HERMAN HEITZMAN
West Point, Nebraska
Mrs. Dovey Heitzman, 44 years old, wife of Herman Heitzman, jeweler at West Point, Nebr., leaped to instantaneous death out of a seventh story window of the Brandeis building, Omaha, Nebr., Thursday afternoon. She struck the pavement in the alley behind the Omaha National Bank building. Mrs. Heitzman had been suffering from a nervous disease brought about by continual brooding over the accidental death of her eldest son 10 years ago on a farm north of West Point, where they formerly lived. For two weeks she had been in St. Bernard hospital, Council Bluffs, for treatment. Yesday, when her husband visited her, she requested to be taken for an outing about the Omaha stores, and Mr. Heitzman agreed, thinking the change would benefit her. In the Brandeis stores Mrs. Heitzman excused herself from her husband and entered a lavatory on the seventh floor. Mr. Heitzman, knowing her mental condition, asked a colored janitress of the building to watch the woman, but no sooner had his wife entered the room than she opened a window and leaped out. She struck on her head in the alleyway between 16th and 17th Sts.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 29th January 1919
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Re: Some Macabre Stories of the Silver Trade
ABRAHAM GALLANT
St. Louis
William Townley, 29 years old, was found guilty by a jury in the Criminal court of the murder of Abraham Gallant, a retired jeweler, and was sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary. The crime was committed March 7. Townley was employed by Gallant, who reprimanded him for getting drunk and Townley struck him on the head with a piece of wood. He then robbed Gallant, taking $50 from his pocket.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 24th October 1917
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St. Louis
William Townley, 29 years old, was found guilty by a jury in the Criminal court of the murder of Abraham Gallant, a retired jeweler, and was sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary. The crime was committed March 7. Townley was employed by Gallant, who reprimanded him for getting drunk and Townley struck him on the head with a piece of wood. He then robbed Gallant, taking $50 from his pocket.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 24th October 1917
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Re: Some Macabre Stories of the Silver Trade
DEKRAN P. PROODIAN & SON (See above post for further detail)
Providence, Rhode Island
JEWELER MURDERED
Dekran P. Proodian Shot and Instantly Killed–Police Arrest Alleged Criminal After an Exciting Chase
Providence, R. I., Oct. 26.–Dekran P. Proodian, retail jeweler at 158 N. Main St., this city, was shot and instantly killed in his store yesterday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock by a young man who entered the place with the intention of committing robbery. Francis E. Weaver, alias McDonald, 30 years of age, was arrested within half an hour, after an exciting chase by a group of boys and men, led by the murdered man's son.
At Police Headquarters, Weaver is alleged to have told the inspectors that he shot Mr. Proodian; that he and his former partner held up a number of men in the saloon of August Berger, in Huntington Ave., last Monday night, and that they held up a saloon in Pawtucket three weeks ago.
Weaver, who is a native of Providence and lived in the vicinity of where the murder was committed, was being sought by the police inspectors for the Huntington Ave. holdup, after property found in Weaver's boarding place was identified as having been stolen from a man in Berger's saloon at the time two men with revolvers stood patrons against the wall and robbed them and the cash register. Weaver at the time of the murder of Mr. Proodian wore a false moustache, but was recognized by the police inspectors even before it was removed.
To Chief Inspector Maguire, Weaver, it is claimed, said he went into Mr. Proodian's store to get a watch that he had left there several hours before to be repaired. He said that he and the proprietor had words and that the latter grasped him by the left wrist. Then Weaver said that he lost control of his temper and, drawing his revolver, fired twice, as near as he could remember.
Mardiros Proodian, son of the dead man and a partner in the business, which is conducted under the style of Dekran P. Proodian & Son, was just returning from his lunch and was crossing N. Main St. to the jewelry store when he noticed a man standing inside the door with the door shut. As he approached the door he says he saw the man inside the store, whom he later identified as Weaver, put two watches in his pocket. Weaver held the door closed as the proprietor's son attempted to enter, then suddenly throwing it open started to leave. Young Mr. Proodian asked the man where his father was, to which Weaver is said to have replied that Mr. Proodian had stepped out for a moment.
By this time the young man had noticed his father's body lying on the floor behind the counter and turned to lock the door so as to hold the intruder until he could call the police. Weaver, it is said, pulled a large .38 caliber revolver from his hip pocket and, placing it against the son's breast, ordered him to stand aside and keep his mouth shut. Only by stepping quickly away when the revolver was pointed at him did the young man avoid being shot. Weaver then hurriedly left the store, followed by the victim's son, who chased him into N. Main St. and down Haymarket, calling "Stop that man."
Police Captain William S. Kent, who was passing in his motor car, heard the shouts, and. seeing the chase, started up N. Main St. He succeeded in heading Weaver off, while several men and boys who were chasing the fugitive were fast overtaking him in spite of the latter's threat to shoot. A colored youth disarmed Weaver as Captain Kent jumped from his machine and arrested the alleged slayer.
Weaver was sent immediately to the Central Station, handcuffed between two patrolmen, where he was held until the chief inspector examined him. In the Sixth District Court this morning Weaver pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder and was held for trial on Nov. 10, without bail.
Mr. Proodian was shot twice in the breast by a .38 calibre revolver, one bullet piercing the heart, although four bullets were found to have been fired when the police examined the weapon, after Weaver's arrest. The police believe that the alleged murderer intended to rob Mr. Proodian, who was believed to have a considerable sum of money in the store during business hours, as Weaver carried a large satchel, which he had purchased only a few hours before.
An examination of Mr. Proodian's body by the medical examiner disclose that the weapon was held so close to him that the clothing was smoke stained and burned, indicating that the shot had been fired at close range, if not held against the body. There were no signs of any struggle in the store, indicating that the proprietor had been taken completely by surprise. He fell behind the showcase and died instantly.
Mr. Proodian was born in Harpoot, Armenia, in 1864, and conducted a jewelry shop in that city from his boyhood until 1910. He was married in 1880 to Princess Kanem G. Tashjian, by whom he had six children, four of whom died in infancy. He saved his own and other families during the wholesale massacres in Nov., 1896, through the assistance of Turkish friends.
In 1910 he came to America, opening a retail store at Worcester, Mass., where he remained until Oct., 1912, when he removed to this city, and, with his son, opened the store on N. Main St., where he was shot. Among other relatives he has a brother, who is a retail jeweler in Worcester, and a cousin, who is an optician at Boston.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 30th October 1918
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Providence, Rhode Island
JEWELER MURDERED
Dekran P. Proodian Shot and Instantly Killed–Police Arrest Alleged Criminal After an Exciting Chase
Providence, R. I., Oct. 26.–Dekran P. Proodian, retail jeweler at 158 N. Main St., this city, was shot and instantly killed in his store yesterday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock by a young man who entered the place with the intention of committing robbery. Francis E. Weaver, alias McDonald, 30 years of age, was arrested within half an hour, after an exciting chase by a group of boys and men, led by the murdered man's son.
At Police Headquarters, Weaver is alleged to have told the inspectors that he shot Mr. Proodian; that he and his former partner held up a number of men in the saloon of August Berger, in Huntington Ave., last Monday night, and that they held up a saloon in Pawtucket three weeks ago.
Weaver, who is a native of Providence and lived in the vicinity of where the murder was committed, was being sought by the police inspectors for the Huntington Ave. holdup, after property found in Weaver's boarding place was identified as having been stolen from a man in Berger's saloon at the time two men with revolvers stood patrons against the wall and robbed them and the cash register. Weaver at the time of the murder of Mr. Proodian wore a false moustache, but was recognized by the police inspectors even before it was removed.
To Chief Inspector Maguire, Weaver, it is claimed, said he went into Mr. Proodian's store to get a watch that he had left there several hours before to be repaired. He said that he and the proprietor had words and that the latter grasped him by the left wrist. Then Weaver said that he lost control of his temper and, drawing his revolver, fired twice, as near as he could remember.
Mardiros Proodian, son of the dead man and a partner in the business, which is conducted under the style of Dekran P. Proodian & Son, was just returning from his lunch and was crossing N. Main St. to the jewelry store when he noticed a man standing inside the door with the door shut. As he approached the door he says he saw the man inside the store, whom he later identified as Weaver, put two watches in his pocket. Weaver held the door closed as the proprietor's son attempted to enter, then suddenly throwing it open started to leave. Young Mr. Proodian asked the man where his father was, to which Weaver is said to have replied that Mr. Proodian had stepped out for a moment.
By this time the young man had noticed his father's body lying on the floor behind the counter and turned to lock the door so as to hold the intruder until he could call the police. Weaver, it is said, pulled a large .38 caliber revolver from his hip pocket and, placing it against the son's breast, ordered him to stand aside and keep his mouth shut. Only by stepping quickly away when the revolver was pointed at him did the young man avoid being shot. Weaver then hurriedly left the store, followed by the victim's son, who chased him into N. Main St. and down Haymarket, calling "Stop that man."
