Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Tue Sept 8, 1903
TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION
Unusual Coincidence In Family Of
Louis Frankowitch
He Sent for Wife and Child, Missed
Them at the Station
and Each Spent Part of Night
Searching for Other - How They Met
Mount Morris, Sept. 7 - The old
saying that truth is stranger than fiction was conclusively proven to Louis
FRANKOWITCH, a former resident of Livingston county, and until recently a
tailor working for Thomas GOODE in Geneseo. FRANKOWITCH secured a better
position in Buffalo two weeks ago and accepted the offer. He did not take his
family with him, but went to look up a living place and last week sent for his
wife and boy.
Saturday
evening Mrs. FRANKOWITCH took the 2:_0 train for Buffalo and her husband was
to meet her at the depot. For some unknown reason they missed each other at
the station in Buffalo and the wife had forgotten her husband's address. She
knew it was Niagara street, but the number had entirely escaped her. She and
her boy walked around town until they found Niagara street, and then searched
up and down that street until they were tired and it was too dark to search
longer. She secured a room in the nearest rooming house.
In the
meantime the husband was telephoning to the police station and hospitals she
would ask the police to help her find him. He also called up friends in
Geneseo, who assured him that his wife had gone to Buffalo. After spending the
greater part of the night in a fruitless search FRANKOWITCH retired.
Bright and
early Sunday morning the wife made ready to continue her search, and about the
same time her husband bestirred himself to the same purpose. When she was
ready Mrs. FRANKOWITCH left her room to go to the street, and at the same
moment the door on the opposite side of the hall opened and her husband came
out. The remainder of the story can better be imagined than described.
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DEATH OF OLDEST RESIDENT
Salamanca, Sept. 7 - Michael WHALEN,
one of the oldest residents of this town, died this morning of old age.
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DIED
TRIMBLE - Entered into rest, Saturday
morning, September 5, 1903, at the family residence, No. 80 S. Fitzhugh
street, Robert TRIMBLE, aged 75 years. Deceased is survived by his wife and
four daughters, Mrs. A. MODGE(?), of Geneseo, Mrs. A. M. FOSTER, Mrs. _. A.
FOSTER and Miss Mary TRIMBLE, all of this city.
-The funeral was held Monday
afternoon. Burial in the family lot at Riverside; private.
MAHER - Monday morning, September 7,
1903, at the family residence, No. 67 Manhattan street, Mrs. Alice MAHER, aged
83 years.
-Funeral Wednesday morning at 8:30
o'clock from the house, and 9 o'clock at St. Mary's Church.
Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Sun Sept 13, 1903
Supposed Corpse Visited His
Undertakers Very Much Alive
Body Identified at Long Range as
Kelleher, of Buffalo --
Funeral Arrangements Well Along When
Kelleher Appeared and Embarrassed Two Funeral Directors.
From papers on the body of a young
man found lying beside the Falls road tracks near Holley Friday morning, it
was thought he was John KELLEHER, of Buffalo. Coroner KLEINDIENST accordingly
telegraphed the Chief of Police at Buffalo yesterday morning and __ officer
learned that Jeremiah KELLEHER, of No. 68 Georgia street, was missing and had
last been heard of at Holley.
The man's
relatives were so satisfied that he was the dead man that they ordered a
Buffalo undertaker to arrange for the funeral. The Buffalo undertaker wired
Undertaker MOONEY of this city to place the body in a casket and ship it to
them. MOONEY had the body ready for shipment when a telephone message reached
him from the Buffalo undertaker saying the KELLEHER who was supposed to be the
dead man had just walked into his office. The body of the unknown is back at
the morgue, still unknown.
When MOONEY
went to Coroner KLEINDIENST at 1 o'clock yesterday with an order from the
Buffalo undertakers for the body the coroner hesitated about giving up
the body, saying the identification was not yet complete. He told MOONEY that
if he took the body and it proved not to be that of KELLEHER that there should
be no expense attached to the county for the mistake. It proved a wise
condition.
The
undertaker was satisfied, however, and removed the body to his establishment,
embalmed it, provided clothes, and furnished a rather expensive purple casket,
all according to detailed orders sent from the Buffalo relatives. Then came
the fiasco of identity. The case stands now in a puzzling condition. The
officials here hardly know what to make of the Buffalo end of the matter.
