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Post by fiona on May 8, 2010 21:40:07 GMT -5
This work is truly interesting. I had no idea what a can of worms I would open up when I sent you that artical, Jon. All kidding aside, and of course I'm not serious, but where was Mrs TR Proctor while all of this was going on? She was the Queen of Utica wasn't she? Mabye she was teaching her servant from Post Street how to polish the family bib-e-lots. But, mabye not.
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Post by jon on May 8, 2010 22:01:15 GMT -5
SHE HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS
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GERTLE BELMOR HELD FOR THE GRAND JURY ON CHARGE OF BIGAMY[/size]
In City Court yesterday afternoon Joseph Johann testified that he married Gertle Belmer December 26, 1891, and Fred A Jackson testified that he married the same woman November 7, 1885. Registrar Stephens of the Board of Health, produced the records verifying the statements in each case. The woman had been arrested for bigamy and she was held by Judge Morehouse for the action of the grand jury, in default of $1,000 bail she was committed to jail. Her two husbands went free. Johann is a white man and Jackson is colored. The woman is young and so are her husbands. On the occasion of Johann's marriage Rev. Dr. Bachman officiated. Johann never provided a home and the couple did not live together though they enjoyed the relations of man and wife. The woman once had Johann arrested for non-support. Jackson testified that he and the woman had been living together on Post Avenue about eight months before they went to Elder Lloyd and were married by him. Johann is a good looking fellow. Jackson is pretty dark, but he is dashing. The checkered collar which he wore was almost high enough to cover his ears. During his examination he became badly mixed, but he tried to tell the truth and was only confused by Mr. Coupe's perplexing questions. The woman who had promised to love, honor and obey both these men did not take the stand to contradict their assertions. She listened with apparent unconcern. There is a popular song about a woman who "might have seen better days." This woman has. She is the daughter of respectable parents and has relatives who are estimable people. The charge of bigamy is a serious one. Conviction means sentence to states prison. For a young woman a future with such an outlook is gloomy indeed.
UTICA DAILY PRESS - NOVEMBER 30, 1896
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Post by jon on May 8, 2010 22:34:36 GMT -5
CITY COURT AND POLICE NEWSPaul Zimmerman was arrested at Clayville Saturday, and brought to this city by Detective Harry, charged with grand larceny in the second degree, It was charged that Zimmerman took the horse of Henry Reterdorf, of Chenango Avenue, on Friday last. The case was set down this morning for June 14.
Ella Dykeman went to Syracuse for six months for drunkenness.UTICA DAILY OBSERVER - JUNE 11, 1894 The horse stealing item reads as though the theft took place in Utica. So I wonder where Chenango Ave was. Maybe near the Chenango Canal? What we today call Lincoln Ave.? And why was Ella sent to Syracuse in the second item? Not a rehab, certainly!  Did Utica have no women's prison, maybe? It looks to me that Chenango Ave is in fact Lincoln Ave that runs parallel to the Chenango Canal. Arterial 1883 map 1584709 |
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Post by jon on May 8, 2010 23:17:40 GMT -5
A FINE BUSINESS LOCATION
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May Be a Large Block Built on Post Avenue and Elizabeth Street[/size]
Negotiations are pending whereby James J. Dwyer and Charles Kilkenny of this city will come into the position of that portion of the Hutchinson estate which is bounded by Burnet, Elizabeth and Charlotte streets and Post Avenue, and which is commonly known as "De Ave" district. The proposed purchase does not include the Young Bakery of the wooden tenement at the corner of Charlotte street and Post Avenue. Mr. Dwyer said this morning that while the purchase was not absolutely assured because of the fact that the estate is not entirely settled yet, negotiations have proceeded far enough to warrant the assumption that the deal will be closed in a few days. The entire property he said would be razed of the rookeries which now occupy it and a single building of mammoth proportions erected. Mr. Deyer declined to state at present to what uses the building would be devoted.
If the plans of Misters Dwyre and Kilkenny do not miscarry - Post Avenue which has long been an eyesore, will be obliterated.