Police Captain William S. Kent, who was passing in his motor car, heard the shouts, and. seeing the chase, started up N. Main St. He succeeded in heading Weaver off, while several men and boys who were chasing the fugitive were fast overtaking him in spite of the latter's threat to shoot. A colored youth disarmed Weaver as Captain Kent jumped from his machine and arrested the alleged slayer.
Weaver was sent immediately to the Central Station, handcuffed between two patrolmen, where he was held until the chief inspector examined him. In the Sixth District Court this morning Weaver pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder and was held for trial on Nov. 10, without bail.
Mr. Proodian was shot twice in the breast by a .38 calibre revolver, one bullet piercing the heart, although four bullets were found to have been fired when the police examined the weapon, after Weaver's arrest. The police believe that the alleged murderer intended to rob Mr. Proodian, who was believed to have a considerable sum of money in the store during business hours, as Weaver carried a large satchel, which he had purchased only a few hours before.
An examination of Mr. Proodian's body by the medical examiner disclose that the weapon was held so close to him that the clothing was smoke stained and burned, indicating that the shot had been fired at close range, if not held against the body. There were no signs of any struggle in the store, indicating that the proprietor had been taken completely by surprise. He fell behind the showcase and died instantly.
Mr. Proodian was born in Harpoot, Armenia, in 1864, and conducted a jewelry shop in that city from his boyhood until 1910. He was married in 1880 to Princess Kanem G. Tashjian, by whom he had six children, four of whom died in infancy. He saved his own and other families during the wholesale massacres in Nov., 1896, through the assistance of Turkish friends.
In 1910 he came to America, opening a retail store at Worcester, Mass., where he remained until Oct., 1912, when he removed to this city, and, with his son, opened the store on N. Main St., where he was shot. Among other relatives he has a brother, who is a retail jeweler in Worcester, and a cousin, who is an optician at Boston.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 30th October 1918
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Re: Some Macabre Stories of the Silver Trade
SAMUEL G. STINESS
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Death of an Old-Time Jewelry Manufacturer
Pawtucket, R. I., Nov. 6.–Samuel G. Stiness was struck by a locomotive at the Broad St. crossing last evening and instantly killed. He endeavored to cross the tracks after the gates were down, but slipping, fell beneath the locomotive which mangled his body beyond recognition.
Samuel George Stiness was the son of the late Phillip Bessow Stiness and was a native of Smithfield, R. I., where he was born 65 years ago. At an early age he learned the, jewelry business and for a few years previous to the breaking out of the war was a manufacturer of jewelry in Providence. He gave up this business in 1861 and enlisted and served as a dispatch bearer until he was disabled and compeled to leave the service.
The deceased was regarded as an eminent authority upon all matters bearing on gas or electric lighting. He was vice-president of the National Association of Gas Engineers. He occupied a high rank in Masonic circles and was a past presiding officer of the various branches of this fraternity.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 14th November 1894
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Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Death of an Old-Time Jewelry Manufacturer
Pawtucket, R. I., Nov. 6.–Samuel G. Stiness was struck by a locomotive at the Broad St. crossing last evening and instantly killed. He endeavored to cross the tracks after the gates were down, but slipping, fell beneath the locomotive which mangled his body beyond recognition.
Samuel George Stiness was the son of the late Phillip Bessow Stiness and was a native of Smithfield, R. I., where he was born 65 years ago. At an early age he learned the, jewelry business and for a few years previous to the breaking out of the war was a manufacturer of jewelry in Providence. He gave up this business in 1861 and enlisted and served as a dispatch bearer until he was disabled and compeled to leave the service.
The deceased was regarded as an eminent authority upon all matters bearing on gas or electric lighting. He was vice-president of the National Association of Gas Engineers. He occupied a high rank in Masonic circles and was a past presiding officer of the various branches of this fraternity.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 14th November 1894
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ANDREW H. SCHILLING
Oswego, New York
The Shocking Death of Andrew H. Schilling
Syracuse, N. Y., Nov 6.–A fatality of unusual sadness in all its details occurred at the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad station in this city at 5.30 o'clock, Saturday afternoon. While attempting to board a moving passenger train, Andrew H. Schilling, a prominent jeweler of Oswego, was thrown under the rear coach and instantly killed, the wheels passing over his neck and practically severing the head from the body.
Mr. Schilling came to Syracuse Saturday morning with his cousin. He had made arrangements with Joseph Seymour's Sons & Co. to go to work for them at an early date. An eye witness of the accident says that Mr. Schilling came rushing out of the station just as the train was moving away. He grabbed one of the hand guards on the front steps of the rear coach and at that moment the train gave a sudden jerk and Schilling was thrown directly under the wheels. The body was removed to Mullin's morgue in the dead wagon, a delegation from the Syracuse Lodge of Elks taking care of the remains.
Andrew H.Schilling was born in Oswego, 30 years ago and lived with his widowed mother and a sister, on the east side. He was employed in Wendell's jewelry store in Oswego for nine years. On the death of jeweler Fred Mongin, he bought Mr. Mongin's business and conducted it for seven years, up to last July. He then sold out his business, having in view his connection with the Seymours, in this city. Mr. Schilling was soon to be married to Miss Carrie Mitchell, daughter of Edward Mitchell, ex-Mayor of Oswego.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 14th November 1894
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Oswego, New York
The Shocking Death of Andrew H. Schilling
Syracuse, N. Y., Nov 6.–A fatality of unusual sadness in all its details occurred at the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad station in this city at 5.30 o'clock, Saturday afternoon. While attempting to board a moving passenger train, Andrew H. Schilling, a prominent jeweler of Oswego, was thrown under the rear coach and instantly killed, the wheels passing over his neck and practically severing the head from the body.
Mr. Schilling came to Syracuse Saturday morning with his cousin. He had made arrangements with Joseph Seymour's Sons & Co. to go to work for them at an early date. An eye witness of the accident says that Mr. Schilling came rushing out of the station just as the train was moving away. He grabbed one of the hand guards on the front steps of the rear coach and at that moment the train gave a sudden jerk and Schilling was thrown directly under the wheels. The body was removed to Mullin's morgue in the dead wagon, a delegation from the Syracuse Lodge of Elks taking care of the remains.
Andrew H.Schilling was born in Oswego, 30 years ago and lived with his widowed mother and a sister, on the east side. He was employed in Wendell's jewelry store in Oswego for nine years. On the death of jeweler Fred Mongin, he bought Mr. Mongin's business and conducted it for seven years, up to last July. He then sold out his business, having in view his connection with the Seymours, in this city. Mr. Schilling was soon to be married to Miss Carrie Mitchell, daughter of Edward Mitchell, ex-Mayor of Oswego.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 14th November 1894
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JAMES J. HAAG
Orange, New Jersey
A high mass of requiem was held last week at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, West Orange, for Albin Martin, who died at his home, 466 Burnside St., Orange, of heart disease, said to have been made acute by grief over the death of his son, Camille Martin, who was electrocuted at Trenton on Sept. 15, 1920, for the murder of James J. Haag, an Orange jeweler. The elder Martin went to his death believing that his son was innocent of the murder of the Orange jeweler. This belief is said to shared by Camille's mother and by his sister, Mrs. J. Elias, of Orange. Mr. Haag was murdered in his store in Cone St., on Friday night, Feb. 8, 1918. As he lay dying from a bullet wound, the murderer took a diamond stud from his shirt and then robbed the store. Although the murder was early in the evening the slayer escaped. He was arrested several weeks later.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 3rd August 1921
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Orange, New Jersey
A high mass of requiem was held last week at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, West Orange, for Albin Martin, who died at his home, 466 Burnside St., Orange, of heart disease, said to have been made acute by grief over the death of his son, Camille Martin, who was electrocuted at Trenton on Sept. 15, 1920, for the murder of James J. Haag, an Orange jeweler. The elder Martin went to his death believing that his son was innocent of the murder of the Orange jeweler. This belief is said to shared by Camille's mother and by his sister, Mrs. J. Elias, of Orange. Mr. Haag was murdered in his store in Cone St., on Friday night, Feb. 8, 1918. As he lay dying from a bullet wound, the murderer took a diamond stud from his shirt and then robbed the store. Although the murder was early in the evening the slayer escaped. He was arrested several weeks later.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 3rd August 1921
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JAMES GALLIMORE
Gallimore & Sons, Sheffield
Much less fortunate has been the termination to an accident to Mr. James Gallimore, of the firm of Gallimore and Sons, another well-known house in the silver trade. Mr. Gallimore was mounting to the top of the Heeley omnibus while it was in motion, when losing his balance he fell heavily on his head, sustaining such injury that death ensued shortly afterwards.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st January 1890
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Gallimore & Sons, Sheffield
Much less fortunate has been the termination to an accident to Mr. James Gallimore, of the firm of Gallimore and Sons, another well-known house in the silver trade. Mr. Gallimore was mounting to the top of the Heeley omnibus while it was in motion, when losing his balance he fell heavily on his head, sustaining such injury that death ensued shortly afterwards.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st January 1890
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BROWN
English Watch Co., Birmingham
One of the foremen of the English Watch Co., Villa Street, (Mr. Brown), committed suicide last week by jumping from a railway bridge in front of a passing train. The cause is said to be a notice of reduction in wages of the employes of the firm, and this so affected the deceased as to cause this sad result. He leaves a widow and one child.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st August 1887
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English Watch Co., Birmingham
One of the foremen of the English Watch Co., Villa Street, (Mr. Brown), committed suicide last week by jumping from a railway bridge in front of a passing train. The cause is said to be a notice of reduction in wages of the employes of the firm, and this so affected the deceased as to cause this sad result. He leaves a widow and one child.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st August 1887
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Re: Some Macabre Stories of the Silver Trade
HELMUTH SCHMIDT (a.k.a. ULLRICH)
Berlin - New York - Newark - Detroit
MURDERER COMMITS SUICIDE
Helmulh Schmidt, Formerly a Jeweler in Germany, Takes His Own Life After Confessing to Murder of Augusta Steinbach
Detroit, Mich., April 26.–Helmuth Schmidt, alias Ullrich and several other names, who was formerly the proprietor of a high grade jewelry store in Berlin, Germany, and who fled from that country in 1913 on the secret information that a world war was coming, which would necessitate his serving as a reservist in the German army, killed himself in a cell at the Highland Park, Mich, police station on Tuesday, April 23, after confessing that he murdered Miss Augusta Steinbach, a New York milliner, whom he lured to Detroit, with gifts of costly jewelry and a promise of marriage.
