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Stevenson Archer (1827-1898) —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.
Born near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., February
28, 1827.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1854; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1867-75; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1868,
1876;
Maryland
state treasurer, 1886-90; Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1887-89.
In April, 1890, following an investigation
which revealed a shortage
of $132,000, he was arrested,
removed
from office as State Treasurer, and charged
with embezzlement.
He pleaded
guilty and wrote to the court: "No part of the State's money or
securities was ever used by me in gambling, stock speculation, or for
political purposes; nor have I at this time one dollar of it left."
Sentenced
to five years in prison.
Due to his failing health, was pardoned
by Gov. Frank
Brown in May 1894.
Slaveowner.
Died, in Baltimore City Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., August
2, 1898 (age 71 years, 155
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Churchville, Md.
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Edward T. Noland (d. 1926) —
of Jackson
County, Mo.
Democrat. Missouri
state treasurer, 1889-90; resigned 1890.
In March 1890, following reports of his drunkenness
and gambling,
his accounts were investigated;
a shortage
of about $32,000 was discovered; suspended
from office as state treasurer, and resigned
a few days later; arrested
soon after, and charged with embezzlement;
tried in 1891, and ultimately convicted
and sentenced to two years in prison.
Died June 26,
1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Lucien Wells Sperry (1820-1890) —
also known as Lucien W. Sperry —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbridge, New Haven
County, Conn., March 8,
1820.
Coal
dealer; insurance
agent; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1866-69; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1869-70.
Unable to account for money entrusted to him, and likely to be arrested
as an embezzler,
he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 26,
1890 (age 70 years, 110
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Darwin James Meserole (1868-1952) —
also known as Darwin J. Meserole —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Bellport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 29,
1868.
Socialist. Stockbroker;
in June 1891, he shot
and killed Theodore W. Larbig, was arrested
and tried
for murder,
but found not guilty on ground of self-defense; lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1915; candidate
for New York
state attorney general, 1920; candidate for New York
state senate 1st District, 1922; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925,
1927, 1931; candidate for chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1926; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1930, 1934, 1936; president, National
Unemployment League, which advocated public works programs to relieve
unemployment.
Died, from a heart
attack, as he was about to board the Staten Island ferry, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1952 (age 83 years, 358
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Vanderbilt Meserole and Ann Sophia (Richardson) Meserole;
married, June 24,
1899, to Katherine Louise Maltby. |
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Frank R. Aikens (b. 1855) —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
14, 1855.
Lawyer;
member of Dakota
territorial legislature, 1887-89; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1889; district judge in South
Dakota, 1889-94.
In 1891, when affluent Easterners came to South Dakota to live in a
hotel for 90 days, so as to be eligible for the state's easy divorce
law, he ruled that hotel guests were not bona fide South Dakota
residents, disrupting the divorce plans of a number of celebrities.
Later that year, a committee of Sioux Falls ministers accused
the judge of drunkenness
and licentiousness.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles A. Binder (1857-1891) —
also known as John Roth —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1857.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1884, 1886; accused
in 1891 of embezzling
$20,000 from the estate of Barbara Hausman; fled
and became a fugitive,
traveling under the alias "John Roth".
German
ancestry.
Wounded by self-inflicted
gunshot,
in his room at the Sheridan House Hotel,
and died there early the next morning, in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 17,
1891 (age 33 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Hiram Lennox (1842-1907) —
also known as Albert H. Lennox; Albert Hiram
Lenox —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
22, 1842.
Shipbroker;
commission
merchant; Vice-Consul
for Haiti in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1877-83; Consul
for Greece in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1881-91; Consul
for Haiti in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1883-91; in 1891, he and other officers of some mutual
benefit associations were charged
in Philadelphia with obtaining money under false
pretenses; in 1894, he resisted eviction
for non-payment
of rent; he was no longer consul, but falsely
claimd diplomatic
immunity; the government of Haiti contradicted his claim, and a
scandal
resulted.
Died in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., July 4,
1907 (age 64 years, 194
days).
Interment at Colestown
Cemetery, Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth Jane Lenox and Hiram Lenox; married to Emma
Stoy. |
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memorial |
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John Hampton Hoge (1856-1903) —
also known as J. Hampton Hoge —
of Montgomery
County, Va.
Born in 1856.
