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Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Payson, Weston, Tucker, Valentine, Anderson,Ashley
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:26:36 EDT

Tuesday April 27 ,2010 Troy Record Article 100 years ago Wednesday, April
27, 1910
“It’s the kind of crowd that turns out for parades, but today’s bi
spectacle in Troy is a parade
consisting of one man – the nation’s most famous pedestrian.Edward Payson
Weston
arrives in the Collar City this morning on his way toward completing a
record-setting walk from San Francisco to New York City. He expects to reach
Manhattan on Friday, 75 days after leaving San Francisco and 15 days ahead of
his original schedule.The 71 year old Weston has been taking his highly
publicized walks for nearly 50 years.They book his
rest stops, including this after¬ noon’s visit to the downtown Rensselaer
Hotel.The pedestrian powerhouse sets out from Amsterdam at 2:30 this
morning, reaching Schenectady at 6:40. He passes through the Electric City and
heads for Watervliet, making
good time thanks to high-quality roads.“Weston was authority for the remark
that the fastest four miles he had made in his journey of six thousand
miles were made on the macadam pavement which extends along the railway tracks
between Watervliet and Schenectady,”
our reporter notes, “It required fifty-nine minutes for the establishment
of the four-mile record.”The toothless Weston eats just one meal a day, and
it won’t be in Troy. He leaves the Rensselaer at 1:00 p.m. and heads for
Hudson to spend the night. "
Wednesday April 28,2010 Troy Record Article 100 years ago Thursday, April
28, 1910
“This year isn’t going to see a repeat of the last two years,when Troy
staged major public
celebrations to draw tourists into town. In 1910, The Record reports,
Collar City boosters are going to bring Troy to the rest of the Northeast.The
city’s Commercial Travelers’ Association is putting together a “Troy
Publicity Train”that will tour New York and New England from May 2 through May
13. The exhibit cars were assembled in Green Island. They’re brought across
the river today and delivered to R. H. Tucker,the president of the
Commercial Travelers’ Association. "
Thursday April 29 ,2010 Troy Record Article 100 years ago Friday, April
29, 1910
“Police court magistrate Frank B. Valentine decides whether Harold
Anderson is guilty of manslaughter for his role in the death of John Ashley
earlier this month, The Record reports.The magistrate settles the matter with a
written opinion. He explains his responsibilities according to state law.
Section 1041 of the Penal Code dictates: “No person can be convicted of murder
or manslaughter unless the death of the person alleged to have been killed
and the fact of killing by the defendant, as alleged, are each established
as independent facts; the former by a direct proof, and the latter beyond
a reasonable doubt.”“The fact that the man died from the result of an
injury, such as described by the witnesses, carries with it no legal
implication of the crime charged,” Valentine notes, “There is no evidence tending to
show that the defendant did any act from which an implication can be drawn
that he intended to take the life of the deceased.”“There is an utter
lack of proof on the part of the people to show that a crime was committed or
that the deceased was killed by the act, procurement or omission of another,
” Valentine concludes as he drops the charge against Anderson. "

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