalb avenue.
ABRAM COOKE
Funeral services were held last evening for Abram COOKE at his late
home, 250 Hancock street, the Rev. Dr.NILES, of the South Bushwick
Reformed Church, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Dr. WOELFIN, of
Rochester. He was one of the best known citizens of the Eastern
District, and was born in the Fifteenth Ward seventy years ago. He
leaves a widow, Mrs. Fannie ROSS COOKE, and four children, Mrs. Wilson
R. SMITH and Charles, Walter R. and Belle GORDON COOKE. Before he
retired from business, about twenty years ago, Mr. COOKE was a milk
dealer, with a business place located at Bushwick avenue and Powers
street. He amassed a considerable fortune. Upon his retirement from
business he was made a trustee of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank, and
at the time of his death was vice-president of that institution and
held interest in the Williamsburgh Trust Company and the First National
Bank, besides being the owner of considerable property in the Fifteenth
Ward. His son-in-law, William R. SMITH, was once a partner of the firm
of SMITH & GRAY. The sons succeed to their father's business and
interests. The interment was made this morning at Greenwood Cemetery.
JOHN T. DALY
After a lingering illness John T. DALY died in St. Vincent's Hospital
on Sunday. Mr. DALY was born in Brooklyn in April 1880. He was
educated in the public schools, and on attending his majority went into
business in Wall street, Manhattan. He made his home with his parents
at 396 Henry street. Services will be held in the Church of St. Peter.
Mr. DALY was a graduate of the Commercial High School. Undertaker
John FAGIN has charge.
MARY E. ATWELL
A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated to-morrow morning at 10
o'clock for Mary E. ATWELL at St. Stanislaus' Church, Fourteenth
street, near Sixth avenue. She was the wife of John ATWELL. Besides
her husband she leaves three sons and three daughters, one of whom is
Mrs. BOLLE, wife of Officer BOLLE. of the Butler street court. Mrs.
ATWELL was returning with her daughter Sunday afternoon from a visit to
her son, Fifty-fifth street and Third avenue, when she became very ill
on a trolley car and was taken to a nearby drug store, where is was
discovered she was dying, and a priest was summoned, who administered
the last rites to her. She died an hour later at her home, 525 1/2
Sixth avenue. The interment will be made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Nancy J. MILLS died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James
W. PERRY, 230 Fiske avenue, Maspeth. Mrs. MILLS was in her
seventy-first year. She was born at Middletown, N.Y., and settled at
Maspeth thirty years ago.. She was a member of the Newtown Presbyterian
Church and is survived by a sister at Middletown; a daughter, Mrs.
PERRY, and a son, Frank. The funeral services will be held to-morrow
night. Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Middletown, on Thursday. The
funeral arrangements are in charge of John J. GALLAGHER's Sons, of
North Eighth street.
James FLAHERTY, Jr., son of James T. and Bridget FLAHERTY, died
suddenly on Saturday. The funeral was held this afternoon from his
late home, 131 South Second street. Besides his parents he is survived
by one brother and a sister. Interment was made at Calvary Cemetery,
under the direction of John J. GALLAGHER, of 215 North Eighth street.
MARGARET NAAB
A solemn requiem mass was celebrated at 10 o'clock this morning for
Margaret NAAB, at St. Nicholas' R.C. Church, Devoe and Olive streets,
of which church she was a member for many years. She was the wife of
August G. NAAB, and the mother of the Rev. John F. NAAB, and Margaret,
Mary and Anna NAAB, and Mrs. Elizabeth McTIGHE. She was in her
sixtieth year and had resided for some time at 600 Morgan avenue.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
15 May 1907
COULDN'T ESCAPE BLACK HAND FATE
News was received in Newark yesterday of the death of Vincenzo
BUFFARDO, a former resident of that city, who was killed in his native
home in Italy several days ago. BUFFARDO, it is believed, was killed
by the Black Hand. The society had threatened his life while in this
country, and war primarily responsible for his return to his native
land, where he hoped to enjoy the comfortable fortune he accumulated in
the bakery business in Brooklyn and Newark.
When BUFFARDO received repeated threatening letters from the Black Hand
demanding $2,000 he left his business in Brooklyn and removed to
Newark. That was two years ago. He thought himself perfectly safe,
but he received another message telling him that he must pay over
$2,000 or he would be shot and have his throat cut. BUFFARDO turned
the letter over to the Newark police. He was in constant fear of his
life, and after being held up on the street twice and having four men
call at his home during his absence he quit the country and went home
to Italy to escape his persecutors. The Black Hand men followed him
evidently, for he had hardly been home a week when he was shot in the
back by some unknown person who cut his throat just as the letter he
received in Newark said. According to the advices received, BUFFARDO's
wife found his body in the yard of his home.
Lieutenant Addison D. MARTIN
The funeral of Lieutenant Addison D. MARTIN, a Fourteenth Regiment war
veteran, whose death was announced in this paper on Thursday, took place
yesterday at Greenwood, the remains being deposited near the Fireman's
plot. About forty members from the different companies and a number of war
veterans in citizens' dress attended the funeral. Captain Ramon CARDONA
was in command of the escort.
Queens- Mrs. Eva SCHARF, aged 47, an old resident of Union, Conn.,
died at her home, Enfield street and Rockaway road, on Monday
from injuries received by a fall last February. She leaves five children.
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. JANE BROWN.
Mrs. Jane BROWN, of 232 Frost street, died at her home, on Sunday last,
of gastritis. She was sixty-four years old and had been a resident of
Greenpoint for the last thirty-five years. One daughter and one son
survive her.
The funeral was held yesterday from St. Cecelia's Church, Herbert and
North Henry streets. The interment was in Calvary Cemetery, under
direction of John GLINNEN's Sons, of 64 Herbert street.
DARBY KILLED BY FALL THROUGH GLASS ROOF.
Edward DARBY, a dishwasher employed in the restaurant of John LANDIS,
at Washington avenue, while putting screens in the windows of the
second floor this morning, stepped on the glass-covered shed and
crashed through to the sidewalk below, a distance of 18 feet. He
struck on his head and back.
Dr. SNYDER was summoned from the Cumberland Street Hospital. He said
that DARBY had been killed instantly.
DARBY lived in a lodging house at 1003 Wallabout market. The police
have been unable to locate any relatives.
KETCHAM - On Monday, May 13, 1907, Ann, widow of John KETCHAM, in her
87th year. Funeral services at her late residence, 171 Bainbridge st.,
Thursday, May 16, at 2 P.M. Interment at convenience of family.
LAYDEN - Daniel LAYDEN, died May 13, age 41. Funeral services from his
late residence, 251 Van Buren st., on Thursday, May 16th; thence to the
Church of the Visitation, where a solemn requiem mass will be offered
at 9:30 A.M. Interment Holy Cross. Friends and relatives respectfully
invited.
McGOVERN - Ellen McGOVERN, at her residence, 52 Second st. Funeral
from her late residence, on Friday, at 9:30 A.M.; thence to St. Mary's
Star of the Sea Church. Relatives and friends invited.
QUINN-- On May 14, at her late residence, 593 Park place, Nonie,
beloved wife of Harry J. QUINN. A solemn requiem mass will be
celebrated on Friday morning at St. Teresa's Church, Classon ave. and
Sterling place, at 9 A.M. She is survived by her husband, one
daughter, her mother, Mrs. MORIARTY, and one sister, Mrs. Charles
WILLIAMS. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Elias J. HENDRICKSON, a prominent member and an elder of the South
Bushwick Reformed Church, died on Monday, in his sixty-fifth year,
after an illness of five weeks with appendicitis. He was born in
Queens and for twenty-one years had been a resident of the Eighteenth
Ward, where he was well-known as one of the oldest residents. He
resided at 1165 Bushwick avenue for twenty-one years and all that time
he was connected with the South Bushwick Reformed Church. Besides his
widow, Mary SUYDAM HENDRICKSON, he leaves a daughter, Elizabeth, and
two grandchildren. The funeral services will be held to-night at 8
o'clock, the Rev. Dr. Edward NILES officiating, assisted by the Rev.
Dr. ALLEN. The interment will be made at Evergreen Cemetery.
Capt. George WALDIE, a retired Sandy Hook pilot, died at his home, 365
Macon street, on Monday, after a short illness. He was born in
Edinburgh, Scotland, sixty years ago and came to Brooklyn in his early
youth. He is survived by two daughters, Grace J. and Josephine M., and
two sons, George J. and Dr. Thomas E. WALDIE. Funeral to-morrow
morning, and after a solemn requiem mass at the Church of Our Lady of
Victory, the interment will be made under the direction of Undertaker
Thomas H. IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
Ann KETCHAM, widow of John KETCHAM and one of the oldest residents of
Brooklyn, died on Monday in her eighty-seventy year. She attended
Grace Presbyterian Church on Stuyvesant avenue. The funeral will be
held at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon from the home of her daughter,
Mrs. N.B. SMITH, 171 Bainbridge street, with whom she lived. The Rev.
Dr. Robert H. CARSON, pastor of the Grace Presbyterian Church, will
officiate. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. The funeral arrangements
are in charge of Undertaker Joseph F. MARFING, of 204 Reid avenue.
Annie Gertrude CLYNICK, daughter of Patrick and Ellen LEAHY, and wife
of Joseph CLYNICK, died on Monday at her home, 229 High street. She
was a member of St. James' Pro-Cathedral, and a solemn requiem mass
will be celebrated there to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The
interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery.
Constantine MOONIS died yesterday at his home, 36 Duffield street,
after a short illness. He is survived by a widow, Mary C. FORD MOONIS.
The funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at two o'clock
from his late residence. The interment will take place at Calvary Cemetery.
Crissie SEWELL, wife of William SEWELL, died yesterday at her home,
565a Halsey street. The funeral services will be held to-night at 8
o'clock. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery to-morrow.
DANIEL DOYLE
The funeral was held this morning for Daniel DOYLE from the home of his
niece, Mrs. John J. FOOTE, 64 Doscher street, thence to the Church of
the Blessed Sacrament, Fulton street and Euclid avenue, of which church
he was for many years a member, where a solemn requiem mass was
celebrated at 10 o'clock. The interment was made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Amanda DEVOE, wife of Stephen W. DEVOE, died on Sunday at her home, 432
Park avenue, of heart disease, after one day's illness. It is said
that since the death of her son Charles, who was killed in the Brooklyn
theatre fire in '76, her mind had been affected. She was sixty-five
years old and almost a life-long resident of Brooklyn. The funeral
services will be held to-morrow morning at 9:30 o'clock at the mortuary
parlors of Undertaker James J. HUNTER, 354 Marcy avenue, the Rev. Dr.
Hugo W. HOFFMAN officiating. Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery. A
brother and sister survive.
Grace L. CRISTIANI died suddenly on Saturday in St. Mark's Hospital,
Manhattan. She was the wife of Ricardo CRISTIANI, by whom she is
survived. The funeral services were held last night at her home, 392
Westminster road, near Avenue C, Flatbush. Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery to-day.
Michael PRAGER died at St. Catherine's Hospital, on Monday, of shock
following an amputation of a limb, resulting from an accident in which
he was run over by a car on the crosstown line on Saturday evening at
the corner of North Ninth and Driggs avenue. He was well-known in the
Eastern District and was a regular attendant at the Church of Our Lady
of Mount Carmel. He is survived by his parents, John and Mary PRAGER,
and two brothers. The funeral was held this afternoon from his home,
534 Driggs avenue, and after services, the interment was made at
St.John's Cemetery, under direction of Undertaker Thomas H. IRELAND, of
177 North Sixth street.
William JOHNSON, of 166 Georgia avenue, who died yesterday while on his
way to the Foresters' Convention at Rochester, was born in Enniskillen,
County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1856. He served as an apprentice for
seven years in his native town, and came to this country in the late
seventies. Here he soon received employment in the establishment of
George P. ROWELL & Co. as a compositor on the American Newspaper
Directory. Soon afterward he won a reputation as a clever writer of
advertisements. When "Printer's Ink" was established he set with his
own hands all the type for the first sixteen-page number. The control
of this publication passed into his hands in 1903, but he had been
managing it in the meanwhile under the control of the ROWELL Company.
He was widely known among advertising men and readers of different
publications.
GEN. MATTHEW M. BLUNT
Brig.-Gen. Matthew M. BLUNT, U.S.A., retired, died at his home, 157
Pulaski street, yesterday, after a lingering illness, aged 77 years.
Gen. BLUNT was born in New York and lived here the greater part of his
life. He was graduated from West Point in 1849 and was appointed
second lieutenant of the First Artillary in 1853. He was afterward
transferred to the Second Artillary and in 1861 entered the Civil War
as a captain in the Twelfth Infantry, afterward serving with great
distinction in the Fourteenth Infantry. He was transferred in 1874 to
the Twenty-fifth Infantry in the capacity of lieutenant-colonel, and in
1883 was appointed colonel of the Sixteenth Infantry. He was retired
in 1904 with the rank of brigadier-general, having been three times
breveted for bravery, once at Malvern Hill, again at Fredericksburg,
and finally at Petersburg. He was granted an A.B. in 1850 and an M.A.
in 1853 by Columbia College, his alma mater. After the Civil War he
saw much frontier service in Wyoming, Utah, and Texas. He will have a
military funeral at West Point to-morrow.
Jennie GOLDEN HURLEY, wife of James HURLEY and daughter of Thomas and
Jane GOLDEN, died on Monday at her home, 87 Sands street. The funeral
services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
CHARLES WICHMAN
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Charles WICHMAN, at the
home of his brother, Joseph, 233 Heyward street. He passed away Sunday
night after a lingering illness. He was 44 years old, a native of
Germany and a resident of Brooklyn for twenty-four years. He was the
successor of Adolph EISHER [FISHER?], as the proprietor of the hotel at
the corner of Harrison avenue and Lynch street. He was a prominent
figure in the German clubs of this city, among them the Aurspdorum
Wuster Club. The Rev. Dr. Hugo W. HOFFMAN officiated at the funeral
services. He leaves two brothers, Henry and Joseph. The interment was
made at Mt. Olivet Cemetery under direction of James J. HUNTER, of 354
Marcy avenue.
Mary Ann LAMONT, wife of James LAMONT, passed away on Monday, after a
long illness. She was in her sixty-sixth year and for fifty years was
a resident of South Brooklyn. She was for many years a member of the
Christ P.E. Church, Clinton and Carroll streets. Besided her husband,
she leaves a daughter, Mrs. George W. HUNOLD, and five sons, James S.,
George F., Tyrus Tilson, Robert John and Joseph Riees. The funeral
will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, from her late home, 1
Third place. The Rev. Dr. Walter DeFOREST JOHNSON will officiate,
assisted by the Rev. Dr. HYDE. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
Sylvanus SLOAT died on Monday in his eightieth year. He was an old
resident of the Stuyvesant section an a veteran of the Civil War. He
was a member of the B.F. MIDDLETON Post, G.A.R. The funeral services
will be held to-night at 8 o'clock at his late home, 587 Lexington avenue.
Andrew ABEL, a well known citizen and manufacturer of the Eastern
District, after a short illness of two months, died Sunday night at his
home, 271 Meserole street. He was a member of SCHILLER's Lodge, No.
304, F.& A.M.; Justicia Lodge, No. 370, and Kade's Encampment No. 63,
I.O.O.F. He leaves a widow and two daughters, Mrs. Peter C. STUHLMAN
and Mrs. Frank KLEIN. Funeral this afternoon, with interment at
Lutheran Cemetery. Undertaker John G. LUTZ has charge.
Mary May NEWMAN, daughter of Thomas and Mary A. NEWMAN, died on Monday
at her home, 1069 Halsey street. She was a member of St. Martin's R.C.
Church, Knickerbocker avenue and Hancock street, where a requiem mass
was celebrated this morning. The interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Elizabeth BARAN passed away on Monday, after a lingering illness in her
67th year. The funeral was held this afternoon from the home of her
daughter, Mrs. N.A. BURCH, 695 Gates avenue. Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery.
Margaret A. FISCHBACH died on Monday. She had been at a sanitarium in
Jamaica for nearly a year and returned to her home a short time ago.
She was 48 years old and a native of Germany and had resided in
Brooklyn twenty years. She was a member of Victoria, D.O.H., No. 4,
and leaves her husband, John, and a married daughter in Manhattan. The
funeral services were held this afternoon at her late residence, 449
Logan street. The interment was made at Cedar Grove Cemetery, under
direction of Undertaker Henry J. SMITH, of 373 Bergen street.
Margaret ELLENBERGER, wife of John ELLENBERGER, died at her home,
Myrtle and Richards avenues, yesterday, of appendicitis. She was born
in Manhattan and had resided in Brooklyn about sixteen years. She is
survived by her husband, her mother, Mary DOCHTERMAN, and three
children, Elsie, Francis and John. The funeral will be held to-morrow
morning and the interment will be made at Lutheran Cemetery. The
arrangements are in charge of Undertaker George EHLENBERGER.
MICHAEL MAHER
After a lingering illness, Michael MAHER died at his home, 41 Hudson
avenue, on Tuesday. He was a resident of Brooklyn all his life. He
was a member of St. Anne's Church, and is survived by his mother, two
brothers and two sisters. The funeral will be held from his late home,
Friday, at 2:30 P.M. The undertaker in charge is J.A.McLEAN.
John L. BECKER died at his home, 947 DeKalb avenue, Monday. He was
born in Brooklyn and was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. BECKER,
who survive him. The funeral services were held last night and the
interment was made at Lutheran Cemetery this afternoon. The
undertaking arrangements were in charge of Michael DIRKES, of 184
Meeker avenue.
Jeremiah R.F. GILLEN, son of Michael and Jane GILLEN, died suddenly on
Monday in his twenty-sixth year. He was a life-long resident of the
Tenth Ward and belonged to St. Agnes' parish. He is survived by his
parents, a sister, Anna, and a brother, John. The funeral was held
from his late home, 467 Union street. Interment at Holy Cross
Cemetery. Funeral Director George DALY, of 424 Degraw street, had
charge of the arrangements.
Charles ROSENBERG died on Sunday at his home, 1477 DeKalb avenue, after
a short illness. He was in his forty-ninth year. The funeral was held
this morning.
James JOHNSTON died on Monday at his home, 246A Monroe street, after a
brief illness. He had been a resident of Brooklyn for a number of
years and was a member of Burnside Council, No. 625, R.A. The funeral
services will be held to-night at 8 o'clock at his late home.
Interment will be made at Greenwood Cemetery.
Michael T. MOLONEY, eldest son of John and Margaret MOLONEY, died on
Sunday in his thirty-ninth year. He had been ill for some time with
rheumatism, which finally reached his heart. Although he was born in
Manhattan, he lived nearly his whole lifetime in Brooklyn. Since his
school days he had been connected with R.T. DOWNING'S Foreign Express,
where his loss is keenly felt. He attended St. Paul's R.C. Church,
Court and Congress streets. Besides his parents, he is survived by two
children, Marion and John, and four sisters and two brothers, all
residents of Brooklyn. The funeral was held this afternoon from the
home of his parents, 224 Harrison street. The interment was made at
Calvary Cemetery.
16 May 1907
MR. AND MRS. BEHRENS LOSE THEIR ONLY SON
M. BEHRENS, the 16-year-old son of Charles and Louise BEHRENS died on
Tuesday last at his home, 194 Ninth avenue, Long Island City, of
pulmonary tuberculosis. He was one of three children, two sisters
surviving. The funeral was held from the late home this afternoon,
with interment in Lutheran Cemetery. John McELROY, of 949 Manhattan
avenue, had charge.
MANY SCHOOLMATES AT FUNERAL OF GIRL.
Elsie McKINLEY, the 11-year-old daughter of William and Emily McKINLEY,
died at her home, 738 Humboldt street, last Sunday. The funeral was
held from her late home on Tuesday. A large number of the former
schoolmates and teachers of the little girl attended. The interment
was in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of John McELROY, of 949
Manhattan avenue.
FOURTH DEATH IN MATHERSON FIRE.
Henrietta WOODSON, the servant girl employed at the home of Stephen
MATHERSON, died late last night in the Kings County Hospital as the
result of burns she received early Wednesday morning when the handsome
residence at 489 Ocean avenue, went up in flames. This is the fourth
death. A woman guest was found dead from smoke, while MATHERSON
succumbed in the hospital on Friday. Mrs. MATHERSON died on Tuesday.
The five children, who were hurled from the windows by the parents,
were not seriously hurt. The bad result of the blaze has stirred
Flatbush, where MATHERSON was well known.
DALEY - On Wednesday, May 15, 1907, Ann J. DALEY [nee CLEARY], beloved
wife of Thomas DALEY. Funeral from her late residence, 446 Henry st.,
Saturday, May 18th, at 9:30 A.M.; thence to St. Peter's R.C. Church,
Hicks and Warren sts.
DALTON - Suddenly on May 15, 1907, John DALTON, a native of Mullahoran,
County Cavan, Ireland. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the
funeral from No. 75 Huntington st., South Brooklyn, and requiem at the
Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary Star of the Sea, Luquer and Court
sts., on Saturday, May 18th, at 9;30 A.M.
DOYLE - Wednesday, May 15, Andrew J. DOYLE, Jr., beloved son of Andrew
J. DOYLE and Julia A. DOYLE [nee WALSH]. Funeral from his late
residence, No. 13 Washington st., on Saturday at 9:30 A.M.; thence to
St. Peter's Church, Barclay st. Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment Calvary.
DOUGHERTY - On Wednesday, May 15, 1907, Harry DOUGHERTY, son of the
late John and Rose DOUGHERTY, and brother of Mae. Funeral from
residence of his aunt, Mrs. McCRICKET, 182 Sands st., Saturday, 2 P.M.
Interment Holy Cross.
LAYDEN - Daniel LAYDEN, died May 13, age 41. Funeral services from his
late residence, 251 Van Brunt st., on Thursday, May 16th,; thence to
the Church of the Visitation, where a solemn requiem mass will be
offered at 9:30 A.M. Interment Holy Cross. Friends and relatives
respectfully invited.
McCONNIN - On Wednesday, May 15, 1907, Joseph S., sone of Patrick and
the late Bridget McCONNIN. Funeral from his late residence, 121 Engert
ave., on Saturday, May 18; thence to St. Cecelia's Church, where a
solemn requiem mass will be offered at 9 o'clock. Interment in
Calvary. Friends and relatives respectfully invited.
McLEAN - On Thursday, May 16, 1907, William J.McLEAN, beloved son of
John and Anna McLEAN. Funeral from his late residence, 74 Tompkins
ave., on Saturday, May 18, at 9:30 A.M.; thence to the Church if St.
Ambrose, where a solemn requiem mass will be offered. Relatives and
friends invited to attend. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery.
NEALE - On Thursday, May 16, 1907, Louise C., widow of the late James
H. NEALE, died at her residence, 327 Madison st., aged 65 years.
Funeral services Friday, 8 P.M. Interment at the convenience of the
family. Bridgeport [Conn.] papers please copy.
NICKEL - Emilia Mary, beloved daughter of Ida NICKEL [nee GUNTHER],
died Wednesday morning, 10:30 , in her 12th year after a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held on Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the
residence of her mother, 185 Stagg st. Interment Saturday, 2 P.M., in
Greenwood Cemetery.
QUINN - On May 14th, at her late residence, 593 Park place, Nonie,
beloved wife of Harry J. QUINN. A solemn requiem mass will be
celebrated on Friday morning at St. Teresa's Church, Classon ave. and
Sterling place, at 9 A.M. She is survived by her husband, one
daughter, her mother, Mrs. MORIARTY, and one sister, Mrs. Charles
WILLIAMS. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
QUIRK - William T., husband of Julia QUIRK [nee GARDNER], died on
Wednesday after a long illness. The funeral services will be held
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from his home, 191 Skillman st.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
SUNDSTROM - On Tuesday, May 14th, Josie, beloved wife of Edward
SUNDSTROM, in her 27th year. for many years member of the Baptist
Temple. Funeral services will be held at 63 Junction ave., Corona,
L.I., this evening. Interment private; members of the family only,
Friday morning, 10 o'clock. [didn't say where]
SCHWEICHERT - George F. died at his late residence, 324 Stagg st., May
14th, 1907. He is survived by his wife, Margaret SCHWEICHERT. Funeral
services May 17 at 2 P.M., from 324 Stagg st., to Lutheran Cemetery.
THOMPSON - Suddenly on Wednesday, May 15, 1907, Edward A. THOMPSON,
beloved husband of Margaret M. THOMPSON [nee TIERNEY], of 682? Pacific
street. Notice of funeral hereafter.
Edward A. THOMPSON, a well known attache of the Brooklyn Water Bureau,
died suddenly yesterday while attending to his duties in the district
to which he was assigned in East New York. He was born in Brooklyn
forty odd years ago, and was for many years a master plumber, but for
the past ten years was connected with the Water Department as
inspector. He was also connected with the mechanical departments of
various local theatres. Mr. THOMPSON was a member of the Twenty-second
Ward Democratic Club, the Regular Democratic Association of the
Twelfth Assembly District, the Washington Democratic Club of the Tenth
Assembly District, the Knights of Galena, the Theatrical Mechanical
Association, and Horicon Tribe, Order of Red Men. He was also a member
of St. Thomas Aquinas R.C. Church, on Ninth street, and resided at 632
Pacific street. A widow survives. The funeral arrangements have not
yet been completed.
Henry E. CHILD died on Wednesday in his seventy-third year. He was
born in Middlehaddan, Conn., and went to Manhattan when sixteen years
old to carve out his fortune. In 1868 he embarked in the advertising
business and at the time of his death was one of the most successful
and best-known agents in the business. His offices were in the Bennett
building, Nassau and Fulton streets, Manhattan. For the past seventeen
years he had been a resident of the Stuyvesant section, living all that
time at 904 Greene avenue. He also had a winter place at Leesburg,
Fla. He was a member of the Grace Presbyterian Church, Stuyvesant
avenue. He leaves two sons, Edward A. and William E., and two
grandsons, Hugh A., and H. Eugene. The funeral services will be held
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Robert H. CARSON
officiating. Interment will be made at Glastonbury Cemetery, Conn.
William QUIRK, one of the oldest employes in the Department of
Highways, died yesterday afternoon after a two months' illness of
Bright's disease at his home, 191 Skillman street. Mr. QUIRK had lived
in Brooklyn forty-five years and was well known. He entered into his
duties in the Department of Highways on April 28, 1896, and for eleven
years held the position of foreman. He was considered a most efficient
man in his work and his services will be missed. Since last February
he had been compelled to quit active work, but his ailment was not
believed by his friends to be of a serious nature. The funeral will be
held to-morrow afternoon. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
James McBARRON died Monday after a brief illness at the Brooklyn
Hospital. He was born in Brooklyn and a parishioner of St. Charles
Borromeo Church. He had been connected for years with the newspaper
business, having a stand at the corner of Fulton street and Boerum
place, where he was known to all the prominent city officials for
years. He was a member of the Newsdealers' Association and is survived
by one brother, John McBARRON. Funeral was held from the undertaking
parlors of J.F. FAGAN, 161 Columbia street, this afternoon. Interment
at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Ann J. DALEY died Wednesday at her late residence, 446 Henry street,
after a lingering illness. She was born in Ireland and had lived in
the Sixth Ward during the past thirty years. She was a parishioner of
St. Peter's Church, where she was connected with several societies.
She is survived by her husband, Thomas DALEY; a daughter, Mrs. M.
MONTGOMERY, and also several nephews and nieces. The funeral will be
held on Saturday, at St. Peter's Church, Hicks and Warren streets,
where the Rev. M. FITZGERALD will celebrate a solemn requiem mass for
the repose of her soul. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Undertaker J.F. FAGAN, of 161 Columbia street, has charge of the arrangements.
Miles VERNON, son of the late Miles and Elizabeth VERNON, died
yesterday at his home, 301 Garfield place, after an illness of several
months. He was born in Stafford, Genesee County, and came to New York
and entered the employ of his uncle's firm, manufacturers of blank
books, of Duane street, Manhattan. Later he became the partner of S.
Edward VERNON, which compact remained until his death. He was a
charter member of the Crescent A.C. and belonged to the Oxford Riding
and Driving Club, the Hardware Club and the Stationers' Board of Trade.
He leaves a widow, Marion HODSDON VERNON, and a son, Miles HODSDON
VERNON, aged 8 years. The funeral services will be held to-morrow
afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
Rose BUSSE died at the home of her aunt, Mrs. John STAPF, 1323 Myrtle
avenue, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, after a short illness. Miss
BUSSE was very popular among the young folks of the Ridgewood section.
She leaves a sister, Miss Lina BUSSE, and one brother, August BUSSE, of
Newark, N.J. The funeral will take place Sunday afternoon. Interment
at the Cemetery of the Evergreens. Funeral under the direction of Fred
NOLL, of 1339 DeKalb avenue.