Republican. In October 1893, he was appointed Consul at Amoy, China,
and set out for San Francisco en route to his post; just before
leaving town, he gave a bad
check to settle a debt; on the train to San Francisco, he was conspicuously
drunk on the entire journey; President Cleveland
rescinded
the appointment, and Hoge was ridiculed
in newspapers all over the U.S.; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1894, 1896; candidate
for Governor of
Virginia, 1901.
Died in 1903
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Westview Cemetery, Blacksburg, Va.
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Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) —
also known as Eugene V. Debs —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
5, 1855.
Socialist. Locomotive
fireman on the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad;
secretary-treasurer
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885; founder in
1893 and president
(1893-97) of the American Railway Union; arrested
during a strike
in 1894 and charged
with conspiracy
to commit murder; the charges were dropped, but he was jailed
for six months for contempt
of court; became a Socialist while incarcerated; candidate for President
of the United States, 1900 (Social Democratic), 1904 (Socialist),
1908 (Socialist), 1912 (Socialist), 1920 (Socialist); in 1905, was a
founder
of the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped to
organize all workers in "One Big Union"; convicted
under the Sedition
and Espionage Act for an anti-war
speech he made in 1918, and sentenced
to ten years in federal prison;
released in 1921.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Lindlahr Sanitarium,
Elmhurst, DuPage
County, Ill., October
20, 1926 (age 70 years, 349
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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William Stanley Hollis (1866-1930) —
also known as W. Stanley Hollis —
of Massachusetts; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 4,
1866.
U.S. Consul in Mozambique Island, as of 1894; Lourenco Marques, 1898-1909; Dundee, 1909-10; U.S. Consul General in Beirut, 1911-17; London, 1919-20; Lisbon, 1920-27.
Member, American
Society for International Law.
In September, 1894, in Mozambique, he shot and wounded a local
resident who he thought was a burglar; arrested
and tried by
Portugese authorities, convicted
of homicide,
and sentenced
to six months in prison.
Died, following a stroke,
in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., June 8,
1930 (age 64 years, 65
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. George Fearing Hollis and Eliza A. (Simmons) Hollis; married
1898 to
Lena Cogswell Hobbs; married 1918 to Alice
Davidson. |
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William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837-1904) —
also known as William C. P. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August
28, 1837.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1885-95; defeated
(Gold Democratic), 1896.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
In 1894, he was successfully sued for breach of promise by a former
mistress; he acknowledged the affair, affair, but the scandal
ended his political career.
Slaveowner.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
18, 1904 (age 67 years, 82
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge and Ann Sophonisba (Preston) Breckinridge;
brother of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.; married, March
17, 1859, to Lucretia Hart Clay (daughter of Thomas
Hart Clay); married, September
19, 1861, to Issa Desha (granddaughter of Joseph
Desha); married to Louisa Rucks (Scott) Wing; father of Desha
Breckinridge; nephew of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge, William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; uncle of Levin
Irving Handy and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; grandson of John
Breckinridge and Francis
Smith Preston; grandnephew of James
Patton Preston; granduncle of John
Bayne Breckinridge; great-grandson of William
Preston and William
Campbell; great-grandnephew of William
Cabell and Patrick
Henry; first cousin of John
Cabell Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd, George
Rogers Clark Floyd, Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed of William
Cabell Jr. and William
Henry Cabell; second cousin of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin once removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880), Edward
Carrington Cabell, Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of Earle
Cabell; third cousin of John
William Leftwich and Stephen
Valentine Southall; third cousin once removed of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Gayfer Berry (1838-1923) —
also known as John G. Berry —
of Berryville, Otsego
County, Mich.
Born in 1838.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1889-90; Michigan
land commissioner, 1893-94; defeated, 1890; removed 1894.
Removed
from office as land commissioner, March 20, 1894.
Died in 1923
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Hills Cemetery, Vanderbilt, Mich.
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Joseph F. Hambitzer —
of Michigan.
Michigan
state treasurer, 1893-94.
Removed
from office as state treasurer, March 20, 1894.
Burial location unknown.
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John Fitzpatrick (1844-1919) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born May 1,
1844.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,
1880,
1884;
mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1892-96.
In 1894, a suit was brought in an attempt to impeach
and remove him
from office based on a long list of malfeasance
and corruption charges;
a trial
was held, and he was acquitted on all charges.
Died April 8,
1919 (age 74 years, 342
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John W. Jochim —
of Michigan.
Secretary
of state of Michigan, 1893-94.
Removed
from office, March 20, 1894.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Richard Folsom (1874-1923) —
also known as Edward R. Folsom —
of Irvington, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in North Urbana, Steuben
County, N.Y., September
18, 1874.
