Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Lafayette Baths


October 17, 1892, NYT, WANT HIM IN CHEYENNE; CHARLES A. WHITE, JOURNALIST ...
White has been living lately at the Lafayette Baths, in Lafayette place. He Is well known at the House and other hotels in that neighborhood whore he is ...
 "WANT HIM IN CHEYENNE; CHARLES A. WHITE, JOURNALIST, PLACED UNDER ARREST. HIS WIFE ACCUSES HIM OF LARCENY -- HIS STORY AND THE WOMAN'S RUN WIDE APART -- THE ONLY THING AGREED ON IS THAT THE WIFE IS CONSIDERABLY OUT OF POCKET."
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November 11, 1898
SETTING DAY FOR BETS; Bell & Co. Consulted with Democratic ...
... store at 693 Broadway, I formerly kept by Charles S. Relnhard, who ;committed suicide last Friday by shooting i himself at the Lafayette Baths.
 "SETTING DAY FOR BETS; Bell & Co. Consulted with Democratic Leaders and Decided to Pay Up. MR. ODELL COLLECTS $40,000 He Placed the $20,000 Bet for Friends -- Croker's Losses Placed at $50,000 -- De Cordova and Others' Big Winnings."
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January 9, 1903
SMALLPOX BEFORE ARREST.; ALICE MADDOCK'S WILL.
William Ambrose, a saloon keeper of Union City, near here, preferred exposure to smallpox to arrest by United States Deputy Marshal William L. Parmelee ...

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March 17, 1904
RUSTY SLEUTHS OBEY M'ADOO'S RAID ORDER; Headquarters ...
... they were Edward Solomon of 22 Second Street, Joseph Rice of 39 Bast Third Street, Paul Blackstone, wile says he lives at the Lafayette Baths, and Cohen.
 "RUSTY SLEUTHS OBEY M'ADOO'S RAID ORDER; Headquarters Clock Winder Sent on a Poolroom Case."
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May 4, 1904, NYT, Policeman Kills Himself; Moran Drinks Carbolic Acid at the Lafayette Baths. Policeman James of the Eldridge Street Station committed suicide yesterday at ...View original in TimesMachine,

December 20, 1904, NYT, L. P. Hawley a Suicide; Brooklyn Box'x Manufacturer's Son Kills Himself at Baths, Lucius P. Hawley, who was the youngest son of box manufacturer of Williamsburg, who died several years ago, and whose mother, Mrs. A.C. Hawley, lives at 516 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, committd suicide by inhaling gas yesterday at the Lafayette Baths and Hotel on Lafayette Place. Mr. Hawley, whose wife ...View original in TimesMachine


February 18, 1907, NYT, McGough's Breezy Run; Left Baths Scantily Clad to Pursue Imaginary Thieves,
The police say mcgough visited the Lafayette Baths, in Lafayette Street, near Fourth Street, about 11 o'clock last night. Half an hour later mcgough, scantily clad, ...View original in TimesMachine

July 6, 1911
Front Page 5 -- No Title
Keep cool: Lafayette Baths. Hotel: desirable rooms, privileges of bath; men only; always open.-Adv.
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July 25, 1912
MURDER WITNESS RECANTS IN FEAR; John Reisler, Near When Rosenthal Was Slain, Saw "B" Webber Running Away. - Opinion
Jack Rose, and a fourth man bad slept and breakfasted at the Lafayette Baths.on the morning after the mur. der. He said: [ Four Suspects Bier After .
- Real Estate - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Article - Print Headline: "ridgey" Webber Running Away."
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DAGO" FRANK IN THE POLICE NET; Man Wanted as Rosenthal's ...
Both Hanford A{. counsel for 'ebber, and Charles gf xvahle, counsel for Paul. declared yesterday that the story that, their clients had been in theLafayette Baths ...
July 26, 1912  "DAGO" FRANK IN THE POLICE NET; Man Wanted as Rosenthal's Slayer Taken to Headquarters with a Man and a Woman."
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TELLS HOW POLICE CLEARED STREET FOR MURDERERS; The ...
Also one or more 'of the attendants of the Lafayette Baths may be called to tell about the meeting of 9;Vebbet, Vallon, ; and l:[ose at: the baths ...
July 29, 1912 -: "TELLS HOW POLICE CLEARED STREET FOR MURDERERS; The Times Finds a Witness of Rosenthal's Killing Who Was Hustled About and Clubbed."
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BECKER WITNESSES BARE BRIBERY PLOT; Luban Exposes ...
Luban, on the other hand, maintained that the defense had learned he was in the Lafayette Baths and that he had been "framed up" on the forgery charge so as ...
April 4, 1914 -: "BECKER WITNESSES BARE BRIBERY PLOT; Luban Exposes Attempt to Make Him and Margolies Retract Their Testimony." View original in TimesMachine


