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The Most Beautiful Woman on Spring Street
Location: 310 Clay Street Date: April 11, 1914 Claude Mathewson lived and died by the philosophy "The better the day, the better the deed." He'd often slip this bon mot into conversation in the...
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Red Light Raid
Location: 310 Clay Street Date: June 15, 1915The Redlight Abatement Act is now law, and the first establishment to be entered by crowbar, ax and the strong arms of police and DA's men was the Hotel...
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Suicide Writ Large at Clay Central
Before the Community Redevelopment Association swung its scythe across Bunker Hill, one building tried to do itself in. This structure was by all evidence a living, cursed thing, and like the House of...
View ArticleReading between the lines
Location: 350 Clay Street Date: November 25, 1919John Roebling tells police that as far as his confused memory can be relied on, a man and a young woman clad in boy's clothing chloroformed him in his...
View ArticleLast Shore Leave
Location: 350 Clay Street Date: June 3, 1946In the not-quite-twelve hours since John M. Kelly was discharged from the Marine Corps, he somehow took up with Henry Ehlert, 44, and Dwight C. Lester, 23,...
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The Game is Afoot
On the afternoon of August 21, 1924, residents of 328 Clay Street were terror stricken by weird noises emanating from a room on the second floor of the building. There were scuffling sounds and urgent...
View Article"Otto Liebman Is Alive and Well Instead of Being Burned to Death"
George Roughton's boarding house at 324 Clay Street was advertised as possessing a "most healthful locality" and "very fine view." However, it's unlikely that it appeared that way to tenants who were...
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Only Angels Have Wings
It is said that the Lord protects drunks, fools, and children, and it would seem that He had his hands full keeping watch over the residents of 316 Clay Street, known variously as the Patterson Hotel...
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