Harriet A.W. ABEEL, a native of Sandy Hill, N.J., died on Tuesday at
her home, 801 Lafayette avenue, after a week's illness. Her husband,
Joseph C. ABEEL, survives. The funeral services will be held at 8
o'clock to-night. Interment to-morrow morning at Greenwood Cemetery.
Undertaker J.B. WHEELER, of 349 Franklin avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
David RUBY died Monday at his home, 34 Talman street. He had been ill
two weeks. The funeral was held yesterday with interment at Holy Cross
Cemetery, under direction of T.J. HIGGINS, of 135 Jay st.
DANIEL LAYDEN
A solemn requiem mass was celebrated this morning at the Church of the
Visitation, corner of Richard and Verona avenues, for Daniel LAYDEN,
who died on Monday, after a short illness. He was forty-one years old,
born in Ireland and lived in Brooklyn twelve years. He was a member of
the Visitation Church and the Holy Name Society. He is survived by a
widow, Bridget, and a son, Luke F. He lived at 251 Van Brunt street.
The interment was made at Holy Cross Cemetery under direction of Joseph
F. REDMOND, of 90 King street.
JAMES A. TODD
Funeral services were held last evening for James A. TODD at the home
of his niece, 424 Lexington avenue. He died of pneumonia, on Monday,
at his late home, Quaker Hill, Conn., after an illness of three weeks.
He was born in Brooklyn, sixty-five years ago, and for twenty-five
years was a resident of the Bedford section. He was the owner and
captain of a tug boat, and well known in shipping circles. About three
years ago he retired and purchased a place at Quaker Hill, where he
might comfortably spend the rest of his life. He leaves a widow, Mary
A., and three sisters. The interment was made in the family plot at
Greenwood Cemetery to-day.
Ellen McGOVERN died on Tuesday at her home, 52 Second street. She was
born in Ireland sixty-nine years ago and had lived in Brooklyn since
1887. She was a member of St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church, and is
survived by four sons, John, James, Michael and Bernard, and three
daughters, Ellen HAYMAN, Annie SUNBORN and Mary JORDAN. The funeral
will be held at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, with interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, under direction of Robert C. FARLEY, of 465 Court street.
Daniel TREACY, after an illness of four days, died on Tuesday at his
home, 356 Pearl street. He was born in Brooklyn, twenty-one years ago.
and attended St. James' Pro-Cathedral in Jay street. Mr. TREACY is
survived by his parents, Thomas F. and Catherine TREACY; two brothers
and two sisters. The funeral was held this afternoon. Undertaker J.
CUNNINGHAM, of 158 Duffield street, had charge.
Hilmar JORGENSEN died yesterday in the Norwegian Hospital of typhoid
fever, after an illness of two weeks. He was born in Norway. His only
survivor in this country is Thomas NELSON, a cousin. The funeral
services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the
mortuary parlors of Undertaker M.McMAHON, 124 Summit street. Interment
at Evergreen Cemetery.
James McGANN died yesterday in his fifty-eighth year, after an illness
of three weeks. He was born in Ireland and came to Brooklyn when seven
years of age. For twenty years he had been a member of the St. Vincent
de Paul Church, on North Sixth street, and of the Holy Name Society.
He leaves a widow, Mary, two daughters, Catherine and Mary, and four
sons, James, of Truck No. 65, N.Y.F.D.; Christopher, of Engine Co.
No. 109; John and Peter. The funeral services will be held in the
chapel at Calvary Cemetery to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev.
Father HOGAN officiating. The arrangements are in charge of John J.
GALLAGHER's Sons, of 215 North Eighth street.
ALICE WILLET
Funeral services were held this morning at 10 o'clock for Alice WILLET
at St. Bartholomew's P.E. Church, Pacific street. She died on Monday
at her late home, 823 Prospect place, in her seventy-first year. She
leaves a brother in Philadelphia. The interment will be made at
Cypress Hills Cemetery under the direction of Undertakers HARDCASTLE
Brothers, of 159 Ralph avenue.
Joseph STARK died yesterday of apoplexy at his home, 705 Park avenue,
after an illness of six days. He was 62 years old, a native of Germany
and a resident of Brooklyn for twenty-five years. He had been employed
in a Broadway tailoring establishment for fifteen years. Besides a
widow, Elizabeth, he leaves a son, Alfon, and a daughter, Anna. A
solemn requiem mass will be celebrated to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock
at All Saints Church, Throop avenue and Thornton street. The funeral
arrangements are under the direction of Undertaker F.J.HAUS, of 130
Throop avenue. Interment at Holy Trinity Cemetery.
Elizabeth ENGLERT, widow of John ENGLERT, died yesterday morning in St.
Catherine's Hospital in her fiftieth year, being sick five months with
cerebral apoplexy. She was born in Germany and came to Brooklyn about
twenty-seven years ago. She is survived by two sons, two daughters and
three brothers. Funeral services will be held to-morrow morning from
her home,1421 DeKalb avenue; thence to St. Leonard's Church, Hamburg
avenue, where a requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of her
soul. Interment at Holy Trinity Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are in
the hands of undertaker R. STUTZMANN, of 396 Knickerbocker avenue.
BERNHARD LEINFELDER
Funeral services were held last night for Bernhard LEINFELDER at the
home of his aunt, Miss Annie LEINFELDER, 59 Jerome street. He died on
Monday after a lingering illness at Youngsville, Sullivan County, N.Y.,
where he spent the past four months for his health. He was 31 years
old, and a lifelong resident of Brooklyn. He was a member of S.Thomas'
P.E. Church, Bushwick avenue and Cooper street. He was a plumber, with
an establishment in East New York avenues. Besides a widow, Annie, he
leaves two children, his mother, a sister and an aunt. Interment at
Evergreen Cemetery to-day. Funeral Director W.F.M.MOORE, of 69
Pennsylvania avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
ROBERT W. HARRISON
Funeral services were held yesterday for Robert W. HARRISON, head
electrician at the Canarsie power house of the B.R.T. His death was
the result of an accident while he was discharging his duties. He was
born in Virginia and had been a resident of Brooklyn for sixteen
years. He leaves a widow and two daughters at his late home, 388
Waverly avenue. He was in his forty-second year. The interment was
made at Evergreen Cemetery, under the direction of HALVORSEN & REDLIN,
of 312 Court street.
Dora E. DUFFEY, wife of John DUFFEY, died Monday at her home, 625
Myrtle avenue. She was the sister of the late Joseph HUGHES. The
funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Emilia Mary NICKEL, daughter of Ida NICKEL, died at her home, 185 Stagg
street, yesterday morning. Funeral services will be held to-morrow
night, at which Pastor IVY, of the Conselyea Street Church, will
officiate. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery Saturday at 2 P.M., under
direction of Rudolph STUTZMANN, of 396 Knickerbocker avenue.
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ATKINSON--On Tuesday May 15, 1928, John J. ATKINSON, beloved husband of the
late Mary PHILLIP? ATKINSON, at the home of his daughter Mrs. Mary
McALLISTER, 246 Vanderbilt ave. Solemn requiem mass on Friday at
Queens of All Saints R.C. Church. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery.
BROTHERS--On Wednesday, May 16, 1928, William beloved son of John and Grace
BROTHERS. Funeral from his residence, 120 Bradford st., on Friday.
Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.
BYRNE--Richard Sesson? beloved son of James J. and Mary A. BYRNE, on
Wednesday, may 16, 1928, at his residence, 359 Dean st. Mass of requiem at
St. Joseph R.C. Church, Pacific st. near Vanderbilt ave., on Friday morning.
CANNON--Suddenly at 263 ????ers st., Brooklyn, on May 15, 1928, george H.
CANNON, aged 66 years. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to
attend funeral services at his late home on Thursday evening.
Funeral on Friday Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
COSTELLO--On May 14, 1928, Harriet T., wife of the late William COSTELLO.
Funeral Friday morning from her late residence, 362 First st.? , Brooklyn.
Requiem mass at St. Francis Xavier's Church. Interment Calvery Cemetery.
DEAN--On May 16, Joseph at his residence, 475 Lafayette ave. Beloved husband
of Anna ???? DEAN and the father of John and Paul. Funeral notice later.
DEEGAN--On May 16, Margaret A., beloved wife of Edward ????, and mother of
Angela, Edward and Paul DEEGAN and daughter of Jeremiah T. and the late
Margaret A.? DONOVAN. Funeral from her late residence, 1532 Union st., on
Saturday, May 19, at 9:30 A.M.; thence to St. Gregory's Church, St. James pl.
and Brooklyn ave. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.
FREITAG--On Thursday May 7?, 1928, Frederick W. FREITAG, age 64 Relatives and
friends are invited to attend funeral from residence, 188-38 188th. st.,
Hollis L.I., on Sunday, May 20, at 1 P.M. at St. John's Lutheran Church,
Maujer st. near Grand ave. Interment Lutheran Cemetery.
GAVIN--Suddenly Tuesday, May 15, 1928, Michael, beloved husband of Della
GAVIN. Funeral from his residence, 396 St. Marks ave., Saturday, May 19,
thence to St. Theresa's Church, Clausson ave. and Sterling pl.
Interment at Holy Cross.
GUINNESS--Lena M., on Wednesday, May 1?, 1928, daughter of the late Benjamin
J. and Magd??? GUINNESS. Services Saturday ???? from her late residence, ????
Halsey st.
HAMLIN--On Monday, May 14, 1928, Edward L. HAMLIN, of 27 ???rence ave.,
Brooklyn, son of Oscar? and Emily HAMMERLUND; brother of George HAMMERLUND,
Mrs. Gertrude ESTAIN?, Mrs. Grace YOUNG, Mrs. Ruth ENANDER and Mrs. Esther
W????. He survived by his wife, Elizabeth M. HAMLIN: 2 sons Edward and
George. Funeral from his residence on Friday, May 18, at 9:30 A.M.: thence to
St. Rose of Lima R.C. Church, Parkville ave., Brooklyn, where a requiem mass
will be said at 10 A.M.
HANNIGAN--On May 16, 1928, ???(nee STANTON), beloved mother of frank and
Agnes HANNIGAN, at her residence, 394 6th. ave. requiem mass on saturday, may
19, at ??? A.M., at St. Thomas Aquinas R.C. Church, 4th. ave. and 9th. st.
Interment St. John's Cemetery.
HARRIS--William T., May ??, 1928, beloved husband of Laura ?., in his 49th.
year. Funeral and services from his residence, 114??? 133th. st near 115th.
ave., South Ozone park, Sunday May 20, ???P.M. Interment Evergreen Cemetery.
HAUDY--On May 15, 1928, M??y A. HAUDY, aged 59 years, beloved wife of Eugene
HAUDY. Funeral from her residence, 138 McKinly ave., Glendale, on Friday, at
1? A.M. Interment Cypress Hills Cemetery.
HENDRICKSEN--Annie E. died May 16, 1928, age 68 years. Services saturday, at
8 P.M. at home 246 Schaeffer st. Funeral Sunday 1 P.M. Interment Evergreen
Cemetery. Survived by her husband George, 3 sons, Eugene, Ernst and walter
and 2 daughters Bertha COSFELDT and Sarah KEY???, 10 grandchildren, 1 sister
and 4 brothers.
HEYSER--Mary, widow of the Rev. Henry C. HEYSER, in her 8?th. year, on
Thursday, May 17, at the residence of her son, Carl J. HEYSER, 28 Bradford
st., Brooklyn, mother of Carl J., Herman O., and George W. HEYSER. Notice of
funeral to follow after.
HOMMEL--On May 15, 1928, Bertha HOMMEL, after a lingering illness in her
75th. year. Funeral from her late residence, 8844 ????, Woodhaven, Friday ,
May 18th., 2 P.M. Interment Evergreen Cemetery.
JONES--Henry T., beloved husband of the late Catherine ????JONES, on May 16,
at his residence, 2587 Atlantic ave. Survived by 4? sons, 5 daughters, 6
grandchildren, 2 sisters and 1 brother. Services Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
Interment Saturday afternoon, Evergreen Cemetery.
KEATING--After a short illness on Monday, May 14, 1928, Mary beloved wife of
the late James J. KEATING. Funeral from her late residence, 7?6 Willoughby
ave., on ???day, May 18, at 9 A.M.; thence to St. Ambrose Church, Thompkins
and DeKalb aves., where solemn requiem mass will be offered. Interment at
Holy Cross Cemetery.
KELLY--Mary, on May 16, after a lingering illness, beloved wife of Michael
KELLY. She is also survived by 2 sons and 4 daughters. Funeral on Saturday,
May 1?, at 8:30 A.M. from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas
A??ERSON, 567 68th. st., thence to the Church of Our Lady of Angels 4?th.
ave. and 74th. st., where a solemn requiem mass will be offered. Interment
St. Mary's Cemetery, Kingston , N.Y.
KENNEDY--On may 16, at his home, 133? SE?Felix st., beloved husband of
Margaret McGOVERN KENNEDY. Funeral Friday, 10 A.M. Interment West
Philadelphia.
KIERNAN--On Tuesday, May 15, Morris J. KIERNAN, brother of Mrs. Thomas
CULLERTON and Mrs. John CARTALANO. Funeral from John F. FAGEN'S Mortuary
Chapel, Henry and Warren sts., Friday, May 18, at 8:30 A.M. Requiem mass at
St. Peter's Church, Hicks and Warren sts., 9 A.M.
MAHEDY--On May 16, Mary MAHEDY, 249 Midwood st. Funeral from TIMIN'S Chapel,
246 5th. ave., on Saturday, at 9 A.M.; thence to St. Francis of Assisi R.C.
Church, Lincoln rd. amd Nostrand ave., where a solemn requiem mass will be
celebrated. Interment Holy Cross.
McEWAN--On May 14, Hannah, beloved mother of James, Gilbert, George, Laura,
Bella, and Mrs. Frances VAN RIPER, at her residence, 565 73rd. st. Requiem
mass on Friday may 18, at 9:30 A.M., at Our Lady of Angels R.C. Church.
MORGAN--On Wednesday, May 16, 1928, Margaret MORGAN, at her home , 3208
Clarendon rd. She is survived by her husband William; 3 daughters, Margaret,
Helen, and Mrs. Henry VAN ROTEN; also a son William. Notice of funeral later.
MORRIS--On Tuesday, May 15, 1928, Michael MORRIS, the beloved brother of Mrs.
Anna LINDSTROM, Mrs. Catherine BLEECHERS, and Miss Margaret MORRIS, William,
George, Frank, and James MORRIS, in his 53rd. year. Funeral from the
residence of his sister, Mrs. Anna LINDSTROM, 202 32nd. st, Brooklyn, on
Friday, at 9:30 A.M.; thence to St. Michael's R.C. Church, 4th. aand 43rd.
st., at 10 A.M, where a requiem mass will be celebrated. Interment Holy Cross
Cemetery.
O'HAGEN--Frances E., on Wednesday, May 16, 1928, at her residence, 494 Putnam
ave. Funeral Saturday, 9:30 A.M. Requiem mass at the Church of Our lady of
Victory., Troop ave. and McDonough st. Interment Calvery Cemetery.
POWERS--On Tuesday, May 15, James POWERS, brother of William, and cousin of
Frank, Thomas and William BURNS. Funeral from John F. FAGEN"S Mortuary
Chapel, Henry and Warren sts., Friday, May 18, 9:30 A.M. Requiem mass at st.
Peter's Church, Hick's and Warren sts., 10 A.M.
RITTER--Elizabeth KNAPP, on May 19, 1928, age 64 years, beloved mother of
William KNAPP and Catherine TWETTMANN and sister, Margaret WASSMEN or R.
Services Friday at 8 P.M., at her home, 88-?9 1?3rd. st. Jamaica. Funeral
saturday 1 P.M. Interment Evergreen Cemetery.
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SCHATZLE--John on Monday, in his 41st. year, beloved husband of helen and
father of grace and William SCHATZLE. Funeral services Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock, at his home, 429 Monahan st. Interment at 2 P.M. Thursday, at Mt.
Olivet cemetery.
SEEDORF--On May 15, 1928, Nicholas SEEDORF, in his 79th year. Services at
E.A. SEXTON'S Funeral Parlors, 284 7th. ave. Friday, May 18, at 2 P.M.
SMITH--Mary E.(nee BEDDEN), beloved wife of the late George M., on Wednesday,
May 16, Funeral Saturday, 9:30 A.M., from her late home, 479 Prospect ave.:
thence to the Holy Name Church, where a requiem mass will be offered.
Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.
VAUGHAN--On May 18, John F., beloved husband of Delia Frances and father of
Raymond, Leonard, Vera, Evelyn and Mrs. Edward Ward McMAHON. Funeral from his
late residence, 1 Schenck ct., saturday, may 19, at 9:30 A.M. Requiem mass at
St. Malachy's Church. Interment Calavery Cemetery.
WEBER--On May 16, 1928, Bridget JOHNSON WEBER, widow of Louis WEBER. Funeral
from her residence, 2384 Nostrand ave., on saturday, may 19, at 9:30 A.M.:
thence to Our Lady of Help of Christians R.C. Church.
YOUNG--On Wednesday, May 16, 1928, William L., beloved husband of Margaret
L.. YOUNG, of 9205 102nd. st, Richmond Hill, in his 51st. year. Funeral
services at Hillside Temple, 96th. st. near jamaica ave., Woodhaven, Sunday,
2;30 P.M.
YUNG--Carleton A., at his late residence, 9217 77th. st, Woodhaven, on
Wednesday, May 16. Survived by his father and mother, brother Edward and
sister Dorothy. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Episcopal
Church, 80th. st., Woodhaven, Saturday, at 2 P.M. Interment to follow,
Greenwood Cemetery.
WILLIAM H. HUBBELL CAMP NO. 4 UNITED SPANISH WAS VERTERANS-- We publish the
death of Comrade John A. NORRIS, late private, Company A., 47th. New York
Vol. Inf., on May 15, 1928. Services at his late residence, 53 Underhill
ave., on Thursday evening, May 17, at 8:30 P.M. Interment Friday morning at
U.S. National Cemetery, Brooklyn. Comrades are requested to attend the
services.
By order of
Albert A. PFAFFENZELLER Commander
William A. DAWKINS Adjutant
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Then Pleads Pitifully That Her Child May Be Spared to Her.
ACT DONE IN DELIRIUM
Neighbors See the Little One Dashed to Death.
Crazed with grief, delirious and weak to the verge of death, Suzanne
CASTLE, 19 years old, of 94 Java street, is held a prisoner in the
Eastern District Hospital charged with the killing of her baby, only
one day old, by throwing it from a third-story window. She was
arrested yesterday in the home of her sister at the above address,
after a search by the police for the mother of a dead infant picked up
in the rear yard.
The arrest of the woman followed after some unusual incidents and at
first considerable mystery was connected with the death of the child.
It was only after the police had questioned every tenant in the houses
surrounding the yard where the body of the child was found that they
finally apprehended Miss CASTLE.
Mrs. Mary KEMP, whose home is at 172 Franklin street, in the rear of
the Java street tenement, saw a downward flash of white shoot past her
window about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Her curiosity was aroused and
she induced two other women to accompany her to examine the object. A
low fence runs between the two yards and the women looking over it saw
a white bundle close to the wall. A closer inspection revealed to them
the upturned face of a baby.
The women screamed and ran away, but Mrs. KEMP, summoning all her
courage, returned and gathering the little bundle in her arms carried
it into Java street where she met a policeman. There were some signs
of life, but just before an ambulance surgeon arrived the baby died.
Then began the search for the mother. Mrs. KEMP said she thought she
first saw the white bundle at the third-story window. The police,
however, decided to "work the building" from the first floor up. On
the third floor three policemen pressed into an apartment and found
Suzanne CASTLE. She greeted them with a delirious laugh.
Then she began to weep and call for her child. Her sorrow was so great
that the policemen were moved to tears and they withdrew after an
ambulance surgeon had been sent for. He immediately decided to remove
the girl to the hospital.
In the ride in the ambulance the young woman became crazed and began to
plead pathetically that her baby be spared for her. She attempted to
injure herself by tearing her hair and scratching her body. A
policeman is guarding her while she is in the hospital.
BOYLE - Mary Jane, on May 16, beloved sister of Katherine CLARKE.
Funeral from 810 Bedford ave. to St. Patrick's R.C. Church, Kent and
Willoughby aves., where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated for
the repose of her soul, to-morrow morning, 10 o'clock. Interment Calvary.
MEMORIAL FOR THE LATE ELIAS HENDRICKSON
At the chapel of the White Church [South Bushwick Reformed] this
evening a large number of men and women will testify to the influence
of the late Elias HENDRICKSON upon their characters. Mr. HENDRICKSON
was an elder of the church for nineteen years, chairman of the Musical
Committee, the regular delegate to the Classis, a member of the Board
of Publication and a frequent member of the Synods. His benefactions
were constant, he was always a participant in the social meetings of
the church and spent a large part of his time in calling upon the
congregation as a spiritual adviser and encourager.
RESOLUTIONS ON DEATH OF CHIEF CLERK BATTEN
The Resolution Committee, appointed last Saturday at a meeting of the
clerical force of the Construction and Repair Department, at the Navy
Yard, to draw up resolutions of sympathy at the recent death of A.N.
BATTEN, chief clerk of the department, reported yesterday that the
following resolutions had been adopted and engrossed.
The committee went to the home of Mrs. BATTEN, at 810 East 155th
street, Manhattan, and presented the framed resolutions this afternoon.
Those on the committee were: John T. O'GRADY, J.C. SUTHERLAND, Thomas
J. KAIN and William M. BROOKS.
FREDERICK E. JONES passed away peacefully last evening at his home, 476
Fourteenth street. Mr. JONES was born in England, May 13, 1843. He
had resided in New York for the past forty years. He was an expert
piano tuner. The funeral services will be held at 8 o'clock to-morrow
night. George B. ORR, of 21 Putnam avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
Louisa C. NEALE, widow of James H. NEALE, who for many years was
superintendent of the John GOOD Cordage and Machine Company, died
yesterday morning at her home, 327 Madison street, after a lingering
illness. Her death was due to a stroke of paralysis. She leaves three
daughters, Mrs. J. F. BATEMAN, Georgiana V., and Jessie R., and two
sons, Charles W. and Alfred H. The funeral services were held last night.
William V. McLEAN, son of John and Anna McLEAN, died yesterday of heart
disease after an illness of several months. He was 22 years old, a
life-long resident of the Twenty-first Ward, and an active member of
the Twenty-first Ward Democratic Club. He returned home a month ago
after spending half a year at Schroon Lake in the Adirondacks for his
health. Previously he had been engaged in the undertaking business
with his father. He was a member of the St. Ambrose R.C. Church,
Tompkins and DeKalb avenues, where a solemn requiem mass will be
celebrated to-morrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. Besides his parents, who
reside at 74 Tompkins avenue, he is survived by two sister, Mrs.
Charles FROELICH, and Matilda. He was a graduate of Public School No.
25. The funeral arrangements are under the direction of Undertaker
Thomas F. MADDEN, of 917 Kent ave.
BRIDGET M. MAC IVOR
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Bridget M. MacIVOR
at her late home, 472 Degraw street. She was 57 years old and for a
number of years had been a member of St. Agnes R.C. Church, Hoyt and
Sackett streets. The interment was made at Holy Cross Cemetery, under
the direction of DAILY Brothers, of 59 DeKalb avenue.
John DALTON, a native of Mullahoran, in County Cavan, Ireland, and for
forty years a resident of the Twelfth Ward, died suddenly on Wednesday,
after an accident in Wythe avenue. He was fifty years old and for
thirty years had been engaged in the trucking business, with offices at
75 Huntington street. His wife died about two years ago and his son,
James was his partner in the business, and now succeeds him. The
funeral will be held to-morrow morning at 9:30 o'clock from his late
home, 75 Huntington street, thence to St. Mary's Star of the Sea
Church, where a solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated. He was for
many years a member of the St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church and the
Holy Name and the St. Vincent de Paul Societies. The interment will be
made at Holy Cross Cemtery.
Joseph F. McGRATH died at the home of his mother, 338 Atlantic avenue,
Wednesday, after a two years' illness of tuberculosis. He was born
seventeen years ago in this city, where he always resided. He was a
member of St. Charles Borromeo's Church, and is survived by his mother,
one brother and one sister. The funeral will be held to-morrow with
interment in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Vernon Milton WHITTLE, only son of George Vernon WHITTLE, of 559
Forty-seventh street, died Wednesday, of convulsions. The funeral was
held this afternoon. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, under direction
of Brophy & Co., of Fifty-seventh street and New Utrecht avenue.
Harry A. DOUGHERTY died yesterday after a brief illness at his home,
182 Sands street. He was 28 years old, a member of St. James'
Pro-Cathedral and is survived by one sister, Mary; two uncles and two
aunts. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock to-morrow afternoon,
with interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. Undertakers DOYLE & KENNY, of
152 York street, have charge of the arrangements.
Leon A. MASSON, youngest son of Leon A. and Sarah A.H. MASSON, died
yesterday at his home, 375 Fifth avenue. The funeral will be held
Sunday afternoon, with interment at Evergreen Cemetery. E.J. RENOUARD,
of Fifth avenue and Eighth street, is the undertaker in charge.
Herman MARTINS died on Wednesday at his home, 17 Georgia avenue, after
a brief illness. He was born in Germany in 1819 and came to Brooklyn
in 1845, and was one of the oldest residents in East New York. He was
a charter member of Tyrian Lodge, No. 618. The funeral will be held
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late home. The arrangements
are under the direction of Undertaker W.F. MOORE, of 69 Pennsylvania avenue.
Mary J. BUTLER, only daughter of the late John G. BUTLER, and sister of
John E. BUTLER, died on Wednesday. She was born in Far Rockaway and
had been a resident of Brooklyn the greater part of her life. The
funeral will be held to-morrow morning from the home of her brother
John, 293 Fifteenth street, thence to St. Stanislaus R.C. Church,
Fourteenth street near Sixth avenue, where a requiem mass will be
celebrated. Interment at Calvary Cemetery. The funeral arrangements
are in charge of Undertakers LYMAN & PURVIS, of 503a Fiftheeth street.
James MOORE DINSMORE, son of the late James DINSMORE, died on Wednesday
after an illness of several days. He was born in Coleraine, Ireland,
and had been a resident of Brooklyn for a number of years. The funeral
will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of his
brother, George, by whom he is survived, 20 Johnson place, West
Flatbush. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Clementine M. GORDON, wife of George I. GORDON, passed away on
Wednesday after a lingering illness. She was in her seventy-first
year. The funeral services will be held to-night at 8 o'clock at her
late home, 174 Stuyvesant avenue.
Edward FITZPATRICK, a member of the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers'
Union, No. 9,463, and employed by the New York "Evening Sun," died on
Wednesday at his home, 320 East Twenty-fourth street, Manhattan. He
had many friends in Brooklyn. The funeral will be held Sunday, with
interment at Calvary Cemetery.
George F. SCHWEICHERT died onTuesday at his home, 324 Stagg street. He
leaves a widow, Margaret. The funeral services were held this
afternoon. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery.
Katherine FLETCHER, widow of John FLETCHER, died on Wednesday after a
brief illness. She was an old resident of Brooklyn, and for many years
a member of the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel and of the societies
connected with it. The funeral was held this morning at 9 o'clock from
the home of her sister, 569 Macon street, thence to the Church of Our
Lady of Good Counsel. The interment was made at Calvary Cemetery.
Mary SWEENEY, wife of Patrick M. SWEENEY, died yesterday at Far
Rockaway. She resided for some time at 847 President street. A solemn
mass of requiem will be celebrated to-morrow morning at St. Francis
Xavier R.C. Church, corner of Sixth avenue and President street, the
Rev. Father D.J. HICKEY officiating. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Caroline MEAD SETTLE, widow of William F. SETTLE, died yesterday after
a short illness. The funeral services will be held to-morrow night at
8 o'clock at her late home, 7 Pulaski street.
Jennie WACKER, wife of Frank WACKER, died yesterday at her home, 352
Bleecker street, after a brief illness. She was in her forty-sixth
year and was born in Boston. She is survived by her husband. The
funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon from her late home, the Rev.
Dr. FRYE,of the Lutheran Church, corner Bushwick avenue and Jefferson
street, officiating. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery. Undertaker
Geoger EHLENBERGER, of 295 Wyckoff avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
CAPT. REES NICHOLAS
The British freight steamship 'Schuylkill' arrived to-day from Boston,
at which port she stopped on her journey from the Far East, and a
parcel of goods was sent ashore to the home of Capt. William SMITH,
port captain of the Standard Oil Company. It contained the personal
belongings of the late Capt. Rees NICHOLAS, who died aboard his vessel
at Foochow on Jan. 21 and was buried in that faraway port before the
'Schuylkill' resumed her voyage to America. Capt. NICHOLAS and Capt.