Coroner KLEINDIENST will have the body held two or three days, and if not then
identified will inter it in Potter's field.
An autopsy
made on the body yesterday showed that death was due to hemorrhage of the
brain, caused by a fracture at the base of the skull. An inquest will be held
in a few days.
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DECREE OF SETTLEMENT GRANTED
F. D. ANDREW, executor of the will of
the late Louis B. ALLEN, was granted a decree of settlement by Surrogate
BENTON yesterday morning. The executor charges himself with $1,299.67 and
credits himself with $554.15, which leaves a balance of $745.52.
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AGED HUSBAND WANTS DIVORCE
Justice DAVY ordered certain
allegations in the complaint brought by James KELLEHER against Emma KELLEHER,
to be stricken out, when application was made by Attorney William J. BAKER in
Special Term yesterday morning. Counsel fees of $25 were also ordered.
KELLEHER, who is 70 years of age, was married to the woman in November, 1890.
He now seeks divorce, charging that his wife has been untrue to him in a
number of instances. She is twenty years his junior.
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MARRIED
KINGSLEY - GALLAGHER - Thursday,
September 10, 1903, by Rev. Father O'NEIL, of Immaculate Conception Church,
Miss Theresa M. GALLAGHER and George W. KINGSLEY. Kingston, Ont., papers
please copy.
OLDFIELD - POWERS - Tuesday,
September 8, 1903, at St. Bridget's Church, Mrs. Annie POWERS and William H.
OLDFIELD, both of this city.
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DIED
STETZENMEYER - In this city, Friday,
September 11, 1903, at her home, No. 251 Jefferson avenue, Sophia HAFELEY,
wife of Frederick STETZENMEYER, aged 43 years.
-Funeral from the house Monday,
September 14th, at 2 P. M. Friends are invited.
GORDON - The funeral of Norman GORDON
will take place at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon from Jeffrey's undertaking
rooms.
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INTO NIAGARA MAELSTROM
Man Jumps From Lower Steel Arch
Bridge One Hundred Feet to River.
Niagara Falls, Sept. 12 - Niagara
Falls was started by another suicide this afternoon. This latest victim to
Niagara's fascination did not elect the water route over the falls, but leaped
from the lower or railway steel arch bridge to certain death in the wild
waters of the whirlpool rapids. His name was John WHYBRA, a resident of this
city, and man of family. He was a coachman in the employ of the Miller &
Brundage Company.
"He was
passed upon the bridge shortly after 4 o'clock. None of the bridge attendants
witnessed the suicide, the first news of which was given by a party of people
who saw the awful drop while at the foot of the elevator between the two lower
bridges.
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Sailors Shoot Sheep; Then Eat Them
Paris, Sept. 12 - The crews of the
warships at Cherbourg are living high just now, for the sheep that are placed
in the turrets during the firing of the great guns die of concussion of the
brain and congestion of the lungs, are served up to the crew. Experts belltile
the results of the experiments, however, saying men can support more shock
than sheep.
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Maine Woman Dead in Paris
Paris, Sept. 12 - Mrs. WARDEN, who
died this week in Paris, was a Miss PAYNE, of Maine. Her husband was a
Bostonian. She leaves a son, W. F. WARDEN, who is a promising young artist
here. Mrs. WARDEN lived in Paris for twenty-five years and was noted for her
charity. She will be buried at Forest Hill cemetery, Boston.
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KIDNAPPED BY TRAMPS
Little Rochester Lad's Frightful Experience With Hoboes
According to a dispatch to the Democrat and Chronicle from Utica, little
George EINSFELDT, of No. 209 Chatham street, this city, has been kidnapped by
tramps and recaptured by officers at Johnsville, near Utica. The dispatch
reads as follows:
It is believed that the vigilance of Chief-of-Police
DUNNENN, of St. Johnsville, last night frustrated a bold case of kidnapping.
Officer DUNNENN and another official of St. Johnsville were at the Central
depot in that place, at about 10:30 P. M. as the New York and Boston express,
east bound, pulled into the station. The chief observed two suspicious hoboes
who were beating their way between two of the baggage cars of the train and
decided to arrest them.
