"[6] He later received honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from the University of California, from New York University, Brown University, and the University of North Carolina. After a brief conversation, Torsney shot one of them, Evans, point-blank in the head. "Officer Torsney Acquitted as Jury Rules Him Insane in Killing of Boy", "Badges, Guns and Another Unarmed Victim", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shooting_of_Randolph_Evans&oldid=985920503, New York City Police Department corruption and misconduct, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 28 October 2020, at 18:55.
[21] He urged businessmen to make "sacrifices as worthy as those of the men on their way to the trenches".
At the trial of Torsney, which began in October, 1977, his defense maintained that the killing resulted from a psychotic episode due to "automatism of Penfield," named for neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield. [1][2] Christopher Lane was a preacher who owned a farm outside Charlottetown; when his voice began to fail, he became a dentist. [55], As Interior Secretary, Lane was responsible for the territories, and advocated the development of the Alaska Territory. The Hepburn Act had given the Commission broad powers over the railroads, and the Commission worked to deal not only with past railroad abuses, but to strike a balance between the desires of railroads and those of shippers. Journalist Grant Wallace wrote of Lane at the time of the gubernatorial campaign: That Lane is a man of earnestness and vigorous action is shown in ... every movement. Nov. 5 (UPI) -- An India teenager achieved the Guinness World Record for the longest hair on a teenager. The Torsney case was mentioned by Bob Herbert in his New York Times column after the shooting of Sean Bell which took place exactly 30 years to the day after the killing of Evans. Nov. 4 (UPI) -- An Australian man is crediting his pet parrot with saving his life after the bird shouted out his name and alerted him to a house fire. San Francisco had long sought to dam the Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park to create a reservoir that would assure a steady flow of water to the city. [69], Lane resigned in February 1920, and left office on March 1.
Appointed a commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 and confirmed by the Senate the following year, Lane was reappointed in 1909 by President William Howard Taft. House indicated that were he to prove capable in the position, Wilson would not interfere. The President was supposed to open the fair, but was unable to attend, and sent the Interior Secretary in his place. [13] While returning to California from a trip to Washington, D.C., as an advocate for the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir project, he stopped in Austin, Texas, to confer with Democratic leaders and address the legislature. On November 30, 1977, one year after Evans' funeral, Torsney was found not guilty by reason of insanity. I do not ask for power, nor for fame, nor yet for wealth. [29] Taft designated Lane as a U.S. delegate to the 1910 International Railways Congress. Lane's record on conservation was mixed: he supported the controversial Hetch Hetchy Reservoir project in Yosemite National Park, which flooded a valley esteemed by many conservationists, but also presided over the establishment of the National Park Service. [3] The elder Lane, disliking the island colony's cold climate, moved with his family to Napa, California in 1871,[4] and to Oakland in 1876, where Franklin graduated from Oakland High School. [14], Lane ran for Governor of California in 1902 on the Democratic and Non-Partisan tickets. We want the farm made more attractive through better rural schools, more roads everywhere ... [W]e want more men with garden homes instead of tenement homes. [71], According to newspapers reporting Lane's death, it was said that had he been born in the United States he would have been elected president.
Lane was intrigued by Mather's letter, made inquiry, and found that Mather was well thought of by Lane's friends—and had, like Lane, attended the University of California. [60] In 1916, Wilson appointed Lane to lead the American delegation and meet with the Mexican commissioners at Atlantic City, New Jersey about the unstable military situation in Mexico.
[2] Franklin Lane was hired to work in the printing office of the Oakland Times, then worked as a reporter, and in 1884 campaigned for the Prohibition Party. [11] Secretary Lane's vision for the territory was, "Alaska should not, in my judgment, be regarded as a mere storehouse of materials on which the people of the States may draw. Trick-or-treater finds wedding ring at bottom of candy bag. [39] Wilson was elected on November 5, 1912, and on November 21 the commissioner spent much of the day with Colonel Edward M. House, the President-elect's advisor, who would play a key role in selecting Cabinet appointees.
[20] Roosevelt apologized for his oversight, but noted that, as he had just been re-elected, "I shall make ample amends to Lane later". A member of the Democratic Party, he served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920. [9] He was re-elected in 1899 and 1901.