UTICA OBSERVER DISPATCH - JULY 24, 1899
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Post by Dave on May 9, 2010 8:56:11 GMT -5
Re Chenango Ave. I see that now. Chenango on the east side of the canal and tracks and Hamilton Ave (for the Hamilton Farm) on the west side. As I kid, I lived on the north end of Hager near Lamb from '53 to '56, the part that isn't there yet on the 1883 map. A favorite play area (when our parents weren't looking) was down on the tracks. Had no idea at the time a canal had run through there. But there was an "underground" creek that went underground just south of Pleasant St. near the old Utica Products company. It ran north under Lincoln Ave, so older kids said who swore they had been brave enough to follow it. It was probably part of the structure of the old canal and I think it ran along what had before the canal been a creek bed. You can still see the remnants of it on google maps and google earth if you look inside the entrance/exit loop where Burrstone Rd. crosses the Arterial.
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Post by jon on May 9, 2010 21:39:27 GMT -5
CHIEF DAGWELL'S DEFENSE
Q. Has the business in these places been suppressed or broken up?
A. In some cases it has been broken up and in some cases not. The Geoghegan place has been broken up but not stopped; the Mackin place has been broken up and he has left town; other people have carried it on; it has been suppressed for a time; it is suppressed there now and has been since the resolution of the board November 22; don't know that 87 Liberty street has been suppressed; Mary McCarthy was on Post Avenue; don't know that there were any houses of ill repute on Post Avenue; there have been three off and on, and in some cases colored men have layed with white women; the business has been suppressed and the inmates have been sent to the penitentiary, but others go right in; the Norton place at 97 Liberty street has had the reputation of a house of ill fame for several years; have known the reputation of Bertha Livingston's place, 97 Liberty street, to be bad for two years; the business there has been suppressed since November 22; I would not say Glynn's was a house of bad character; he was arrested for having a row there; Two women were brought from there; it was a ladies' sitting room; a ladies' room is a place where women go to drink; some times their purposes are doubtful; I have thought this for six months; the proprietor has been brought here and talked to about this place; this was done on my report and that of Officer Barry and other officers; he was talked to by the chief; the chief told him what he might expect if he did not conduct his place in an orderly manner; police officers were instructed to visit his place frequently; Mrs. Gorman was never arrested for keeping a disorderly place to my knowledge.
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Post by jon on May 9, 2010 21:44:48 GMT -5
We never got the facts to warrant an arrest in the Wolff case up to this last time; the house was not raided; we were told to see if there was anything wrong going on there; for a long time, I believe, he sold liquor without a license; to my knowledge the police never made a complaint about it; I have been in the Knapp saloon several times; never suspected that he had any stalls there; I believe there was an order to the effect that the Raines law did away with all these stalls; my attention was called to this in a general way; don't recollect that the chief asked any questions as to stalls; I have not heard of any cases where the stalls have been removed since this investigation began; Mrs. Rowe has lived on Pearl street and Catherine street; I have stated what efforts I made to discover the character of the houses are kept; I have not myself individually made any effort to discover the character of the place kept by Wagner, except from observation; efforts were made to discover the character of the place before any complaint was made; I made the case against Anna Brown, Mary McCarthy and another case on Post Street; in some cases the neighbors made complaint and in some the police made the complaint.
Q. Has it not been the policy of the department to allow these places to run, so long as they were XXXXX ?
Objected to: sustained.
The Witness - I have made inquiries about 13 Broad street and watched the place several times; it has had the reputation of a gambling house for years; I think the law is that in such instances an entrance ran be forced in three places; that course has never been adopted to my knowledge; we tried that course after the resolution of the board; I never tried that; there may have been gambling at Mulligan's place on Catherine street; it bore the reputation of a gambling place; it was not reported to the police to my knowledge; it bore the reputation of a gambling place for some years; it was suspected of being such a place; know Edward Jones; read an account in the newspapers four or five years ago that Jones had lost an amount of money in that place; I did not speak to the chief about this; it was not on my beat; Mulligan was never arrested to my knowledge; first learned of the row in Hotel Mulligan by reading it; before that no effort had been made to my knowledge to discover the character of the place.
At 12:35 the board took a recess till 7:30 this evening.
In the testimony of City Court Clerk Stetson the name of Edward Donlon should have been Patrick Donlon.