From investigations made by the Wayne and Oakland county officials Schmidt, was a modern Bluebeard, who lured at least three women to their death with false promises of marriage, and who is believed to have been guilty of a list of other crimes. He used the jewelry taken from his victims to lure other young women to their death.
After coming to New York in the late fall of 1913, Schmidt followed his usual vocation of jeweler, finding employment in factories in New York and Newark. He took the pains, however, to change his name to Ullrich, that he might not be nabbed by the German consuls, and pressed into the service of the Kaiser as a German reservist.
Schmidt was not only an expert gem dealer, but he also was proficient as a jewelry worker. He came of the rich class of Germany but hated the ruling classes of the Fatherland. His first year in America was spent in the jewelry factories of Newark and New York. In order to cover up his identity, however, he abandoned his work as jeweler, and came to Detroit, where he worked in an automobile factory.
When his home was searched by the sheriff's office, many fine and delicate tools of the jewelry worker's art, were found concealed in secret places about his elegant bungalow, at Royal Oak, Mich., a suburb of Detroit.
It was under the porch of his Royal Oak bungalow that Schmidt secreted the body of Miss Steinbach. He dug up the body after four months and burned the pieces in his furnace, later burning the bones in his yard. Parts of these have been recovered. All these sordid features were included in his hasty confession.
A few hours later–while he was supposed to be eating his evening meal in his cell–he crouched beneath the hinged bed in his cell and brought down its steel end on his skull, crashing out his brains.
Schmidt was employed as an expert toolmaker in the plant of the Ford Motor Co., at Highland Park, at the time of his arrest. His arrest was hastened by the suspicion of neighbors that Schmidt was a German spy. When Federal agents searched the cellar of Schmidt's home they found the three trunks belonging to the murdered Miss Steinbach.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1918
A TANGLED ESTATE
Litigation Over Property of Bankrupt Pontiac, Wis., Jeweler, Now Dead, Who Was a Modern Bluebeard
Detroit. Mich., August 3.—Considerable interest has been manifested by local jewelers in the hearing this week before Judge Ross Stockwell in the Oakland County Probate Court, at Pontiac, Mich., into the estate of the late Hellmuth Schmidt, the bankrupt jeweler of Berlin, Germany, who committed suicide in the Highland Park, Mich., jail, after murdering several women whom he had lured to his home by matrimonial advertisements in a New York German newspaper.
Before his suicide Schmidt confessed to the killing of Miss Augusta Steinbach of New York and to burying her body under the porch of his bungalow in Royal Oak, Mich., after burning parts of the body. After his death the Detroit police unearthed the body of Miss Irma Pallatinus under the concrete floor of Schmidt's first home at 418 Glendale Ave., Highland Park. Schmidt was also supposed to have murdered his first wife before he left Germany.
Under the decision of Judge Stockwell it is declared that Mrs. Adele Ulrich-Braum, a bookkeeper, also of New York, is the legal widow of Schmidt, and entitled to the widow's allowance. A legal battle was precipitated some time ago over the disposition of the Schmidt estate with the entry of Mrs. Anna Hocke Switt of New York, who claimed that Hellmuth Shmidt was the man who was married to her Dec. 16, 1914, two weeks before he married Mrs. Braun under the name of Emil Braun.
Declaring it his belief that the handwriting of John Switt on the marriage license issued to Switt to marry Anna Hocke Switt was not that of Hellmuth Schmidt, the modern Bluebeard, Judge Stockwell decided Mrs. Braun was the legal widow of Schmidt. The handwriting of both Schmidt and Switt were shown in court.
In connection with the pictures of Schmidt that were introduced with testimony at the hearing Mrs. Braun said that Schmidt was always very careful about the care of his pictures, and had given her positive injunctions that none of them were to ever go out of the house. For days she carried pictures of Schmidt in her hat to show to relatives, as at that time she was growing suspicious of Schmidt. Had she not been of a more skeptic mind she fears that Schmidt would have murdered her also, she says. Instead, finding she was too alert, he deserted her, taking with him $3,500 of her money.
Among the pictures introduced was a negative of a photograph of the Schmidt jewelry store on a prominent street of Berlin. It was this negative which had much, to do, with tracing the antecedents of Schmidt and revealing his crooked business career in the German capital before he fled to America to escape service in the Kaiser's army—and also to escape his creditors.
Mrs. Braun lays claim to much of the jewelry which Schmidt had in his possession at the time of his arrest. Among this jewelry is a large number of loose diamonds, rings, mounted diamond jewelry, and costly necklaces, most of which he is thought to have brought from his bankrupt stock in Berlin.
Many articles of jewelry, it appears, were passed from Schmidt to each of his vistims in turn. Among these are several pieces of jewelry that are claimed by Gertrude Schmidt, daughter of the Bluebeard, but which Mrs. Braun claims were given to her and should be rightly considered as her property.
An agreement as to full distribution of the personal effects of Schmidt, over which there has been considerable contention between Mrs. Ullrich-Braun, the legal widow; Mrs. Helen Tietz Schmidt, living with Schmidt as his wife at the time of his suicide, and Miss Gertrude Schmidt, daughter of the murderer, was finally reached this week between all the parties. Final disposition of the matter is being held up until word is received from New York concerning what action Mrs. Anna Hocke Switt may take. Whether the latter will decide to appeal the case through her attorney, Ralph Keeling, is not known.
It is understood that Mrs. Helen Schmidt will be allowed to retain possession of the Royal Oak property and the $2,000 insurance money left by Schmidt. In fact this insurance money had already been paid to her before Judge Stockwell declared Mrs. Ullrich-Braun, the legal widow. Gertrude Schmidt is to receive $400 in cash from Mrs. Schmidt, as well as certain pieces of furniture and a set of silver that was in the Schmidt family long before the murderer knew any of his victims in this country.
While everything in the case appears settled, pending the result of Mrs. Switt's action, another angle to the case may be opened, it is said, in reference to the insurance money. The policy for $2,000 was made payable to the wife of Schmidt. The court has officially designated Mrs. Ullrich-Braun as the legal widow, thus forcing Mrs. Helen Schmidt from any consideration as far as having anything to do with a widow's allowance or an estate inheritance is concerned.
Attorney Harry Keidan, of Detroit, representing Mrs. Braun, is said to have notified the insurance companies not to make any payments on the Schmidt policies until the matter has been properly settled. Payment has been made, however, to Mrs. Schmidt of the $2,000 policy. Just what may develop in the way of a battle between Mrs. Braun and Mrs. Schmidt for the other insurance moneys, now that Mrs. Braun has been declared the legal widow, is an interesting question.
The property at 418 Glendale Ave., Highland Park, is also proving a puzzle to the attorneys. The Schmidt equity in it is valued at about $1,000. Considerable repair work will be necessary to make it a renting or sale possibility. At present it is vacant and liable to be for some time because of its being generally known that it was in the basement of this house that Schmidt buried the body of Irma Pallatinus, the body remaining under the cement floor in the cellar over two years.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 7th August 1918
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Berlin - New York - Newark - Detroit
MURDERER COMMITS SUICIDE
Helmulh Schmidt, Formerly a Jeweler in Germany, Takes His Own Life After Confessing to Murder of Augusta Steinbach
Detroit, Mich., April 26.–Helmuth Schmidt, alias Ullrich and several other names, who was formerly the proprietor of a high grade jewelry store in Berlin, Germany, and who fled from that country in 1913 on the secret information that a world war was coming, which would necessitate his serving as a reservist in the German army, killed himself in a cell at the Highland Park, Mich, police station on Tuesday, April 23, after confessing that he murdered Miss Augusta Steinbach, a New York milliner, whom he lured to Detroit, with gifts of costly jewelry and a promise of marriage.