SMITH were warm friends. On the last trip of the 'Schuylkill' Mrs.
NICHOLAS and her daughter, Miss Nellie, accompanied Capt. NICHOLAS to
the Far East, returning on the 'Schuylkill' to this port and from here
going to their home in Wales. That was a trifle over a year ago. On
board the freighter, in the South Brooklyn basin, Capt. NICHOLAS gave
his wife and daughter a gold watch and chain as a souvenir of their
long voyage and expressed his sorrow that his next voyage of twenty
thousand miles would have to be taken alone. Capt. NICHOLAS' vessel
steamed from this port in September of last year. Just before his
departure for the Far East a fire occurred while passing through the
Kill Von Kull and threatened the Standard Oil works in Bayonne. He
passed through the Suez Canal in late November and wrote to friends in
New York that he felt in good health and expected to make a speedy
voyage. Sixty days later he was taken ill and died in Foochow,
attended by strangers, while his wife and daughter were awaiting word
from him in Portmdoc, North Wales.
Annie L. POST, daughter of the late Samuel L. and Esther HAYS POST,
died yesterday in her seventy-sixth year. She had been in failing
health and her subsequent illness and death were due to her age. She
was for a great many years connected with the Tabernacle Baptist
Church, corner of Clinton street and Second place, and the funeral
services will be held there to-morrow morning at 10:30, the Rev. Erwin
DENNETT officiating. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Thomas P. WILSON, husband of the late Annie M. WILSON, died yesterday.
He was recently located at 600 Grand street, Manhattan. The funeral
will be held from his late home, 228 South Ninth street, Sunday
afternoon, at 2 o'clock
18 May 1907
MAN, LONG OUT OF WORK, ENDS LIFE WITH BULLET.
Johannas KOSTNER, 35 years old, of 1077 Flushing avenue, committed
suicide at his home shortly before 7 o'clock last night by shooting
himself in the left breast with a revolver. Ambulance Surgeon SPECHT
was called to the house from St. Catherine's Hospital, but the man was
already dead.
KOSTNER had been out of work for some time and had grown despondent on
that account.
HERO'S WIDOW DIES AT AGE OF NINETY-SIX
Mrs. SMITH's Husband Saved Many Lives From Shipwreck Off Freeport in 1837
FREEPORT, May 18-----Mrs. Elizabeth SMITH, the oldest resident of this
village, is dead at the age of 96 years. She was the widow of Raynor
ROCK SMITH, who was the hero of the wreck of the American bark Mexico,
which came ashore on the beach off here on Jan. 2, 1837. SMITH saw
the stranded vessel from a window of his house, on the Shore road, and
quickly got together a crew of eight men to go to the rescue of those
on board. The bay was frozen over, and SMITH and his companions, after
launching a big whaling boat, had to break their way through the ice in
order to reach the wrecked bark. The mercury was below zero, and the
rescuers suffered greatly while on their life-saving mission. They
succeeded, however, in getting a number of the passengers and crew
safely to land, among them being Capt. WINSLOW, the commander of the
bark, and his wife. Of the 115 souls on the bark, 62 were lost. Many
of them were found frozen fast to the rigging, where they has sought
refuge.
SMITH received recognition of his bravery a gold cup from the citizens
of the Fifth ward, New York City. He was the first man to be appointed
captain of a life-saving crew in this section.
Mrs. SMITH was born in New York City, and was the daughter of John
DIXON. She was the second wife of SMITH, who was one of the pioneer
settlers here. Mrs. SMITH had eight children, three of whom are
living. They are George BENSON SMITH and Mrs. Margaret W. CORNELIUS,
of this village, and a daughter in New Jersey. Mrs. SMITH leaves
grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, five
generations being represented in the family.
ONE DEAD, ONE DYING FROM ESCAPING GAS.
William BAGNON, aged 45, is dead, and Peter McENTEE, 21, is in a
serious condition, due to being overcome by escaping gas. They were
found in their room at the Y.M.C.A. building, Seventy-second street and
North river, Manhattan. It is believed a gas jet had been accidentally
turned on.
John MAHER, husband of the late Mary O'BRIEN, died at his home, 296
Henry street, yesterday. He was an old resident of the First Ward,
where he was widely known and admired for his kind and unselfish
principles. Funeral on Monday from St. Charles Borromeo Church, Sydney
place, after celebration of a solemn requiem mass.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
William Henry HAVEN died yesterday of Bright's disease after a long
illness. He was born in this city twenty years ago and had always
lived here. He is survived by his parents, Augustus and Fannie HAVEN
and a sister. He was a bookbinder. The funeral will be held to-morrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late home, 75 Middleton street. The
Rev. Dr. POLLHEMUS will officiate. The interment will be made at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery under direction of Underdaker B.J. THURING, of 1178
Bushwick avenue.
JOHN PEPER
The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. William ENNERS, 438 Bainbridge street, for
John PEPER, who died on Thursday of a complication of diseases after an
illness of a year. The remains will then be taken to St. John's
Church, where services will be held at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Dr.
SCHULER officiating. Mr. PEPER was for many years a prominent member
and an officer of the church. He was born in Germany, Nov. 6, 1834,
and had been a resident of Brooklyn for twenty-five years. He is
survived by a widow, Metta KELLENBERG PEPER, and three daughters, Mrs.
George MORTON, Mrs. Albert BELL and Mrs. ENNERS. Also four sons,
William, Edward, George and John, who are engaged in the paint business
in DeKalb avenue. The interment will be made at Evergreen Cemetery.
Olin G. WALBRIDGE, an old time resident of the Park Slope, died
yesterday at his home, 37 Prospect Park West, in his eighty-first year.
Mr. WALBRIDGE was born in Bennington, Vt., and had resided in Brooklyn
for almost fifty years. He was a member of the firm of CALHOUN,
ROBBINS & CO., was a director in the Manhattan Life Insurance Company,
vice-president and director of the Pacific Bank, Manhattan, and
director of the Paul TAYLOR BROWN Company. He leaves a widow and six sons.
Laura S. PLACE, only daughter of the late C.V. SNEDECOR and wife of
J.V. PLACE, died on Wednesday in her fifty-second year. Her husband is
a cigar merchant, with a store at 134 Flatbush avenue. The funeral
services were held last evening at her late home, 430 Dean street.
Barbara GESCHWINDER, a native of Germany, died at the German Hospital
on Thursday morning in her sixty-ninth year. She had lived in Brooklyn
about twelve years. She is survived by her husband, Henry, and one
brother. Funeral services will be held at her late home, 226 Stockholm
street, to-morrow at 2 P.M., at which the Rev. J.A. JAEGER, of the
German Presbyterian Church will officiate. Interment at Lutheran
Cemetery. Undertaker Rudolph STUTZMANN, of 396 Knickerbocker avenue,
has charge of the arrangements.
JANE R. PETRIE
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Jane Rebecca PETRIE,
wife of Alexander PETRIE, at her late home, 182 Monroe street, where
she died suddenly of paralysis on Thursday morning. She was born in
Ireland in 1826 and had been a resident of Brooklyn for half a century.
She was for many years a member of the Nostrand Avenue M.E. Church,
and the Rev. Dr. J.O. WILSON, of that church, officiated at the
services. Besides her husband she leaves a niece, Mrs. James McCREDLE
[McCREDIE?], of 34 Clinton avenue, Albany, N.Y., and a nephew, Robert
H. DAVIS, of Oakland, Cal. The interment was made at Greenwood Cemetery.
Ann CAREY, wife of Anthony CAREY, both old residents of Flatlands, died
yesterday in her sixtieth year, after a brief illness. She was for a
number of years a member of St. Thomas Aquinas R.C. Church. The
funeral services will be held Monday morning from her late home, 29
Kouwenhoven place, and thence to St. Thomas Aquinas Church, were a
solemn requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of her soul.
Judith Ann MARVIN, widow of Richard MARVIN, died on Thursday in her
seventy-sixth year after a lingering illness. She was born in Nassau,
Renssellaer[sic] County, and lived in Brooklyn for forty years. The
funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth COOKOGEY, 600 Marcy avenue, the
Rev. Dr. CARSON, of the Central Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Interment at Nassau Cemetery. The funeral is under the direction of
Undertaker Christian P. JUNG, of 643 DeKalb avenue.
JONES.--Died, Frederick E. JONES, aged 64, Thursday evening, May 16.
Funeral services Saturday at 8 P.M., 476 Fourteenth street
MacBETH - On May 10th, Lundia B., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H.
MacBETH, aged 10 months.
McQUADE - On Wednesday, May 15th, at his residence, 431 Columbia
street, in his 35th year, James McQUADE, husband of Bridget VALSTON,
of Dallas, Texas. Relatives and friends are respectfully requested to
attend the funeral services from his late residence on Sunday, May
19th., at 8 [3?] P.M. Dallas, Texas papers please copy.
MURPHY - On Friday, May 17, 1907, James A. MURPHY. Relatives and
friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend funeral from
his late residence, 109 Grove st., at 9:30 Monday; thence to the Church
of Our Lady of Good Counsel, where a solemn requiem mass will be
offered for the repose of his soul.
19 May 1907
CORONER'S OFFICE KEPT SECRET FACTS ABOUT BOY'S DEATH
An unusual case of withholding from the public the facts in a case of
an accidental death from burning by the Coroner's office came to light
last night when the death of little two-year-old Vincent SAUCI was
reported to the police. On April 22 the child, who was an inmate of
the Angel Guardian Home, pulled the table cloth from a table in the
children's playroom of the home, and upset upon himself a small alcohol
lamp, used to heat milk for the children. He received severe burns on
the body, from which he died half an hour later.
Dr. Charles H. MAC BEAN, of 1316 Fifty-second street, was called by the
sisters of the home to attend the child, and he in turn called in Dr.
HARTUNG, who is a coroner's physician. The child's parent, who live at
163 Troutman street, are extremely poor and the father, being a victim
of consumption, is now in the Kings County Hospital. The mother was
unable to care for the child and placed him in the home.
When seen the Sister Superior of the home said that she had imagined
the matter to have been reported to the police, there being no
intention on her part to keep the death a secret. Dr. MACBEAN said
that he had imagined DR. HARTUNG had reported the matter to the police.
A burial certificate was issued for the undertaker by DR. HARTUNG and
the child was buried in the sister's plot at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Manly A. RULAND, a noted philanthropist, died yesterday, thus bringing
to a close a life time of 74 years of wide helpfulness to his fellow
men and his death is mourned as a loss to humanity and the classes for
whose uplifting he labored. He was born in Sayville in 1833 and in
1860 was graduated from Wesleyan University, with the degree of Master
of Arts. Shortly after leaving college he came to Brooklyn and
remained a resident of this city the rest of this life, for the last
eight years residing at his beautiful home, 53 Linden avenue, Flatbush.
He was one of the founders and at one time president of the Brooklyn
Bureau of Charities and he remained a member of the Executive Committee
for Improving the Condition of the Poor and was a life member of the
Brooklyn Institute. He was always greatly interested in the problem of
the colored race and displayed a particular amount of enthusiasm in the
Tuskegee Institute, where he maintained a scholarship, as well as at
Hampton. He numerous private charities will always live in the hearts
of the beneficiaries. He was a member of the Classon avenue
Presbyterian Church and since he resided in Flatbush attended the
Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church, Flatbush and Church avenues. He is
survived by a widow, Jane LAMONT RULAND, and three sons, Irving, Arthur
and Norman, and one daughter, Mrs. Charles A. SACKETT. The funeral
services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late
home, the Rev. Dr. LLOYD officiating. The interment will be made at
Evergreen Cemetery.
EDWIN SPARKS
After an illness of two weeks due to a complication of diseases, Edwin
SPARKS passed away on Friday in his sixty-fifth year. He was born Oct.
19, 1842, in Lavand, Sussex County, England, and had been a resident of
Brooklyn since 1875. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the Good Shepherd, McDonough street, between Lewis and
Stuyvesant avenues, and of the Commonwealth Lodge. He was for a great
many years a well-known and prosperous butcher in Washington Market and
was a prominent resident of the Stuyvesant section, and at the time of
his death lived at 549 Halsey street. His only survivor is his widow,
C. Harriet LORD SPARKS. The funeral will be held this afternoon at
1:30 o'clock from the Church of the Good Shepherd. The interment will
be made at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Frederick ARMSTRONG, after an illness of four days, died on Friday on
pneumonia. He was 42 years old, a native of Scotland and a resident of
Brooklyn for twenty-five years. Besides a widow, he is survived by two
sisters and one brother, all of whom are residents of Brooklyn. He was
a member of St. Andrew's P.E. Church, Fiftieth street and Fourth avenue
for a number of years. At the time of this death he was employed by
HARPER Bros. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from the mortuary parlors of John T. OATES, 5207 Fifth avenue, the Rev.
Dr. ACKERLY officiating. The interment will be made at Greenwood Cemetery.
Frank M. SIMMONS died on Thursday at his home, Coney Island avenue and
Avenue M. He had been failing in health for two or three years and
symptoms of an illness of a fatal nature became evident about a week
ago. When his health permitted he worked in the offices of the New
York "Sun", but for the past year he was physically unable to do much
actual work. He was a member of the Merchants' Lodge, No. 709, F.&
A.M. Masonic services were held last night at his home, and this
afternoon the funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock, the interment
following at Greenwood Cemetery, under the direction of Undertaker O.
SCHAFFNER & Sons, of 1037 Myrtle avenue. He leaves a widow, Anna, and
three daughters.
Charles NAEHER, son of Frederick Theodore and Catherine NAEHER, died on
Thursday in his seventeenth year after an illness of ten weeks. He
attended the Sunday school of Christ Lutheran Church on Lafayette
avenue of which the Rev. Dr. H.S. KNABENSCHUH is the pastor. He was a
namesake of Judge Charles NAEHER, who admired the young man's qualities
very much. After his graduation from high school he was employed in
the oilcloth department of the H.B. CLAFLIN Company, where he made many
friends who were constant visitors during his sickness. Besides his
parents he leaves a sister, Lulu. The funeral services were held last
night at his late home, 473 Grand street. Interment to-day at Lutheran
Cemetery.
James A. MURPHY, one of the best known citizens of the Eastern
District, passed away yesterday at the age of 86 years after an illness
of four weeks at his home, 109 Grove street. He was born in Red Hook
Point, Dec. 23, 1821, and went to Williamsburg when a boy. he was a
member of Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church on Putnam avenue and the
Holy Name Society. He was active in politics all his life as a
Democrat. He held many responsible public offices and among them at
various times he was postmaster of Williamsburg, tax collector and
vice-president of the Board of Education from 1860 to 1880. He is
survived by three sons, Thomas D., principal of P.S. No.30; William H.,
employed in the railway mail service, and Joseph M., who is in the
insurance business. Also by three daughters, Catherine, Mrs. Martha B.
GOODE and Mrs. Francis C. WELKER. A solemn requiem mass will be
celebrated to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock at the Church of Our Lady of
Good Counsel. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Frank RUSSO, son of Michael and Mary RUSSO, died yesterday morning
after an illness of ten days. The funeral services will be held this
morning at 10 o'clock at the chapel in Calvary Cemetery, the Rev.
Father HOGAN, officiating. He is survived by his parents, who reside
at 205 North Eighth street. The funeral arrangements are in charge of
John J. GALLAGHER's Sons, of 215 North Eighth street.
Elmer L. WOOD, son of George and Annie WOOD, died on Friday of
pneumonia. The funeral services will be held at his late home, 638
Humboldt street, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. Walter
BENTLEY, of the Church of the Ascension, Kent street and Manhattan
avenue, will officiate. The interment will be made at Greenwood
Cemetery under the direction of Undertaker John K. WEIGAND, of 207
Nassau avenue.
Thomas J. McMAHON, son of Francis and Elizabeth McMAHON, died Thursday
of pneumonia after an illness of one month. The funeral services will
be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late home, 98 Bedford
avenue. The interment will be made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Charles SUMNER WARREN, formerly a resident of Brooklyn, died suddenly
on Thursday at his home, 27 Bathgate avenue, Newark, N.J., where the
funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
MICHAEL M. KELLY
After a brief illness, Michael MORTIMORE KELLY died at his home, 629
Decatur street, Thursday. He had retired from business five years ago.
He is survived by a widow, Margaret, six sons and three daughters. He
had been a resident of the Eastern District for twenty-five years until
recently, when he moved to the above address. He was a member of the
Holy Name Society attached to the Church of the Holy Rosary, Chauncey
street near Reid avenue, where a solemn mass of requiem will be
celebrated to-morrow morning for the repose of his soul. Interment
will be made at Bridgeport , Conn.
Catherine E. ROXEY died yesterday at her home, 230 Freeman street,
after a lingering illness. She was born in Brooklyn 28 years ago, and
was a member of St. Anthony's Church. She is survived by her husband,
one son, two daughters, three brothers and one sister. The funeral
will be held to-morrow at 2:30 P.M. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Charles F. CUTLER died at Saranac Inn, Saranac Lake, on Saturday. He
was president of the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company. Mr.
CUTLER was born in Ashland, Mass., in 1841. He began business as a
young man in South Framingham, Mass., as a commission merchant,
traveling through the West buying grain. He became interested in the
telephone business in South Framingham, and then came to Brooklyn,
where he formed the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company, of which
he was made president. he then joined the Metropolitan Telephone and
Telegraph Company, afterward the New York Telephone Company. At the
time of his death he was president of the New York Telephone Company
and chairman of the Board of Directors of these companies: New York
and New Jersey Telephone Company, the Bell Telephone Company of
Philadelphia, the Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone
Company, the Hudson River Telephone Company, the Central New York
Telephone and Telegraph Company, the Empire State Telephone and
Telegraph Company and the New York and Pennsylvania Telephone and
Telegraph Company. He was known all over the United States as a man of
unusual business ability, and probably did more than any other one man
to develop the telephone interests of the country. He was also
connected with several banks and banking institutions. He leaves a
widow, Ella POOLE CUTLER, and two children-a daughter, Mrs. James B.
CURTIS, and a son, Earle NEWTON CUTLER, 18 years old, who is a student
at St. Paul's School, Concord, Mass. The funeral will be held
to-morrow afternoon at his late home in Morristown, N.J. Interment
Wednesday at South Framingham, Mass.
Joseph LEANDER CAIN, a prominent resident of the Stuyvesant section,
died on Saturday at his home, 400 Bainbridge street, in his thirtieth
year, after a long illness due to a complication of diseases. He was
born in the Eastern District, and lived there for many years. He was a
charter member of Isabella Council, No. 873, Knights of Columbus, and
belonged to the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Putnam avenue, near
Ralph, and was a member of the Catholic Benevolent Legion, the Parish
Club, the Holy Name Society and the Dramatic Club, and was formerly a
member of the old Lorretta Lyceum. He took a prominent part in the
societies connected with the church. He was employed for a number of
years as a claim agent by the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company. He
leaves two sisters and two brothers. A solemn requiem mass will be
celebrated on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Church of Our Lady
of Good Counsel, the Rev. Father CARROLL officiating. The interment
will be made at Calvary Cemetery.
Mary DUNLEAVY, wife of James DUNLEAVY, a native of County Longford,
Ireland, and for nearly her whole life a resident of the old Eighth
Ward, passed away last evening at her home, 565 Nineteenth street, with
all of her children and many of her friends at her bedside. She was in
her sixtieth year. She had been a member of the Church of the Holy
Name, Prospect avenue and Prospect Park West, for twenty years. She is
survived by her husband, who is a retired iron dealer; four sons,
James, Frank, John and Joseph-and one daughter, Mary. The funeral will
be held Wednesday morning from the Church of the Holy Name, where a
solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated at [ ]:30 o'clock.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Mary H. FLANNERY died yesterday at her home, 366 Fifty-second street.
The funeral will be held to-morrow at 8:30 A.M. from St. Michael's
Church, Forty-second street and Fourth avenue. Interment at Holy Name
Cemetery, Jersey City. J.E. CLARKE, of 4409 Third avenue, is the
undertaker in charge.
James A. FRASER, husband of Annie FRASER, died suddenly yesterday at
his home, 424 Henry street, where the funeral will be held Wednesday.
Interment will be made at Greenwood Cemetery.
MAY KAUFMANN
After an illness of fourteen weeks May KAUFMANN, wife of Louis
KAUFMANN, died yesterday at Bath Beach. She had been a sufferer from
pneumonia and resultant hemorrhages. Mrs. KAUFMANN was born in
Manhattan and was in her thirty-sixth year. Lately she had been living
with her sister, Mrs. Phil SHERIDAN, wife of the well-known theatrical
manager, whose burlesque productions have been popular in Brooklyn.
Although she received all needed care, she weakened rapidly and died
yesterday surrounded by her relatives and friends.
JANE BURNS
After a life devoted to philanthropy, in which she gave away her small
fortune and found herself forced to rely on the charity of others, Jane
BURNS, a widow, 65 years old, was found dead in her apartments at 763
Myrtle avenue, yesterday, kneeling in prayer. Mrs. BURNS had for many
years been known to the poor as "the good sister". Frequently she was
imposed upon, but even when she discovered the imposition it did not
destroy her desire to help others. The priests of St. Louis' R.C.
Church, which she had attended for many years, recognizing the good
work she had done, cared for her when her means were exhausted. For
the last two years she had been supported by the church, and, while not
able to perform much charitable work, attended to the cases that were
brought to the attention of church members. Mrs. BURNS' only known
relative is a daughter, Mrs. Martha HOLMES, who is said to live at 88
Turner street, Grand Rapids, Mich. She has been notified.
Frank H. NORTON, 45 years old, for a score of years one of the best
known police reporters in Manhattan, died yesterday from mental
breakdown after an illness of nearly four years. Born in New York City
in 1862, he was educated in the public schools, and after graduation
was employed in a brokerage house, where he remained for six years. He
then went into the newspaper business, and until his breakdown was
connected with the "Herald" and "Telegram." For fifteen years he
"covered" the Tenderloin and became known to all the police officials
in the city, as well as to hundreds of policemen. He is survived by a widow.
Mary A. CONWAY died yesterday after a long illness at her home, 504
Ninth street. She was born in Ireland, and for forty years was a
resident of Brooklyn, most of that time in the Sixth Ward. She was a
member of St. Savior's Church, and is survived by three daughters. The
funeral will be held on Wednesday, with interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Robert C. FARLEY, of 465 Court street, is the undertaker in charge.
John T. HART, son of Margaret and the late James H. HART, died on
Saturday at St. Mary's Hospital. He was born in New York City eighteen
years ago. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon
from the home of his aunt, Mrs. Nellie A. TIMBERLAKE, 1353 Prospect
place. Interment will be made at Calvary Cemetery under direction of
J.J. JOYCE, of 360 Reid avenue.
Dr. Richard CALDWELL BREWSTER, 62 years old, a practicing dentist for
thirty-five years, died at his home, 126 Lefferts place, Saturday
afternoon. Death was due to a complication of diseases. The funeral
services will be held from the Lefferts place residence this evening.
Henry JULIAN, Jr., son of Henry and Jennie JULIAN, died on Saturday in
his twenty-second year, after a prolonged illness. He was a lifelong
resident of the Third Ward, and a member of several organizations, one
of which is the U.B.B. Society. He returned home a little over a week
ago from Denver, Col., where he had lived for a year. He was a member
of the Jewish Temple in State street. Besides his parents, he is
survived by two sisters. The funeral was held this afternoon from his
late home, 568 Warren street. Interment at Washington Cemetery.
William H. DALY was the undertaker in charge of the funeral.
William BLATTMACHER died on Saturday at the Brooklyn Hospital after a
lingering illness. The funeral was held this afternoon from his late
home, 414 Tompkins avenue, and the interment was made at Evergreen
Cemetery, under the direction of DAILY Brothers, of 59 DeKalb avenue.
Mr. BLATTMACHER was in his thirty-third year.
Margaret DORAN, daughter of Joseph and Julian DORAN, died yesterday.
The funeral will be held to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock from the home
of her parents, 136 North Portland avenue. The interment will be made
at Holy Cross Cemetery, under the direction of DAILY Brothers, of 599
DeKalb avenue.
Marie Agnes STARKEY, only daughter of James R. and Catherine LEONARD
STARKEY, died as a result of bronchitis after an illness of about two
months. Mr. STARKEY is an engineer in the New York Fire Department,
and is also the Brooklyn guide for the department. The funeral will
take place to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of her
parents, 140 North Eighth street.
20 May 1907
KILLS HIMSELF IN HIS CIGAR STORE
Richard LOSKO, 60 years old, who conducted a cigar store at 271 Cooper
street, shot himself in the head with a .32 calibre revolver in the
rear of his store, about 11 o'clock this morning. LOSKO was found in a
bleeding condition by his ten-year-old daughter, Mamie, who summoned a
policeman.
When Ambulance Surgeon STETCH, of St. Catherine's Hospital arrived, he
pronounced the man dead.
STARKEY - On Sunday, May 19, Marie Agnes STARKEY, eldest child of James
R. and Catherine STARKEY, nee LEONARD, aged 2 years 7 months and 10
days. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend
funeral from late residence, 140 North Eighth street, Brooklyn, on
Tuesday, May 21, at 2 P.M.
21 May 1907
TROLLEY CARS KILL TWO LITTLE GIRLS
While toddling across Sackett street, between Henry and Hicks streets,
at 6:30 o'clock last evening, three-year-old Mary Ann CONTE, whose
parents live at 186 Sackett street, was struck and run every [sic] by
trolley car No. 2024, the wheels of which amputated both legs and
crushed her head. The little one was removed to the Long Island
College Hospital and died soon after her arrival.
The motorman, James EAGAN, 23 years old, of 412 Fifty-fourth street,
was chased by a mob of howling Italians, but was rescued by the police
and locked up.
Little May DOUGHERTY, 7 years old, with her sister, Bessie, 2 years
old, of 163 Prospect avenue, were crossing Third avenue, at Sixteenth
street, shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon when they were
struck by a Third avenue trolley car. Both were lifted to the fender.
The car, which was going at a rapid rate, was being run by Alexander
MURPHY, a green motorman, with Philip CRONACHER as instructor. Before
the car could be stopped May rolled off the fender and the wheels had
passed over her, crushing her to death. The other child escaped
injury. Both the motormen were arrested and held to await the action
of the Coroner.
HART - At her residence, 31 Clinton st., on May 20th, Sadie A. HART,
beloved daughter of John H. and Sarah HART. Services May 22d
FARRIER - On Sunday, May 19, 1907, Robert Y. FARRIER, son of John M.
and Annie B. FARRIER, aged 22 years. Funeral services at the residence
of his parents, 1287 Hancock st., Brooklyn, Tuesday, May 21, at 8 P.M.
Interment private.
MADER - Died, on Tuesday, May 21, 1907, Frances R. MADER, beloved
daughter of Franciska and Louis MADER, in her 22d year. Funeral will
take place on Friday, May 24, at 9 o'clock, from her late residence,
259 Throop ave., to All Saints' Church, corner Throop ave. and Thornton
street., and thence to St. John's Cemetery.
NAPIER - Mary, beloved wife of John NAPIER, died at her home, Fourth
ave., Ninety-seventh st., Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, Sunday, May 19th.
Funeral Wednesday, 9:30 A.M., from St. Patrick's R.C. Church, Fifth
ave, Ninety-fifth st. Interment Holy Cross
RHATIGAN - James, beloved husband of the late Catherine RHATIGAN.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from his late residence, 54 Flushing ave., on Thursday, May 23d
PHOEBE Q. CLAYTON
The death of Phoebe Q. CLAYTON, widow of James CLAYTON, on Monday at 88
years, took from the flock of the old Sands M.E. Church its oldest
member. Although she had been inactive recently in churchwork on
account of her gradually declining health, she was for over fifty
years prominently identified with the welfare of the church. She was
born in West Sommers, N.Y., the daughter of Reuben and Margaret WRIGHT,
and in 1854 she was married to James CLAYTON, inventor of the CLAYTON
Air Compressor, local preacher of the Sands Street Church and chaplain
of the Society of Old Brooklynites. She is survived by one son,
Charles A., and one daughter, Louise C. CALDWELL, wife of Dr. Frank E.
CALDWELL, and two grandsons, James CLAYTON and Calvin HULL CALDWELL.
Mrs. CLAYTON's grandparents were active in the Revolution, and her
daughter, Mrs. CALDWELL, is a member of the D.A.R. The funeral will be
held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late home, 119 Henry
street, and the interment will follow in the family plot at Greenwood Cemetery.
William NEVIN RAE, born in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, died on Sunday in
his eightieth year, after an illness of five months. He had been a
resident of Brooklyn for sixty years, and was a retired carpenter. As
long as his health permitted he attended Plymouth Church. The funeral
was held this afternoon from his late home, 117 Henry street, the Rev.