The officers started, in pursuit of the hoboes, and
when the latter saw them coming they jumped from the train, taking with them a
small boy, who up to that time had escaped the officers' attention. The tramps
carried the lad as far as they could, and when the race became too hot they
dropped him. The officers were unable to catch the hoboes owing to the
darkness.
The boy was taken to a hotel, and there he told a
hair-raising story of kidnapping. He said that his name was George EINSFELDT
and that his home was in Rochester. His age is about 7 years.
While playing on the streets near his home yesterday
morning the two men in whose company he was found when rescued came along and
picked him up. They kept him in a dark room all day yesterday and gave him
only a few apples and other fruit to appease his hunger. Last night when it
became dark they took him on the train aboard which the two hoboes were
discovered by the policemen. He said his father was a barber. The little
fellow was well dressed and a bright interesting child.
He expressed great anxiety to get back home so as to
attend Sunday-school to-morrow. The Rochester police were communicated with,
and they were not long in establishing the boy's identity. This afternoon the
St. Johnsville officers received a telegram to send him to Rochester on the
first train. There is no clew to the kidnappers.
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FUNERAL OF D. M. GORDON
The funeral of David M. GORDON was held yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, from
his home, No. 141 Plymouth avenue, and was largely attended by the many
friends of Mr. GORDON. The esteem in which the deceased was held was attested
in part by the profusion of flowers. Rev. Nelson MILLARD, D. D., former pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church, and the present pastor, Rev. George D.
MILLER, D. D., conducted the services. The bearers, all who were in the employ
of the deceased for many years were: Robert J. LENNON, James McTAGGART,
Charles J. BIEHLER, William J. DONOVAN, August EMISH, Jacob J. DeJORGH.
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Harriet M. PLUMMER, wife of William A. PLUMMER, died at Mill Valley, Cal., on
September 4th, aged (31 or 81) years. She was formerly of this city. She is
survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Beulah S. BARBER, one son, Fred W.
PLUMMER, of San Francisco, and one sister, Adah H. GEE, of Alameda, Cal. Mrs.
PLUMMER left this city fifteen years ago. She was a sister-in-law of F. R.
PLUMMER of this city.
Cornelia E. DUTCHER, wife of William H. DUTCHER, died Friday night at the
Homeopathic Hospital, aged 53 years. She is survived by her husband, two
daughters, Mrs. R. STOTHERS and Mrs. Robert ESCOTT, her father, John R. DAVIS,
of Utica, N. Y., four sisters and two brothers.
Emelia, widow of Anthony JANICK, died yesterday at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Anna WALDORN, No. 6 Thomas street, aged 75 years. She leaves one son,
William JANICK, and one daughter Mrs. WALDORN.
John, son of Joseph and Margaret POCHET, died yesterday morning at the family
residence, No. 71 Weaver street, aged 12 years. He leaves his parents and two
sisters.
Bernice Elizabeth, daughter of W. A. and Anna M. HENDERSON, died yesterday
afternoon at the family residence in the town of Yates, aged 6 years and 6
months.
Sophia HAFELEY, wife of Frederick STETZENMEYER, died at her home, No. 251
Jefferson avenue, aged 43 years.
Amelia REICHERT, died yesterday morning at the family residence, No. 30 Erie
street, aged 74 years.
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DAILEY - MALONEY
Henry P. DAILEY and Miss Adele MALONEY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
MALONEY, of No. 36 Merriman street, were married Tuesday afternoon at Corpus
Christi Church by Rev. D. CURRAN. After an Eastern trip Mr. and Mrs. MALONEY
will reside at No. 42 Birch crescent.
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Dr. Geo. R. Hanna, Dentist
Wishes to announce the removal of his office from 614 Ellwanger & Barry
building to 257 West avenue, near City Hospital.
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Valuable State Street Property at Auction
In behalf of the executors and trustees under the will of Bridget C. WATTERS,
deceased; I shall sell at public auction on September 15, 1903, at 10 o'clock
A. m., on the premises, directly opposite Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
Railroad station, State street, Rochester, the former homestead premises of
the late John E. WATTERS, No. 439 State street. The lot, 66x230 about, runs
from west side of State street to Frankfort street. Admirably adapted to
manufacturing, mercantile or flat purposes. Inquire of W. B. CRITTENDEN,
attorney for executors, No. 200 Powers block, or Charles H. YOST, auctioneer,
No. 3 Exchange street.
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