From investigations made by the Wayne and Oakland county officials Schmidt, was a modern Bluebeard, who lured at least three women to their death with false promises of marriage, and who is believed to have been guilty of a list of other crimes. He used the jewelry taken from his victims to lure other young women to their death.
After coming to New York in the late fall of 1913, Schmidt followed his usual vocation of jeweler, finding employment in factories in New York and Newark. He took the pains, however, to change his name to Ullrich, that he might not be nabbed by the German consuls, and pressed into the service of the Kaiser as a German reservist.
Schmidt was not only an expert gem dealer, but he also was proficient as a jewelry worker. He came of the rich class of Germany but hated the ruling classes of the Fatherland. His first year in America was spent in the jewelry factories of Newark and New York. In order to cover up his identity, however, he abandoned his work as jeweler, and came to Detroit, where he worked in an automobile factory.
When his home was searched by the sheriff's office, many fine and delicate tools of the jewelry worker's art, were found concealed in secret places about his elegant bungalow, at Royal Oak, Mich., a suburb of Detroit.
It was under the porch of his Royal Oak bungalow that Schmidt secreted the body of Miss Steinbach. He dug up the body after four months and burned the pieces in his furnace, later burning the bones in his yard. Parts of these have been recovered. All these sordid features were included in his hasty confession.
A few hours later–while he was supposed to be eating his evening meal in his cell–he crouched beneath the hinged bed in his cell and brought down its steel end on his skull, crashing out his brains.
Schmidt was employed as an expert toolmaker in the plant of the Ford Motor Co., at Highland Park, at the time of his arrest. His arrest was hastened by the suspicion of neighbors that Schmidt was a German spy. When Federal agents searched the cellar of Schmidt's home they found the three trunks belonging to the murdered Miss Steinbach.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st May 1918
A TANGLED ESTATE
Litigation Over Property of Bankrupt Pontiac, Wis., Jeweler, Now Dead, Who Was a Modern Bluebeard
Detroit. Mich., August 3.—Considerable interest has been manifested by local jewelers in the hearing this week before Judge Ross Stockwell in the Oakland County Probate Court, at Pontiac, Mich., into the estate of the late Hellmuth Schmidt, the bankrupt jeweler of Berlin, Germany, who committed suicide in the Highland Park, Mich., jail, after murdering several women whom he had lured to his home by matrimonial advertisements in a New York German newspaper.
Before his suicide Schmidt confessed to the killing of Miss Augusta Steinbach of New York and to burying her body under the porch of his bungalow in Royal Oak, Mich., after burning parts of the body. After his death the Detroit police unearthed the body of Miss Irma Pallatinus under the concrete floor of Schmidt's first home at 418 Glendale Ave., Highland Park. Schmidt was also supposed to have murdered his first wife before he left Germany.
Under the decision of Judge Stockwell it is declared that Mrs. Adele Ulrich-Braum, a bookkeeper, also of New York, is the legal widow of Schmidt, and entitled to the widow's allowance. A legal battle was precipitated some time ago over the disposition of the Schmidt estate with the entry of Mrs. Anna Hocke Switt of New York, who claimed that Hellmuth Shmidt was the man who was married to her Dec. 16, 1914, two weeks before he married Mrs. Braun under the name of Emil Braun.
Declaring it his belief that the handwriting of John Switt on the marriage license issued to Switt to marry Anna Hocke Switt was not that of Hellmuth Schmidt, the modern Bluebeard, Judge Stockwell decided Mrs. Braun was the legal widow of Schmidt. The handwriting of both Schmidt and Switt were shown in court.
In connection with the pictures of Schmidt that were introduced with testimony at the hearing Mrs. Braun said that Schmidt was always very careful about the care of his pictures, and had given her positive injunctions that none of them were to ever go out of the house. For days she carried pictures of Schmidt in her hat to show to relatives, as at that time she was growing suspicious of Schmidt. Had she not been of a more skeptic mind she fears that Schmidt would have murdered her also, she says. Instead, finding she was too alert, he deserted her, taking with him $3,500 of her money.
Among the pictures introduced was a negative of a photograph of the Schmidt jewelry store on a prominent street of Berlin. It was this negative which had much, to do, with tracing the antecedents of Schmidt and revealing his crooked business career in the German capital before he fled to America to escape service in the Kaiser's army—and also to escape his creditors.
Mrs. Braun lays claim to much of the jewelry which Schmidt had in his possession at the time of his arrest. Among this jewelry is a large number of loose diamonds, rings, mounted diamond jewelry, and costly necklaces, most of which he is thought to have brought from his bankrupt stock in Berlin.
Many articles of jewelry, it appears, were passed from Schmidt to each of his vistims in turn. Among these are several pieces of jewelry that are claimed by Gertrude Schmidt, daughter of the Bluebeard, but which Mrs. Braun claims were given to her and should be rightly considered as her property.
An agreement as to full distribution of the personal effects of Schmidt, over which there has been considerable contention between Mrs. Ullrich-Braun, the legal widow; Mrs. Helen Tietz Schmidt, living with Schmidt as his wife at the time of his suicide, and Miss Gertrude Schmidt, daughter of the murderer, was finally reached this week between all the parties. Final disposition of the matter is being held up until word is received from New York concerning what action Mrs. Anna Hocke Switt may take. Whether the latter will decide to appeal the case through her attorney, Ralph Keeling, is not known.
It is understood that Mrs. Helen Schmidt will be allowed to retain possession of the Royal Oak property and the $2,000 insurance money left by Schmidt. In fact this insurance money had already been paid to her before Judge Stockwell declared Mrs. Ullrich-Braun, the legal widow. Gertrude Schmidt is to receive $400 in cash from Mrs. Schmidt, as well as certain pieces of furniture and a set of silver that was in the Schmidt family long before the murderer knew any of his victims in this country.
While everything in the case appears settled, pending the result of Mrs. Switt's action, another angle to the case may be opened, it is said, in reference to the insurance money. The policy for $2,000 was made payable to the wife of Schmidt. The court has officially designated Mrs. Ullrich-Braun as the legal widow, thus forcing Mrs. Helen Schmidt from any consideration as far as having anything to do with a widow's allowance or an estate inheritance is concerned.
Attorney Harry Keidan, of Detroit, representing Mrs. Braun, is said to have notified the insurance companies not to make any payments on the Schmidt policies until the matter has been properly settled. Payment has been made, however, to Mrs. Schmidt of the $2,000 policy. Just what may develop in the way of a battle between Mrs. Braun and Mrs. Schmidt for the other insurance moneys, now that Mrs. Braun has been declared the legal widow, is an interesting question.
The property at 418 Glendale Ave., Highland Park, is also proving a puzzle to the attorneys. The Schmidt equity in it is valued at about $1,000. Considerable repair work will be necessary to make it a renting or sale possibility. At present it is vacant and liable to be for some time because of its being generally known that it was in the basement of this house that Schmidt buried the body of Irma Pallatinus, the body remaining under the cement floor in the cellar over two years.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 7th August 1918
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EDWARD GOTSCH
Gotsch Jewelry Co., St. Louis
ROBBER DIES IN HOSPITAL
Police Character Shot by St. Louis Jeweler Succumbs to Wounds and Jeweler Is in a Serious Condition
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 16.–Leo Giesecke, 20 years old, a police character, died in the city hospital early Monday from bullet wounds inflicted by Edward Gotsch, proprietor of the Gotsch Jewelry Co., whom Giesecke and another man attempted to hold up in his office, 629 Arcade building, at 10 o'clock Sunday morning. Gotsch was shot in the neck and in the right hand, and is in a serious condition in the hospital.
Gotsch is a former special agent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and is a deputy constable of Bonhomme Township, Stl Louis County. At the hospital Gotsch was not permitted to talk to any length, but told briefly of his encounter with the robbers.
"I was sitting at my desk," he said, "when two men came up to me and said 'Stick 'em up.' I seized my revolver and fired, but I am not sure whether I got in the first shot or the other did.
"The man who was killed was the one who came closest to me but I think more than likely it was the other man who shot me. I grappled with the one who came near me and got his revolver away from him. But the only gun I remember firing was my own."
Giesecke had 11 wounds in the body, according to physicians who examined him in the hospital. Comparison of the wounds, with the weapons found seems to indicate that every shot fired by Gotsch took effect. Eleven shots had been fired from two weapons belonging to Gotsch, seven of the shots being from an automatic pistol and four from a revolver. Another automatic belonging to Gotsch and another revolver, not his property, neither of which had been fired, were found. The police believe the weapon with which Gotsch was shot, was carried away by the other robber.
Giesecke, after being shot, staggered into the hallway and went through a window to the fire escape where he collapsed, a few steps below the sixth-floor landing and lay screaming for help. His cries and the shots brought two policemen, who found him and found Gotsch lying on the floor in his office.