Dr. L. MASON CLARKE, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church,
officiating. He is survived by four sons, Dr. Alexander RAE, William,
John and George, and one daughter, Mrs. KENT. The interment was made
at Greenwood Cemetery, under the direction of Undertaker Joseph BISHOP,
of 85 Henry street.
James RHATIGAN died at his home, 54 Flushing avenue, to-day, after a
short illness. Mr. RHATIGAN was born in the Eleventh Ward and was
educated in St. James Commercial School, Jay street. He was employed
by the city for the past thirty-five years as an engineer at the county
jail in Raymond street. He is survived by one daughter, Anna, and
three sons, James, Charles and Harry. The funeral will take place from
his late home Thursday, at 2 P.M., and the interment will be made in
the family plot at Holy Cross Cemetery, Undertaker James E. COWLEY, of
310 Myrtle avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
Anna HOLDEN, wife of Ernst HOLDEN, died at her home, 72 Troutman
street, on Sunday after a lingering illness. She was born in Germany
fifty-eight years ago and had been a resident of the Bushwick section
for twenty-seven years. When her health permitted she attended St.
Mark's Lutheran Church, Bushwick avenue, opposite Jefferson street.
Besides her husband she leaves a son, Otto, a daughter, Pauline; two
sisters, Mrs. Julia WEITZEL and Mrs. Margaret KEUP, and a brother, John
HOFFMAN. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
from her late home, the Rev. Dr. FREY officiating. Interment at
Lutheran Cemetery. Undertaker George EHLENBERG, of 295 Wyckoff avenue,
has charge of the arrangements.
ANNIE M'NEIL
After sixty-five years of service as a nurse in the family, Annie
McNEIL died Saturday at the home of Mrs. Wilson G.H. RANDOLPH, 239
Hancock street. She was in her eighty-sixth year, and her death was
the result of a complication of diseases incident to her age. She was
born in Altone, Ireland, and is survived by a nephew, Thomas McNEIL, of
201 East Ninety-first street, Manhattan. A solemn mass of requiem was
celebrated this morning at the Church of Our Lady of Victory, and the
interment followed at Calvary Cemetery.
Jane REILLY died at her home, 579 Flushing avenue, on Sunday of
pneumonia. She was born in Ireland fifty-seven years ago, and came to
Brooklyn in 1880 and settled in the Eastern District. She was a
regular attendant at the Church of St. Lucy. She is survived by one
brother, Thomas REILLY. Funeral this morning, and after services the
interment was made in the family plot at Holy Cross Cemetery, under
direction of Thomas H. IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
Capt. Benjamin T. BENSON, for eighteen years an attache of the Treasury
Department in Manhattan, died suddenly yesterday from heart disease at
his home, in Sixth avenue, Asbury Park, N.J., at the age of 65 years.
Capt. BENSON was a member of Lafayette Post, G.A.R., New York City. He
served as captain of Company A, 125th New York Volunteers, in the Civil
War. He leaves a widow, two sons and a sister.
Archibald BRASHER, familiarly called "Colonel Archie" BRASHER, a
veteran newspaper man, died yesterday at this summer home at Lake
Hopatcong. He had been in poor health for a year for two. He held a
position with the Department of Health in Brooklyn. Mr. BRASHER came
of an old New York family. He was on "The New York Star" and later
with "The Commercial Advertiser." Of late years he had not done much
newspaper work. A widow survives him.
Theodora TORRSEN died yesterday at her home, 155 Carroll street, after
an illness lasting two weeks. Two sons and one daughter survive her.
The funeral will be held at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, under
direction of M. McMAHON, of 124 Summit street. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
JOHANNA KUEHNLE
Funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 1 o'clock over the
remains of Johanna KUEHNLE. Mrs. KUEHNLE died on Saturday at her home,
1494 Greene aveue. She was in her sixty-seventh year, and is survived
by three children, Frederick C. and Clara KUEHNLE and Mathilda KIMMERLE.
ROSE FARRELL
The funeral of Rose FARRELL will be held to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock
from the home of her niece, Mrs. Frank J. FANNING, 318 Forty-ninth
street. A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated at St. Michael's
Church. She died on Sunday. She was born in the Parish of Cashil,
County Longford, Ireland.
Patrick C. GAFFNEY, son of John GAFFNEY, died on Sunday at his home,
321 Grand avenue, of a complication of diseases, after a short illness,
in his forty-fifth year. He was born in County Meath, Ireland, and had
been a resident of Brooklyn for twenty-two years. He was a carpenter,
and had been in the employ of the New York and New Jersey Telephone
Company. He was a member of the Nativity Church, in Madison street,
near Classon avenue, where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated
to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. Besides a widow, Sarah VERLIN, he
leaves four daughters, Anna, Gertrude, Helen and Katherine; also two
sister, Annie and Margaret, and two brothers in Ireland and two in this
country, one of whom is the Rev. Father Thomas GAFFNEY, assistant to
the Bishop of the Holy Cross Seminary at Chicago. The interment will
be made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Eliza PUTTFARCKEN, widow of Edward PUTTFARCKEN, died on Sunday. She
was an old resident of Brooklyn and of recent had resided with her
sister, Mrs. P.J. RICHRATH, 281 President street, at whose home the
funeral services will be held to-morrow night at 8 o'clock.
FREDERICK A.F. SCHUTZ
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Frederick A.F. SCHUTZ at
his late home, 73 Grove street. He died on Saturday after a short
illness.
HENRY IRISH
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Henry IRISH, who died
suddenly on Sunday at his home, 796 Greene avenue. He was in his
seventieth year.
Thomas P. KING, Jr., son of Rose A and the late Thomas P. KING, died
suddenly on Sunday of acute nephritis at his home, 672 Prospect place,
in his thirty-fifth year. He had lived his whole life with his parents
in the Bedford section, and was well known. He was for some years
associated in business with his father, who was widely known throughout
the country as the inventor who revolutionized shoe manufacturing. He
is survived by his mother and one sister, Belle KING MAC KENZIE, of the
staff of the "New York World", and two brothers, James E. and Charles
E. The funeral was held to-day, with interment in the family plot in
the Worcester [Mass] Cemetery.
Laura CHURHILL COMPTON, wife of Joseph J. COMPTON, died on Saturday at
her home, 294 Gates avenue, after a long illness. She was born April
13, 1867, in the Nineteenth Ward, attended P.S. 16, and had many
friends in East New York. She was a member of Christ P.E. Church,
Bedford avenue, and was baptized there by the Rev. Dr. DARLINGTON, now
Bishop of Harrisburg, Pa. She is survived by her parents, George W.
and Eliza CHURCHILL, and two brothers, John F. and George F. The
funeral services were held last night, the Rev. Dr. DANKER, assistant
rector of the P.E. Church of the Incarnation, officiating. Interment
to-day at Greenwood Cemetery.
Tyler F. BLACKWELL, for many years a reporter employed on various
newspapers in this borough, died at his home in Bellevue, near
Pittsburg, Pa., on Sunday after a long illness. He was born in the
Eastern District on Jan. 1, 1846, and began his newspaper career in the
publication office of the Brooklyn "Daily Times". Funeral services
were held in Bellevue last night. Interment was made at Greenwood
Cemetery to-day.
Mary ARMSTRONG, wife of Robert ARMSTRONG, for many years an employedd
of the Palmer Cooperage, died Sunday as the result of a stroke of
paralysis received about a year ago. She was the daughter of John and
Mary MAHAN, and was born in the Fourteenth Ward twenty-nine years ago.
Besides her husband, she leaves a brother, Joseph, and a sister, Julia.
She was a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Church, North Sixth
street, and the Sacred Heart and Sodality societies. A solemn requiem
mass will be celebrated at the St. Vincent de Paul Church to-morrow
morning at 10 o'clock the Rev. Father Thomas E. CARROLL officiating.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Ella W. HOWATT, widow of Edward J. HOWATT, died on Sunday after a brief
illness. The funeral services will be held to-night at 8 o'clock at
her late home, 177 Lewis avenue. The interment will be made to-morrow
at Greenwood Cemetery.
CAROLINE H. WILSON
Funeral services were held last night at her late home, 194 Keap
street, for Caroline HART WILSON, wife of Gilbert Herbert WILSON. Mrs.
WILSON was an old resident of Brooklyn and passed away on Sunday in her
seventy-fourth year after gradually declining in health for some time.
22 May 1907
PATIENT AND NURSE DIE FROM PNEUMONIA
The funeral of James RHATIGAN, an engineer in the Raymond street jail,
who died on Tuesday of pneumonia will be held Friday afternoon at [...]
o'clock, together with that of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary DOYLE, who
died to-day of the same disease, which she contracted from Mr. RHATIGAN
while nursing him.
The funeral of Mr. RHATIGAN was to have taken place to-morrow, but will
be held on Friday instead, at his late home, 54 Flushing avenue. Mrs.
DOYLE was fifty-one years old and the wife of George DOYLE, an employe
of the Navy Yard.
SUICIDE ON BIRTHDAY AS WIFE MADE GIFT.
Edward GANNING, of 698 Hicks street, drank carbolic acid at his home
last night and was pronounced dead by Ambulance Surgeon BRENNAN, of the
Long Island College Hospital, when he arrived. GANNING was 40 years
old and yesterday was his birthday. He had been ill for a period of
six months and became despondent as the result of his illness. His
wife, Mrs. Mary GANNING, who had been supporting the family, came home
yesterday, bringing with her a basket of fruit as a birthday gift to
her husband. She found him in bed and he seemed to have fainted. She
went to get him a glass of water at the washstand and found an empty
glass with a bottle of carbolic acid beside it. She instantly guessed
what had happened and summoned an ambulance.
DUNN - Maurice F., beloved husband of Sophia S. DUNN, died at his home,
45 Talman st., after a lingering illness, Monday afternoon, May 20th,
1907. Survived by a widow, two daughters and two sons. Funeral from
his late residence Thursday afternoon, 2 o'clock.
THOMSEN - Anna W., May 21, 1907. Funeral from the residence of Mrs.
C.L. WOLFF, 427 State st., on Friday at 3 P.M. Interment at Greenwood.
TENNANT - Tuesday, May 21, 1907, Sarah Elizabeth TENNANT, beloved wife
of John TENNANT, formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y., aged 71 years. Funeral
services at her late residence, 468 Elm ave., Richmond Hill, L.I.,
Thursday, evening, May 23, at 8 o'clock. Interment private.
JUSTICE JAMES W. DUNWELL
Supreme Court Justice James W. DUNWELL died suddenly at Lyons to-day of
heart failure. He was a brother of Congressman Charles T. DUNWELL. A
widow survives him. James WINSLOW DUNWELL was elected to the Supreme
Court to serve the term beginning Jan. 1, 1896, to Dec. 31, 1910. He
was born in Newark, N.J., Dec. 19, 1849, and after graduating from
Cornell University in 1871, studied law. He was married in 1878 to
Marry Ella GRANT [could be GROAT]. He was admitted to the bar in 1873.
For many years Justice DUNWELL was counsel for the New York Central
Railroad and leased lines. In 1880 he was chairman of the Republican
Committee, of Wayne County, and as a delegate to the Republican
National Convention in 1892, he voted for Blaine. He was a member of
numerous clubs and a strict party man.
William F. STRULLERS died yesterday in his thirty-eighth year after a
long illness. He was operated on about three months ago in the
Norwegian Hospital and was preparing for another operation when he
died. He was born in Brooklyn. About six years ago he spent several
months in Mexico. He was a member of the Twenty-third Regiment.
Besides his mother he leaves three brothers and two sisters. The
funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at his
late home, 771 Carroll street, the Rev. Dr. McGINNIS, of Westbury,
officiating.
Maurice F. DUNN died on Monday afternoon at his home, 45 Talman street,
after a lingering illness. Besides a widow he is survived by two sons
and two daughters. The funeral services will be held to-morrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mary FOLEY, wife of Patrick FOLEY, died on Sunday of dropsy at her
home, 327 East 119th street, after an illness of two weeks. She was 55
years old, a native of Ireland, and had been a resident of Manhattan
for forty years. Besides her husband she leaves two sons and a
daughter. The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon and the
interment was made at Calvary Cemetery, under the direction of William
T. FOLEY, of 270 Marcy avenue.
Charles J. BRYAN died on Monday at his home, 475 Broadway, in his
thirty-third year after a brief illness. He had resided in Brooklyn
for a number of years and is survived by a widow, Elizabeth. The
funeral will be held to-morrow morning at 9:30 from his late home and
thence to the Church of the Transfiguration, Marcy avenue and Hooper
street, where a solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated. The
interment will be made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Margaret HAUGHIAN died on Sunday at her home, 149 Hewes street, of
pneumonia, after a brief illness. She was born in Ireland seventy-one
years ago and was an old resident of this city, having lived here sixty
years. She was a sister of the late Charles P. HAUGHIAN, president of
the Crome Steel Works, and of the late Ann HAUGHIAN. She was a member
of the Transfiguration R.C. Church, Marcy avenue, and a solemn requiem
mass was celebrated there this morning. Undertaker William T. FOLEY,
of 270 Marcy avenue, had charge of the arrangements.
MARY J. GRAY
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Mary J. GRAY, widow of
William H. GRAY, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alonzo SLOTE, 219
Clermont avenue. She was born in Manhattan and formerly resided at 44
West Eighty-eighth street. She was a member of Plymouth Church and
took an active interest in the missionary societies connected with the
church. She leaves a son, a daughter, a sister, and a brother. The
Rev. Dr. N.D. HILLIS officiated at the services. Interment at
Greenwood Cemetery.
Sarah GARIEPY, an old resident of the Bedford section, died on Sunday
at her home, 799 Bedford avenue. She had been ill for a month and an
operation was finally performed which she was unable to withstand. She
was born in Brooklyn and for many years was a member of St. Patrick's
Church, Kent avenue. Her only survivor is her husband. A solemn mass
of requiem was celebrated this morning at St. Patrick's Church. The
funeral arrangements were under the direction of William T. FOLEY, of
270 Marcy avenue.
Susan CARLIN, widow of Patrick CARLIN, died yesterday at her home, 156
Rutland road, Flatbush, aged 74. Mrs. CARLIN was born in Ireland, but
had lived in Brooklyn for fifty-four years, where she had a wide circle
of friends. She leaves a son and four daughters.
Annie RYAN died on Monday at her home, 156 Luquer street, after a long
illness from pneumonia following an operation on her arm. She was born
in Ireland fifty years ago, and had lived in Brooklyn since 1859. She
was a member of the Sacred Heart Society attached to St. Mary's Star of
the Sea Church, and is survived by one son, Arthur J.; a sister, Mrs.
N. NEALIS, and three brothers, Andrew, Arthur and Michael OWENS. The
funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock with interment at
Holy Cross Cemetery. The undertaker in charge is Robert C. FARLEY, of
465 Court street.
JULIA FALLON
The Stuyvesant section lost one of its oldest and most respected
residents on Monday in the death of Julia FALLON, widow of Michael
FALLON. For forty-one years her home, 88 Chauncey street, had been the
familiy home and the memories and associations connected with the death
of her husband and the childhood of her family had sanctified and
endeared the place to her. She was born in County Longford, Ireland,
sixty-nine years ago, and came to Manhattan to live when ten years of
age and resided there for eighteen years. Her death was caused by a
complication of diseases after a final illness of a week. She was a
member of the Holy Rosary Parish since its organization and belonged to
the Rosary Society and the League of the Sacred Heart. She is survived
by two sons, Andrew and John; a daughter, Katherine, and three
grandchildren. A solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated to-morrow
morning at 10 o'clock at the Church of the Holy Rosary. Interment will
be made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Lars LARSEN, ninety-four years old, a veteran of the Mexican war and
for twenty-three years a member of the United States navy, during which
time he served on the frigate Constitution, died Monday at his home,
337 Fifty-third street. Born in Copenhagen, he began a seafaring life
at an early age, and in 1832 came to America to join the merchant
service. Two years after his arrival he enlisted in the navy. In the
early seventies he was engaged in the merchant service, but advancing
age soon caused him to abandon the sea. Since the death of his wife
about seven years ago, he lived with Mr. and Mrs. J.A. MACPHERSON,
life-long friends.
Charles KOHN, youngest son of Adolph and Clara KOHN, died on Saturday
in his twenty-second year. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon
from his late home, 814 Manhattan avenue.
Sarah Elizabeth SIMMONS TENNANT, wife of John TENNANT, formerly of
Brooklyn, died yesterday, aged 71, at her home, 468 Elm avenue,
Richmond Hill. The funeral services will be held at that address at 8
o'clock to-morrow night. Interment on Friday, will be private.
Sadie A. HART, only daughter of John H. and Sarah HART, died on Monday
in her twenty-second year, after a lingering illness. She was born in
the Ninth Ward and moved with her parents into the downtown section
when eight years old. She attended the St. Charles Parochial School
and was a member of the St. Charles Borromeo R.C. Church, Sidney place.
She is survived by her parents and one brother, John J. The funeral
will be held to-morrow afternoon at half-past two from her late home,
31 Clinton street. The interment will be made at Greenwood Cemetery
under the direction of J.E. CLARKE, of 4409 Third avenue.
Albert Byron SCHOFIELD, widely known as the inventor of special hooks
and seals for securing railroad car doors, died on Monday at his home,
105 Prospect Park West, in his fifty-sixth year. He was a director in
the Keystone Seal and Press Company, the SCHOFIELD Manufacturing
Company and the Sanitary Gas Heater Company. He leaves a widow and
daughter.
Stephen HUBBARD, a retired member of the old Metropolitan police force,
died on Monday at his home, 371 Seventh street, in his seventy-sixth
year. He was a thirty-second degree Mason. The funeral services will
be held to-morrow evening in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church,
Manhattan, of which he was long a deacon. He leaves a widow and two sons.
ROBERT B. KIDSON
Funeral services for Robert BUNTING KIDSON, were held last evening at
his late home, 39 Fort Greene place. He was born in Yorkshire,
England, fifty-seven years ago and had been a resident of Brooklyn for
thirty years. He was the author of "Town Ballads and Songs" and other
poems. He leaves a daughter.
G.A.BAKER died on Sunday at his home, 1114 Hancock street. He was a
member of Lafayette Post, No. 140, G.AR., and served actively during
the war. The funeral services will be held at 8 o'clock to-night.
23 May 1907
NO CLUE YET TO GIRL'S SLAYERS
Two Italians Probably Assailants of Fifteen-Year-Old Amelia STAFFELDT
O'KEEFE VISITS SCENE
Mrs. SIMONSON Tells of Strangers With Blood on Hands.
No arrest has yet been made in connection with the murder of Amelia
Charlotta STAFFELDT, the fifteen-year-old girl who was found dead in a
pasture lot at Elmhurst, Queens Borough, yesterday afternoon, with stab
wounds in her throat and head. Although at least a dozen detectives
and other policemen have been at work on the case ever since the body
was found little has been learned that might lead to the capture of
the slayer of slayers of the girl.
That two men instead of one, as at first supposed, attacked the girl,
is the theory on which some of the detectives are now working. This is
based on a statement made by a Mrs. SIMONSON, who lives on Train's
Meadow road, to the west of the lot were the body was found, and not
far distant. She says that a short time after the girl is supposed to
have been killed two men entered the back yard of her home and went to
the pump, where they washed their hands.
Mrs. SIMONSON declares that the hands of both were covered with blood.
She supposed that there had been an accident and she called to the men
to ask what had happened, but they went away without giving her any
answer. The men were Italians, she says.
Joseph ENGLE, of 25 Prospect street, Winfield, who found the body, say
he saw a man crossing the lot where the dead girl lay about
three-quarters of an hour before he made the ghastly discovery. The
man was so far away that ENGLE was unable to give any description of
him. Mrs. SIMONSON can give only a meagre description of the two men
she saw in her yard, so that the police have little to work upon.
An autopsy was performed on the body of the victim last night by Dr.
Walter G.FRAY, of Long Island City, a Coroner's physician, who acted
under the instructions of Coroner NUTT.
DR. FREY has not yet made an official report on the case, but the
police say that he found that the girl had been stabbed five times.
One wound penetrated the brain and another reached the spinal column.
The wounds were inflicted with a table knife that the girl had taken
with her to the pasture lot, where she had gone to collect dandelions.
The girl had evidently been assaulted before she was slain.
The time for the inquest has not yet been fixed. It would answer no
purpose to hold it at present and it is expected that it will be
postponed until the police have had further opportunity to throw some
light on the crime.
The murdered girl was a daughter of William STAFFELDT, a well-to-do
farmer and florist, who lives on the Shell Road, between Elmhurst and
Winfield. She attended school until a short time ago and had since
been helping about the farm. She was recently confirmed in the
Catholic Church in Winfield.
She was well known in the neighborhood and was well liked. When the
fact of the murder became generally known the news caused great
excitement and indignation and the girl's slayers would have had short
shrift if caught by the crowd that quickly took up the chase for the
murderers.
The murdered girl was the youngest of a family of eleven children,
eight of whom were daughters. Almost every afternoon of late she had
been in the habit of scouring the surrounding fields for dandelions.
She had been saving her money for a bicycle, the family told the
police, and she added to her store by gathering the greens and selling
them to her father, who disposed of them in the market. She had saved
$12 and needed $13 more to gain the prize she had worked for.
One of the clues on which the police are working was given by a boss
carpenter who paid off a score of men yesterday. For the last two
months they have been working near Elmhurst. He says that several of
his employes were drinking yesterday, and that at noon they started for
New York. One in particular is said to have taken a short cut across
the old farm in order to catch a train.
During the recent real estate boom in that section of Queens the
Italian colony has increased materially in population.
After working all night on the case, Detective Sergeants GRAHAM, REIDY
and LISANTE, of the Brooklyn Detective Bureau, reported to Acting
Captain McCAULEY this morning that there can be no doubt that two
Italians are responsible for the murder. These are the two men seen by
Mrs. SIMONSON washing their hands back of her house.
Acting Capt. McCAULEY assigned Detectives VACHRIS, SIMONETTI, MEALI,
CASTIGANO, SANGANETTI, PUCHANIO, FLOOD and BRADY to visit the Italian
colonies in Brooklyn and look for two men answering the descriptions
given by Mrs. SIMONSON.
As soon as he got to his office this morning Deputy Commissioner
O'KEEFE sent for Inspector FLOOD and Capt. McCAULEY, and told them
that this was the most brutal murder that had occurred since his
administration, and that he wanted them to spare no effort to run down
the murderers.
He directed them to use the whole force of the Detective Bureau if
necessary to capture those guilty of the crime.
At noon to-day the Deputy Commissioner took personal charge of the case
and in company with Inspector FLOOD went to Elmhurst to investigate the
case and look over the scene of the tragedy.
Inspector FLOOD was in Elmhurst all night and returned to Headquarters
at 5 o'clock this morning. In speaking of the murder the Inspector
said:
"It is the most shocking and revolting crime I ever had to deal with."
(NOTE: Story continues on the 24th & 26th & 30th)
BROOKLYN WOMAN'S BODY IS FOUND IN RESERVOIR
CINCINNATI, O., May 23--The body of Mrs. Louis B. HALL, of Brooklyn,
N.Y., who disappeared from the home of her sister on Saturday night,
was found in Eden Park Reservoir to-day. Mrs. HALL's mind had been
affected for some time, and a close watch had been kept upon her. She
escaped Saturday night by cutting a screen from a window. She was the
daughter of an ex-Mayor of Cincinnati. He husband is in New York.
Henry J. RICHARDSON died last evening after a brief illness of
pneumonia, at his home, 144 Argyle road. He was well known among
musicians and National Guard men, having been organist of several
Brooklyn churches and a member of the Forty-seventh Regiment for
eighteen years, during many of which he was captain of Company F. Mr.
RICHARDSON was born in London in 1834 and came to this country as a boy
with his father, William RICHARDSON, who was for twenty-five years
organist of Christ Church on Bedford avenue. Henry J. RICHARDSON was
for many years secretary of the Francis LOUTREL Printing Company, in
Maiden lane, Manhattan, and for several years he had been secretary to
H.L.TOPLITZ, a lawyer in Manhattan. he was organist for Christ Church,
where is father played before him, and also organist at the Ross Street
Presbyterian Church, and for ten years at the Calvary Episcopal Church.
He was also an accomplished 'cellist, and had for years been heard
frequently in public and private concerts. He was one of the
organizers of the old Amphion Orchestra and played the 'cello in its
ranks during the life of that organization. Mr. RICHARDSON married in
1860 Emma Victoria WITT. The widow and their only child, Mrs. Emma
RICHARDSON-KUSTER, survive him. The funeral will be held on Saturday
afternoon, at 3:30, at Mr. RICHARDSON's late home.
Joseph E. NEWMAN died on Wednesday, as the result of an operation on
his ear at the Eye and Ear Hospital, corner of Thirteenth street and
Second avenue. He was born in Germany April 9, 1853, and came to this
country when a boy. He was a member of the Thomas MOORE Distilling
Company, of McKeesport, Pa. He had been a resident of Bensonhurst for
eleven years and was a member of the Congregation of Beth Sholam. He
leaves a widow, Mamie SPEYER NEWMAN, and one son. The funeral will be
held to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock from his late home, 159 Bay
Thirteenth street, Bensonhurst. The interment will be made at
Washington Cemetery.
William HICKS DURYEA, an aged citizen of the Twenty-eighth Ward, died
yesterday in his seventy-second year from a stroke of paralysis, after
an illness of nearly four months. He was born in East Norwich and had
been a resident of Brooklyn for thirty years. His occupation was that
of a carpenter, but since he received his first stroke of paralysis,
ten years ago, he had retired. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Fannie DURYEA VERNON, wife of Charles VERNON, an employe of the
Brooklyn post-office. The funeral services will be held to-night at 8
o'clock at his late home, 1195 Hancock street, the Rev. Dr. William A.
LAYTON, of the DeKalb Avenue M.E. Church, officiating. The interment
will be made at Brookville Cemetery.
MATHEW REILLY
After an illness of six months, Mathew REILLY died at his home, 511
Lexington avenue. He is survived by a widow, Mary, and three
daughters, Annie, Essie and Julia. He was a member of St.John the
Baptist R.C. Church, Willoughby and Lewis avenues, for a number of
years and a solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated there to-morrow
morning at 10 o'clock for the repose of his soul.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Mary DOYLE, wife of George DOYLE, died on Wednesday morning of
pneumonia, after a short illness, which began while she was nursing her
brother-in-law, James RHATIGAN, who died of the same disease on
Tuesday. She was born in the Fifth Ward and for the last fifteen years
had lived in the Twentieth Ward with her husband, who is her only
survivor. She was a member of the Sacred Heart R.C. Church on Clermont
avenue. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from
her late home, 54 Flushing avenue. The interment will be made at Holy
Cross Cemetery. The funeral arrangements are under the direction of
James P. COWLEY, of 310 Myrtle avenue.
Samuel CALVIN, aged 62 years, an old resident of the Second Ward, died
suddenly on Tuesday at his home, 1235 Bedford avenue, in which section
he had lived for the past five years. He was born in County Armagh,
Ireland, and came to Brooklyn in 1886. He was a painter and had been
employed for a number of years by James DREGHORN. He was a member of
the Plymouth Church, and leaves three sons, Joseph, Samuel, Jr., and
James, and two daughters, Mrs. Jennie BENNETT and Mrs. Mary BRANDT.
The funeral services will be held this evening. Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, under the direction of T.J.HIGGINS, of 1365 Jay street.
Catherine WINKLER died after a brief illness yesterday at her home,
2251 Metropolitan avenue, Middle Village. She was born in Germany
seventy-two years ago, but had lived in Brooklyn forty-five years.
Funeral services will be held to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock with
interment at Lutheran Cemetery, under direction of Michael DIRKES, of
184-186 Meeker avenue.
Charles BECKER, who died after a brief illness at his home, 947 DeKalb
avenue, on Monday, was buried yesterday in Lutheran Cemetery. The
funeral director was Michael DIRKES, of 184 Meeker avenue.
Catherine COPINGER died on Tuesday at her home, 496 Sterling place,
aged 63 years. She was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and had
lived in Brooklyn for forty years. She was a member of St. Teresa's
Church, and is survived by one daughter and three sons. Interment was
made to-day at Holy Cross Cemetery under direction of McMAHON &
McKEOWN, of 542 Union street.
William ASHTON, son of William and Eliza ASHTON, of 536 Fifty-seventh
street, died on Tuesday evening from pneumonia and Bright's disease,
after an illness of six days. Funeral services will be held to-night
at 8 o'clock. Interment to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, under the
direction of Undertaker CLARK at Evergreen Cemetery.