Charged,
in 1894, of forging
checks, bank
robbery, and arson;
pleaded
guilty to two charges; sentenced
to ten years in prison;
pardoned
and released in September 1897; coal
dealer; mayor
of Irvington, N.J., 1923; died in office 1923.
Blackmailers threatening to expose his criminal past extorted money
from him until he was nearly penniless; killed
himself by an overdose of
sedative, in Irvington, Essex
County, N.J., September
26, 1923 (age 49 years, 8
days).
Interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Irvington, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Lewis Folsom and Martha (Layton) Folsom; married to Sara
Elizabeth Keeler. |
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memorial |
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Eugene F. Vacheron —
of Ozone Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1894-95, 1901 (Queens County 3rd District
1894-95, Queens County 2nd District 1901); resigned 1895; charged
with bribery
in 1895; tried
and acquitted, but resigned
from the Assembly; convicted
of grand
larceny, February 28, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert William Wilcox (1855-1903) —
also known as Robert W. Wilcox —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Kahalu, Honuaula, Island of Maui, Maui
County, Hawaii, February
15, 1855.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Hawaii Territory, 1900-03.
Leader of the Hawaiian revolution of 1889; tried
for treason,
but acquitted by a jury. Was involved in the rebellion
of 1895 and subsequently court-martialed,
found
guilty, and sentenced to
death; the sentence was later commuted to 35 years; pardoned
by the Hawaiian president in 1898.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, October
23, 1903 (age 48 years, 250
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Louis Stern (c.1856-1901) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Germany,
about 1856.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
reporter; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Bamberg, 1893-1901.
Jewish.
Arrested
and fined in
Kissingen, Germany, 1895, for insulting
the Baron von Thuengen; also charged
with misrepresenting
his 15-year-old son as being twelve in order to get cheaper passage
to Europe for him on a steamship; the U.S. Consul General in Berlin
asserted that Mr. Stern was "very harshly and unjustly treated".
Depressed over financial problems and perceived anti-Semitism, he
began neglecting
his work; he was recalled
as commercial agent in 1901, but remained at Bamberg; his failure
to return money he had collected on behalf of U.S. citizens led
to a judgement
against him for 2,000 marks, which he was unable to pay; he died
by self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the public gardens at Bamberg, Germany,
June
10, 1901 (age about 45
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter R. Morrissey (1859-1895) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St. Louis
County, Mo., August
14, 1859.
Democrat. Saloon
keeper; arrested
in December 1886 on federal charges
of vote
fraud; found
guilty in April 1887, but released because the indictment did not
specify that the ballots were for a federal office; indicted
again soon after, but the charges were dropped in November; indicted
for naturalization
fraud in 1889, but not convicted; member of Missouri
state senate 31st District, 1893-95; died in office 1895.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
While in bed, he was shot
twice with his own pistol, and killed,
by his mistress,
Maud Lewis, in her "house of ill
repute", in St.
Louis, Mo., May 13,
1895 (age 35 years, 272
days). After a dramatic and highly publicized trial, Maud Lewis
was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to fifteen years
in prison; she was pardoned by Gov. Lon
Vest Stephens in January 1901.
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; South
Africa; Washington,
D.C.; Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March
31, 1855.
Republican. Mining engineer;
worked on mines in Mexico and South Africa; worked for Cecil Rhodes;
in 1895, he took part in the Jameson raid, an attempt
to overthrow the Boer government in South Africa; was arrested
with other leaders and sentenced
to be hanged; his sentence was commuted, and he was eventually
released to return to the U.S.; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1908;
chair, U.S. Coal Commission, 1922-23.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from coronary
occlusion, in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., June 8,
1936 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Lewis Waller (1850-1907) —
also known as John L. Waller —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in slavery
in New
Madrid County, Mo., January
12, 1850.
Republican. Barber; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; U.S. Consul in Tamatave, 1891-93; in March 1895, during France's military
takeover of Madagascar from the Hova monarchy, he was arrested
by French forces and tried in
a French military court, purportedly for the offense of corresponding
with (or spying
for) the Hovas, but more likely because the Queen of the Hovas had
granted him 2.5 square miles, rich with rubber and mahogany trees; sentenced
to twenty years in a French prison; his case became an international
cause celebre, and the U.S. government protested his imprisonment;
ultimately pardoned
in February 1896 by French president Félix Faure, and freed
after ten months in prison, in exchange for U.S. acquiesance to
French rule over Madagascar; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; newspaper
editor.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
13, 1907 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Frank Mapes (1861-1896) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., 1861.