The robber who escaped is believed to have descended the inner stairway of the building, at least as far as the second floor. Attorney Hiram N. Moore, former Judge of the Court of Criminal Correction, was in the hallway on the third floor, on his way to an office, when he heard the shots. Soon afterward he saw a man descending the stairs from the fourth floor and Moore asked him where the shooting had been.
"Sixth floor," said the man: "You had better hurry up there," and he darted down the stairs to the second floor. The police believe the man seen by Moore was the fleeing robber.
Giesecke was conscious and said his name was Dalton. He was identified by relatives with whom he lived. He has been arrested on suspicion several times and the police were looking for him in connection with the inquiry into the killing of a watchman on a street car last May.
Mr. Gotsch has become paralyzed from his chest down and is in a critical condition. He was shot twice in the right hand and in the throat. The bullet in the throat entered the spinal canal and is the cause of the paralysis.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 20th September 1922
Follow-up:
SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS
St. Louis Jeweler, Who Was Shot by Robber, Dies After a Long Fight for Life
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 17.—Wounds received in an encounter with robbers who attempted to hold up his jewelry store in the Arcade building on Sept. 10 caused the death yesterday of Edward Gotsch, 35 years old. 3801 Labadie Ave.
Leo Giesecke, 3216 N. 11th St., one of the robbers, who was shot 11 times in the chest and back by Mr. Gotsch. died the next morning at the City Hospital. Giesecke shot Gotsch twice. One bullet penetrated the right hand and the other struck him in the neck, injuring the spinal cord and paralyzing him. Mr. Gotsch was operated on at the Missouri Baptist Hospital and later removed to his home where he died.
According to the story told by Gotsch to the police, he was seated at his desk in his store. Room 629, Arcade building, when Giesecke and another man entered. Mr. Gotsch said Giesecke flourished a revolver and ordered him to throw up his hands, but said instead of complying, he snatched up his own weapon and began firing. Giesecke returned the fire.
The Arcade association, an organization of the various business enterprises in the Arcade building, drafted a set of resolutions to be presented to the family of the deceased. He is survived by his widow and two small sons and his parents. The funeral will be hold Saturday at 2 P.M. with interment at Valhalla Cemetery.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd November 1922
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Gotsch Jewelry Co., St. Louis
ROBBER DIES IN HOSPITAL
Police Character Shot by St. Louis Jeweler Succumbs to Wounds and Jeweler Is in a Serious Condition
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 16.–Leo Giesecke, 20 years old, a police character, died in the city hospital early Monday from bullet wounds inflicted by Edward Gotsch, proprietor of the Gotsch Jewelry Co., whom Giesecke and another man attempted to hold up in his office, 629 Arcade building, at 10 o'clock Sunday morning. Gotsch was shot in the neck and in the right hand, and is in a serious condition in the hospital.
Gotsch is a former special agent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and is a deputy constable of Bonhomme Township, Stl Louis County. At the hospital Gotsch was not permitted to talk to any length, but told briefly of his encounter with the robbers.
"I was sitting at my desk," he said, "when two men came up to me and said 'Stick 'em up.' I seized my revolver and fired, but I am not sure whether I got in the first shot or the other did.
"The man who was killed was the one who came closest to me but I think more than likely it was the other man who shot me. I grappled with the one who came near me and got his revolver away from him. But the only gun I remember firing was my own."
Giesecke had 11 wounds in the body, according to physicians who examined him in the hospital. Comparison of the wounds, with the weapons found seems to indicate that every shot fired by Gotsch took effect. Eleven shots had been fired from two weapons belonging to Gotsch, seven of the shots being from an automatic pistol and four from a revolver. Another automatic belonging to Gotsch and another revolver, not his property, neither of which had been fired, were found. The police believe the weapon with which Gotsch was shot, was carried away by the other robber.
Giesecke, after being shot, staggered into the hallway and went through a window to the fire escape where he collapsed, a few steps below the sixth-floor landing and lay screaming for help. His cries and the shots brought two policemen, who found him and found Gotsch lying on the floor in his office.
The robber who escaped is believed to have descended the inner stairway of the building, at least as far as the second floor. Attorney Hiram N. Moore, former Judge of the Court of Criminal Correction, was in the hallway on the third floor, on his way to an office, when he heard the shots. Soon afterward he saw a man descending the stairs from the fourth floor and Moore asked him where the shooting had been.
"Sixth floor," said the man: "You had better hurry up there," and he darted down the stairs to the second floor. The police believe the man seen by Moore was the fleeing robber.
Giesecke was conscious and said his name was Dalton. He was identified by relatives with whom he lived. He has been arrested on suspicion several times and the police were looking for him in connection with the inquiry into the killing of a watchman on a street car last May.
Mr. Gotsch has become paralyzed from his chest down and is in a critical condition. He was shot twice in the right hand and in the throat. The bullet in the throat entered the spinal canal and is the cause of the paralysis.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 20th September 1922
Follow-up:
SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS
St. Louis Jeweler, Who Was Shot by Robber, Dies After a Long Fight for Life
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 17.—Wounds received in an encounter with robbers who attempted to hold up his jewelry store in the Arcade building on Sept. 10 caused the death yesterday of Edward Gotsch, 35 years old. 3801 Labadie Ave.
Leo Giesecke, 3216 N. 11th St., one of the robbers, who was shot 11 times in the chest and back by Mr. Gotsch. died the next morning at the City Hospital. Giesecke shot Gotsch twice. One bullet penetrated the right hand and the other struck him in the neck, injuring the spinal cord and paralyzing him. Mr. Gotsch was operated on at the Missouri Baptist Hospital and later removed to his home where he died.
According to the story told by Gotsch to the police, he was seated at his desk in his store. Room 629, Arcade building, when Giesecke and another man entered. Mr. Gotsch said Giesecke flourished a revolver and ordered him to throw up his hands, but said instead of complying, he snatched up his own weapon and began firing. Giesecke returned the fire.
The Arcade association, an organization of the various business enterprises in the Arcade building, drafted a set of resolutions to be presented to the family of the deceased. He is survived by his widow and two small sons and his parents. The funeral will be hold Saturday at 2 P.M. with interment at Valhalla Cemetery.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd November 1922
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THOMAS MATTHEWS
High Street, Shrewsbury
While in a state of temporary insanity, Mr. Thomas Matthews, watchmaker and jeweller, of High Street, Shrewsbury, committed suicide last month by taking cyanide of potassium.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st June 1888
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High Street, Shrewsbury
While in a state of temporary insanity, Mr. Thomas Matthews, watchmaker and jeweller, of High Street, Shrewsbury, committed suicide last month by taking cyanide of potassium.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st June 1888
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JOHN W. CLARK
Opelousas, Louisiana
John W. Clark, prominent jeweler of Opelousas, La., and member of the board of aldermen from the fourth ward of that town, was found dead in his bathroom July 6. The body was badly decomposed when discovered and it is reported that there were contusions on it. Mr. Clark was a Mason, an Elk, a Woodman of the World, Columbian Woodman, a member of the Eastern Star and of the local fire department. He was a native of Mississippi and 41 years of age. He leaves a widow, a brother who was formerly mayor of Palmetto, La., and a father residing in Mississippi. The funeral took place July 7 from the Methodist Church.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 20th July 1921
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Opelousas, Louisiana
John W. Clark, prominent jeweler of Opelousas, La., and member of the board of aldermen from the fourth ward of that town, was found dead in his bathroom July 6. The body was badly decomposed when discovered and it is reported that there were contusions on it. Mr. Clark was a Mason, an Elk, a Woodman of the World, Columbian Woodman, a member of the Eastern Star and of the local fire department. He was a native of Mississippi and 41 years of age. He leaves a widow, a brother who was formerly mayor of Palmetto, La., and a father residing in Mississippi. The funeral took place July 7 from the Methodist Church.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 20th July 1921
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JAMES H. MULVEY
Theodore W. Foster & Bro. Co.
Death of James H. Mulvey Providence, R. I., Aug. 2.–James H. Mulvey, of 1059 Narragansett Boulevard, Edgewood, who had been associated with the Theodore W. Foster & Bro. Co., manufacturing jewelers, 100 Richmond St., in various confidential and executive capacities for the past 14 years, died last Monday night at the Rhode Island Hospital from injuries received when struck by an automobile on Broad St., near Montgomery Ave., on Wednesday of last week. Mr. Mulvey was crossing the street when the automobile struck him hurling him to the ground and rendering him unconscious. He was removed to the hospital in an ambulance where it was found that several bones had been fractured and internal injuries received.
Mr. Mulvey was for several years connected with the Verley Fruit Co., of Jamaica, with offices in New York and this city and when the local office was discontinued Mr. Foster, who was financially interested in the Verley company, engaged Mr. Mulvey to enter the employ of the Theo. W. Foster & Bro. Co. as a cost accountant. That was in 1905 and Mr. Mulvey devoted himself to the duties of that position for several years, later being made assistant superintendent of the factory, a position which he held at the time of his death.
He was a son of the late James H. and Maria Mulvey and leaves a wife and several children. He was a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Paul's R. C. Church, Edgewood, and of Providence Council No. 95, Knights of Columbus.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th August 1919
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Theodore W. Foster & Bro. Co.