Elizabeth CASSIDY, widow of Michael F. CASSIDY, died on Tuesday in her
sixty-ninth year. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock to-morrow
afternoon from her late home, 339 Hamburg avenue.
Anna W. THOMSEN, the only child of Christian and Anna THOMSEN and
formerly a well known employe of ABRAHAM & STRAUS in the art
department, died Tuesday after a lingering illness. She was born in
Germany, and for the last fifteen years had been a resident of the
Third Ward. She attended the Lutheran Church of St. Jacobi, in
Forty-sixth street. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 3
o'clock from her late home, the residence of Mrs. C.L. WOELFF, 427
State street. The interment will be made at Greenwood Cemetery.
Arthur MURRAY, a lifelong resident of the Second Ward, died yesterday
from pneumonia after a short illness. He was forty years old and a
member of the Second Assembly Democratic Club. He was engaged in the
tool manufacturing business with his brother, Michael. He was a member
of St. Anne's R.C. Church, Front and Gold streets, and is survived by
four brothers and two sisters, all of whom are residents of the Second
Ward. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at half-past two
from his late home, 151 Prospect street, and thence to Holy Cross
Cemetery, where the interment will be made under the direction of
Undertaker T.J.HIGGINS.
Jacob H. ALBECK died suddenly yesterday at his home, 362 Fourth street.
The funeral services will be held at 8 o'clock to-morrow night.
Interment on Saturday at Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. ALBECK was well known
in Minneapolis and Montreal.
MARGARET HORN
Funeral services will be held at 8 o'clock to-night for Margaret HORN,
widow of Charles HORN, who died yesterday at her home, 375 Marcy avenue.
Thomas Francis MAHER, of 48 Buffalo avenue, died at his home after an
illness of only a day and a half, of pneumonia. Mr. MAHER was born and
brought up in the old Tenth Ward. He is survived by a widow, Lizzie T.
RYAN; his father, John H. MAHER, Sr., and two brothers, John H. Jr.,
and Frank V.A., a member of the New York Fire Department.
Funeral on Saturday . Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Undertaker MONTENEES, of North Third street and Bedford avenue,
has charge of the arrangements.
IDA PALMER
After a brief illness, Ida PALMER, daughter of ex-Assemblyman Samuel
PALMER and Ida PALMER, nee HUGHES, died at her home, 68 Conselyea
street, on Tuesday. Interment will be made to-morrow afternoon in the
family plot at Calvary Cemetery, under the direction of John T. SHEVLIN
& Sons, of 529 Grand street.
GEORGE SCHWEINLE
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for George SCHWEINLE, at
his late home, 252 Third avenue. He died on Monday, leaving a widow,
two sons and a daughter. The interment was made at Evergreen Cemetery,
under the direction of McMAHON & McKEON, of 542 Union street.
Mary Agnes DECKER died on Tuesday after a short illness. She was the
only daughter of James F. and Sarah L. DECKER, and was in her sixteenth
year. The funeral will be held on Saturday from the home of her
parents, 2721 Fort Hamilton avenue, thence to the Church of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Fort Hamilton avenue, where a solemn mass of
requiem will be celebrated for the repose of her soul. TAYLOR & Co.,
of 49 Rockwell place, have charge of the arrangements.
Edward SCHUMACKER, the youngest son of William and Meta SCHUMACHER,
died at the family residence, 171 Bedford avenue, yesterday of
pneumonia after a short illness. He was born in the Eastern District.
the funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon, and after services by
the Rev. Mr. SOMMERS the interment will be made in the family plot at
Lutheran Cemetery, under the direction of Undertaker Thomas H. IRELAND,
of 177 North Sixth street.
Caroline B. NEWELL, wife of George B. NEWELL, after a short illness of
pneumonia, died yesterday at the home of her son-in-law, Albert P.
KUCK, 346 East Sixteenth street, Flatbush. Mrs. NEWELL was born in
Lynn, Mass., and had resided in this city for a number of years. The
funeral services will be held Friday evening at the above address.
Edwin WHITE, youngest son of Edwin J. and Margaret WHITE, died at their
home, 456 Bedford avenue, yesterday of pneumonia after a short illness.
He was born in the Eastern District and always resided there. Funeral
to-morrow morning, and after services the interment will be made in
the family plot at Evergreen Cemetery, under the direction of Thomas H.
IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
John O'MALLEY died yesterday at the age of fifty-seven, after a short
illness. He was born in Ireland and had lived in Brooklyn for
thirty-five years. He is survived by a widow, Mary, a daughter, Mrs.
Sadie BLUNDEN, and a son Joseph. The funeral will be held to-morrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late home, 192 Grove street and thence
to Holy Cross Cemetery, where the interment will be made.
Caroline UNDERHILL BARRY, daughter of the late John and Isabella P.
BARRY, died yesterday. The funeral services will be held at her late
home, 691 Putnam avenue, at 8 o'clock to-morrow night.
DR. GEORGE H. BAILY DEAD.
Los Angeles, May 23, --Dr. George h. BAILY, a member of Mecca Temple,
New York, who came to Los Angeles with the Shriners, died at the
Emergency Hospital yesterday. Dr. BAILY had been touring the world
recently, and has not been in New York.
ARCHIBALD BRASHER BURIED IN GREENWOOD.
The funeral of Archibald R. BRASHER, a well-known newspaper man, and
one of the oldest members of the New York Press Club, who died recently
at Lake Hopatcong, took place yesterday in the chapel of the Boardman
undertaking establishment, at 8 Clinton street. It was conducted by
the Rev. L. Mason CLARK, rector of the the First Presbyterian Church.
The chapel was filled with the relatives and friends of Mr. BRASHER, a
large delegation from the Press Club being present, including Charles
GOVAN, F.B. SAUMENIG, John McDONALD, William CLARK, Charles O'CONNOR,
George H.P. McVEY, Charles M. BEATTY, James L. FORD, Max IHMSEN, Ernest
HARVIER, Robert B. McINTYRE. "Judge" GREEN, James C. SUMMERS, W.C.
COZIER and Major WILLIAMS. The coffin rested in the midst of a great
bank of flowers sent by friends of Mr. BRASHER. He leaves a wife, a
son and a daughter. The burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.
24 May 1907
HENRY BECKER IS HELD AS SUSPECT
Young Man Arrested in Connection With STAFFELDT Murder Denies His Guilt
WITNESSES OF THE TRAGEDY
Two Small Girls Tell Story That May Aid Police
HENRY BECKER, the suspect in the STAFFELDT murder case at Elmhurst, was
taken before Magistrate CONNORTON in Flushing to-day on a charge of
being a suspicious person. He was held for examination on Wednesday
next.
When he was taken into court BECKER asked the magistrate the nature of
the charge against him. Then BECKER began a rambling statement in
which he told of a charge that had been made against him in Manhattan
about four months ago. He said that he had been accused of assaulting
a girl in the hallway of a house on Fourth street and was going into
details when the magistrate stopped him, saying:
"We don't want to hear about that. We want to know what you know
about the death of a girl in Elmhurst."
"Oh, I don't know anything about that," said BECKER, and he afterward
remained silent. He was then ordered held until Wednesday.
The prisoner impressed every one in court at being half-witted or
demented.
BECKER has not yet been seen by Mrs. Emily SIMONSON, of Elmhurst, who
says that two men washed their hands at the pump in her yard on
Wednesday afternoon and that they went off without replying , when she
spoke to them. These men, she says, had "something red" on their
hands. BECKER will be confronted with the woman later on in order to
see if she can identify him as one of the men.
BECKER says he is twenty-one years old, and gives his address as 644
East Thirteenth street, Manhattan. He was arrested by Capt. McCAFFERTY
because he answered the description given by Mrs. SIMONSON of one of
the men who had washed their hands in her yard.
Two little girls, located by the police as alleged witnesses of the
murder, may assist materially in clearing up the mystery surrounding
the case. The girl witnesses are Julia LEVOWITZ, 7 years old, daughter
of a storekeeper at Elmhurst, and Elizabeth LAUB, 11 years old, whose
father keeps a hotel. Miss Sarah LEVOWITZ, elder sister of Julia, told
the girls' story to the police.
Both girls came home about 2 o'clock Wednesday crying bitterly, saying
they noticed two men coming down the road, one riding a bicycle. When
the bicycle rider noticed Amelia in the field he dismounted and both
men started toward her. The rider seized the girl's dandelion knife
and stabbed her. Both girls screamed, but the men did not notice the,
so the children ran to a bakery two blocks away and told their story.
The proprietor laughed at them, saying they had been dreaming. They
then ran home.
The police will not say whether the story of the two girls strengthens
or weakens the chain of circumstantial evidence against BECKER. The
police have shown that BECKER's statement that he was working for Dr.
WILSON, a dentist, at the time of the murder is false, although BECKER
was employed at the doctor's home yesterday. They have also discovered
his statement that he slept with his father in New York Wednesday night
is untrue.
(25 May 1907)..
THUMB PRINT ON HANDLE OF KNIFE
Upon This Hangs Fate of BECKER, Who Confesses He Saw STAFFELDT Girl Killed.
TO-DAY HE DENIES OWN STORY
Funeral of Victim at Elmhurst This Afternoon
With his fate depending upon the examination to be made to-day of a
bloody thumb print on the handle of the knife with which 15-year-old
Amelia STAFFELDT was slain near her home, at Elmhurst, last Wednesday,
Henry BECKER, the suspect who has confessed to having been a witness to
the crime, cringes in his cell at Long Island City.
To-day every detective and patrolman in Greater New York has a
description of the companion of BECKER's who is charged by the latter
with having killed the girl, and is on the lookout for the man. It is
believed that his arrest will take place before night, as it is claimed
his name and haunts are known.
Meanwhile, a wax cast of the bloody thumb print on the knife handle is
being made. When it is complete the comparison will be made with
BECKER's thumb prints.
Though the man under arrest protests steadily that his only part in the
crime is that of a witness, the coils are rapidly tightening about him,
and even though it develops that his companion, for whom the police are
now searching, was the one who struck the fatal blow, the police expect
to prove that BECKER was an accessory to the killing. They base this
belief on the prisoner's confession that immediately after the crime he
washed his hands at a nearby pump, at the same time that his companion
washed the bloodstains from his hands.
BECKER, after making the fatal admission, while in a spasm of fear
caused by being brought face to face with the body of the murdered girl
as it lay in the undertaker's morgue, endeavored to cover up his
blunder by saying that he was merely washing the dirt from his hands.
The police expect to disprove this, however, by means of a handkerchief
found in BECKER's pocket and a shirt which he took to the laundry
immediately after the crime. Each has spots on it which the police
believe to be caused by blood and which are being analyzed. The shirt
was taken to the Chinese laundry. The handkerchief was stolen from the
clothesline of Mrs. SIMONSON, at whose well BECKER washed his hands.
Capt. McCAFFERTY and his detectives, who had been at work until early
this morning trying to run down clues in connection with the murder,
did not put in an appearance at the station house in Elmhurst this
morning.
After the remarkable admissions made by BECKER, all the detectives in
the precinct, together with Capt. McCAFFERTY, bent their energies last
night and early this morning toward running down even the slightest
clue, and if possible get a trace of the "other man." Every farm house
and dwelling, every store and place of business was visited in the vain
hope that something would be learned of the route taken by the
murderer, but the police were force to give it up after several hours
of work.
BECKER was again questioned this morning by Detective Sergeant GRAHAM
in the presence of the Queens County jailors. He acted so queerly and
made so many contradictions it showed he is of feeble intellect and of
the degenerate order. He admitted in his talk to-day that he had seen
and talked with a Slav at Elmhurst on Wednesday, but denied that he had
witnessed the murder.
The knife with which the girl was murdered was brought to Capt.
McCAFFERTY at Headquarters, in Manhattan, to-day, and examined by him.
It bore the name of "Mouquin." the restaurant by that name having most
probably lost it. Lieut. FAUROT will photograph the thumb print on the
silver handle, and should it not correspond with that of BECKER, a
search will be made through the police records of thumb prints to
locate, if possible, the maker of the print on the knife.
The funeral of the murdered girl occurs this afternoon from the
residence of her parents, to which place the body was taken this
morning from BAUMAN's undertaking establishment in Winfield. The
entire class of fifty or sixty girls who were confirmed in the Lutheran
Church on Palm Sunday, acted at a guard of honor at the funeral, and
walked from the STAFFELDT house to Mt. Olivet Cemetery, where the body
was interred. These children all wore their white confirmation dresses.
Hundreds of neighbors visited the STAFFELDT homestead to-day and took a
last look at the little girl as she lay in the casket. She was buried
in the dress she wore when she was confirmed. The services in the home
were conducted by the Rev. Frederick TILLY, pastor of the Lutheran
Church, at Locust Valley.
BLACK HAND LEADER A SUICIDE IN JAIL
Rocco PANACIRO, One of Three Italians on Trial for Murder of Gaetano
COSTA, Ends Life by Hanging Himself in Raymond Street
Institution---Told Keeper a Few Minutes Before Body Was Found That He
Expected Assassination if Acquitted---Panic Among Prisoners--Later in
Day Francis COMO is Acquitted by Order of Justice CRANE--Generas
ESPOSITO Pleads Guilty and is Sent to Prison for Life.
Rocco PANACIRO, 62 years old, who was on trial in Part V of the Supreme
Court, with two other Italians, for murder, committed suicide in his
cell in the Raymond street jail at 5 o'clock this morning by hanging
himself with a leather belt. PANACIRO, with Generao ESPOSITO and
Francis COMO, were charged with killing Gaetano COSTA, a butcher, on
the night of Oct 11, and blowing up his shop at the corner of Fourth
avenue and Thirty-second street.
Shortly after the blowing up of the COSTA store PANACIRO was arrested,
to-gether with his two confederates now on trial. Capt. McCAULEY
stated after the arrest had been made that PANACIRO was the chief of
one of the most notorious bands of blackmailers in the entire borough.
LEADER OF BLACK HAND GANG.
Yesterday was the first day of the trial, District Attorney CLARKE
trying the case for the people. It was admitted by all who had been
present at the proceedings that CLARKE would make out a strong case
against the Italians, especially PANACIRO, who, one witness testified,
was the recognized leader of the Black Hand gang.
The three prisoners were taken to the Raymond street jail for the night
and were placed in different cells far apart.
About 4:30 o'clock this morning Keeper William F. WHITE was making his
rounds of the cells. When reaching that occupied by PANACIRO he
noticed the Italian was leaning against the wall and talking to himself
in an unintelligible manner. He asked the man why he didn't go to
sleep, but the latter told him he could not lie still and that when he
dozed off once his sleep was troubled with horrible dreams.
FEARED ASSASSINATION
"I would like to die," said PANACIRO to Keeper WHITE, "for I don't
think that I will win my case. I don't care to go to trial to-morrow,
and I am satisfied to be hanged. Even if I should get out I know I
will be blown to pieces by four men who are thirsting for my life."
The prisoner looked at the keeper and asked him if he could have a pipe
as he felt very much like having a smoke. Keeper WHITE took his own
pipe from his pocket and filling it with tobacco, handed it to the man
in the cell. This was at 4:45 o'clock.
The keeper makes his rounds every fifteen minutes and when he looked
into the cell of PANACIRO at 5 o'clock the man was hanging to his cot,
which was placed in an upright position. WHITE swung open the steel
door and cut down the man, but life was already extinct.
It seems that as soon as WHITE had given the Italian the tobacco and
left him, PANACIRO took a long leather belt, which was around his
waist, and running one end of it through the buckle made a noose of it,
and then placed the noose around his neck. He put his cot, which is
movable and over the top of which there is an iron bar, thus
strengthening the noose around his neck and tugged at the other end of
the belt until he choked to death. When Keeper WHITE found PANACIRO
his feet were just one inch from the floor. His face was deathly pale,
while the tongue was hanging out of his mouth. His neck was also
fearfully lacerated, no doubt caused by the buckle of the belt.
OTHER PRISONERS ALARMED.
The cries of the keeper calling to Warden CARMODY aroused the sleeping
prisoners and in a few moments word had been passed around that one of
the prisoners had been beaten to death. It was several moments before
the prisoners' fears could be quieted, but it was said by the Warden
that for the remainder of the morning all the prisoners were in a state
of unrest. The body of PANACIRO was removed to the Morgue.
It was said by the authorities of the jail that the two blackhanders
were afraid of leaving the jail this morning to enter the van, claiming
that more than 1,000 Italians were concealed in the vicinity of the
jail and that a bomb would be thrown at them as soon as they left to
enter the van. The prisoners, however, were all taken to the County
courthouse despite their fears.
EVIDENCE AGAINST OTHERS LOST.
The arrest of PANACIRO was made by Capt. REYNOLDS, now of the
Brownsville precinct, who was working up a 'Black Hand' case at the
time. He met Michael BEVOE, a special policeman, of 471 Carroll
street, and Patrolman LEWIS, of the Bergen street station, who gave him
a clew which led to PANACIRO's arrest.
Capt. REYNOLDS stated this morning that through the suicide of the
latter a great deal of evidence which might have shed some light and
the 'Black Handers' was lost.
ESPOSITO PLEADS GUILTY
The trial of COMO and ESPOSITO came to a sudden end soon after Justice
CRANE opened Part V. of the Supreme Court this morning.
It was shown that there was no evidence against COMO and Justice CRANE
ordered his acquittal. ESPOSITO then pleaded guilty to murder in the
second degree and Justice CRANE immediately sentenced him to Sing Sing
for life.
John ANDERSON, a man of prominence in fraternal circles of the city,
died suddenly at his home, 234 Adelph street, Wednesday, in his
fifty-second year. He was born in New York City, but lived nearly all
his life in Brooklyn. He was a member of the Central Baptist Church,
Redmen of America and was financial secretary of Phinciple[?] Lodge,
No. 18, I.O.O.F., for twenty-five years. He was Past District Deputy
Grand Master of Kings County, No. 1, I.O.O.F., and a member of
Palestine Encampment, No. 62, Knights of St. John and Malta. The
funeral services will be held to-morrow night a 8 o'clock and the
interment will be made at Rural Cemetery, Albany. The funeral
arranagements are under the direction of Undertaker Charles E. WALKER,
of 202 Bridge street. Mr. ANDERSON is mourned by a widow, Margaret.
Dennis F.MURRAY, son of the late John and Mary MURRY, died at his home,
111 Carlton avenue, yesterday, of tuberculosis. He was in his
twenty-fifth year and was born in Brooklyn. He was for many years
connected in the clerical capacity with the firm of John LOGAN & Sons,
on Adelphi street. He is survived by two sisters and a brother. He
was a prominent member of several social and political organizations.
The funeral will be held from the home of his sister, Mrs. H. LEAVY,
with whom he lived, on Sunday. The interment will be made at Calvary
Cemetery, Undertaker William DUNIGAN, of 261 Park avenue, has charge of
the arrangements.
Daniel J. MAHER, on old resident of the Sixth Ward, died yesterday as
the result of an operation at the Long Island College Hospital. He was
born in Ireland sixty years ago and for the past thirty years had
conducted a butcher business in the Sixth Ward. He was a member of St.
Stephen's R.C. Church, and a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated
there to-morrow morning at half-past nine. He leaves a widow, Rosana.
His late home was at 140 Summit street. The undertaker in charge of
the arrangements is D.F. MURNANE, of 1 First place.
Margaretha BIEG, wife of Henry BIEG, passed away on Wednesday, after a
lingering illness, in her forty-second year. She was a native of
Germany and had been a resident of this city for twenty-five years. She
was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church and of the Women's Aid
Society. Besides her husband, she leaves three daughters, Edna, Anna
and Susie, and one son, Harry. The funeral will be held Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 from her late home, 183 Etna street. The interment
will be made at Cypress Hill Cemetery.
Alice HUSSEY died yesterday of pneumonia after an illness of four days
at her home, 170 Gold street. She was 70 years old, born in Ireland,
and had been a resident of Brooklyn for fifty years. She was a member
of St. Anne's Church, Front and Gold streets, and is survived by a
niece, Mrs. McFADDEN. The funeral services will be held Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock in the chapel of Calvary Cemetery, the Rev.
Father HOGAN officiating. Undertaker T. J. HIGGINS has charge of
the arrangements.
Nellie TAYLOR passed away Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at her home,
1529 Broadway, after a lingering illness. She had been a lifelong
resident of Brooklyn. The funeral services were held yesterday
afternoon, and the interment was made at Holy Trinity Cemetery under
the direction of Undertaker Michael DIRKE, of ?186 Meeker avenue.
John MORAN died on Tuesday at his home, 83 Franklin street, after an
illness of two months. He was born in Ireland forty-eight years ago
and had lived in Greenpoint for twenty-five years. He is survived by
four daughters, Mamie, Katie, Rose and Lizzie. His wife died three
years ago. The funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. Interment at Calvary Cemetery under the direction of
Undertaker Edward J. FAULKNER, of 173 Russell street.
SANFORD H. FRANKENBERG
The funeral services were held last night for Sanford H. FRANKENBERG at
S.Paul's P.E. Church, St. Paul's place near Church avenue, the Rev. Dr.
T.G.JACKSON officiating. Mr. FRNKENBERG passed away on Wednesday at
his home, 395 East Fifteenth street. He served in many battles during
the civil war with the Forty-eighth Regiment, New York State
Volunteers. He was a member of the U.S.GRANT Post, G.A.R. and of the
Fulton Council, No. 299, Royal Arcanum. He was wounded during the war
in the night charge of Fort Wagner, and, besides winning rank and
honor, he won the love and respect of his comrades. He was born Aug
7, 1839, in Marion, Wayne County, N.Y.; and he resided in Brooklyn
since 1865. He is survived by a widow, Pauline, and two daughters,
Marie, and Mrs. Clifton RAYNER, and one son, William. Interment was
made at Greenwood Cemetery to-day.
Col. Edgar WASHBURN WARREN died Wednesday at his home, 34 Orange
street. He was born at Cold Spring on the Hudson, Aug. 6, 1841, and at
the beginning of the Civil War was appointed lieutenant in the Second
Cavalry, serving as such until Oct. 6, 1862, when he was promoted to a
captaincy. He was mustered out Aug.6, 1865. He was made brevet-major
for gallant conduct at the Battle of Gettysburg July 1863; brevet
lieutenant-colonel for gallant conduct at the Battle of White Oak Road
and Five Forks, April 7, 1865, and brevet-colonel for faithful and
meritorious service during the war. After the war he served with his
brother, Gen. G.K. WARREN, an engineer in the United States Army.
Shortly afterward he entered the employ of the John A. ROEBLING's Sons
Company, where he remained until his death. He married on Jan. 18,
1865, Cornelia M. BARROWS, daughter of Samuel and Eliza BARROWS, at
Cold Spring on the Hudson. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Eliza W. HOOK, of
Trenton, N.J.; a son, Edgar H. WARREN, of Brooklyn and a daughter, Mrs.
Robert R. WHERRY, of Claremont, Cal. The funeral services will be held
at 9 o'clock to-night in the Church of St. Matthew, Tompkins avenue and
McDonough street. Interment at Newport, R.I.
William MADDEN, husband of Ellen MADDEN and son of Jane MADDEN, died at
his late home, 355 Stagg street, yesterday morning after a lingering
illness in his twenty-seventh year. He was born in Brooklyn and lived
all his life in the Eastern District. He was employed as a machinist
by the firm of ROMMER & Co. The funeral will take place to-morrow at 2
P.M. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery. Undertaker Rudolph STUTZMANN, of
396 Knickerbocker avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
Gertrude SYLVA, one of the prima donnas of the Theatre de la Monnaie in
Brussels, has just died there suddenly. She was about to sail for this
country to visit her family in Flatbush, when word of her death was
received. Miss SYLVA, who was a pupil of Mrs. Frieda ASHFORTH of this
city, went to Europe in 1897 and was engaged in Marceilles and Bordeaux
before she became a member of the the company in Brussels. She had
also appeared with great success at Covent Garden. She had just
finished her sixth season at the Theatre de la Monnaie and had declined
to renew her engagement, as she had received many offers from Italy and
had decided to go there next year. She sang all the colature[sic?]
repertoire. Her body will be brought here for burial.
Walter F. BUCKLEY, who was prominent in Democratic politics in the
Second Assembly District, died yesterday at his home, 374 Jay street.
He had lived in the district all his life and was a lieutenant of the
Civil Justice John J. WALSH. Mr. BUCKLEY was in business as a
contracting plumber.
BELLA DILBERGER
After a lingering illness Bella DILBERGER, sister of Mary E. BYRNE,
died at the latter's home, 98 Bergen street, yesterday. The funeral
will take place to-morrow at 2 P.M. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Undertaker William H. DALY, of 136 Smith street, has charge of the funeral.
Samuel BYERS died yesterday at his home, 461 Franklin avenue, aged 45
years. He was born at Glen Cove, and had been employed by Martin B.
BROWN, the printer, for over twenty-five years. He leaves his mother,
two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services to-morrow night at 8
o'clock Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery on Sunday morning. Charles
J. BARR, of 1256 Bedford avenue, is the undertaker in charge.
Elizabeth FOSS GJOBYE, only daughter of Thomas N. and Julia W. GJOBYE,
died on Wednesday at the home of her parents, 128 Montegue street, and
the funeral services were held the same day, the Rev. Dr. SMITH
officiating. The interment was made at Greenwood Cemetery.
Eliza NICKLE died on Wednesday of pneumonia, after a short illness.
She was born in Tyrone County, Ireland, and had resided in the Bedford
section for about a year with her son, James A. NICKLE, and his wife,
Lillian NICKLE, at 1088 Bedford avenue. The funeral services will be
held to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock, and the interment will be made at
Holy Cross Cemetery.
THOMAS HIGBEE
Funeral services were held this morning for Thomas HIGBEE at the
mortuary chapel of J.B. MORROW, 333 Bedford avenue. Mr. HIGBEE died of
nephritis on Tuesday after a short illness. He was born at Bridge and
Chapel streets, always lived in that section and was well known there.
He attended St. Mary's P.E. Church, corner of Classon and Willoughby
avenues, and was a butcher by trade. He is survived by his mother, two
sisters and one brother. The interment was made at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
Eliza CRAWFORD THOMPSON, wife of William THOMPSON, and one of the
oldest residents of the Fourth Ward, died on Wednesday at her home, 137
Nassau street. She was a member of Plymouth Church. Her husband is
in the trucking business with offices at 125 Nassau street. She also
leaves three sons, Laurence, who is in the butter and egg business in
Manhattan; George,a druggist; Henry, and one daughter, Emma. The
funeral services will be held to-night at 7 o'clock. Undertaker T.J.
HIGGINS has charge of the arrangements. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
Catherine MURTAGH, wife of Francis MURTAGH, died to-day at her home, 64
Middleton street. The funeral will be held Monday morning from the
Church of the Transfiguration. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery,
Undertaker FOLEY, of 270 March avenue, has charge of the arrangements.
Margaret A. CRAPPER, wife of Charles L. CRAPPER, a well-known member of
Mayflower Lodge, No. 166, I.O.O.F., died on Wednesday at her home, 408
Myrtle avenue. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Undertaker F.E.POUCH, of 305 Adams street, has charge of the
arrangements.
25 May 1907
TWO MEN KILLED IN TUNNEL BLAST.
Several Seriously Injured and Number of Bystanders Shaken Up.
FRONT OF STORE BLOWN IN
Accident at Pennsylvania Railroad Bore in Manhattan
The premature discharge of a blast in the Pennsylvania tunnel at
Seventh avenue and Thirty-first street, Manhattan, shortly after 12
o'clock this afternoon, caused the death of two laborers, and several
other persons were so severely injured that they have only an even
chance for recovery.
A dozen laborers and bystanders were bruised and shaken up by the
explosion.
On Seventh avenue, opposite the place where the blast went off, is a
large clothing store, the entire front of which was shaken down, and
the flying rocks that crashed through the doors struck several
customers. They were removed to the New York Hospital. Bellevue
Hospital sent two ambulances and the surgeons did yeoman service in
dressing the injuries.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company rushed its emergency crew to the work
of rescue.
Some of the injured were:
Lucy JOHNSON, 22 years old, of 142 West Thirty-second street, contusions.
John RYAN, 28 years old, of 165 Seventh avenue, fractured ribs.
Ernest DECKS, 18 years old, of 162 East One Hundred and Second street,
fractured skull
Amelia DORR, 59 years old, of Ramblersville, Queens, contusions and bruises.
The explosion broke windows for blocks around. As soon as the first
pile of dirt shot up in the air, the alarm whistle was blown and the
laborers started to dig amid the wreckage. Fortunately, no one was
buried under the debris.
The work at the Seventh avenue point is being done by MURPHY & Co.
