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General Discussion / Re: Alice Sullivan: Trial Testimony & Bellevue Hospital
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 23, 2026, 06:12:06 am »
Pete:

 I'll ask her...

According to the testimony, she said he died on May 11th, 1881 ( correcting the minor gaffe by Mike).
( Being cross-examined by Manny Friend)

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Q. When did your husband die? 
A. 1881, 11th of May.
Q. Did he die in the City and County of New York?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Where did you live at the time?
A. When he died?
Q. Yes?
A. I lived in White Plains.
Q. Then you did not reside in New York City?
A. Not when he died.
Q. Did he reside with you at the time of his death?
A. No, sir; he resided with his mother.
Q. With his mother? (No answer).
Mr. Friend: I don’t want his name. I respect the memory of the dead too much.
Q. You were not at the bedside of your husband when he died?
A. No, sir.
Objected to.
Q. You were then living a life of shame, weren’t you?
A. No, sir; I was living with my folks.
Q. Whom do you mean?
A. I mean my mother and father and my sisters.
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General Discussion / Re: Alice Sullivan: Trial Testimony & Bellevue Hospital
« Last post by Kattrup on January 23, 2026, 02:05:28 am »
Just wondering if Alice’s husband is traceable by Nina?

We don’t know his first name, but he died on March 14, 1881, in NYC. (In the transcript, Mike wrote 1891, a small mistake)

How many men with last name Sullivan died that day? Perhaps not that many. Finding his first name might lead to a marriage record, giving us her maiden name and thus leading us to her family in White Plains.
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Miscellaneous Section / Visual Timeline of New York City 1582-2026
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 22, 2026, 06:08:09 pm »
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Sketches & Photographs / Re: Harmony Grove & Hart Island
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 21, 2026, 12:36:19 pm »
Harmony Grove Cemetery ( Carrie's grave not shown ) today..... January 21, 2026

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Sketches & Photographs / Re: W. T. Jenkins
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 21, 2026, 08:15:54 am »
Drs. Jenkins and Edson were at the forefront of the fight against cholera in New York City during 1892.
200 cases surfaced in the Lower East Side by the summer of 1892.

This piece refers to both physicians....pretty good article.

https://newrepublic.com/article/116867/sherwin-nuland-jewish-immigrants-new-yorks-cholera-epidemics

Excerpt from a larger article on the effort to combat the disease...sketches of both men.

New York Evening World
September 15, 1892
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General Discussion / Re: The Jurors
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 20, 2026, 06:32:04 pm »
Nice find, Pete!


I'd go with the third guy from the left on the top row, too.

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General Discussion / Re: The Jurors
« Last post by Kattrup on January 20, 2026, 05:14:53 pm »
This is a case that William O'Reardon was involved with.....again as a juror.

New York Sun
June 24, 1898
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Here's a sketch of the jury in that case:

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I don't see much similarity between the 1891 sketch and any of these men.  Perhaps the third guy, top row, if he'd grown a moustache in the preceeding seven years.

In the article, he's the fourth juror listed, with the address of 223 East Eighteenth Street, occupation still clerk.

From NY Evening Journal June 20 1898
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General Discussion / Re: The Doris Museum: Scraping The Bottom
« Last post by Howard Brown on January 19, 2026, 12:54:50 pm »
You've gotta good point, Pete. ;D

I heard Dr. Jenkins flipped a coin with one of his assistants to decide who would check out Ali's wind tunnel.

Jenkins said, "Heads I win, tails you lose.."  So Doc Jenkins' assistant got the honors.
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General Discussion / Re: The Doris Museum: Scraping The Bottom
« Last post by Kattrup on January 19, 2026, 12:41:29 pm »
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