Death of James H. Mulvey Providence, R. I., Aug. 2.–James H. Mulvey, of 1059 Narragansett Boulevard, Edgewood, who had been associated with the Theodore W. Foster & Bro. Co., manufacturing jewelers, 100 Richmond St., in various confidential and executive capacities for the past 14 years, died last Monday night at the Rhode Island Hospital from injuries received when struck by an automobile on Broad St., near Montgomery Ave., on Wednesday of last week. Mr. Mulvey was crossing the street when the automobile struck him hurling him to the ground and rendering him unconscious. He was removed to the hospital in an ambulance where it was found that several bones had been fractured and internal injuries received.
Mr. Mulvey was for several years connected with the Verley Fruit Co., of Jamaica, with offices in New York and this city and when the local office was discontinued Mr. Foster, who was financially interested in the Verley company, engaged Mr. Mulvey to enter the employ of the Theo. W. Foster & Bro. Co. as a cost accountant. That was in 1905 and Mr. Mulvey devoted himself to the duties of that position for several years, later being made assistant superintendent of the factory, a position which he held at the time of his death.
He was a son of the late James H. and Maria Mulvey and leaves a wife and several children. He was a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Paul's R. C. Church, Edgewood, and of Providence Council No. 95, Knights of Columbus.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th August 1919
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SIMON MASSELL
Providence, Rhode Island
Monday morning of this week Simon Massell, a jeweler, until a short time ago in the employ of the Ostby & Barton Company, stabbed his wife with a three-inch blade clasp knife. The affair took place at the residence of Mrs. Massell's father, where the young woman had gone after separating from her husband a few days previous. The stabbing was said to be the result of jealousy on the part of the husband, who was arrested before he had an opportunity to escape. Mrs. Massell was taken to the Rhode Island Hospital, but the chances are against her recovery, in which case the husband will be called to answer to the charge of murder.
Source: The Jewelers Review - 5th April 1899
S. Massell To Be Charged With Murder.–Simon Massell, who, several weeks ago. stabbed his wife on Gay street, will have to answer to a charge of murder. Mrs. Massell dying the past week.
Source: The Jewelers Review - 28th June 1899
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Providence, Rhode Island
Monday morning of this week Simon Massell, a jeweler, until a short time ago in the employ of the Ostby & Barton Company, stabbed his wife with a three-inch blade clasp knife. The affair took place at the residence of Mrs. Massell's father, where the young woman had gone after separating from her husband a few days previous. The stabbing was said to be the result of jealousy on the part of the husband, who was arrested before he had an opportunity to escape. Mrs. Massell was taken to the Rhode Island Hospital, but the chances are against her recovery, in which case the husband will be called to answer to the charge of murder.
Source: The Jewelers Review - 5th April 1899
S. Massell To Be Charged With Murder.–Simon Massell, who, several weeks ago. stabbed his wife on Gay street, will have to answer to a charge of murder. Mrs. Massell dying the past week.
Source: The Jewelers Review - 28th June 1899
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CHARLES DOORLY
B. A. Dittman & Co., New York
Charles Doorly, 34 Cooper St., New York, a jewelry salesman for B. A. Dittman & Co., 149 Church St., New York, accompanied by Henry H. Benton, of 514 W. 136th St., New York, also a salesman for the Dittman company, went to the barber shop of Frank Capolla, at 427 Orange St., to collect on jewelry sold to Capolla on the installment plan some time ago. Although the amount sought was only 35 cents, Capolla refused to pay it and an argument ensued, in the course of which Capolla seized a pair of shears and stabbed Doorly in the groin. Benton assisted the injured man to the car and started in quest of a physician. They were directed to the Newark Private Hospital on Roseville Ave. After Doorly was examined by the physicians at the hospital they would not let him go until the full extent of his injuries were known. Detectives from the. Fifth precinct station took Benton to the station as a material witness. Immediately after the stabbing Capolla disappeared.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 24th May 1922
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B. A. Dittman & Co., New York
Charles Doorly, 34 Cooper St., New York, a jewelry salesman for B. A. Dittman & Co., 149 Church St., New York, accompanied by Henry H. Benton, of 514 W. 136th St., New York, also a salesman for the Dittman company, went to the barber shop of Frank Capolla, at 427 Orange St., to collect on jewelry sold to Capolla on the installment plan some time ago. Although the amount sought was only 35 cents, Capolla refused to pay it and an argument ensued, in the course of which Capolla seized a pair of shears and stabbed Doorly in the groin. Benton assisted the injured man to the car and started in quest of a physician. They were directed to the Newark Private Hospital on Roseville Ave. After Doorly was examined by the physicians at the hospital they would not let him go until the full extent of his injuries were known. Detectives from the. Fifth precinct station took Benton to the station as a material witness. Immediately after the stabbing Capolla disappeared.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 24th May 1922
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NAT KAISER
Atlanta
PAYS DEATH PENALTY
Frank B. DuPre, Youthful Bandit Who Shot Detective After Stealing Diamond, Dies on the Gallows
Atlanta, Ga.–Frank B. DuPre, 19-year old "Peachtree Bandit" who killed Pinkerton Detective Irby C. Walker and almost mortally wounded City Comptroller B. Graham West, December 15 last in the theft of a $2,300 diamond from the Peachtree St. jewelry store of Nat Kaiser, died on the gallows of the Fulton County Tower Sept. 1 for his crime.
DuPre had gotten away with a valuable stone belonging to Davis & Freeman, Whitehall St. jewelers, a few days before the Nat Kaiser robbery. He used the same method of daylight robbery in both cases, although he was not called on for gun play in the first robbery.
The boy bandit went into the Nat Kaiser store a short time before Christmas, 1921, heavily armed for the purpose of taking a large stone which was on display in a window. Thousands of Christmas shoppers thronged the streets and witnessed the robbery, the murder, and the running fight in Peachtree St., in which Mr. West was wounded twice and several others miraculously escaped the bandit's bullets.
The young man was neatly dressed and of favorable appearance. He asked for the most costly stone in the store. The ring was taken from the window and placed in his hand. No sooner had it touched his fingers than DuPre darted for the door. Here he was intercepted by the Pinkerton detective, who was guarding the store. DuPre pulled his gun and shot the detective dead.
The young bandit then fled through the crowd on Peachtree St. to the entrance of the Kimball House. In the lobby of the hotel he turned on his pursuers, wounding one and shooting through the clothing of another.
The bandit eluded the crowd, which had become confused by the shooting, and spent several hours in Atlanta before hiring a taxicab to flee to a city in Tennessee. During this time he disposed of the ring to an Atlanta broker and made arrangements for his girl sweetheart to register at a leading hotel under his name until later.
DuPre was captured in Detroit a few days later by F. E. Fenn, of the Atlanta Pinkerton office. Mr. Fenn appeared at all of DuPre's hearings and pleaded for the death sentence for the bandit at a final hearing before Governor Thomas W. Hardwick. The Pinkertons were responsible largely for the despatch with which the bandit was captured and hanged, in return for the murder of one of their men. The murdered detective left a wife and little child.
The bandit remained unmoved and stoical to the last. In his last days he was impressed with the teachings of religious workers who visited his cell and prayed with him. He declared to reporters that he had been convinced of the evil of his ways, had repented, and was at ease with God and man. The last hours of his life were spent writing letters of advice to young men and telling them not to follow in his footsteps.
His last words were: "Good-by, everybody, I'm going to a better land."
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 13th September 1922
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Atlanta
PAYS DEATH PENALTY
Frank B. DuPre, Youthful Bandit Who Shot Detective After Stealing Diamond, Dies on the Gallows
Atlanta, Ga.–Frank B. DuPre, 19-year old "Peachtree Bandit" who killed Pinkerton Detective Irby C. Walker and almost mortally wounded City Comptroller B. Graham West, December 15 last in the theft of a $2,300 diamond from the Peachtree St. jewelry store of Nat Kaiser, died on the gallows of the Fulton County Tower Sept. 1 for his crime.
DuPre had gotten away with a valuable stone belonging to Davis & Freeman, Whitehall St. jewelers, a few days before the Nat Kaiser robbery. He used the same method of daylight robbery in both cases, although he was not called on for gun play in the first robbery.
The boy bandit went into the Nat Kaiser store a short time before Christmas, 1921, heavily armed for the purpose of taking a large stone which was on display in a window. Thousands of Christmas shoppers thronged the streets and witnessed the robbery, the murder, and the running fight in Peachtree St., in which Mr. West was wounded twice and several others miraculously escaped the bandit's bullets.
The young man was neatly dressed and of favorable appearance. He asked for the most costly stone in the store. The ring was taken from the window and placed in his hand. No sooner had it touched his fingers than DuPre darted for the door. Here he was intercepted by the Pinkerton detective, who was guarding the store. DuPre pulled his gun and shot the detective dead.
The young bandit then fled through the crowd on Peachtree St. to the entrance of the Kimball House. In the lobby of the hotel he turned on his pursuers, wounding one and shooting through the clothing of another.