INSANE MAN LEAPS TO DEATH FROM WINDOW
Deliberately climbing over his sleeping wife, Charles WOLF, 34 years
old, of 940 Flushing avenue, last night went to the parlor window of
his apartment and threw himself to the pavement, where he was later
found dead with his neck broken.
WOLF had been insane for a long time, his attacks beginning at the time
he was thrown from a truck on the LIEBMAN's Sons' Brewery Company, five
years ago. WOLF struck on his head at the time and was so severely
wounded it was necessary to take eighteen stitches in his scalp.
Of late, however, his attacks of insanity increased in frequency and in
force, and for the past few weeks it had been necessary to surround him
with watchers. Last night he was quite calm and retired with his wife
shortly before midnight. After she was asleep he walked into the
parlor and without stopping for window pane or shutters, jumped to the
street below.
WOLF is survived by a widow and three children, aged ten, six and five
years.
THREE MORE ARRESTS FOR MURDER OF WOMAN
Mineola, May 25--Three more arrests have been made in connection with
the death of Mrs. Ellen CASEY, who died at her home in Locust Valley on
Tuesday last, some hours after he had been beaten and stabbed. This
makes four men now under arrest, in this case, as Vincenzo CANIEILO, an
Italian, was arrested on Thursday night.
The three men arrested to-day are Giovani VOLIO, Peter MUMBERSON and
his son, Mat. The lived in the same house as Mrs. CASEY.
AGED THOMAS DAISLEY KILLED BY TROLLEY
Prominent Retired Hardware Man Run Down at Myrtle Avenue and North
Oxford Street.
Thomas DAISLEY, 79 years old, of 94 Monroe street, was run over and
instantly killed by a crosstown car at Myrtle avenue and North Oxford
street last night, but his body, which was taken to the morgue, was not
identified until this morning, when David DAISLEY, of S. St. Felix
street, a brother, claimed it.
The aged victim was on his way home from a religious meeting and
stepped directly in front of the car, which was in charge of Motorman
Philip FLUHR, of 6 North Washington avenue, Astoria, and Conductor
Henry EISHER, of 257 Kingston avenue. The motorman applied the brakes
and clanged the bell, but he couldn't stop the car in time, nor did the
aged man appear to hear the warning. The body rolled under the car and
was dragged some distance before the car came to a standstill. The the
body was so badly mangled that only a small part of the face was
recognizable.
One of the first to reach the scene of the accident was Druggist Osmar
KLOPSH, of Cumberland street and Myrtle avenue. He was accompanied by
Dr. MULLER, of 124 North Oxford street. The two crawled under the car
to see if any assistance could be rendered, but discovered that the man
was dead. The legs and arms had been severed from the body, and the
internal organs were scattered all over the street. They saw that the
it was useless to summon an ambulance, but telephoned for police of the
Classon avenue station, and for a wrecking car. The wreckers raised
the trolley from the tracks and the mangled body was taken to the
station house. Later it was removed to the morgue.
The motorman and conductor were arrested by Patrolman William H. GREEN.
The motorman was held in $1,000 bail to-day by Magistrate GEISMAR in
the Myrtle avenue court, for examination on June 18.
Thomas DAISLEY is one of three brothers who have been prominent in the
hardware trade in Brooklyn for many years. David DAISLEY is the
proprietor of a skylight and cornice business at [3?] St. Felix street.
Ray DAISLEY is the owner of a stove and tin store at 61 Fulton
street. Thomas, the oldest of the three, retired from business about
ten years ago. He was unmarried and lived with relatives at 94 Monroe street.
BODY FOUND IN BARN MONTHS AFTER DEATH
The body of a man was found this morning in the cellar of a deserted
old barn on Avenue K, near Coney Island avenue, by Rudolph LONG and
William FITZGIBBONS, two lads, while they were at play. They hurried
out of the barn and informed some older people, who in turn notified
the police of the Parkville station.
The body was in a very bad condition. There were no signs of violence.
The body was attired in a woolen suit of underclothes and had a white
handkerchief tied around its neck. There was no other clothing. The
police believe that he entered the barn several months ago and, being
taken ill, was unable to get out and secure attendance. He had been
dead for at least two months.
The man was evidently about 45 years old, of medium height, weighed
about 160 pounds, had dark hair and a full sandy mustache. The body
was removed to the Morgue.
OLD CONTRACTOR DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
William CHAPMAN, one of the wealthiest contractors of the Williamsburg
section, died at his home, 134 Clymer street, on Thursday night. His
age, [ ] years, had much to do with hastening his death. A widow,
four daughters and one son survive. The funeral will be held at 2
o'clock to-morrow afternoon from the late home, with interment in
Greenwood Cemetery. John GLINNEN's Sons, of 64 Herbert street, have
charge of the arrangements.
MEMORIAL SERVICES AT TABERNACLE M.E. CHURCH.
Dr. Everett A. BURNS, pastor of the Fourth Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church, Manhattan avenue and Noble street, to-morrow morning. The
evening service, at 7:30 o'clock, will be of a memorial nature and
veterans of the war are particularly invited.
MARY A. DECKER [duplicate but has more info]
A solemn mass of requiem was celebrated this morning at 10 o'clock at
the Church of the Immaculate Heart, East Fourth street and Fort
Hamilton avenue, for Mary Agnes DECKER, daughter of Sarah L. and James
F. DECKER, of 2721 Fort Hamilton avenue. She died on Tuesday in St.
Mary's Hospital three hours after an operation for appendicitis. She
was 15 years old, and a graduate of P.S. No. 130. She was a member of
the Church of the Immaculate Heart and of the Sodality of the Blessed
Virgin. Besides her parents she leaves four brothers, Mark, James,
Clinton and William. The interment will be made in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Sophie LINDERMANN, wife of Henry LINDERMANN, and a life long resident
of this city, died on Tuesday after a lingering illness, in her
twenty-seventh year. She was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church,
South Ninth street and Driggs avenue, and the Rev. Dr. HOLTHUSEN,
pastor of that church, conducted the funeral services Thursday
afternoon at her late home, 1583 Myrtle avenue. Her husband, who
survives, is a well-known and prosperous grocer of the Ridgewood
section. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery. The undertaker in charge was
John G. LUTZ, of 132 Stagg street.
ELBERT H. BENNETT
After an illness lasting only a week Elbert HEGEMAN BENNETT died at his
home, 701 Greene avenue, on Wednesday evening from pneumonia. Mr.
BENNETT came from one of the oldest Long Island families, and was born
in Oyster Bay seventy-one years ago, where he received his early
education. He came to Brooklyn thirty-five years ago, and had made it
his home ever since. He is survived by a widow, Mary E. MAYBEE, and
one daughter. Services will be held this evening at his late home.
The burial will be in Brookville. Undertaker JOHNSON has charge.
Jocob KOCH, an old resident of the Ridgewood section, died suddenly
from a stroke of paralysis yesterday afternoon at his home, 1368 Putnam
avenue. He was born in Germany and had lived in Brooklyn for twenty
years. Besides a widow, Eva, he leaves a daughter, Josephine. The
funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late home,
the Rev. Dr. RIEDEL, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Palmetto
street and Knickerbocker avenue, officiating. Undertaker John G. LUTZ,
of Stagg street, has charge of the funeral.
LYDIA KANE
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Lydia KANE at her
late home, 173 South Fourth street. Her death was caused by phthisis*
after an illness of about two months. She was born on Long Island, and
her lifetime had been spent in Brooklyn. She is survived by a son,
George, and a daughter, Lydia. The funeral arrangement were under the
direction of Henry KOHLMEIER, of 329 South First street. * phthisis =
a wasting away of the body, esp. with tuberculosis.
WILLIAM RITTER
Funeral services were held yesterday for William RITTER at the
Evangelical Church, corner of Chauncey street and Broadway,, the Rev.
Dr. PHILLIPS, of the Melrose Street Church, officiating. Mr. RITTER was
73 years old, and had been an inmate of the Evangelical Home for about
a month. He had been in failing health for some time, and passed away
on Monday of old age. The interment was in St. Michael's Cemetery,
under the direction of John G. LUTZ, of 132 Stagg street.
Mary JACKSON died on Thursday at the Kings County Hospital after an
illness of one year. Mrs. JACKSON was born in Brooklyn and was 40
years of age. She is survived by her husband, John, and one son,
Thomas. The funeral will be held from her late home, 40 Carlton
avenue, to-morrow, at 2 P.M., and the interment will be made at Holy
Cross Cemetery. Undertaker James E. COWLEY, of 310 Myrtle avenue, has
charge of the arrangements.
AUGUST PETERS
Funeral services were held this morning for August PETERS at the
mortuary parlors of John G. LUTZ, 132 Stagg street. He was 62 years
old, and died at the home of his daughter, 69 Second street, Milwaukee,
Wis., of pneumonia, after an illness of five weeks. He leaves a
daughter, Mrs. Dora URFF, of 352 East Sixty-first street, Manhattan.
The interment was made at Lutheran Cemetery.
FRANCIS G. GEARTY
Police Sergeant Francis George GEARTY, late of the Twelfth Precinct,
Manhattan, died on Thursday at his home, 616 Atlantic avenue, from
which address the funeral was held this afternoon. Sergeant GEARTY was
a son of the late Francis G. and Elizabeth F. GEARTY, and a nephew of
the Rt. Rev.Father George GEARTY. He was born in County Leitram, Ireland.
HENRY GROBAU
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Henry GROBAU at the
home of his parents, Fresh Pond road and Marshall street, Queens. He
died on Tuesday after a brief illness. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery,
under the direction of John G. LUTZ, OF 132 Stagg street.
Adam WELSCH died on Wednesday of heart disease at his home, 241 Lynch
street. He was in his eighteenth year, and had always lived in
Brooklyn. The funeral services were held this afternoon, with
interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Undertaker J.G. LUTZ, of Stagg
street, had charge of the arrangements.
MATILDA SAEVEKE
Funeral services were held yesterday for Matilda SAEVEKE, of 239 South
Fourth street, at the parlors of Undertaker Henry KOHLMEIER, 329 South
First street. She died in Williamsburg Hospital. She was 47 years
old, and a native of Germany. She is survived by a daughter, Matilda,
and a sister, Mrs. KAISER.
JOHN MAYER
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon for John
MAYER, formerly of the Seventh Ward, who died on Thursday at his home,
259 Hammond avenue.
John J.T. FOREMAN, second son of the late Thomas and Caroline FOREMAN,
died on Tuesday. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock to-morrow
afternoon from his late home, 799 DeKalb avenue.
John B. TERRY died yesterday at his home, 688 Greene street, at the age
of sixty-six. Mr. TERRY was born in Brooklyn, and lived here all his
life. He was for many years engaged in the coal business, but had
retired some years ago. He leaves a widow and a daughter.
Miss Alice KAMINSKI died at her home, 141 North Ninth street,
yesterday, of pneumonia after a short illness. She was born in the
Eastern District and always resided there. The funeral will take place
to-morrow, and after services interment will be made in the family plot
at Holy Trinity Cemetery, under the direction of Thomas H. IRELAND, of
177 North Sixth street.
The funeral of Edward GUNNING was held this afternoon from his late
home, 698 Hicks street. He was 38 years old and had been for some time
a resident of Brooklyn. He was by trade a cutter and was formerly in
the employ of ROGERS & PEET. He leaves a widow and five children. The
interment was made in Evergreen Cemetery under the direction of M.
MATTHEW, of 2077 Hamilton avenue.
Thomas D. FLYNN died yesterday at his home, 117 Stuyvesant avenue. He
was a member of the Church of St. John the Baptist, Willoughby and
Lewis avenues, where a solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated Monday
morning at half-past nine, the Rev. Father McHALE officiating. Mr.
FLYNN was an old resident of the Stuyvesant section and he is mourned
by a widow, Sarah McWILLIAMS FLYNN.
CHARLES E. MOSEMAN
After an illness lasting only a short time Charles E. MOSEMAN died at
his home, 949 Lafayette avenue, on Thursday from heart failure. Mr.
MOSEMAN was only thirty-four years old, and his death was a great shock
to his friends and relatives. Funeral services were held last night at
his late home. Interment was made this morning at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
Francis McGALE died on Thursday at his home, 58 Second place. He was
born in Ireland and had lived in Brooklyn eight years. He was a member
of St. Stephen's R.C. Church, and is survived by his parents and
several brothers and sisters. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery
to-morrow. Undertakers McMAHON & McKEON have charge of the arrangements.
26 May 1907
WEAVING THE WEB ABOUT HENRY BECKER
Shoes of STAFFELDT Murder Suspect Fit Footprints at Scene of Tragedy
SLAV CAUGHT AT MASPETH EASILY PROVES ALIBI
Porch Falls During Victim's Funeral and Sisters Faint.
The detectives at work on the STAFFELDT murder case at Elmhurst
succeeded yesterday in tightening the web of evidence about Henry
BECKER, the suspect now in the Queens County Jail at Long Island City.
Detective GRAHAM had another interview with BECKER yesterday afternoon,
in which the prisoner denied his story on Friday night, in which he
said than an unknown Slav, who had accompanied him to Elmhurst from
Manhattan, had committed the crime.
After Detective GRAHAM left BECKER the prisoner was taken to Warden VAN
SISE's office, where he was stripped of all the clothing he had worn at
the time of his arrest. The clothing was taken away by Dr. Carl
BARTENGER, of Long Island City, who will scrape the shoes and out
garments and submit the dust to microscopic examination.
SHOES FIT FOOTPRINTS
A very damaging piece of evidence was found late yesterday afternoon,
when GRAHAM took BECKER's shoes to the cabbage patch through which the
murderer ran. Near the barn there is a short stretch of soft earth in
which the imprints of the fleeting man's shoes were found clearly
defined. GRAHAM afterwards said BECKER's shoes fitted the footprints
exactly. He made many measurements and finally took away with him a
portion of the soil containing an imprint of each shoe.
After an all-day search Detectives McGROTTON and EVERETT, of Captain
KELLY's staff, found in Maspeth a Slav who resembled the man seen in
the vicinity of the SIMONSON house, where the murderer washed himself
on Wednesday. The man was taken to the Elmhurst station house. He
said he was Thomas TRACH, of Elmhurst. TRACH was held for a few hours,
during which time he was continually plied with questions by the
police. He answered in a general way the description of the missing
Slav, but when a baker name MAY, of Elmhurst, came forward and stated
that TRACH had worked for him all Wednesday afternoon, Captain KELLY
ordered his release.
PORCH FALLS DURING FUNERAL
The funeral of Amelia STAFFELDT took place yesterday afternoon at the
home of her parents in Elmhurst. Never before in Queens Borough has
there been such a crowd on such an occasion. There was a steady stream
of visitors passing the little white casket which contained the body of
the murdered child. It is estimated that more than 700 men, women and
children passed in and out of the house during the afternoon.
During the service the porch of the STAFFELDT home collapsed. About
fifty people were crowded together when the timbers slipped, dropping
the floor of the porch to the ground. The mourners were thrown
together in a]heap. Several received slight bruises but none required
medical assistance.
There was little or no excitement and the services were not interrupted.
SISTERS OF VICTIM FAINT
Mrs. Ross KORNBACK, a married sister of the murdered girl, and Anna
STAFFELDT, another sister, fainted during the services, and they
were carried to another room. The services were over before they
were resuscitated.
The Rev. Frederick TILLY, pastor of the Lutheran Church at Locust
Valley, conducted the services at the house. [ ] he spoke for
nearly an hour. His oration was in German and [then he] spoke in
English. He said that he had known the child for eight years, [ ]
had been that length of time con[ ] his church with her parents,
and [ ] he prepared her for confirmation [ ] saw her
confirmed on Palm Sunday last. He said she was one of the [
]est and best girls in his Sunday [school?].
He then referred to the horrible death the child had suffered, and he
hoped that if the perpetrator [ ] outrage was caught that he
w[ould be] given swift justice. He said [ ] that ever was made
or could [ ] made provided punishment [ ] enough for a
fiend who would [ ] such a crime. He called upon [every] one
present to do what they could to run down the murderer. He said [ ]
up to the police force of the gr[eat city] to see that the murderer
was n[ot per]mitted to roam at large, and he [ ] to hear that the
guilty person [ ] arrested.
The street in front of the house was jammed up to the time the
[ ] bearing the casket started for the cemetery. In all there were
[over?] sixty carriages following the hearse to Mt. Olivet, where the
body was interred.
Ten little girls, dressed in their white confirmation dresses, with
black [ ] on their arms, and eight boys in their suits, with
crepe also on their [arms,] acted as pallbearers, the boys carrying
the casket and the girls walking along side of them.
SIMILAR TRAGEDY RECALLED
The STAFFELDT murder recalled at the time residents of Queens a
[ ] tragedy that occurred about [ ] years ago, when nine-year-old
[ ] BAUR was murdered near her home in Foster Meadows. A young farm
[ ] named Frank McCONICHE, who was employed by the girl's father,
was arrested for the crime and found to have been crazy. He was sent to the
[ ] Prison for the Criminal Insane at [ ]teawan.
When arrested McCONICHE to [ ]coherent, disconnected and con[ ]tery
stories of the occurrence. A [ ] he denied having been in the neighborhood
at the time. Later he [ ] he saw some one kill the girl [ ] last
after a long and tedious investigation the crime was fastened up
[ ] and he was convicted.
BURGYES - On Saturday, May 25th, John Frederick BURGYES, in the 64th
year of his age. Funeral services at his late residence, 85 Kosciusko
st., Monday evening, 8 o'clock. Interment private, Tuesday.
LAWLOR - On May 24th, 07, Mary, wife of the late John LAWLOR and mother
of James and Patrick LAWLOR and Mrs. Mary A. DENICE. Funeral Sunday,
26th inst., from her late home, No. 7 Cannon street, Manhattan,.
SCOTT - On Saturday, May 25, Thos. J. SCOTT, aged 24 years, son of Mary
L. and the late Jeremiah SCOTT. Funeral from his late residence, 1
Duffield st., Tuesday, 2:30 P.M. Interment Holy Cross.
WATSON - On May 23, 1907, 44th year of his age, Chas. WATSON.
Relatives and friends, also Chas. J. HAUBERT Republican Battery,
Bartley J. WRIGHT Guard, Washington Relief Circle, are invited to
attend the services at his late residence, 25 Lawton st., on Monday,
May 27, 1907, at 8 P.M. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
FALLON - We beg this opportunity to express our deep sense of gratitude
for the many expressions of sympathy, respect and floral tributes of
our friends and neighbors to the memory of our dearly beloved mother,
Mrs. Julia FALLON, who departed this life May 20, 1907.
Requiescat in pace. Amen
Catherine M. FALLON
The Rev. Dr. Edward PAYSON TERHUNE, at one time a noted Brooklyn
pastor, died yesterday morning at his home, 310 West Ninety-fifty
street, Manhattan. He retired from the ministry eleven years ago, and
spent the summers at his country place, Pompton Lake, N.J. He was born
in New Brunswick, N.J., seventy years ago, and was graduated from
Rutgers College and the New Brunswick Theological Seminary. His first
call was the the Presbyterian church at Charlotte Court House, Va. He
next went to the First Reformed Church of Newark, N.J., where he
remained eighteen years. Later he became chaplain of the American
Chapel in Rome and in Paris. After spending six years, form 1878 to
1884, at the First Congregational Church of Springfield, N.J., he came
to Brooklyn. In 1884 he took charge of the First Dutch Reformed
Church, now People's Church, Bedford avenue and Clymer street, and five
years later was pastor of the Puritan Congregational Church, Marcy and
Lafayette avenues. After seven years in this church he went abroad. A
widow, "Marion HARLAND"; a son, Albert PAYSON, and two daughters, Mrs.
Christine TERHUNE HERRICK and Mrs. Fred F. VANDERWATER, survive him.
The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the
University Place Presbyterian Church, Manhattan. Interment at Pompton, N.J.
THOMAS DAISLEY
Funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Park Avenue Trinity Methodist Church for Thomas DAISLEY. He was 80
years old, and was born in Kingslynn, England. When a young man he
went to the Australian gold fields, where he remained about eight
years. Shortly after he came to this country and had lived in Brooklyn
for the past thirty-seven years. He was formerly employed in the stove
and range factory of his brother, Howard DAISLEY, of RAY, DAISLEY & Co.
For the past five years Mr. DAISLEY had retired on account of his
health. He was a devoted member of the Park Avenue Church. He leaves
two brothers, Howard and David. About ten years ago he lost his wife
and child. Interment will be made at Evergreen Cemetery.
Robert Mathew PAGE, son of Carter BRAXTON PAGE, of Bladsenburg, Md.,
died on Friday after an illness of one week of pneumonia. He was born
Feb. 24, 1864, in Port Royal, Va. He was associated in business with
the Gorham Silver Company, of Manhattan, for a number of years. The
funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at his late
home, 30 Strong place. The Rev. Dr. LYMAN of the South Congregational
Church will officiate. The interment will be made at Greenwood Cemetery.
John V. DEEGAN, a resident of Flatbush, prominent in religious,
fraternal and banking life, died Thursday in the Lebanon Hospital,
Manhattan, in his thirty-third year. He was all his life active in
church work and was at one time a member of St. John the Baptist
Church, Lewis and Willoughby avenues, but after making his residence at
858 East Eleventh street, Flatbush, affiliated himself with the Church
of St. Rose of Lima, on Lawrence avenue. He was president of the St.
Vincent de Paul Society of St. John's College, was connected with
Bedford Council No. 273, Knights of Columbus, and was for fifteen years
with the Fifth Avenue Bank, Manhattan. He is survivedby a widow,
Susie, a son John V., Jr., and three brothers, James, Thomas and
William, and four sisters, Mary, Margaret, Celia and Agnes. The
funeral will be held to-morrow morning from his late home and thence to
the Church of St. Rose of Lima, where a solemn requiem mass will be
celebrated at 9 o'clock for the repose of his soul. Interment at St.
John's Cemetery. Undertaker James H. TRACY, fo 1597 Fulton street, has
charge of the arrangements.
Rosanna CLARK, a lifelong resident of the Bedford section, died
yesterday at her home, 679 Marcy avenue, after a brief illness. She
was fifty-three years old and a member of St. Ambrose Church, Tompkins
and DeKalb avenues. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lizzie HAGER,
and a son, James, and a sister, Mrs. Ellie DOUGHERTY. The funeral will
be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late home and thence
to Holy Cross Cemetery. The undertaker in charge is Christian P. JUNG,
of 643 DeKalb avenue.
Barbara WETH, a native of Germany, and a resident of Brooklyn for the
past twenty years, died last Thursday after a short illness at her
home, 256 Stagg street. She was sixty-eight years old and a member of
the Church of the Most Holy Trinity on Montrose avenue, where a solemn
requiem mass will be celebrated to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. The
interment will be made at Holy Trinity Cemetery under the direction of
Michael DIRKES, of 184 Meeker street.
Johann DEIKEN died on Thursday at his home, 46 Smith street, in his
seventy-second year. He was born in Germany and came to this country
when twenty-one years old. He was lately employed in the tailor shop
of A.G. OLCHES, 126 Lafayette avenue, but for the past three months he
had been unable to do much work on account of his failing health. The
funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Undertaker John LOCKITT has charge of the arrangements.
James WALKER SCOTT, a man of fraternal prominence, died on Friday in
his seventy-fifth year. He was a charter member of Amaranth Council,
No. 461, Royal Arcanum, and held the office of secretary in the council
since 1880. He was also a member of Magnolia Lodge, No. 166, I.O.O.F.,
and the brothers of that lodge conducted the funeral services at his
late home, 971 Lafayette avenue, last night. He was a lifelong
resident of Brooklyn and was employed for many years in the silk
department of Frederick LOESER & Co. He is survived by a widow, one
son and a daughter.
The interment will be made to-day at Evergreen Cemetery.
Thomas J.SCOTT died yesterday at his late home, 1 Duffield street,
after a brief illness. He was born in Brooklyn Feb. 25, 1883. He was
a member of the Assumption Church, York and Jay streets, and is
survived by his mother and two brothers. The funeral services will be
held on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, and the interment will follow at
Holy Cross Cemetery. The undertakers in charge of the arrangements are
DOYLE & KENNY, of 152 York street.
Daniel FLYNN died on Friday. He was thirty-one years old and leaves
two sisters, Mrs. ERWIN and Mrs. HYNES. The funeral will be held this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from his late home, 248 Bond street. The
interment will be made at Holy Cross Cemetery, under the direction of
DOYLE & KENNY, of 152 York street.
Funeral services will be held at half-past four this afternoon for
James W. VICKERMAN, at his late home, 273 Van Buren street. A widow,
Grace V., survives him.
James CUSACK, an old resident of the Stuyvesant section, died yesterday
at his home, 611 Putnam avenue, after a brief illness. He is survived
by a widow, Theresa. He was a member of the R.C. Church of St. John
the Baptist, Willoughby and Lewis avenues, and a solemn requiem mass
will be celebrated there on Tuesday morning for the repose of his soul.
The interment will be made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
27 May 1907
YARWOOD'S BODY FOUND IN RIVER
Brother of Young Woman Who Killed Herself in Sensational Manner
HE DISAPPEARED MAY 14
Relatives, However, Believe Death Was Accidental
Sailors from a tramp steamer lying at the American Sugar Refinery docks
at the foot of South Fourth street, this morning found a body floating
along the East River about ten feet off the dock. They lowered a
rowboat and pulled the body on board. It was brought to the dock and
word was sent to the Bedford avenue station.
Capt. CRAMER went to the dock and identified the body as that of Harry
YARWOOD, 22 years old, of 84 South Sixth street. His disappearance
from his home was reported to the police by his stepfather, Hugh
HAGERTY, on May 15. The day before he left his home to take a walk and
had not been seen since. A few days after YARWOOD disappeared his
derby hat was found on the dock at the foot of South Fifth street. At
that time Capt. CREAMER gave it as his opinion that YARWOOD had been
drowned, but HAGERTY refused to believe it.
About five years ago YARWOOD's sister, Jessie, committed suicide in a
spectacular manner on South Fifth street. She had been disappointed in
a love affair and after writing a letter, bidding good-bye to her
friends, she laid down on a granite block, which was to be used on the
Williamsburg Bridge, and drank carbolic acid. When a policeman found
her she was dead. The young man she was to have married died a few
weeks ago in the Eastern District.
Since his sister's death YARWOOD had not been the same. He worried
continually. His relatives are of the opinion that he fell overboard
while asleep, and positively deny the suicide theory.
DAYTON - Suddenly, on Saturday, May 25th, 1907, Esther H., beloved wife
of Oliver [F.?] DAYTON. Funeral services from her late residence, 428
Forty-sixth st., Tuesday evening, May 28th, at 8 o'clock.
DOODY - On May 26th, 1907, Bridget DOODY, beloved wife of Richard
DOODY, in her 68th year. Relatives and friends are invited to attend
the funeral from her late residence, 213 Clarkson st., on Wednesday at;
thence to Holy Cross Church where a requiem mass will be offered.
FAVOR - On Sunday, May 26th , Mary, the beloved wife of James E. FAVOR.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from her late residence, 400 Butler st., on Tuesday, May 28th, at 2 P.M.
GRIFFIN - On Sunday, May 26th, 1907, Mary[?], daughter of Mrs. Matthew
DYAS, and of the late Patrick GRIFFIN. Relatives and friends are
invited to attend the funeral at her late residence, 194 Pearl st,
Brooklyn, on Wednesday, May 29th. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
KINSELLA - On May 26, Edward KINSELLA, husband of Teresa KEEGAN, in his
41[?]st year. Funeral from his late residence, 231 Palmetto st., Wednesday.
TRAYNOR- Mrs. Ellen TRAYNOR, died may 25, at 426 Clinton st. Funeral
Tuesday, May 28th, from St. Stephens C.C., Hicks and Summit sts.
WALLACE - Sunday, May 26, 1907, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Jackson
WALLACE, formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y. Funeral at Brampton Tuesday.
GUSTAVUS A. ORTH
After a year's illness from liver trouble and complications, Gustavus
A. ORTH died yesterday at his summer home in Tenafly, N.J. Mr. ORTH,
whose residence for the past three years has been at 47 South Portland
avenue, was prominent in the plumbing and general supply business in
Manhattan, having extensive offices at 25 Frankfort street. He had
been in this line for thirty-five years, during which he had made him
home in Brooklyn. He was born in New York City fifty-five years ago.
Mr. ORTH was an active member of Brooklyn Lodge, F.& A.M., and had a
wide circle of friends. He is survived by a widow, tow daughters and
one son. Funeral services will be held to-morrow evening at Tenafly, a
special car being attached to the 6:45 train from the foot of Chambers
street, via the Erie Railroad, for the accommodation of those who
intend to do final honor to the deceased.
