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General Discussion / Re: Alice Sullivan: Trial Testimony & Bellevue Hospital
« Last post by Kattrup on January 24, 2026, 10:00:52 am »
Thanks for trying

In Chicago, he worked at ‘Scoville and Bates’, I think this is Scoville Ironworks, which originally was a partnership between Scoville and Gates?

They lived at W Desplaines Street 176, (or was it E?)  also sometimes written as Des Plaines Street.

I looked at some 1870s Chicago directories couldn’t see any E-W, only Desplaines street N-S.
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General Discussion / A Plot Brewing In Philly: Byrnes Beware!
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 24, 2026, 06:12:42 am »
Meriden Daily Republican
June 23, 1891
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General Discussion / Re: **Pre-Trial: June 22nd and 23rd, 1891**
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 23, 2026, 01:36:49 pm »
New York Sun
June 23, 1891
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General Discussion / **Pre-Trial: June 22nd and 23rd, 1891**
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 23, 2026, 01:30:29 pm »
The vetting of jurors began on Wednesday, June 24th, 1891
After the three-day process ( 24th-26th), the trial began on Monday, June 29th
and concluded on July 3rd.

The following events took place on the 22nd and 23rd of June.

New York Tribune
June 22, 1891
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New York Evening World
June 22, 1891
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General Discussion / Re: Alice Sullivan: Trial Testimony & Bellevue Hospital
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 23, 2026, 10:57:42 am »
One final thing for the moment.....

The Sullivan who died on May 11, 1891, Dennis J. Sullivan, listed above.....actually had a wife named Alice, who died in 1890.






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General Discussion / Re: Alice Sullivan: Trial Testimony & Bellevue Hospital
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 23, 2026, 10:30:59 am »
Pete:

    Nina says that she cannot find any Sullivans who died on or around that date....May 11, 1881.

She did find a Sullivan who died on May 11, 1891, Dennis J. Sullivan. Wrong guy, as he was a widower himself.

I found two Dennis Sullivans....one on 334 Pearl Street ( a cooper ) and the other at 359 Cherry....spitting distance
from the hotel.

The only Alice Sullivan I found in the 1890-1891 Directory was a widow of a Dennis ( no occupation given), who lived in Hell's Kitchen
( west side) on 50th Street.  I seriously doubt that this was our Alice. Plus, this Dennis was already deceased, as the Directory listed
people still living in 1890.
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General Discussion / Re: Alice Sullivan: Trial Testimony & Bellevue Hospital
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 23, 2026, 10:19:52 am »
Pete:

Nina hasn't found a Sullivan who died on the date in question.
Meanwhile, I looked into the 1880-1881 NY City Directory. I found a couple of Sullivans who were coopers,
which was her husband's profession.

One lived at 73 Roosevelt Street. His name was Benjamin. Pretty close to Water & Roosevelt.
Another was named Jeremiah. He lived at 356 Bleecker Street, in Greenwich Village ( west side of the city).

Jeremiah died on May 11th...................1894. :P

I found a William, John, and Patrick, all coopers....but Patrick was a widower.
Sullivans were like horseshit in New York, all over the place.
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General Discussion / Re: Alice Sullivan: Trial Testimony & Bellevue Hospital
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 23, 2026, 06:56:34 am »
Thanks, sorry about posting the wrong date, I’d just been reading the trial transcript myself, so not sure how I managed to mess it up

Heh,heh....that's easy to figure out. You've been hangin' around with me too long. ;D

I've already looked in some New York City papers for a corresponding death ( May 10-May 17 ), but none materialized.
I'll ask Nina, Pete.
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General Discussion / Re: Alice Sullivan: Trial Testimony & Bellevue Hospital
« Last post by Kattrup on January 23, 2026, 06:42:41 am »
Thanks, sorry about posting the wrong date, I’d just been reading the trial transcript myself so not sure how I managed to mess it up
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Sketches & Photographs / 1890s Photos: Jacob Riis and Artificial Intelligence
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 23, 2026, 06:25:53 am »
Some really remarkable recreations of Jacob Riis's photos in this video.
The 1889 photo of a few inhabitants sitting in the police station on Bayard Street is included.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsfTaWg6At8


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