UTICA DAILY PRESS - JUNE 9, 1898
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Post by jon on May 9, 2010 21:49:18 GMT -5
DAGWELL DECLARED GUILTY[/size]
AND REDUCED FROM CHIEF TO PATROLMAN[/size]
Has Not Yet Decided Whether to Resume, Resign or Appeal - No Thoughts of Making Him Assistant Says Lewis[/size]
The long and tedious trial of Chief of Police Charles M. Dagwell came to a close last night and, by a unanimous vote of the board, he was reduced to the ranks. Acting Chief Charles Cleveland was continued in office as his successor, and Chairman Lewis was empowered to appoint the acting assistant chief.
The action of the board was something of a surprise, as it had been generally understood that the chief would be dismissed from the force if the charges were sustained. He now has the option of resigning or taking a club and resuming the place he filled 25 years ago. There is also the possibility of an appeal, although there is a question as to whether any court has a right to change the board's decision. Good lawyers say there is nothing in the charter which prevents the board from reducing a chief or assistant chief to the rank of patrolman at will, without cause. If this is so, there is no ground for appeal. To dismiss him from the force they must have sound cause. If the case is appealed it will be reviewed in the Appellate division of the Supreme Court.
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Post by jon on May 9, 2010 21:51:30 GMT -5
HAS NOT RESIGNED[/size]
To a Globe reporter Mr. Dagwell stated at noon that he had not yet decided upon a course of action. He had not consulted with his attorney.
It was rumoured that there was a possibility of his being appointed acting assistant chief. A Globe reporter saw Chairman Lewis shortly before going to press and asked him if the board contemplated taking such action. He replied that he had no thought of doing such a thing, certainly no intention along that line. He said that the board had not considered Mr. Dagwell's future. It had given him the option of holding a position as patrolman at $720 a year or resigning. How could they know but what Dagwell would resign? He intimated that it would be a strange proceeding to find a man guilty of gross charges and then place him in the second position in the service. Of course, there was this much to be said. Mr. Dagwell had had long experience. Before making the appointment of an acting assistant the board would consult with Acting Chief Cleveland and discuss the matter.
The attorneys spent all of yesterday forenoon in summing up the case. Mr. Fincke's address occupying two and a half hours and Mr. Coupe's one hour. The former was a mastery piece of rhetoric and well-connected argument, while Mr. Coupe's address was a severe arraignment of Chief Dagwell.
The commissioners met last night in executive session and for several hours deliberated. By a vote of Commissioners Lewis, Goodale and Clarke, Commissioner Heath dissenting, the charges against Mr. Dagwell were sustained. The findings are as follows:
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Post by jon on May 9, 2010 21:53:09 GMT -5
We find Charles M. Dagwell, chief executive officer of the police department of the city of Utica, guilty of the following charges:
First - That during several years last past he neglected to enforce the provisions of the penal code and the ordinances of the city of Utica relating to the suppression of disorderly houses and houses of ill repute in said city.
Second - That Charles M. Dagwell, as chief of police, failed and neglected to enforce the provision of the liquors during prohibited hours.
Third - That for several years last past and prior to July 1897, said Dagwell neglected to enforce the provisions of the penal code and the statutes and the ordinances of said city, with regard to gambling rooms in said city.
Fourth - That said Charles M. Dagwell neglected to carry out for several years last past, prior to August, 1897 the provisions of rule 10 of the rules of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners of the city of Utica.
Rule 10 provides: It shall be the duty of the chief of police to enforce in the city of Utica all the laws of the State, the ordinances of the city of Utica, and the rules and regulations of the Board of Health; to abate all gaming houses,rooms and premises, and places kept for lewd or obscene purposes and amusements, and places kept for any unlawful purposes whatever; and the existence of any such houses, rooms, premises or place being reported to the chief, he shall enter the location thereof in a book prepared for that purpose.
Commissioners Goodale and Clarke voted to dismiss Dagwell from the service; Lewis and Heath voted in the negative. Upon motion of Mr. Lewis, the board, by unanimous vote, reduced the chief to the ranks as patrolman.
