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By James Morton12 July 2021 James Morton Steven Bouquet, convicted in June of cat killing in Brighton, seems to have been something of a throwback to the New York of the 1890s. Then Sarah J Edwards was a member of the all-female Midnight Band of Mercy, whose mission was the elimination of the thousands of New York’s stray and often half-starved cats which roamed the streets, particularly in the Bowery and over the Hudson in New Jersey. This was achieved by the kindly method of capturing them, putting them in a basket and chloroforming them. Since the cats were mostly feral, this was done at some personal risk to the missionaries. Nor did the cats always respond to the calls of ‘Kitty, your soul is going to the Lord’ – and so the Midnight Band’s work was never done. ....
the most notable entertainer at his bachelor party whose name was little egypt who went on to tremendous fame and fortune. lolo montes, of bulgaria, she plays an offstage role in the form of a woman named edith who was a spiritualist, and with all the honesty and integrity that that breed is known for. edith said she was actually the offspring of lolo montes and king ludwig. and that an otherwise somehow apparently engaged got her into the affections of a lovely old men named marsh put been recently widowed and desperately lonely, and edith offered to give him companionship, platonic companionship. she moved in with her husband and two children. she also got a mortgage to his townhouse on madison avenue. and was well on the way of picking his pocket at everything he had. at this point luther marsh had been a law partner of daniel webster, and was a very well respected men in new york. at this point he told his legal colleagues, they got together and asked william how to ....