Edward KINSELLA, who died yesterday morning at his home, 231 Palmetto
street, was born in Brooklyn. He attended school at Our Lady of Mercy
and was a member of St. Brigid's Church, St. Nicholas avenue and Linden
street. The funeral will be held on Wednesday afternoon in the chapel
at Holy Cross Cemetery. The arrangements are in charge of Undertaker
George STENGER, of 289 St. Nicholas street.
Howard H. KASSNER died last Friday at his home, 1054 Fortieth street,
after an illness lasting six months. He was born in New York City
twenty-one years ago and was a salesman. His parents, one sister and
one brother, survive him.
The funeral was held to-day with Interment at Evergreen Cemetery,
under direction of MENDENHALL & Co., of Borough Park.
Dr. George H. WATSON, of 100 Rugby road, died yesterday at the age of
60. He was born in Sedgwick, Me., and was graduated from Amherst
College in 1870. He pursued his medical studies in New York and
Philadelphia. His practice was confined mainly to Bridgewater, Mass.,
and he was for many years a member of the Massachusetts Medical
Society. After retiring from the medical profession in 1900, Dr.
WATSON settled in Brooklyn.
August BEISIEGEL, husband of Kate BEISIEGEL, died yesterday after a
lingering illness at his home, 641 Palmetto street, Ridgewood Heights,
where the funeral will be held at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.
Interment at Lutheran Cemetery. Mr. BEISIEGEL was a member of Court
Unique, No. 369, Foresters of America. Mr. BEISIEGEL was born in
Germany thirty-five years ago, and came to this country when 14 years
old. He had been a resident of Brooklyn for the past nine years, and
was in the employ of the B.R.T. The undertaker in charge of the
arrangements is George EHLENBERGER, of 295 Wyckoff avenue.
Nellie M. BAILEY ERNESTY, wife of Frederick O. ERNESTY, of East Lyme,
Conn., died yesterday in her fifty-second year. The funeral will be
held to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home of her daughter,
Mrs. A.E. SCHRODER, 486 Thirteenth street.
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
Kate HESS died at the German Hospital on Sunday in her thirty-fifth
year, being sick only three weeks with pneumonia. She was born in
Brooklyn and lived all her life in the Ridgewood section. She is
survived by four children, five brothers and one sister. The funeral
will take place to-morrow at 2 P.M. from her late home, 423
Knickerbocker avenue. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, under the
direction of Rudolph STUTZMANN, of 396 Knickerbocker avenue.
Peter KLEINLEIN died on Saturday at his home, East Third street and
Clayton place, Coney Island. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon.
Samuel BASCH, who died on Saturday at his home, 1423 East Thirty-fifth
street, Flatbush, was buried this afternoon in Cypress Hills Cemetery.
Henry JENSEN, son of Mary JENSEN and brother of Charles JENSEN and Mary
PROSTOR, died suddenly yesterday morning at his home, 444 Himrod
street. He was born in Germany thirty-two years ago. He was employed
as a machinist. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 P.M., at
which Rev. H.F.KNALENSCHUE, of Christ Lutheran Church will officiate.
Edelweiss Lodge, No. 2269, K. & L. of H., of which Mr. JENSEN was a
member, will attend in a body. The remains will be cremated at Fresh
Pond. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Rudolph STUTZMANN, of 396
Knickerbocker avenue.
Mary L. FAVOR died at her home, 400 Butler street, yesterday after a
short illness from pneumonia. Mrs. FAVOR was born and educated in
Manhattan. She is survived by her husband, James E., and one son, her
father and mother and two sisters. The funeral will take place from
her late home to-morrow at 2 P.M., and the interment will be made in
the family plot at Holy Cross Cemetery. James E. CONLEY, of 310 Myrtle
avenue is the undertaker in charge.
Margaret STITELER WELLS died suddenly at the residence of her son,
William S. WELLS, New Haven, Conn. She was in her eighty-eighth year,
and the widow of Unstead WELLS, formerly a resident of this city. The
funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon in Pottstown, Pa.
FRANCIS LAMB
After an illness of two weeks, Francis LAMB died on Saturday at his
home, 992 Second avenue, from pneumonia. He was thirteen years old and
had always lived in Brooklyn. He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Margaret LAMB, and two sisters and a brother. He attended the Church
of St. John the Evangelist. Funeral services were held this afternoon
in the mortuary chapel at Holy Cross Cemetery. The arrangements were
under the direction of Undertaker William H. MEAGHER, of 691 Fifth avenue.
Olive B. THURLOW, widow of Belcher T. THURLOW, died yesterday in her
eighty-seventh year. She had been in failing health for some time and
death was due to the ailments incident to old age. The funeral services
will be held to-morrow night at her late home, 290 Greene avenue.
PRIEST VICTIM OF POLITICAL PLOT
Father HARAN Believed to Have Divulged Plan to Unseat Servian King.
MURDERERS STILL FREE
Prey Drugged and Then Placed to Die in Trunk
It is now believed that Father Casper HARAN, the Armenian priest, whose
dead body was found stuffed in a trunk in a house at 337 West
Thirty-seventh street, Manhattan, yesterday, was the victim of a
political plot on the part of the Servians and Armenians, who have been
planning the overthrow of the King of Servia. It was said that the
alleged plot was forming in this country; that the priest had secured
information of the plan and exposed it, and that he was then "a marked
man."
The names and an accurate description of the men who murdered the
priest are in possession of the police. These are believed to have
been working with Chicago Armenians, for the reason that the trunk in
which the body was found was brought here from Chicago. Should it
develop that the conspirators plotted the priest's death, a number of
arrests will follow.
In killing the priest, the murderers are believed to have drugged him,
and then, while he was helpless, forced his body into the trunk,
leaving him to suffocate.
The suspects for whom the police are to-day looking are Paul TIREN and
John MOONEIAN, Armenians, who were lodging in the house where the body
was found. The suspects brought in the trunk to the house and left it
with the landlady as deposit for their room rent, which was due. They
had been lodgers in the house for about three weeks and had previously
paid their bills promptly. The landlady was not suspicious and
accepted their excuse of not having ready money on hand. It was not
until the men had disappeared three days that the trunk was opened by
the police. Since then no trace of the missing men have been found.
28 May 1907
F.A. SPERRY'S BODY FOUND IN RIVER
Ex-Assemblyman Had Been Missing From Hotel Since May 13
SUICIDE, SAY THE POLICE.
Accident, Friends Believe--Had Been Despondent
The body of ex-Assemblyman Frank A. SPERRY, missing since May 13, was
recovered this morning in the East River, off the foot of East
Nineteenth street, Manhattan, by Capt. C. RUPP, of a water supply tug.
The body was identified by Col. Lewis R. STEGMAN. The police believe
SPERRY killed himself, but SPERRY's friends are confident he fell into
the river and was drowned. The body was badly decomposed.
Up to February SPERRY lived at 192 Keap street. His wife was
practically an invalid and she was sent to the home of relatives up the
State. SPERRY then engaged rooms at the Gallivan House, in the Eastern
District. He appeared to be despondent over his wife's condition, and,
it is said, drank to excess. On May 13 he left the hotel for a walk
and disappeared.
Mr. SPERRY was about forty-eight years old. At one time he was
private secretary to Secretary of the Treasury FOLGER and was retained
by Secretary GRESHAM during his term of office. In 1888 he was elected
to the Assembly from the old Ninth District. During President
HARRISON's administration he was private secretary to Collector of the
Port Erhardt. Until February he was State Corporation Tax Commissioner.
He was at one time a member of the law firm of which Elihu ROOT is the
head. Senator Otto FOELKER was at that time a clerk in his office.
Mr. SPERRY was a member of the Congress and Hanover clubs and several
service organizations.
POLICE LIEUTENANT WALSH A SUICIDE
Police Liet. Richard F. WALSH, a nephew of Capt. DELANEY, of Brooklyn,
was found dying at his home, 427 East 135th street, Manhattan,
yesterday afternoon, with a bullet wound in his head. The police
attempted to give the impression that WALSH had been murdered, but at
the Lincoln Hospital, where he was taken, it was discovered after a
careful investigation that he had undoubtedly committed suicide.
WALSH was recently transferred to the Classon avenue station from the
Bronx. A few days ago he became ill and had remained at home. Last
Saturday he returned to duty. His family came to Brooklyn on Sunday to
visit relatives and yesterday morning he was expected to call and
return home with them. He failed to appear and his wife and two
children returned home alone. On entering the house she heard her
husband breathing heavily and, going into the bedroom, found him lying
in bed with his revolver hat his side, the blood slowly trickling from
his temple.
No reason can be attributed for his act. He was not addicted to drink
and he was not known to be in any financial trouble.
Esther HILL DAYTON, wife of Oliver W. DAYTON, died on Saturday at her
home, 428 Forty-sixth street, after an illness of three days. She was
born in Brooklyn Oct 26, 1865. She attended the Fourth Avenue M.E.
Church, and is survived by her husband, who is a real estate dealer in
Flatbush; a son, Edmond, and a daughter, Hazel. The funeral services
will be held to-night at 8 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. Everett A. BURNS, of
the Fourth Avenue M.E. Church, officiating. The interment will take
place in Greenwood Cemetery.
EDWARD B. BRIGGS
Funeral services over the remains of Edward BURLING BRIGGS, a well
known dentist of Richmond Hill, who died on Sunday after an illness of
four months from stomach trouble, aged fifty years, were held at his
late home, corner of Jamaica and Briggs avenues, this afternoon, the
Rev. James GRAHAM, of All Saints' Church, Morris Park, and Richmond
Hill Council, Royal Arcanum, officiating. He is survived by a widow
and a [sic] 11-year-old daughter. The interment was made at Maple
Grove Cemetery.
LANAH Augusta TOMPKINS, wife of George W. TOMPKINS, died suddenly on
Sunday at her home, 984 Bedford avenue. She was born in New York City
Jan. 11, 1847, and had been a resident of Brooklyn for forty years, the
past twenty-nine of which were spent in the house where she died. She
is survived by her husband and two sons and her mother, Mrs. Mary
MESLER, widow of William MESLER. The funeral services will be held
to-night at 8 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. William A. LAYTON, of the DeKalb
M.E. Church, officiating. The interment will be made to-morrow morning
at Greenwood Cemetery.
James M. FORMAN, a lifelong resident of Brooklyn and a veteran of the
Civil War, died on Sunday in his sixty-first year. For the past three
years he had been at the Soldiers' Home, at Bath, N.Y., and came to
Brooklyn Saturday to spend this week with his stepdaughter, Mrs. James
SAMUELLS, of 446 Malbone street. The exertion of the trip proved too
much for him in his enfeebled condition, and he passed away on Sunday
morning. He served during the war with the Thirteenth Regiment, and
was a member of Winchester Post, No. 197, G.A.R. he leaves a widow,
Helen, and four stepchildren, Mrs. SAMUELLS, Mrs. Henry EDKHARD and
William and Louis T. MOORE. The funeral services were held this
afternoon, the Rev. Dr. C.S. WYCKOFF, pastor of Grace Reformed Church,
officiating. Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
Anna BRITH, daughter of John and Catherine DOHERTY, died on Sunday of
peritonitis in St. Peter's Hospital after an illness of only three
days. She was born in Philadelphia thirty-seven years ago, and came to
Brooklyn with her parents when 7 years old. She is survived by two
daughters, Mary and Kate, and a son, Morris, and her mother and three
brothers. She was a member of Nonpareil Hive and of St. Agnes' R.C.
Church, Hoyt and Sackett streets. The funeral services will be held
to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at her late home, 167 Bond street; to
the mortuary chapel at Calvary Cemetery, where the Rev. Father HOGAN
will officiate. The funeral arrangement are under the direction of
Undertaker T.J. HIGGINS, of 135 Jay street.
Frederick R. JORGENSEN died at his home in Emmons avenue, Sheepshead
Bay, on Sunday, at the age of 63[?]. He was at one time active in
politics in Gravesend. He leaves a widow and a son.
Nobel ALLEN died Sunday morning of hasty consumption. He leaves a
widow and mother to mourn his loss. He will be buried from his late
home, 69 Walton street, to-morrow at 2 P.M. Funeral under the
direction of Undertaker George McCAMPBELL, of 356 Marcy avenue.
PETER KLEINLEIN [duplicate, but more information]
Funeral services were held this afternoon, the Rev. Lewis HAPP
officiating, over the remains of Peter KLEINLEIN, 49 years old, who
died at the home of his brother, on Clayton place and Neptune avenue,
Coney Island, on Saturday night after a brief illness. Tuberculosis was
the cause of death. The interment was made in Lutheran Cemetery under
the direction of Undertaker Martin HEALEY, of Neptune avenue and West
First street. The deceased is survived by one brother and one sister.
Gordon B. BROWN, son of William and the late Marion A. BROWN, died on
Sunday of pneumonia at St. Christopher's Hospital, 283 Hicks street.
Mr. BROWN, who is associated ti the Long Island Railroad Company, has
the sincere sympathy of his many friends in this, his second
bereavement. Mrs. BROWN died March 15. The funeral was held this
afternoon, and after services the interment was made in the family plot
at Evergreen Cemetery, under direction of Undertaker Thomas H. IRELAND,
of 177 North Sixth street.
MAY GRIFFIN
After an illness of seven months, due to a complication of diseases,
May GRIFFIN, daughter of Mrs. Matthew DYAS and the late Patrick
GRIFFIN, died on Sunday at her home. 194 Pearl street, in her twentieth
year. She was born in the Second Ward, and moved with her parents to
the Fourth ward when 11 years of age, and four years ago was graduated
from St. James' Parochial School. She leaves her mother and two
sisters. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The interment will be made at Calvary Cemetery, under the direction of
Undertakers DOUGHERTY & BUCKLEY, of 256 Jay street.
Ella S. THOMAS, wife of Charles S. THOMAS, died on Sunday morning at
her home, 363A Sixth street. She was born in Boston, July 9, 1852, and
had been a resident of Brooklyn since 1861, except for a period of ten
years, during which time the family was in the West. She was at one
time prominently identified with the choir of St. Peter's P.E. Church
in State street. Besides her husband she is survived by two sons, the
elder of whom, Alfred P., is a member of the non-commissioned staff of
the Thirteenth Regiment, and Everett C., and two daughters, Mrs. C.G.
LORENZ, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. I.M. BAGLEY, of Brooklyn. The funeral
will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late home. The
interment will be made at Greenwood Cemetery. W.H. DALY, of 136 South
street, is the undertaker in charge.
BRIDGET DOODY [duplicate, but more information]
Bridget DOODY, wife of Richard DOODY, a retired business man, died on
Sunday in her sixty-eighth year from a two weeks' illness of pneumonia.
She was born in Ireland and had lived in Brooklyn for thirty years,
the last ten years of which time was spent at her late home, 215
Clarkson street, Flatbush. She is survived by her husband and four
daughters and four sons, two of whom are employed at the post office.
She was a member of the Holy Cross R.C. Church, where a solemn mass of
requiem will be celebrated to-morrow morning at 9:30. The funeral
directions are in charge of Undertakers P. MCCANNA's Sons, of 804
Flatbush avenue.
ALBERT TREMPER
After an illness of five weeks resulting from a complication of
diseases, Albert TREMPER died on Sunday in his forty-ninth year. He
was a lifelong resident of the Twenty-ninth ward, and for the past
three years had been an invalid. He is survived by a widow, Jessie
OSBORNE, a daughter, Minnie, and a sister, Mrs. Annie DARRES. The
funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late
residence, 283 Park avenue. The interment will be made at Evergreen
Cemetery, under the direction of Undertaker William DUNNIGAN, of 201
Park avenue.
ANDRINE RAABSAT
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Andrine RAABSAT from her
late home, 213 Court street. She died on Sunday after an illness of
many months. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour,
on Henry street, and her only survivor is Mrs. WILSON, a cousin. The
interment was made at Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of
Undertakers HALVORSEN & REDLIN, of 319 Court street.
ANN S. GILLOTT
After an illness of about a month Ann S. GILLOTT passed away on Sunday
at her home, 234 Westminster road, Flatbush. She was born in England
and came to Brooklyn when eighteen years old and had resided here ever
since. She is survived by four children. The funeral services will be
held at 8:30 to-night at her late home. The interment will be made
to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock at Greenwood Cemetery under the
direction of J.B. WHEELER, of 549 Franklin avenue.
Ellen TRAYNOR died on Saturday at her home, 426 Clinton street, after a
short illness. She was a member of St. Stephen's R.C. Church, Hicks and
Summit streets, where a solemn requiem mass was celebrated at 10
o'clock this morning.
Mrs. Charles L. TERRY died yesterday in her eightieth year, from
illness incident to old age. The funeral services will be held
to-morrow night at 8 o'clock at her late home, 46 Prospect place.
MICHAEL MICKELSON
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the home of his daughter,
760 Forty-ninth street, for Michael MICKELSON. He died at Cold
Springs, N.Y., after an illness of four days. He was born in the
Province of Oland, Finland, in 1844, and is survived there by a widow,
a son, Michael, and a daughter. He had been employed for a year by the
W.G. BARTLEY Contracting Company. The interment was made at Evergreen
Cemetery, under the direction of Undertaker John T. OATES, of 5207
Fifth avenue.
Mary L. KERR, wife of George N. KERR, died on Saturday at her home,
1627 East Thirteenth street, after a brief illness. The funeral
services will be held to-night at 8 o'clock.
Mary SUHRHOFF, daughter of Louis and Anna PNEISEL, and wife of William
SUHRHOFF, died yesterday at her late home, 60 Hale avenue, after a long
illness. She was thirty-five years old, and had been a lifelong
resident of Brooklyn. She attended St. Peter's Lutheran Church, on
Hale avenue, and besides her husband, she leaves three daughters,
Marion, Helen and Anna; a son, Louis; two sisters, Anna and Lucy, and
two brothers, John and George. The funeral services will be held
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late home, the Rev. Dr.
Arthur BRUNN, of St. Peter's Church, officiating. The interment will
be made in the Lutheran Cemetery, under the direction of George
EHLENBERGER, of 295 Wyckoff avenue.
29 May 1907
DREWS - On Monday, May 27, Sadie DREWS [nee HARROLD], beloved wife of
Louis C. DREWS. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral services from the residence of her mother, Mrs.
HARROLD, 113 Lynch st., on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.
HESLIN - On Monday, May 27, 1907, Thomas P.HESLIN, beloved son of John
HESLIN and late Katie CONNORS, in his 14th year. Relatives and friends
are invited to attend his funeral from his late residence, 77 North
Oxford st., on Thursday, May 30, at 2 P.M. Interment Holy Cross.
KIEVER - After a lingering illness, William KIEVER died on Tuesday, May
28th. The funeral will take place on Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock
from 380 Forty-eighth street. Friends are invited. Interment will be
at Lutheran Cemetery.
MUHLBAUER - On Tuesday, May 28, 1907, Minnie MUHLBAUER, beloved wife of
Gustave MUHLBAUER, in her 32d year. Funeral from her late residence,
157 Bushwick ave., on Friday, May 31, at 2 P.M. Relatives and friends
respectfully invited to attend.
PALMER - Suddenly on Wednesday, May 29, 1907, at her residence, 300
Pulaski street, Mary HOGAN, widow of Richard PALMER. Notice of funeral
hereafter.
SCRYMIGER-CULLEN - Emma, died at her home, 1578 Bergen st; born in
Kildenny, Ireland; age 55. She is survived by her two sons and
daughter, John and Robert GREEN, and Emma BROTHERS. Funeral Thursday,
May 30th, at 2 P.M. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
SWEENEY - William SWEENEY died May 21 at his late residence , 298 Sixth
ave. A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of his
soul at St. Thomas Aquinas' Church, corner Fourth ave. and Ninth st.,
Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Relatives and friends respectfully
invited to attend. Interment in Calvary Cemetery.
MAN KILLED ON THE 'L'; LINE BLOCKED 2 HOURS
GALLAGHER's Head Severed From Body and Drops Into Street-
Motorman Arrested.
Thomas GALLAGHER, of 225 West Forty-fifth street, Manhattan, a track
hand, employed on the Sixth avenue elevated line, was run down and
killed near the Bleecker street station shortly before 10 o'clock this
morning. The body was horribly mangled, the head being severed from
the body and falling into the street.
The forward trucks of the first car were thrown off the track and the
car was prevented from falling into the street only by the guard rail.
The train was bound for Rector street and was filled with Wall street
brokers and down town business men, who were compelled to walk the ties
and face the danger of the third rail for 100 feet to reach the
station. They then proceeded down town on surface cars.
Patrolman McGARRY, of the Mercer street station, sent a call for an
ambulance, but the services of a surgeon were not needed. Capt. Miles
O'REILLY and the reserves of the Mercer street station and half a dozen
members of the traffic squad were soon on the scene to maintain order.
A wrecking car was sent for but did not arrive for half an hour, and it
was fifty minutes before GALLAGHER's body was taken from beneath the
train. The power had to be shut off before the wrecking crew could get
to work and the Sixth avenue line was blocked for nearly two hours.
Edward CLARK, the motorman, was arrested on a charge of homicide.
DIED OF APOPLEXY ON THE MORRO CASTLE
Chief Engineer GARDNER's Body and That of Ensign BRISBIN Brought Here.
The steamer 'Morro Castle', which arrived this morning from Havana,
reports that yesterday at 1:45 A.M., William S. GARDNER, the chief
engineer, was found dead in his room. Death was caused by apoplexy.
Chief Engineer GARDNER was one of the oldest engineers in the employ of
the Ward Line. He was 67 years old and resided in Sixty-second street,
South Brooklyn. The body was brought to port.
On board the 'Morro Castle' was the body of Ensign BRISBIN, who shot
himself on board the United State cruiser 'Tacoma' at Guantanamo.
THOMAS W. SKELLY DEAD.
Thomas W. SKELLY, a prominent baseball manager, died this morning after
an illness of two months at his home, 153 Meserole avenue. He was born
on the East Side in Manhattan and made Brooklyn his home thirty-five
years ago. He was for fifteen years the manager of the SKELLY Athletic
Grounds, Johnson and Gardner avenues, and was one of the Managers'
Protective Association, and belonged to the Eagles. In former years he
played with the Pennsylvania and Connecticut State leagues. The
funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment
at Calvary Cemetery. He is survived by one daughter.
William G. BOURKE, formerly a resident of Glen Cove, and for the past
twenty-five years a resident of Brooklyn, died suddenly on Monday at
his home, 375 Chauncey street. He was foremost in many labor
movements, and was also prominent in fraternal and political
organizations, being well known among the members of the Knights of
Labor, D.A. 49, of which he was a charter member, and D.A. 220, K.L.,
and Local Assembly No. 1562, Iron Hall of Baltimore City, and the
Independent Beneficial Association, and the Royal Oak. He was also one
of the organizers of the Irish National Land League of Glen Cove, the
People's Party and the Social Reform Club. He was born in Tipperary,
Ireland, Feb. 13, 1850, and during his residence in Brooklyn was a
member of Our Lady of Lourdes parish for sixteen years. He is survived
by a widow, Mary R.; three sons, Michael J., John W., and William, and
two daughters, Mamie T. and Mrs. Anna R. LOUGHMAN, of Glen Cove. The
funeral services will be held to-morrow from his late home, and thence
to the Church of the Holy Rosary, on Chauncey street, near Reid avenue,
where a solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated at 10 o'clock for the
repose of his soul, the Rev. Father James MacENROE officiating. The
interment will take place in St. John's Cemetery.
Thomas P. HESLIN, son of John and the late Kate CONNORS HESLIN, died on
Monday after a week's illness at his home, 77 North Oxford street. He
attended P.S. No. 5 and was a member of St. Edward's R.C. Church, on
St. Edwards street. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2
o'clock, with interment at Holy Cross Cemetery under the direction of
J. MCMANUS, of 102 Park avenue.
William SWEENEY died yesterday after a lingering illness at his home,
293 Sixth street. he was for thirty years prominent in the harness
business at 77 Bridge street. He was born in County Waterford,
Ireland, eighty-three years ago and had been a resident of Brooklyn for
half a century. He is mourned by a widow, Anastasia, and three sons
and a daughter. A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated Friday
morning at 10 o'clock at St. Thomas Aquinas' Church, Fourth avenue and
Ninth street, the Rev. Father DONOHUE officiating. Interment at
Calvary Cemetery, under direction of J. MCCLEAN, of 221 York street.
Thomas HARDY died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Agnes
NEVITT, 699 Bushwick avenue. He was seventy-seven years old, a native
of Ireland and a resident of the Fifth Ward for thirty years, all of
which time he was employed by the John ARBUCKLE Company. He was a
member of St.John the Baptist Church, Willoughby and Lewis avenues, and
leaves two daughters, Mrs. Catherine HART and Mrs. NEVITT. The funeral
will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of his
daughter. Interment at Calvary Cemetery. Undertaker in charge is
William McCLEAN, of 77 Hudson avenue.
Barbara HILS died suddenly at her home, 151 Keap street, on Sunday of
heart trouble. Mrs. HILS was born in Germany forty-three years ago,
and came to this country when a young girl. She is survived by one
son. Her husband died several years ago. The funeral was held
yesterday afternoon, and the interment was made at Lutheran Cemetery.
The undertaker in charge was William J. FOLEY, of 270 Marcy avenue.
JOHN SIMMER
After a brief illness, John SIMMER died at his home, 126 Stagg street.
He was born in Germany several years ago, and came to this country in
his early youth. He was a member of several German social
organizations and a veteran of the Civil War, having been a member of
the Sixty-ninth Regiment. He is survived by a widow, Mary, and two
sons and three daughters. The funeral services will be held at his
late home on Friday at 2 P.M., the Rev. John L. HEHR officiating. The
interment will be made in Mount Olivet Cemetery. John LUTZ, of 132
Stagg street, is the undertaker in charge.
Sadie HARROLD DREWS, after a six months illness, died on Monday at her
home, 113 Lynch street. She was in her twenty-eighth year, was a
member of Christ Church, in Bedford avenue, and is survived by her
husband, daughter, mother, two brothers and two sisters. The funeral
services will be held at 8 o'clock to-night. Interment to-morrow at
Lutheran Cemetery under direction of Henry KOHLMEIER, of 329 South
First street.
CATHERINE E. BANKS
Catherine Elizabeth BANKS, wife of William BANKS, died on Monday at her
home, 940 Pacific street, after a brief illness. She had been a
resident of this city for a number of years and was a member of St.
Joseph's Church, Pacific street and Vanderbilt avenue, where a solemn
requiem mass will be celebrated Friday morning at 9:30 , the Rev.
Father P.J. MCNAMARA officiating. The interment will be made in Holy
Cross Cemetery.
Magdalena BINDEWALD died yesterday at her home, 617 Morgan avenue, in
her sixty-fourth year after a lingering illness. She was born in
Germany and is survived by her husband, George, three daughters,
Magdalena, Carrie and Edith- and one son, George, Jr. The funeral will
be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late home. The Rev.
Dr. M.J.H.WALENTA, of the St. Lucas Evangelist Reformed Church, Sutton
street, will officiate. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery, under
direction of John K. WIEGAND, of 207 Nassau street.
Barbara GOEB died yesterday afternoon in St. Peter's Hospital after a
lingering illness. She was born in Brooklyn thirty-six years ago and
was a member of the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, in Nostrand
avenue. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon from her late
home, 304 Stagg street. Interment at Holy Trinity Cemetery.
Undertaker M. DIRKES, of 184 Meeker avenue, is in charge of arrangements.
William MURRAY died at his home, 192 Metropolitan avenue, yesterday of
pneumonia after a short illness. He was born ing Scotland thirty-six
years ago and came to Brooklyn in 1887. He carried on a structural
iron business for many years in the Eastern District. He was a
regular attendant at the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, on Wythe
avenue. He is survived by a widow, one son and one daughter. Funeral
to-morrow morning, at after services interment will be made in the
family plot at Calvary Cemetery, under the direction of Undertaker T.H.
IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
MARY JACOBI
After a prolonged illness Mary JACOBI, widow of John JACOBI, passed
away yesterday at her home, 887 Nostrand avenue. She was in her
fifty-fourth year, and although born in New York City, she had lived in
Brooklyn the greater part of her life. She was a member of St. Francis
Assisi R.C. Church, Lincoln road and Nostrand avenue, and the Rev.
Father WOODS, of that church, will officiate at the funeral services
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at her late home. She is mourned by
four daughters and a son. The interment will take place in Holy Cross
Cemetery under the direction of C.P. JUNG, of 643 DeKalb avenue.