SATURDAY GLOBE 1897
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Post by Dave on May 9, 2010 22:17:15 GMT -5
We saw Chief Dagwell's name come up in the Genesee Flats stories. Dagwell was reported to have immediately after the fire set up a search squad to interview survivors in an attempt to find out who was missing. He and Fire Chief Dimbleby worried to reporters about the safety of structure's ruins and was mentioned in a story about the possible dynamiting of the standing front face of the Flats. Dagwell was responsible for the patrols who watched the site overnight to keep treasure hunters away. He might make a good character for the OGH story, getting called out of a whore house at 6 a.m. to the scene of the fire. And then we could see through his POV (point of view) all of the public safety problems that ensued after the fire. |
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Post by jon on May 10, 2010 10:00:11 GMT -5
Unlawful Seizure
Of Whisky Charged
Against Policeman
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Officers Dagwell and Slade Arraigned Before Commissioner Davis and Enter Complete Denial of the Charges Preferred Against Them by Chief of Police Cloakley
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RAILROAD EMPLOYEES
IMPLICATED IN MATTER
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As the result of numerous complaints of divers persons that they were being held up at the Union Station and separated from intoxicating beverages which they had in their possession. Police Officers Charles M. Dagwell and Samuel Slade were to-day arraigned before Commissioner of Public Safety Chester W. Davis on various charges preferred against them by Chief of Police John J. Coakley on information supplied by P. J. Stewart of this city.
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Post by jon on May 10, 2010 10:02:11 GMT -5
The charges to brief are that the officers stopped Mr. Stewart as he was leaving a train at the Union Station, without reporting the matter to their superior officers and without turning over the whisky to their superior officers.
Both Officers Slade and Officer Dagwell entered pleas of not guilty to all of the charges and specifications contained in the charges and their cases were adjourned to next Thursday. The case against Officer Dagwell was adjourned to 10 a. m. on that day and against Officer Slade to 2 p. m. that day.
Since last January complaints have been numerous that passengers on leaving trains at the New York Central Union Station were stopped and forced to turn over whisky and other intoxicating beverages to men dressed as police officers or claiming to be custom officials. Investigation has disclosed that none of the liquors seized were turned over to the custom officials. Three New York Central employees are implicated and it is understood that one of them has already been discharged. They are accused of working in league with others and conspiring in on unlawfully taking the stuff from the owners. The charges against the police officers do not accuse them of being in with the New York Central employees.
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Post by jon on May 10, 2010 10:08:14 GMT -5
Both police officers are well known members of the force and have clear records of service, covering many years. Following are the charges against Officer Dagwell:
Charge 1 - Misconduct on office.
Specification 1 - In that Officer Charles M. Dagwell member of the Utica police force, did while on duty at Utica, on the night of March 9-10, 1920, participate in the unlawful seizure of 14 bottles of whisky, the property of P. J. Stewart.
Specification 2 - In that Officer Charles M. Dagwell, a member of the Utica police force, did while on duty at Utica on the night of March 9-10, 1920, unlawfully take and carry away from the possession of P. J. Stewart the lawful owner thereof 14 bottles of whisky.
Charge 2 - Neglect of duty.
Specification 1 - In that Officer Charles M. Dagwell a member of the Utica police force, did while on duty at Utica, on the night of March 9-10, 1920, participate in the seizure of 14 bottles of whisky from one P. J. Stewart and did fail to make any report of same to his superiors as required by the rules and orders governing the Police Department of the city of Utica.
Specification 2 - In that Officer Charles M. Dagwell a member of the Utica police force, did while on duty at Utica, on the night of March 9-10, 1920, did fail and neglect to turn such personal property over to his superior officers as required by the rules and orders governing the Police Department of the city of Utica, N. Y.
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Post by jon on May 10, 2010 10:10:05 GMT -5
Specification 3 - In that Officer Charles M. Dagwell a member of the Utica police force, and while on duty at Utica, N. Y., on the night of March 9-10, 1920, did leave his beat without being properly relieved or so directed by his superior officers, contrary to the rules and orders governing the Police Department of the city of Utica, N. Y.
The charges against Officer Slade are the same with the exception of Specification 3 of Charge 2. He is not charged with leaving his beat.
Assistant Corporation Council William R. Goldban appeared for the city during the arraignment of both officers. The Dagwell arraignment was held this morning at 10 o'clock and Officer Slade was arraigned at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
According to the information in the hands of the authorities, whisky valued at thousands of dollars has been seized in a similar manner as outlined in the charges for the last four months. The police officers are not charged with being implicated in any of the other violations however.
THE UTICA HERALD DISPATCH - APRIL 16, 1920
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Did Utica have no women's prison, maybe?