It is a challenge to man. [40], At the ICC meeting on January 8, 1913, the commissioners elected Lane as the new chairman, effective January 13. [7] President Wilson reportedly stopped discussing matters of importance at Cabinet meetings because the "gregarious" Lane divulged confidential matters. Einstein has declared the law of gravitation outgrown and decadent. Colonel House did not immediately recommend Lane for the job, but went on to consider other candidates, such as former San Francisco mayor James D. Phelan and Wilson friend Walter Page. He wrote articles urging, in vain, U.S. ratification of the treaty establishing the international organization. Eight teenagers -- four of them from Franklin on the school's annual spring outing -- died Friday night when the Haunted Castle fun house at the Great Adventure amusement park in nearby Jackson Township, N.J., turned into a 2,000-degree death chamber. In 1893, Lane married Anne Wintermute; they had two children, Franklin Knight Lane, Jr. and Nancy Lane Kauffman. He wrote to his brother George in February 1917: ... in Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, and Europe we have trouble. His fellow commissioners elected him as chairman in January 1913. Clemenceau is beaten for an office he did not want.
[51] The Hetch Hetchy project was strongly opposed by many conservationists, led by John Muir, who said, "Dam Hetch Hetchy! While investigating the sale of pipelines to the Standard Oil Company, he grew frustrated with the testimony of a witness who, though secretary of several pipeline companies, could not say who authorized the sales. The deceased teenager was a freshman at Franklin K. Lane High School and a volunteer lifeguard over the summer. Funeral plans for Christopher Harrison, 17, of New York City were not immediately known. Railroad companies were accused of failing to send cars with coal to that region that could then be used to transport grain from that region to Great Lakes ports.
After several days of meetings there, he collapsed because of an attack of angina pectoris. He recommended that railroad companies pool their cars with neighboring lines. 'Kids will just all of a sudden start crying in the halls. There he became a protégé of the reformer Henry George and a member of New York's Reform Club.
[9] He returned to the private practice of law,[9] and would not again stand for elective office. [7][61][72] Following Lane's death, a memorial committee was formed by Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt and former Lane assistant and member of the Federal Reserve Board Adolph C. Miller. "[36] The Commission held that oil pipelines were common carriers, and ordered the companies owning them to file rate schedules and otherwise comply with the Interstate Commerce Act. Lane had taken cases against those corporations in his law practice, and, in his gubernatorial campaign, had argued that they had too much power. Lane made many effective speeches for the Committee on Public Information. It says, 'Master me! Our trade is to grow as never before. [8] However, the majority Republicans backed incumbent George Clement Perkins, who was duly re-elected. Newspapers reported that it was often said of Lane that had he not been born in what is now Canada, he would have become president. [52] The Interior Secretary advocated leasing, rather than selling, public lands with possible mineral deposits, and Senator Walsh pursued legislation in this area. In a critical Cabinet meeting in March 1917, Lane, with other Cabinet members, urged American intervention in the war. [9] Lane's patriotic essay "Makers of the Flag" adapted from a speech he delivered to Interior Department employees on Flag Day 1914, continues to be reprinted as a speech and in schoolbooks.[75][76]. [50], Soon after taking office in 1913, Lane became involved in the Hetch Hetchy Valley dispute.
[2] Lane later wrote, "I put myself through college by working on vacation and after hours, and I am very glad I did it. )[15] Between 8,000 and 10,000 votes were disqualified on various technicalities, possibly costing him the election. [18] The New York Times saw this as part of a campaign to secure the vice-presidential nomination, and stated that he had been promised help from Texas. Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A Kentucky woman won a $100,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket 13 years after collecting a $1 million lottery jackpot.
[19], The railroad companies, which were loosely regulated by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), exercised great power in California because of the lack of alternate means of shipping freight. [53] While the two were successful in providing for coal land leasing in Alaska, a general minerals leasing bill would not be passed until shortly after Lane left office in 1920. Torsney’s partner, Officer Matthew Williams, who was already in the vehicle when Torsney shot Evans, asked, “What did you do?” Torsney responded, “I don’t know, Matty. He subsequently accepted employment as vice president and legal advisor to the Mexican Petroleum Company, which was run by Edward Doheny (who, after Lane's death, would be implicated in the Teapot Dome scandal), as well as a directorship of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.[61]. Preclík, Vratislav. The country is growing tired of delay, and without positive leadership is losing its keenness of conscience and becoming inured to insult. Randolph Evans (1961–1976) was a 15-year-old Brooklyn boy who was shot and killed by NYPD officer Robert Torsney on November 25, 1976. The possibility of Lane becoming Secretary of the Interior was discussed, but he indicated he was happy in his present position.
Because of two decades of poorly paid government service, and the expenses of his final illness, he left no estate, and a public fund was established to support his widow. Lane headed the Division, leading a board of five men and five women.[21]. Secretary Lane stated that he had not done so earlier because of President Wilson's illness. Put me to use! Lane retorted that if Hearst received a telegram purportedly signed by Lane, asking him to do anything, he could be sure it was a forgery.[13]. [74] Other tributes to Lane included a World War II Liberty ship, a New York City high school, and a California redwood grove.