Anna RYAN, who died on Monday at the Kings County Hospital of heart
failure, was born in Ireland about sixty years ago and came to Brooklyn
when a little girl. She was an old resident of the Sixth Ward and a
member of St. Peter's Church, Hicks and Warren streets. The funeral was
held this afternoon from the mortuary chapel of Peter J. DALEY & Son,
438 Hicks street. The interment was made at St. John's Cemetery.
Patrick HARRINGTON, 43 years old, a well known citizen of the Twelfth
Ward, of which he was a lifelong resident, died suddenly on Sunday
night as the result of an accident. He was for a number of years a
member of the Visitation Church, Richards and Verona street. He was
employed as an expressman by the New York Cotton Exchange, succeeding
his father in that capacity and holding the position for the past
twenty-seven years. He is survived by a brother. The funeral will be
held to-morrow afternoon at two o'clock from his late home, 190 Coffey
street. Interment will be made at Holy Cross Cemetery under the
direction of Thomas FORAN, of 506 Court street.
HONORA SHEA
After an illness of seventeen days, Honora SHEA died on Monday at her
home, 154 Adelphi street. She was born in Ireland, and had been a
resident of Brooklyn for the last forty-five years, and was a member of
St. John's Chapel, Greene and Clermont avenue. She is survived by a
son, Timothy, three daughters, Mrs. Catherine FENNELL, Mrs. Margaret
PERKINS and Josephine. A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated
to-morrow morning at 9:30 at St. John's Chapel, and the interment will
follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. T.J. HIGGINS is the undertaker in
charge of arrangements.
George STETSON FORD, son of Samuel I. and Alice G. FORD, died on Monday
at the home of his parents, 214 Halsey street. The funeral will be
held to-morrow night at 8 o'clock.
Margaret GROWNEY, widow of Michael GROWNEY, died on Monday at her home,
57 DeKalb avenue. She was a member of Our Lady of Mercy Church, in
Schermerhorn street, where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated
this morning. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
MARGARET COLGAN SMEATON, wife of Henry SMEATON and daughter of the late
Jane COLGAN, died yesterday at her home, 105 Berkeley place, after a
long illness. She was a member of St. Augustine's Church, Sixth avenue
and Sterling place, for a number of years, and a solemn requiem mass
will be celebrated there Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock.
James C. HOAGLAND died on Sunday at the Baptist Home, Greene and Throop
avenue, of heart failure after an illness of only a few days. He had
been an inmate of the home for three years, and previous to that was
sexton of the Hendricks Street Baptist Church, East New York. He was
born in Ireland, and had lived in Brooklyn forty years, and was by
trade a carpet layer. He is survived by a widow, Jane, and one son.
The funeral was held this morning from the home. Interment at the
First Amboy Cemetery.
30 May 1907
GRAHAM ADMITS HE WAS WITH BECKER
Held for Attack on LUCK Girl, Says He Saw Amelia STAFFELDT Killed.
BECKER TELLS NEW STORY
Says He Hit Girl With Stone and GRAHAM Stabbed Her
Leon GRAHAM, held in Flushing court to-day without bail for attacking
10-year-old Mamie LUCK at Corona yesterday, has admitted that he was
with Henry BECKER when Amelia STUFFELDT was killed at Elmhurst a week ago.
Suspicion that GRAHAM might know something of the STAFFELDT murder was
aroused by his act of yesterday. Investigation of his story tended to
increase suspicion, but it was not until he was taken to the jail in
Long Island City, after being held without bail in Flushing, that he
committed himself and admitted that he was the man who was with BECKER
when they washed their hands at a pump in Elmhurst. He denied killing
the girl, but admitted that he was present at the time BECKER killed
her with the knife. GRAHAM says he was standing behind a tree when
BECKER committed the murder.
BECKER now says that he hit the girl on the head with a stone and that
GRAHAM stabbed her to death.
When GRAHAM was taken to the jail in Long Island City to-day he was in
charge of Deputy Sheriff DE BRAGGA. As soon as he entered the Warden's
office he recognized Warden VAN SICE, and VAN SICE also recognized him
as a man who had served a term in the jail for an unnatural crime.
The warden asked GRAHAM why he was arrested and he said that he had
tried to kill a little girl.
The warden decided to bring BECKER and GRAHAM face to face. He brought
BECKER from his cell and confronted the latter with GRAHAM, but neither
of the men seemed to recognize the other.
Warden VAN SICE tried to draw out from BECKER that he was acquainted
with GRAHAM, but BECKER denied ever having met him.
The attack for which GRAHAM was arrested was made not more than a mile
from the scene of the STAFFELDT girl's murder. Mamie LUCK, daughter of
James LUCK, of Corona, was sent on an errand yesterday afternoon and,
not returning when expected, her father started in search of her. From
the door of his house he saw his daughter in a field with GRAHAM making
an attempt to choke her. Seizing a revolver, he started to his
daughter's rescue. Mounting a horse, LUCK followed through JACKSON
avenue. LUCK had just reached what is known as the Train Meadows road
when he was stopped by Policeman BRUNS, of the Corona station, who took
the horse and followed in the direction GRAHAM had taken.
Just then a Jackson avenue trolley car was passing and the situation
was quickly explained. The passengers jumped from the car and joined
in the chase. GRAHAM was seen to enter a greenhouse on DREYER's farm.
The passengers formed a guard around the greenhouse and Policeman BRUNS
rushed in and nabbed his man. GRAHAM was later arraigned in the
Flushing court, where he pleaded guilty.
GRAHAM said he lived with his mother at 539 Graham avenue, Brooklyn,
and that he was a brother-in-law of John BELL, convicted last week of
the murder of Dr. TOWNSEND on Staten Island. GRAHAM said that on the
afternoon the STAFFELDT girl was murdered he was at home guarding the
house while his mother was in attendance at BELL's trial.
Investigation showed inaccuracies in GRAHAM's story. His mother said
that Leon had left the house before she did on that day and that he
returned after she did. When he came home in the evening there was
nothing unusual about his conduct. He was in nowise excited.
Joseph ENGEL and Adam HUMMEL, who saw two men in the field where Amelia
STAFFELDT was slain, saw GRAHAM at the Corona station, but could not
identify him as the companion of BECKER, who has confessed the crime,
though they said he much resembled him.
The police say a letter carrier named CRYGER, living in Corona, is a
brother-in-law to GRAHAM. CRYGER, it is said, had prevented GRAHAM
getting a job with a circus and GRAHAM had made threats against him,
but nothing had come of them. GRAHAM is said to have spent much time
at the CRYGER house.
GRAHAM was then privately questioned by the Warden regarding the
STAFFELDT murder and admitted that he had seen BECKER stab the
STAFFELDT girl in the head, but declared he himself had nothing to do
with the crime. He also admitted that he was one of the two men who
had washed their hands at the pump at Mrs. SIMONSON's farmhouse.
When BECKER was taken back to his cell he made the statement that he
had hit the STAFFELDT girl with a stone, but that GRAHAM had stabbed her.
NOLAN - Prof. Wm. H., late leader of Wm. H. NOLAN's String and Brass
Orchestra, on Wednesday, May 29, 1907. Funeral on Saturday morning,
June 1, from his late home, 656 Halsey st.; thence to Our Lady of Good
Counsel R.C. Church, Putnam ave., between Ralph and Patchen aves., at
9:30 A.M. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited, also members
of St. Paul's Council, K. of C., also Courts Fort Greene No. 28, F.of
A., National Musical Protective Union 310, and Court St. Clare, Egbert
Circle Camp 31.
DR. R.E. CAMPBELL DEAD.
BUFFALO, May 30.---Dr. R.E. CAMPBELL, once a prominent physician in
this city, whose wife was Helen THORNTON, daughter of one of Buffalo's
wealthiest citizens, died here yesterday practically alone. Dr.
CAMPBELL married Miss THORNTON in 1874, and for many years they were
apparently very happy, but in 1901 Mrs. CAMPBELL sued for divorce,
naming Cora Belle DURHAM, a waitress, as co-respondent. It was
alleged that Dr. CAMPBELL had met Miss DURHAM in David City, Neb. The
young woman made affidavit against him, but subsequently confessed
that she had perjured herself for pay. She had gained admission to Dr.
CAMPBELL's presence by pretending that she desired medical treatment.
Mrs. CAMPBELL's suit was dismissed. She died at 1391 Bedford avenue,
Brooklyn, in 1906.
BOY CRUSHED TO DEATH BY HEAVY COAL TRUCK.
His leg caught in the wheel of a heavy coal truck yesterday afternoon,
Louis CUNIN, six years old, was crushed to death almost in front of
his home in Grafton and Hopkinson avenues, Woodhaven.
The truck was driven by Bernard DAVIS, 29 years old, of 17 Martin
street, East Williamsburg. Unnoticed by the driver, Louis darted
behind the truck, grabbed hold of the rear end and hung on, attempting
to brace his feet against the spring underneath. In doing so his
right leg entered between the spokes of one of the rear wheels. As his
body was dragged forward and whirled about with the wheel the child
emitted a piercing shriek, which attracted the attention of several
persons walking near by. The driver of the truck was unaware of what
had happened and for a hundred feet the helpless child was whirled
about with every revolution of the wheel. John KRESS, of Cypress
avenue and Willow street, Richmond Hill, after calling to the driver to
stop the truck, rushed to the little fellow's assistance. When KRESS
had extricated the body from the wheel spokes it was found that the
child was dead, the wheel having passed over him.
George L. WILSON died on Tuesday in Concord, N.H., in his thirty-fifth
year, after a lingering illness. He was the son of David and Jane
TAYLOR WILSON; was born in Brooklyn and as a boy lived in the Twentieth
ward. Later he lived in New Rochelle for five years and for the past
year he had been at the Pembroke Sanitarium, New Hampshire. He was for
many years connected with the Harlem News Company. He is survived by
his parents, his father being one of the directors of the American News
Company; and his brother, James M. WILSON, manager of the Nassau and
Harlem New Company, and a sister, Mrs. Gertrude PARKHILL. The funeral
services will be held to-night at 8 o'clock from the home of his
brother, James WILSON, 143 Clinton street. The interment will be made
to-morrow morning at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
Abigail BURTON, widow of Ralph BURTON, died suddenly on Tuesday from a
stroke of apoplexy. She was born in Albany County and had been a
resident of the Park Slope section for thirty-five years. She
recovered from a stroke of apoplexy about a year ago and since then had
had two, the second of which was fatal. She was for thirty years a
member of the Greenwood Baptist Church, Seventh avenue and Sixth
street. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William H. McCABE, and
Mrs. A.G. HEMPHILL, and two grandsons, Ralph H. McCABE and E.W.
HEMPHILL, and one great-grandson, Ralph William McCABE. The funeral
was held this afternoon from the residence of her grandson, Ralph H.
McCABE, 238 Windsor place. The Rev. Dr. Robert Bruce HULL, ex-pastor
of the Greenwood Baptist Church, officiated. The interment will be
made at Locust Cemetery, Greenville, Greene County, N.Y.
Margaret V.G. KELLY died at her home, 352 South First street, on
Tuesday evening, of pneumonia, after a brief illness. She was born in
the Eastern District twenty years ago and was a regular attendant at
the Church of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Leonard and Maujer
streets, and a member of the Rosary Society. She is survived by her
husband, William KELLY; her father, Michael GARTLAND; four sisters,
Mrs. Charles JOHNSTONE, Mrs. Frank KELLY, Mrs. Louis BURNETT, Mrs.
M.J. GAYNOR, and five brothers, Hugh, James, William, Michael and
Officer John E. GARTLAND, of the Fifty-seventh precinct. The funeral
will take place on Saturday morning from the Church of St. Mary and
after a solemn requiem mass by the Rev. Father CROWLEY, the interment
will be made in the family plot at St. John's Cemetery, under the
direction of Undertaker Thomas H. IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
Catherine SPELLMAN died on Tuesday at her home, 134 Dikeman street. She
had resided in the Twelfth Ward all her life and was a member of the
Church of the Visitation. A brother, Peter, and three sisters, Mary
VAN AIKEN, Margaret FOX and Annie DAWSON, survive her. The funeral
will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock.. SCHUFELT AND STROBEL,
of 384 Van Brunt street, have charge of the arrangements.
Francis W. DORAN, youngest son of Thomas and Mary DORAN, died at the
family residence, 162 Bedford avenue, yesterday of pneumonia after a
brief illness. He was born in the Eastern District. Mr. and Mrs.
DORAN, who are well known in Catholic Church circles, have the sympathy
of their many friends in their bereavement. The funeral will take
place to-morrow afternoon and the interment will be made in the family
plot at Calvary Cemetery under the direction of Undertaker Thomas H.
IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
PATRICK M. DUNN
Old age was the cause of the death of Patrick M. DUNN yesterday at his
home, 74 Woodhull street. He was born in Ireland in 1823 and had lived
in Brooklyn for forty-five years. To-night at 9:30 the remains will be
sent to Oneida County, where interment will be made to-morrow at St.
Patrick's Cemetery. Undertaker McMAHON, of 124 Summit street, has
charge of the arrangements.
Celia EMER died yesterday at her home, 124 Raymond street, after a
brief illness. She was a member of St.Edward's R.C. Church and is
survived by her parents, three brothers, and two sisters. The funeral
will be held to-morrow, with interment at Holy Cross Cemetery under
direction of DOYLE & KENNY, of 152 York street.
Adolph E. HOECKER died at the Norwegian Hospital on Tuesday. He was
born in Hamburg, Germany, thirty-five years ago, and was in the jewelry
business in Manhattan. His home was in Forty-sixth street.
Mary HOGAN PALMER, widow of Richard PALMER, died yesterday at her home,
300 Pulaski street. The funeral will be held at 9:30 o'clock to-morrow
morning from the Church of St. John the Baptist, Lewis and Willoughby
avenues. J.H. FARRELL's Sons, of 296 Jay street, have charge of the
arrangements.
Catherine J. WESTERVELT, widow of Isaac H. WESTERVELT, died on Tuesday
in her eighty-sixth year at her home, 41 Oakland street. The funeral
services will be held at 8:30 o'clock to-morrow night.
OLIVER C. ISBELL
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Oliver CHURCH ISBELL at
his home, 1242 Fulton street. He was in his seventy-ninth year and had
lived the greater part of his life in Brooklyn.
Augusta DYETT died on Tuesday at her home, 22 Herkimer street. The
funeral services will be held to-morrow morning at half-past eleven at
Trinity Church.
MRS. LEOPOLD KAISER
After an illness of five months from diabetes, Mrs. Leopold KAISER died
yesterday at her home, 378 Van Buren street. She was born on March 16,
1845, and had been a resident of Brooklyn for the past twelve years. A
husband and two daughters survive her. Funeral services will be held
to-morrow evening. Interment will be made Saturday morning at Lutheran
Cemetery. Frederick H. BUZ, of 102 Reid avenue, is in charge of the
arrangements.
Richard STOCTON ROBERTS, an importer of 10 Washington place, Manhattan,
died yesterday at his home, 260 Clinton avenue. The funeral services
will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The interment will be
made at Greenwood Cemetery.
Edward PLATT died yesterday at his home, 479 McDonough street, after a
brief illness. He is mourned by a widow, Rachel A. CONNOR PLATT. The
funeral services will be held to-morrow night at 8 o'clock.
George L. WILSON died on Tuesday in Concord, N.H., in his thirty-fifth
year, after a lingering illness. He was the son of David and Jane
TAYLOR WILSON; was born in Brooklyn and as a boy lived in the Twentieth
ward. Later he lived in New Rochelle for five years and for the past
year he had been at the Pembroke Sanitarium, New Hampshire. He was for
many years connected with the Harlem News Company. He is survived by
his parents, his father being one of the directors of the American News
Company; and his brother, James M. WILSON, manager of the Nassau and
Harlem New Company, and a sister, Mrs. Gertrude PARKHILL. The funeral
services will be held to-night at 8 o'clock from the home of his
brother, James WILSON, 143 Clinton street. The interment will be made
to-morrow morning at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
Abigail BURTON, widow of Ralph BURTON, died suddenly on Tuesday from a
stroke of apoplexy. She was born in Albany County and had been a
resident of the Park Slope section for thirty-five years. She
recovered from a stroke of apoplexy about a year ago and since then had
had two, the second of which was fatal. She was for thirty years a
member of the Greenwood Baptist Church, Seventh avenue and Sixth
street. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William H. McCABE, and
Mrs. A.G. HEMPHILL, and two grandsons, Ralph H. McCABE and E.W.
HEMPHILL, and one great-grandson, Ralph William McCABE. The funeral
was held this afternoon from the residence of her grandson, Ralph H.
McCABE, 238 Windsor place. The Rev. Dr. Robert Bruce HULL, ex-pastor
of the Greenwood Baptist Church, officiated. The interment will be
made at Locust Cemetery, Greenville, Greene County, N.Y.
Margaret V.G. KELLY died at her home, 352 South First street, on
Tuesday evening, of pneumonia, after a brief illness. She was born in
the Eastern District twenty years ago and was a regular attendant at
the Church of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Leonard and Maujer
streets, and a member of the Rosary Society. She is survived by her
husband, William KELLY; her father, Michael GARTLAND; four sisters,
Mrs. Charles JOHNSTONE, Mrs. Frank KELLY, Mrs. Louis BURNETT, Mrs.
M.J. GAYNOR, and five brothers, Hugh, James, William, Michael and
Officer John E. GARTLAND, of the Fifty-seventh precinct. The funeral
will take place on Saturday morning from the Church of St. Mary and
after a solemn requiem mass by the Rev. Father CROWLEY, the interment
will be made in the family plot at St. John's Cemetery, under the
direction of Undertaker Thomas H. IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
Catherine SPELLMAN died on Tuesday at her home, 134 Dikeman street. She
had resided in the Twelfth Ward all her life and was a member of the
Church of the Visitation. A brother, Peter, and three sisters, Mary
VAN AIKEN, Margaret FOX and Annie DAWSON, survive her. The funeral
will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock.. SCHUFELT AND STROBEL,
of 384 Van Brunt street, have charge of the arrangements.
Francis W. DORAN, youngest son of Thomas and Mary DORAN, died at the
family residence, 162 Bedford avenue, yesterday of pneumonia after a
brief illness. He was born in the Eastern District. Mr. and Mrs.
DORAN, who are well known in Catholic Church circles, have the sympathy
of their many friends in their bereavement. The funeral will take
place to-morrow afternoon and the interment will be made in the family
plot at Calvary Cemetery under the direction of Undertaker Thomas H.
IRELAND, of 177 North Sixth street.
PATRICK M. DUNN
Old age was the cause of the death of Patrick M. DUNN yesterday at his
home, 74 Woodhull street. He was born in Ireland in 1823 and had lived
in Brooklyn for forty-five years. To-night at 9:30 the remains will be
sent to Oneida County, where interment will be made to-morrow at St.
Patrick's Cemetery. Undertaker McMAHON, of 124 Summit street, has
charge of the arrangements.
Celia EMER died yesterday at her home, 124 Raymond street, after a
brief illness. She was a member of St.Edward's R.C. Church and is
survived by her parents, three brothers, and two sisters. The funeral
will be held to-morrow, with interment at Holy Cross Cemetery under
direction of DOYLE & KENNY, of 152 York street.
Adolph E. HOECKER died at the Norwegian Hospital on Tuesday. He was
born in Hamburg, Germany, thirty-five years ago, and was in the jewelry
business in Manhattan. His home was in Forty-sixth street.
Mary HOGAN PALMER, widow of Richard PALMER, died yesterday at her home,
300 Pulaski street. The funeral will be held at 9:30 o'clock to-morrow
morning from the Church of St. John the Baptist, Lewis and Willoughby
avenues. J.H. FARRELL's Sons, of 296 Jay street, have charge of the
arrangements.
Catherine J. WESTERVELT, widow of Isaac H. WESTERVELT, died on Tuesday
in her eighty-sixth year at her home, 41 Oakland street. The funeral
services will be held at 8:30 o'clock to-morrow night.
OLIVER C. ISBELL
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Oliver CHURCH ISBELL at
his home, 1242 Fulton street. He was in his seventy-ninth year and had
lived the greater part of his life in Brooklyn.
Augusta DYETT died on Tuesday at her home, 22 Herkimer street. The
funeral services will be held to-morrow morning at half-past eleven at
Trinity Church.
MRS. LEOPOLD KAISER
After an illness of five months from diabetes, Mrs. Leopold KAISER died
yesterday at her home, 378 Van Buren street. She was born on March 16,
1845, and had been a resident of Brooklyn for the past twelve years. A
husband and two daughters survive her. Funeral services will be held
to-morrow evening. Interment will be made Saturday morning at Lutheran
Cemetery. Frederick H. BUZ, of 102 Reid avenue, is in charge of the
arrangements.
Richard STOCTON ROBERTS, an importer of 10 Washington place, Manhattan,
died yesterday at his home, 260 Clinton avenue. The funeral services
will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The interment will be
made at Greenwood Cemetery.
Edward PLATT died yesterday at his home, 479 McDonough street, after a
brief illness. He is mourned by a widow, Rachel A. CONNOR PLATT. The
funeral services will be held to-morrow night at 8 o'clock.
WILLIAM H. NOLAN [more extensive obituary]
William H. NOLAN, one of the best-known musicians in this part of the
country and for forty-five years the director of the famous string and
brass orchestra named after him, died on Wednesday after an operation
which was performed after an illness of two months. He was born in the
old City of New York, but had made Brooklyn his home since childhood.
He was an old resident and a respected neighbor in the old Tenth Ward,
in recent years residing at 656 Halsey street. He was familiarly known
in the musical world as "Our Favorite" and was one of the prime movers
in the struggle to consolidate the musicians of New York City. He was
one of the organizers of the St. Paul's Council, Knights of Columbus,
and of the Court of Fort Greene Council, Foresters of America. He was
also an active member of the National Musical Protective Union and
belonged to Court St. Claire, Egbert Circle, Camp No. 31. He is
survived by two sons---John J. and William H., Jr.---and one daughter,
Mrs. William DUVAL. His oldest son, John J. NOLAN, who has been
identified with his father in music for the last twenty-five years,
will probably continue in the line that was the life work of his
father. A solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated to-morrow morning
at 9:30 o'clock in the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Putnam
avenue, between Ralph and Patchen avenues, with which church Mr. NOLAN
recently affiliated himself, although he was an old-time member of St.
Paul's R.C. Church, at Court and Congress streets. The funeral
arrangement are under the direction of Undertaker Frank E. WHITE, of
140 Bergen street.
JOSEPH W. KNAPP
Related to a number of prominent Brooklyn families, Joseph W. KNAPP
died on Wednesday after a severe illness of long duration, which
developed into pneumonia. He was 84 years old. Born in Rochester, for
forty years he had lived in Brooklyn, making his home at 354 Classon
avenue. He had retired from active business for many years. He was
the son of Anna KNAPP, brother of the late Mrs. Benjamin GRIMSHAW,
uncle of Mrs. Amelia K. WING, Mrs. Lillian GRIMSHAW KEITKAMP, Miss
Janet and Julia A. KEMPSHALL. Services were held at the home of
relatives, 295 Clermont avenue, this afternoon, the Rev. Robert W.
ANTHONY, of the Lafayette Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment
will be made in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of the National
Funeral Company, of 15 Greene avenue.
Jane Josephine McTAGUE died on Wednesday at her home, 70 Erasmus
street, after an illness of six months. She was in her twenty-fourth
year and a lifelong resident of Flatbush. She was a member of Holy
Cross Church and of the Sodality Society. She is survived by her
mother, Mary Jane, widow of Patrick McTAGUE; four brothers and three
sisters. A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated to-morrow morning at
9:30 at the Holy Cross Church. The interment will be made at Holy
Cross Cemetery, under the direction of P.MCCANNA Sons, of 798 Flatbush avenue.
John McMAHON, who died on Wednesday at his home, 240 Henry street,
Manhattan, was well known in Brooklyn. He was in his eighty-fourth
year and is survived by two sons--Joseph and Frank---and one daughter,
Delia. The funeral will be held at 2:30 P.M. to-morrow, with interment
at Calvary Cemetery. J.B. MORROW, of Bedford avenue, is the undertaker
in charge.
Mary SHORT, born October 1, 1889, died yesterday at her home, 37 St.
Johns place, after a brief illness. She had lived in Brooklyn all her
life and was a member of St. Francis Xavier R.C. Church, Sixth avenue
and Carroll street and of the Xaverians and the Sodality Society of
that church. A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated to-morrow
morning at St.Francis Xavier Church at 9 o'clock, the Rev. Father
HICKEY, officiating. The interment will be made in Greenwood Cemetery
under the direction of Undertaker T.H. MULLEN, of 257 Sixth avenue.
HENRY COPPINGER
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Henry COPPINGER at his
late residence, 496 Sterling place. He died on Wednesday after a short
illness. He was 33 years old and had been a lifelong resident of the
Ninth Ward. For a number of years he was a member of St. Teresa's
parish. He is survived by a brother and a sister. The funeral
arrangements were under the direction of Undertakers McMAHON & McKEON,
of 542 Union street.
Emma HAUSLER, daughter of Franz and the late Marie HAUSLER, died on
Wednesday of nephritis after a brief illness. She was born in Brooklyn
Dec. 4, 1886, and had always lived here. She was a member of the First
German Presbyterian Church, East Williamsburg. The funeral will be
held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late home, 69 Atlantic
street, Maspeth. Undertaker John J. LUTZ, of 132 Stagg street, has
charge of the arrangements.
31 May 1907
William H. TRIPP died yesterday at his home, 03 Monroe street. The
funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Joshua HORWOOD, brother of William HORWOOD, of St. Johns, New Zealand,
died suddenly yesterday at his home, 488 Warren street, where the
funeral will be held on Sunday. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
Mary DAVISON, wife of James DAVISON, died yesterday of bronchial
pneumonia, in her thirty-eighth year. She was born in Ireland and had
been a resident of Greenpoint for twenty years. She was a member of
St. Anthony's Church, Manhattan avenue and Milton street, and leaves
her husband and two children. The funeral will be held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late home, 225 Kent street. Interment
at Calvary Cemetery under the direction of Undertaker John McELROY, of
949 Manhattan avenue.
Susan STOUGHTON HALL, wife of Frank G. HALL, died to-day in her
thirty-fourth year at her home, 881 East Twenty-first street, Flatbush.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Lawrence F. MULLINS, son the Roger H. and Mary R. MULLINS, died
yesterday at his home, 229 Park avenue. The funeral will be held at
2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. H.
CONLEY'S SONS, of 268 Myrtle avenue, are the undertakers in charge.
James HARRITY, Sr., died yesterday in his fiftieth year after an
illness of two months at the home of his daughter, Mrs. McKENNA, 177
Java street. He was born in Ireland and was in the carpentering
business in Greenpoint for thirty-five years. He was a member of St.
Anthony's Church, Manhattan avenue and Milton street, and belonged to
the societies connected with the church. He lost his wife, Ellen,
about four years ago, and is survived by four daughters and two sons.
A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated to-morrow morning at 9:30 at
St. Anthony's Church, the Rev. Father O'HARE officiating, and the
interment will follow in the family plot at Calvary Cemetery. John J.
GALLAGHER's Sons, of 215 North Eighth street are the undertakers in charge.
Mary E. WALSH died on Wednesday in her forty-sixth year after a brief
illness. She was born in the Sixth Ward and resided there until
several years ago, when she removed to South Brooklyn. She was a
graduate of the Visitation Convent on Clinton avenue, and in recent
years attended St. Stanislaus Church. Her father, William J. DAVIS,
who died some time ago, was a well-known painter. She is survived by
her husband, Edward, a photo engraver. The funeral will be held
to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 from her late home, 346 Fourteenth street,
to the chapel of Holy Cross Cemetery, where services will be held, the
Rev. Father WOODS officiating. The arrangements are in charge of
Undertakers LYMAN & PURVIS, of 503 Fourth avenue.
Ernest RAYMOND, a native of Nova Scotia and a resident of Brooklyn for
ten years, died yesterday at his home in Bath Beach. He was a builder
and is survived by a widow and two daughters. The remains will be
buried to-morrow at Beaver River, Nova Scotia. Undertakers MENDENHALL
& Co., of Borough Park, have charge of the arrangements.
RAYMOND FAUROT
Funeral services were held this morning for Raymond FAUROT, who died as
the result of an accident on Wednesday. He was born at Highland Falls,
N.Y. He lived at 4105 Fort Hamilton avenue and is survived by his
parents, two sisters and two brothers. The interment will be made at
Highland Falls Cemetery. The funeral directions are in charge of
MENDENHALL & Co., of Borough Park.
William COUSIN died on Tuesday in his fifty-sixth year, of nephritis at
his home, 228 Second avenue, Manhattan, after an illness of two months.
He was born in Ireland and lived in Brooklyn for many years, recently
moving to Manhattan. He is survived by a widow, Mary, and a daughter,
Jennie, and two sons, William and Edward. The last named is a
policeman. The funeral arrangements are under the direction of
Undertaker Edward FAULKNER, of 173 Russell street.
Transcriber: Marilyn Wright
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