The bandit eluded the crowd, which had become confused by the shooting, and spent several hours in Atlanta before hiring a taxicab to flee to a city in Tennessee. During this time he disposed of the ring to an Atlanta broker and made arrangements for his girl sweetheart to register at a leading hotel under his name until later.
DuPre was captured in Detroit a few days later by F. E. Fenn, of the Atlanta Pinkerton office. Mr. Fenn appeared at all of DuPre's hearings and pleaded for the death sentence for the bandit at a final hearing before Governor Thomas W. Hardwick. The Pinkertons were responsible largely for the despatch with which the bandit was captured and hanged, in return for the murder of one of their men. The murdered detective left a wife and little child.
The bandit remained unmoved and stoical to the last. In his last days he was impressed with the teachings of religious workers who visited his cell and prayed with him. He declared to reporters that he had been convinced of the evil of his ways, had repented, and was at ease with God and man. The last hours of his life were spent writing letters of advice to young men and telling them not to follow in his footsteps.
His last words were: "Good-by, everybody, I'm going to a better land."
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 13th September 1922
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NICHOLAS CIUFFO
Naples Jewelry Co., Chicago
REWARD OFFERED
Naples Jewelry Co, Chicago, Offers $500 for Arrest of Man Who Murdered Salesman at Joliet
Chicago, Jan. 2.–Nicholas Alberti, one of the owners of the Naples Jewelry Co., at 925 S. Halstead St. told the representative of the Jewelers' Circular this week that they intended to run down the murderer of his cousin, Nicholas Ciuffo, a salesman for the firm, who was brutally killed in Joliet, Ill., whither he had gone on business, on Dec. 19. Mr. Alberti has offered a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of his cousin.
"I care nothing for the $2,500 worth of jewelry which the murderers took from my cousin," said Mr. Alberti, "but I wish to see them brought to justice for this crime. Ciuffo left Chicago on his usual trip among the suburban towns, going first to Joliet, where he had many customers and friends. He worked through the city all day, taking dinner with an Italian family with whom he is acquainted. We were able to trace his movements up to within two hours of the time he was murdered, which was at 6.30 in the evening.
"The crime occurred in one of the poorest quarters of the city, to a place where he would never have gone on regular business. I believe he must have been lured in some manner. He carried a regular jewelry salesman's sample case, and I think it was this which proved his undoing.
"It was dark and raining at the time of the crime, and the only witnesses are two women. They say that there were six men, four on one side of the street and two on the other. When Ciuffo came along they attacked him. He probably showed fight, and they shot him. The women were unable to get a glimpse of the face of any of the men.
"Among the stolen jewelry, which is general in character, are several watches: a 16 size Elgin seven jewel open face 20528530 and a 14 k open face 16 size K. W. C. Co. case 4835495; also one 12 size open face 15 jewel 20578324 movement and a 14 K 12 size Dueber W. C. Co. case 382127. The other stolen jewelry, which the thieves will probably try to pawn, consists of a miscellaneous assortment of earrings, watches, diamond rings, signet rings, bracelets, brooches, etc., also a number of beautiful coral rings.
"Chief Hennesey of Joliet is working hard on the case, and is giving almost all of his time to the rounding up and questioning of suspicious characters. The original theory that Ciuffo was murdered by the Black Hand, formed because he was an Italian and because the thieves were frightened away before they could finish robbing the body, has been entirely discarded. The robbers secured the sample case, which was the main thing they were after, and wrenched a signet ring from the young man's body. They failed to secure a purse containing about a dozen diamond rings in an inside pocket, and also overlooked $25 in rifling his pockets. He was a fine young man, given to no bad habits. His case is one of brutal murder, and I trust that the Jewelers' Circular and brother jewelers all over the country will help the authorities to catch his murderers by keeping an eye open for goods of the character described, which may be offered for purchase."
The Naples Jewelry Co. has been in business for 10 years, and has been an incorporated concern since 1913. It has a good standing in the local trade. The company, in addition to doing a general jewelry business, also sells talking machines, and has a large custom among the Italians of Chicago and nearby cities.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 8th January 1919
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Naples Jewelry Co., Chicago
REWARD OFFERED
Naples Jewelry Co, Chicago, Offers $500 for Arrest of Man Who Murdered Salesman at Joliet
Chicago, Jan. 2.–Nicholas Alberti, one of the owners of the Naples Jewelry Co., at 925 S. Halstead St. told the representative of the Jewelers' Circular this week that they intended to run down the murderer of his cousin, Nicholas Ciuffo, a salesman for the firm, who was brutally killed in Joliet, Ill., whither he had gone on business, on Dec. 19. Mr. Alberti has offered a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of his cousin.
"I care nothing for the $2,500 worth of jewelry which the murderers took from my cousin," said Mr. Alberti, "but I wish to see them brought to justice for this crime. Ciuffo left Chicago on his usual trip among the suburban towns, going first to Joliet, where he had many customers and friends. He worked through the city all day, taking dinner with an Italian family with whom he is acquainted. We were able to trace his movements up to within two hours of the time he was murdered, which was at 6.30 in the evening.
"The crime occurred in one of the poorest quarters of the city, to a place where he would never have gone on regular business. I believe he must have been lured in some manner. He carried a regular jewelry salesman's sample case, and I think it was this which proved his undoing.
"It was dark and raining at the time of the crime, and the only witnesses are two women. They say that there were six men, four on one side of the street and two on the other. When Ciuffo came along they attacked him. He probably showed fight, and they shot him. The women were unable to get a glimpse of the face of any of the men.
"Among the stolen jewelry, which is general in character, are several watches: a 16 size Elgin seven jewel open face 20528530 and a 14 k open face 16 size K. W. C. Co. case 4835495; also one 12 size open face 15 jewel 20578324 movement and a 14 K 12 size Dueber W. C. Co. case 382127. The other stolen jewelry, which the thieves will probably try to pawn, consists of a miscellaneous assortment of earrings, watches, diamond rings, signet rings, bracelets, brooches, etc., also a number of beautiful coral rings.
"Chief Hennesey of Joliet is working hard on the case, and is giving almost all of his time to the rounding up and questioning of suspicious characters. The original theory that Ciuffo was murdered by the Black Hand, formed because he was an Italian and because the thieves were frightened away before they could finish robbing the body, has been entirely discarded. The robbers secured the sample case, which was the main thing they were after, and wrenched a signet ring from the young man's body. They failed to secure a purse containing about a dozen diamond rings in an inside pocket, and also overlooked $25 in rifling his pockets. He was a fine young man, given to no bad habits. His case is one of brutal murder, and I trust that the Jewelers' Circular and brother jewelers all over the country will help the authorities to catch his murderers by keeping an eye open for goods of the character described, which may be offered for purchase."
The Naples Jewelry Co. has been in business for 10 years, and has been an incorporated concern since 1913. It has a good standing in the local trade. The company, in addition to doing a general jewelry business, also sells talking machines, and has a large custom among the Italians of Chicago and nearby cities.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 8th January 1919
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WILLIAM H. MURKEN
Bagg & Co., New York
MEETS TRAGIC DEATH
William H. Murken Thrown from His Horse and Dies as a Result of Internal Injuries
Members of the trade learned with regret last week of the sudden and tragic death on Sunday, July 18, of William Henry Murken, president of Bagg & Co., dealers in diamonds, pearls and other precious stones, 527 Fifth Ave., New York. His death resulted from injuries sustained in being thrown from a horse. Funeral services were held on Tuesday evening, July 20, at his late residence, 398 Richmond Road, Richmond, S. I., New York, with Rev. Dr. F. Sutter officiating. The body was interred the following morning in the Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, S. I.
Mr. Murkin was an expert horseman and was exceedingly found of riding. Recently he purchased a new horse and on Sunday was riding along one of the main roads of Staten Island when the animal became frightened at a passing automobile. The horse threw Mr. Murken. and as he did so the stirrup became entangled in the rein. Before the animal could be stopped he had dragged his driver about 500 feet. Mr. Murken was immediately taken to the Staten Island Hospital where he died four hours later from internal injuries.
William Henry Murken was born Sept. 16, 1880, at Stapleton, S. I. At the age of 11 years he was sent to Germany, where he was educated and four years later returned to this country and started with his uncle in the silk business at Lodi, N. J. He later entered the wholesale dry goods business in New York with the firm of F. L. Domerick & Co., but in 1905 severed his connection with that firm and entered the pearl business in the employ of Eisemann Bros., New York. He remained with this house about six years, during which time he gained an expert knowledge of pearls. In 1911 he went with Bagg & Co. as a pearl expert and remained with this concern until his death.
In 1904 Milton P. Bagg, head of the firm, passed away, after which the business was taken over by three employes, including Mr. Murken. who was made secretary. Upon the resignation of one of the members of the firm in 1919 Mr. Murken was made president and occupied that position until the time of his death.
