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History Lessons: 200-Year-Old Murder Well Lurks in Unassuming Soho Store

2015-01-05 22:02:42| Real Estate - Topix.net

In his latest adventure, Nick Carr of Scouting NY bravely enters the newly opened COS store at 129 Spring Street in Soho to check out a preserved well where a murdered lady was found in the 18th century. Racked has covered this before , but it's worth revisiting mainly because it's such an fascinating story: On December 22, 1799, a young woman named Gulielma Elmore Sands left her boarding home to elope with her secret lover, Levi Weeks.

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For Police Unions, a History of Warring With City Hall

2014-12-22 09:24:35| Footwear - Topix.net

The president of the city's most prominent police union saw a villain in City Hall. The mayor accused the union boss, seemingly bent on the Democratic mayor's destruction, of irresponsible rhetoric motivated by the desire for a better contract.

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NY cop killer had long criminal history

2014-12-22 00:22:43| Telecom - Topix.net

Family members of Eric Garner are stressing the support of non-violent protests following the deadly shootings of two New York City police officers. Brooklyn borough president Eric L. Adams asks for protesters to hold off until two New York City police officers who were shot on Saturday are laid to rest.

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