Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
STRAY TOPICS FROM
LIT'rI Z OLD NEW YORK


STRAY TOPICS FROM
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK
When former Governor Dix left his
office at the expiration of his term
he left behind him record the stencil
of while still continues to irritate the
nostrils of the public. His fragrant
abuse of the pardoning power, in emu
lation of the example of certain south
elm governors, is now forming the
subject of an investigation and enough
las been disclosed already to make
appear in highly peculiar light. The
end is not yet, however, and it is
quite probable that some of the for
mer governors "acts of clemency"
busy for some time. 1t has been
found, among other things, that Gov
ernor Dix pardoned and thus return
ed to citizenship three doctors who
had been sentenced to terms of i'm
prisonment for malpractice. In two
Of the cases the governor neither in
formed the district attorney nor the
County Medical society which had
brought bout @ the. the conviction ti' Of. Of the
attorney was notified of the appeal
for pardon and strongly protested
against the granting of the pardon
Notwithstanding this protest. how
ever, the governor granted the par
don. Two of the pardoned malprac-
titioners now demand the restoration
of their licenses to practice and it is
quite probable that the County Medi-
cal society will take the matter to
the courts to prevent the restoration
Of the licenses to these two men.
Harry X. Thaw enjoyed another
spell of comparative liberty last week.
when he was brought to New York
from Matteawan to serve as witness
in the suit brought in the federal dis
trict court by John Gleason against
Mrs Mary Copley Thaw, for $4,000
as his fee for services during the
first trial of Thaw for murder. Dur
ing his visit to New York Harry X
Thaw was in charge of DR.. Roy Leak
of the asylum staff and stopped at
the Belmont hotel There seems to
be something incongruous about this
matter. If Thaw is insane it seems
strange that he should be considered
rnp at ont To Of ,;,,I
suit. If he is not insane, his CON
tinued detention at Matteawan insti-
tuition would seem an act of injus-
tice.
a dispute over the Balkan war led
to regular duel between an Italian
ara Dutchman short time ago
Tie two men and their seconds met
in a vacant lot at o'clock one even
ing. The adversaries, armed with ie-
voivers were placed back to back and
at given signal they walked each
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gan to blaze away at each other
Both emptied their weapons without
hitting anybody or anything in par
ticular, not even their seconds. A
policeman who heard the shooting, ar
riveL just in time to see the fiaish
and arrested the duellists and their
seconds. When their case came up in
the court of general sessions the .wo
principals informed the court that
they had made up their quarrel and
We're willing to leave the country if
the judge would let them go. The
judge consented to suspend the SEN
tence and after the duellists had
thanked him, they embraced and kiss
ed each other in the present Of the
court and then made a bee line for the
dock where the steamer Savoie was
preparing for sailing.
The police made good haul when
they arrested the six men who had
committed numerous thefts and bur-
plares in and around the Hotel ST.
Andrew during the last few months.
Several of the men were employed in
the ST. Andrew and made much prof
liable use of the opportunities which
their positions gave them, that with
the assistance of few outsiders,
among the ma woman and an accom-
modating and not over scrupulous
pawnbroker they were able to live in
luxury and to accumulate fortune
Of more than 100000.
The beachcombers who flock to
Rockaway beach after a heavy storm