Deceased is survived by a widow, one son and three daughters, as well as a mother, one brother and one sister.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th July 1920
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Bagg & Co., New York
MEETS TRAGIC DEATH
William H. Murken Thrown from His Horse and Dies as a Result of Internal Injuries
Members of the trade learned with regret last week of the sudden and tragic death on Sunday, July 18, of William Henry Murken, president of Bagg & Co., dealers in diamonds, pearls and other precious stones, 527 Fifth Ave., New York. His death resulted from injuries sustained in being thrown from a horse. Funeral services were held on Tuesday evening, July 20, at his late residence, 398 Richmond Road, Richmond, S. I., New York, with Rev. Dr. F. Sutter officiating. The body was interred the following morning in the Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, S. I.
Mr. Murkin was an expert horseman and was exceedingly found of riding. Recently he purchased a new horse and on Sunday was riding along one of the main roads of Staten Island when the animal became frightened at a passing automobile. The horse threw Mr. Murken. and as he did so the stirrup became entangled in the rein. Before the animal could be stopped he had dragged his driver about 500 feet. Mr. Murken was immediately taken to the Staten Island Hospital where he died four hours later from internal injuries.
William Henry Murken was born Sept. 16, 1880, at Stapleton, S. I. At the age of 11 years he was sent to Germany, where he was educated and four years later returned to this country and started with his uncle in the silk business at Lodi, N. J. He later entered the wholesale dry goods business in New York with the firm of F. L. Domerick & Co., but in 1905 severed his connection with that firm and entered the pearl business in the employ of Eisemann Bros., New York. He remained with this house about six years, during which time he gained an expert knowledge of pearls. In 1911 he went with Bagg & Co. as a pearl expert and remained with this concern until his death.
In 1904 Milton P. Bagg, head of the firm, passed away, after which the business was taken over by three employes, including Mr. Murken. who was made secretary. Upon the resignation of one of the members of the firm in 1919 Mr. Murken was made president and occupied that position until the time of his death.
Deceased is survived by a widow, one son and three daughters, as well as a mother, one brother and one sister.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th July 1920
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GEORGE WEITZ
A, Zilliox & Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
CONVICTED OF MURDER
Walter Bojanowski, Who Shot and Killed George Weitz, Will Be Sentenced Next Week
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 14.–Walter Bojanowski was convicted of murder in the first degree by a jury who heard the evidence, on the indictment of the grand jury, for the killing of George Weitz, a member of the retail jewelry firm of A. Zilliox & Co. Mr. Weitz was endeavoring to prevent a robbery at the Genesee St. store on Nov. 8, 1918, when he was shot.
The verdict was rendered yesterday after a three days' trial and following a threehour deliberation by the talesmen. The details of the attempted robbery and murder were given in The Jewelers' Circular following the unfortunate affair. Weitz followed the robbers out of the store after having been felled with a "billy" and when he grabbed Bojanowski the latter shot him in the abdomen, Weitz dying from the wounds two days later.
Two other accomplices of Bojanowski are indicted for the same offense. Justice Louis W. Marcus, who presided at the trial, will sentence Bojanowski next week.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th February 1919
CONVICTED OF MURDER
Man Jointly Indicted with Walter Bojanowski for Killing Buffalo Jeweler Most Pay the Penalty
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 22.—The second conviction for the murder of George Weitz, member of the jewelry firm of A. Zilliox & Co., was made by a trial jury in the criminal court here yesterday when a first degree verdict was returned yesterday against John W. Marweg, who had been jointly indicted with Walter Bojanowski for the crime with which readers of The Jewelers' Circular are now quite familiar. Bojanowski was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced last week to die in the electric chair in March.
The unfortunate crime occurred in November, when three men (Bojanowski and Marweg and another, unknown) attempted to rob the Genesee St. jewelry store of the firm at high noon. The burglars, on entering the store, felled Weitz and took several articles of jewelry. Just as they were about to leave, Weitz regained his feet and grappled with one of the men. Marweg wrestled with Weitz, and Bojanowski, who was outside of the store at the time, returned and shot Weitz, who died two days later from the wounds.
Marweg did not do the shooting, but will suffer the death penalty for the act of accomplice. This is the first conviction of this character in this county. Bojanowski has filed an appeal from conviction, and Marweg will very likely do the same.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 26th February 1919
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A, Zilliox & Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
CONVICTED OF MURDER
Walter Bojanowski, Who Shot and Killed George Weitz, Will Be Sentenced Next Week
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 14.–Walter Bojanowski was convicted of murder in the first degree by a jury who heard the evidence, on the indictment of the grand jury, for the killing of George Weitz, a member of the retail jewelry firm of A. Zilliox & Co. Mr. Weitz was endeavoring to prevent a robbery at the Genesee St. store on Nov. 8, 1918, when he was shot.
The verdict was rendered yesterday after a three days' trial and following a threehour deliberation by the talesmen. The details of the attempted robbery and murder were given in The Jewelers' Circular following the unfortunate affair. Weitz followed the robbers out of the store after having been felled with a "billy" and when he grabbed Bojanowski the latter shot him in the abdomen, Weitz dying from the wounds two days later.
Two other accomplices of Bojanowski are indicted for the same offense. Justice Louis W. Marcus, who presided at the trial, will sentence Bojanowski next week.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th February 1919
CONVICTED OF MURDER
Man Jointly Indicted with Walter Bojanowski for Killing Buffalo Jeweler Most Pay the Penalty
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 22.—The second conviction for the murder of George Weitz, member of the jewelry firm of A. Zilliox & Co., was made by a trial jury in the criminal court here yesterday when a first degree verdict was returned yesterday against John W. Marweg, who had been jointly indicted with Walter Bojanowski for the crime with which readers of The Jewelers' Circular are now quite familiar. Bojanowski was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced last week to die in the electric chair in March.
The unfortunate crime occurred in November, when three men (Bojanowski and Marweg and another, unknown) attempted to rob the Genesee St. jewelry store of the firm at high noon. The burglars, on entering the store, felled Weitz and took several articles of jewelry. Just as they were about to leave, Weitz regained his feet and grappled with one of the men. Marweg wrestled with Weitz, and Bojanowski, who was outside of the store at the time, returned and shot Weitz, who died two days later from the wounds.
Marweg did not do the shooting, but will suffer the death penalty for the act of accomplice. This is the first conviction of this character in this county. Bojanowski has filed an appeal from conviction, and Marweg will very likely do the same.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 26th February 1919
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DANIEL LIPSCOMB
Evansville, Indiana
MEETS SUDDEN DEATH
Veteran Evansville, Ind., Jeweler Struck by a Street Car and Dies Before Reaching Hospital
Evansville, Ind., Oct. 8.–Daniel Lipscomb, 73 years old, one of the oldest retail jewelers of Evansville, was killed here Sunday, Oct. 2, when he was struck by a street car at the corner of Main and 3rd Sts. Mr. Lipscomb stepped from the street curb directly in front of the street car, apparently not noticing the car until it was upon him. The motorman was unable to stop the car and the aged jeweler was knocked down. He was hurriedly placed in an ambulance and started for a hospital but he died before the hospital was reached. Death was due to concussion of the skull and other injuries.
Mr. Lipscomb was the owner of a jewelry store at 207 Bond St., where he had been located for several years. He had spent most of his life in the city of Evansville and for more than 40 years was engaged in the jewelry business, during which period of time he owned stores of his own. He was a man of character and had made many friends by his square and upright dealing. He was well and favorably known to the trade in southwestern Indiana.
Mr. Lipscomb is survived by one son, Charles Lipscomb, who is a resident of this city. Funeral services for Mr. Lipscomb were conducted from the home of his son, Charles Lipscomb at 512 Second Ave., Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 5, and the services were largely attended. The floral offerings were many and attested the love and esteem of the senders.
The body was buried at Locust Hill Cemetery.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 12th October 1921
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Evansville, Indiana
MEETS SUDDEN DEATH
Veteran Evansville, Ind., Jeweler Struck by a Street Car and Dies Before Reaching Hospital
Evansville, Ind., Oct. 8.–Daniel Lipscomb, 73 years old, one of the oldest retail jewelers of Evansville, was killed here Sunday, Oct. 2, when he was struck by a street car at the corner of Main and 3rd Sts. Mr. Lipscomb stepped from the street curb directly in front of the street car, apparently not noticing the car until it was upon him. The motorman was unable to stop the car and the aged jeweler was knocked down. He was hurriedly placed in an ambulance and started for a hospital but he died before the hospital was reached. Death was due to concussion of the skull and other injuries.
Mr. Lipscomb was the owner of a jewelry store at 207 Bond St., where he had been located for several years. He had spent most of his life in the city of Evansville and for more than 40 years was engaged in the jewelry business, during which period of time he owned stores of his own. He was a man of character and had made many friends by his square and upright dealing. He was well and favorably known to the trade in southwestern Indiana.
Mr. Lipscomb is survived by one son, Charles Lipscomb, who is a resident of this city. Funeral services for Mr. Lipscomb were conducted from the home of his son, Charles Lipscomb at 512 Second Ave., Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 5, and the services were largely attended. The floral offerings were many and attested the love and esteem of the senders.
The body was buried at Locust Hill Cemetery.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 12th October 1921
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