"FRAMED UP" BY WHITMAN.; Alleged Thief Charges Persecution ...
The Lubans said they and myself heard Becker over at the Lafayette Baths give Bridgie Webber the order to croak Rosenthal. I helped Becker's lawyers get the ...
April 10, 1914 ""FRAMED UP" BY WHITMAN.; Alleged Thief Charges Persecution Due to Becker Case." View original in TimesMachine




May 13, 1914, NYT, ROSE NOW CALLS ROSENTHAL A SPY; Testifies Man Slain Got Evidence for Becker Against Other Gamblers; SUPPLIES NEW DETAILS Becker, He Says, Feared Rosenthal, Who Had Betrayed Other Gamblers to Him. "MEN HIGHER UP" INVOLVED Witness Asserts They, Not Becker, Put a Patrolman in Rosenthal's Place -- Shapiro Shaken.
Rose told how Becker used to breakfast at his house; how he met him morning, noon, and night at the Lafayette Baths, the Union Square Hotel, the Elks Club, ...View original in TimesMachine


January 15, 1915, NYT, JOBLESS TO MARCH TO THE CITY HALL; 2000 Men Recruited from the Bread Lines Will Take Part in Parade Today; I.W.W. WON'T INTERFERE But Will Hold Its Own Demonstration Later -- To House Homeless on Ellis Island,
I spent the night at the Lafayette baths and I heard lots of talk about this squealing . I never did anything dirty in my life. I an) pretty clean for a member of the ...View original in TimesMachine


March 6, 1915, NYT, Located in Cleveland, Says He Knows Why Marshall Recanted.
... the State then used a witness named Lubin to. testify that he had overheard ecker say to ' Billiard Ball' Jack ' Rose in tile Lafayette Bathsthat Iosenthai] must ...View original in TimesMachine


March 17, 1915, NYT, Becker Witness Faces Trial.
... and was brought to Manhattan to testify that he had seen Jack Rose and Bccker together at the Lafayette Baths. Bernstein, who was indicted with Luban on the ...View original in TimesMachine


July 3, 1915, NYT, To Spare Mrs. Ferola; Governor Will Commute Her Sentence -- Martin Exonerated. - Opinion, At the Beeker trial Luban testified that he saw "Jack" Rose and Becker in the Lafayette baths on the morning the murder of....View original in TimesMachine



December 8, 1916, NYT, Suicide Brings End of Lafayette Baths; Aged Proprietor Orders Landmark Closed Forever After Son Kills Himself; Tragedy Follows a Raid,
Henry H. Terwilligar Cut His Throat After Listening to Revelations in Police Court.
Frank Terwilligar, the elderly proprietor of the Lafayette Baths at 403 and 405 Lafayette Street, which were founded forty-five years ago by Terwilligar's aunt when Lafayette Street was a fashionable thoroughfare, called William Kronk, the manager, into his private office late yesterday afternoon, and said to him. View original in TimesMachine







COURT CALENDARS
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April 3, 1917 - Real Estate - Article -Print Headline: "COURT CALENDARS"
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CALENDARS AND DECISIONS
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April 17, 1917 - Real Estate - Article -Print Headline: "CALENDARS AND DECISIONS"
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COURT CALENDARS
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April 20, 1917 - Real Estate - Article -Print Headline: "COURT CALENDARS"
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BUSINESS RECORDS
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against the 'Lafayette Baths and Hotel, 403 to. 407 Lafayette. Street, conducting baths and a hotel, by Robert P. Levis, ...
July 3, 1917 - Business & Finance - Article - Print Headline: "BUSINESS RECORDS"
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Receiver Named for Lafayette Baths
Judge. Learned Hand in the Federal District Court yesterday appointed John i.. Lyttle receiver for theLafayette Baths and Hotel at 403 to 407 Lafayette I Street, ...
July 3, 1917 - Business & Finance - Article - Print Headline: "Receiver Named for Lafayette Baths"
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BUSINESS RECORDS; BUSINESS TROUBLES. Out of Town ...
$1.800; accounts, $8000; equity on fixtures, $8b0; ., $4000, and cash in bank. $15. BATHS AND HOTEL.-John L. Lyttle, receiver of the Lafayette Baths and Hotel.
July 12, 1917 - Business & Finance - Article - Print Headline: "BUSINESS RECORDS; BUSINESS TROUBLES. Out of Town. JUDGMENTS. SATISFIED JUDGMENTS"
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COURT CALENDARS
... Saul B Newman, Hartaon Studios, Belle Bryce G Co, Loretts Corlr, Regina Holding Cd, Louis Brow'nstein, (' Motors Co, Lafayette Baths, Bernard Geist.
November 7, 1917 - Business & Finance - Article - Article - Print Headline: "COURT CALENDARS"
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SAY COURT CLERK STOLE RUM FINES; Jesse C. Berdeau ...
Two men wl?o described themselves as Thomas' Dlalon'e of the Hotel Claridge and John Bonofore of theLafayette Baths \\'Pre sentenced by federal .
January 12, 1922 - Business & Finance - Article - Article - Article - Print Headline: "SAY COURT CLERK STOLE RUM FINES; Jesse C. Berdeau, Deputy in Federal Court, Held in $7,000 Bail. BOOTLEGGERS DOWN ON DAY Dissatisfied Because of Restricted Withdrawals--Director Denies He Will Quit."
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September 9, 1923, NYT, Obituary--Morris J. Somach,
Morris J. Somach, owner of the Lafayette Baths on Lafayette Street and the Lenox Baths In Harlem, died yesterday at his Summer home. 3009 West First Street,  View original in TimesMachine



