HOW THE PAROLE BOARD DECIDES CONVICTS' FATES
New York Times. Dec 14, 1924
The privacy which for years has been thrown around the all-powerful but obscure State Board of Parole, which annually lets 2,000 criminals out of New York State's prisons and keeps them on good behavior, has been shattered by publicity. Until William H. Anderson and Robert P. Brindell, the most distinguished malefactors now in prison, came up for parole lately, the board had worked in the dark.
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SLAYS HIS COUSIN, THEN TELLS PRIEST
New York Times. Nov 21, 1926
James A Betschick, 22 years old, shot and killed his cousin, James L. O'Brien, 28 years old, in their home at 150 Jackson Avenue, Newark, yesterday. Several hours later, after telling of the killing in a confession to the Rev. Matthew J. Toohey, Police Chaplain and Assistant Pastor of St. James's Catholic Church, near by. Betschick, accompanied by the priest, walked into the Market Street Station and surrendered to detectives who had been seeking him.
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AGILE THIEF GETS JEWELS IN 5TH AV
New York Times. Feb 16, 1927
A burglar who showed a knowledge of gems and a disregard for the privacy of bed chambers climbed up the face of the apartment building at 1,010 Fifth Avenue, at Eighty-second Street, Monday about 7 A.M., and, after entering a bedroom window on the second floor, rifled bureaus and vanity cases and escaped with $10,500 worth of jewelry.
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DEMPSEY TRAINING HALTED BY TRAGEDY
New York Times. Jul 3, 1927
SARATOGA LAKE, N.Y., July 2. -- Tragedy today threw the training camp of Jack Dempsey into gloom. All activities were suspended after the former world's heavyweight champion received word at his cottage that his brother, John, had killed his wife and committed suicide at their home in Schenectady.
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REVISED JAIL PLAN KEEPS INNOVATIONS
New York Times. Sep 20, 1927
Innovations in prison construction and management are embodied in the revised plans for the $1,000,000 House of Detention for Women, which it is proposed to build on the site of the old Jefferson Market at Sixth Avenue and Tenth Street. Plans for the interior of the building were practically completed yesterday by Benjamin W. Levitan, the architect, and will now be submitted to Commissioner Richard C. Patterson Jr. of the Department of Corrections.
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STOLEN DRESS IS CLUE IN $20,000 GEM THEFT
New York Times. Sep 23, 1927
A dress stolen from the apartment of Mrs. William Earl Dodge in the Park Lane Hotel four months ago was the clue, the police said yesterday, by which they traced stolen jewels worth $20,000 to the furnished room of Mrs. Nettie Murat Wilson, a maid at the hotel, who was held in $25,000 bail for the Grand Jury on a grand larceny charge.
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