Democrat. Postmaster at Kansas
City, Kan., 1893-96.
While postal inspectors discovered
that he had embezzled
about $9,200 from post office accounts, he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., March
15, 1896 (age about 34
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred R. Mapes and Elizabeth P. (Chittenden) Mapes; married to
Annie Lispenard Sharp. |
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memorial |
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Henry Clay Smith —
also known as Henry C. Smith —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Democrat. U.S. Consul in Tamatave, 1893; Santos, 1893-96, resigned 1896; at the time of his resignation
as consul, he was about to be dismissed
over unspecified
misconduct.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John Looney (1865-1942) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1942
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Bermel (1860-1921) —
of Middle Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 8,
1860.
Stonecutter;
Newtown town supervisor in the 1890s; charged
with financial
irregularities; tried
and acquitted; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1906-08; resigned 1908; resigned
as borough president after a grand jury presented charges
against him, related to fraud and bribery
in connection with the city's purchase of Kissena Park in Queens.
Member, Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Foresters.
Died in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia (now Karlovy Vary, Czechia),
July
28, 1921 (age 61 years, 111
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Bermel and Elizabeth (Cohn) Bermel; married, October
21, 1884, to Anna Mary Timmes. |
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Bert McMullin —
of Yell
County, Ark.
Member of Arkansas
state senate, 1897.
Arrested
on May 15, 1897, after he shot
at and barely missed J. N. Smithee, editor of the Arkansas
Gazette, who refused to apologize for critical editorials.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Andrew Iasigi (1848-1917) —
also known as Joseph A. Iasigi —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, January
15, 1848.
Consular
Agent for France in Boston,
Mass., 1873-77; Consul-General
for Turkey in Boston,
Mass., 1889-97; he failed to account for a trust fund, refused to
answer questions, and fled
to New York City; arrested
there in February 1897 and extradited
to Boston; charged
with embezzlement
of about $220,000; pleaded not guilty; tried and convicted
in November 1897; sentenced to 14-18 years in prison; pardoned
in 1909.
Armenian
and French
ancestry.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
24, 1917 (age 69 years, 9
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Charles Henry Meyer (1826-1898) —
also known as Charles H. Meyer; Carl H. Meyer; Karl
Heinrich Meyer —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Schleiz, Germany,
March
15, 1826.
Dry
goods importer;
banker;
Consul
for Germany in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1872-98; silk ribbon
manufacturer.
German
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
14, 1898 (age 72 years, 152
days). During a lawsuit following his death, his successor as
German Consul alleged
that Mr. Meyer had defaulted
with at least $11,000 of the consulate's funds; this was denied by
the executors of his estate, and the outcome of the dispute is
unknown.
Interment at Woodlands
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Christoph Heinrich Meyer and Marie (Felder) Meyer; married, April
16, 1857, to Sophie Karoline Wilhelmine Brossman. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Philadelphia Times,
August 18, 1898 |
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Alfred Moore Waddell (1834-1912) —
also known as Alfred M. Waddell —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., September
16, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1871-79;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1896;
notorious
leader of the overthrow of Wilmington's elected city government by white
supremacists on November 10, 1898; forced the incumbent mayor to
resign at gunpoint, and took his place; the offices of the Wilmington
Daily Record newspaper were burned,
and as many as 300 Black citizens of Wilmington were murdered;
mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1898-1906.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
17, 1912 (age 77 years, 183
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Frederick John Mills (1865-1953) —
also known as F. J. Mills —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Topsham, Orange
County, Vt., April
29, 1865.
Republican. Engineer;
Lieutenant
Governor of Idaho, 1895-97; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Scottish
ancestry.
On October 3, 1899, in Salt Lake City, he shot
and killed John C. O'Melveny, chief engineer of the Oregon Short
Line Railroad; was arrested
immediately and charged
with first-degree murder; at trial, he claimed the homicide was
justified by the "criminal intimacy" between O'Melveny and his wife,
while he was away in military service; the jury acquitted him in only
15 minutes.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
28, 1953 (age 88 years, 152
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis E. Otto (d. 1931) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Republican. Pharmacist;
postmaster at Key
West, Fla., 1898-99; arrested
in June 1899, suspended
from office as postmaster, and charged
with forgery,
perjury,
and embezzlement;
mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1919-21; defeated, 1917.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
1, 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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