December 9, 1923, NYT, GOSSIPING WOMEN TRAP THE GUNMAN NAMED BY DIAMOND; Chance Remark on Street Locates Fugitive, Ready to Sail Today for Italy. FOUR IDENTIFY HIM IN LINE UP " You Can Cut My Head Off, I'll Not Squeal," Prisoner Tells His Captors. COUNSEL OFFERS AN ALIBI Declares His Client Was in a Turkish Bath at Time of Bank Murders. WOMAN'S TIP TRAPS MURDER SUSPECT
We can show that Farini was in the Lafayette Baths in New York from 11 o'clock the night of Nov. 13 until 11:30 in the forenoon of the next day. The crime was at ...View original in TimesMachine

December 10, 1923, NYT, SIX WITNESSES PICK FARINI AS GUNMAN IN BANK MURDER; Identify Him in Line-Up as the Man Seen With Pistol at Brooklyn Hold-Up. PRISONER'S ALIBI UPSET Man Saw Him in East Side Street When He Contends He Was at a Bath. TO PUSH EXTRADITION District Attorney Will Ask for Prisoner's Indictment for First-Degree Murder. SIX WITNESSES PICK FARINI AS GUNMAN
14 when the prisoner said he was in the Lafayette Baths. The prisoner had contended that his presence in the baths precluded his being: at the elevated station ... View original in TimesMachine

December 12, 1923, NYT, INDICTMENTS READY IN HOLD-DP MURDERS; It Is Expected Five Men Will Be Named in Presentments Returned Today,
... source, has testified that he saw Karinl on the street on the morning of the murder at the time the latter said he was in the Lafayette Baths. View original in TimesMachine

February 20, 1924, NYT, FARINA IS GUILTY IN BANK MURDER; Jury Brings in First Degree Verdict in Third Conviction for the Crime; OUT OVER FOUR HOURS Debate From 11:05 P.M. Until 3:34 This Morning -- Trial Takes Two Days.
A. -- I never R-as in Brooklyn that day. Q.tvhere were you Nov 147 2.. -- 1 I was down at the Lafayette Baths, near Fourth Street. Q. -- V, rhen did you get there? View original in TimesMachine

August 2, 1928, NYT, MISS DECKER VICTOR AT LONG BEACH POOL; Captures 100-Yard Free Style as Nearly 100 Compete in Benefit Meet,
... water carnival for the benefit of the Long Beach Sanitarium, which drew nearly 100 contestants and a large crowd of spectators to the Lafayette Baths tonight. View original in TimesMachine

April 29, 1929, NYT, East End Av. Corner Sold To Bing & Bing; Operators and Builders Assemble 20,000 Square Feet at Eighty-third Street; DEAL ON COLUMBUS AV. Joseph S. Ward, Operator, Buys Two Flats at 89th Street--Other New Sales in Manhattan.
Interests headed by Max Bierman and Benjamin Fechter have contracted to purchase 403, 405 and 407 Lafayette Street, now occupied by the Lafayette Baths.
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May 19, 1929, NYT, BUSINESS RECORDS
El,(1113.78 Lookao, B'ernpr J.-August Bellon, Inc.. E-111.78 Lafayette Baths, Inr , -independent - nity (:o. . . . .El ^_91i.47 Fosner, Herbert-T. F, Richardv, $170. View original in TimesMachine

October 14, 1930
DIAMOND WAS SHOT BY HIS OWN GANG, MULROONEY SAYS;  Quarreled With Him Suddenly While Discussing a Deal, Commissioner Believes. BUT HE ALSO HUNTS RIVALS Hears of Threats and Feuds Over Beer-Running Here and Up-State. RACKETEER FIGHTS TO LIVE But Condition Takes Sudden Turn for the Worse--Hotel Manager Fails to Reappear. Fighting For His Life. To Sift Hotel Ownership. AIDES OF DIAMOND HUNTED IN SHOOTING "Barrier of Lies" Balks Police. Sift Western's Disappearance. Girl Tells of Hotel Conference.
According to the brothers, Mr. Geoghan said, the kidnapping took place near the Lafayette Baths in Long Beach on Oct. 1. They told the ... View original in TimesMachine

July 16, 1931, NYT, Sports Today
aa meei, at Lafayette Baths. Long Beach, li . . . ....................8 pm tlr\\18. New York State women s championship tournament, at Jackson Heights Tennis Club. View original in TimesMachine

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