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About Abram Yellen
Family trees say the family is from Zambrow or Lomza (Lonzer sic) but the children were born in Raczki, Suwalki and the passenger manifest says Abram Jelin was from Raczki as well. There is a huge Lomza Jelen family, so it seems that this family may have originally been from Lomza Gubernia or even Lomza town as well.
I updated the parents from MyHeritage. These were the probable parents from Jewish Gen that I had seen, but I was a bit surprised that none of Abraham's children were named for either mother or father, but perhaps they were still living when his children were born.
Was murdered by Raymond Mulford during a robbery on Thanksgiving Day in 1920. Mulford was executed for the murder in 1922.
Buffalo Police Report
305 E: 11/25/1920-About 9:30 A.M., Raymond Mulford, 28 years old, Floyd C. Slover, 22 years old, and Harold Webber, 23 years old, all rooming with Lillian Gusse, 24 years old, of 236 North Division Street, went to the second hand store of Abraham Yellen, 194 Seneca Street. Mulford and Slover went into the store while Webber remained on the outside. Slover after trying on an overcoat attempted to walk out without paying for it. He was stopped by Mr. Yellen, who demanded that he be paid for the coat. Slover drew a 32 calibre revolver and shot at Mr. Yellen three times. Two of the shots took effect; one in the wrist and the other in the left lung. He died at the Columbus Hospital, at 2:45 P.M. November 26, 1920. Detective Daniel M. Condren was nearby at the time and being informed of the shooting commandeered a passing auto and gave chase. He captured the men at the point of a revolver, at the corner of North Division Street and Michigan Avenue. They were charged with murder first degree. Webber pleaded guilty to murder second degree and was sentenced to Auburn Prison for not less than twenty years. Mulford and Slover were sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week of March 7, 1921. Lillian Gusse was charged with robbery in which she had participated last summer at Gardenville, N.Y., and upon conviction was sentenced to two years in prison, but sentence was suspended during good behavior. She was not present at the time of the shooting of Yellen.
At the arraignment of the three men on November 27th, Yellen’s two sons were present, J. Zelig Yellen and Max M. Yellen. Both tried to strike Frank Barnes but without effect.
On January 4th, two men positively identified Slover as Yellen’s killer, during Ramond Mulford’s trial. Lillian Gusse was supposed to be involved in crimes commited by the trio which included Edward Webber. The D.A. told the jury he could prove that Mulford went out to commit a crime with “murder in his heart.” D.A. Moore asked Mulford if he poisoned his wife 7 or 8 years before because she was going to give birth. Mulford declined to answer. The jury was out 50 minutes.
The trial of Floyd E. Slover was halted on January 20, 1921 when the judge’s brother died. Mulford and Glover sentenced to death at Sing Sing. On December 18, 1921, the court of appeals affirmed Slover’s death penalty. On January 12, 1922, the Governor rejected Mulford’s plea for commutation.
“Raymond Mulford, alias Roy Brown, white, age 29; and Floyd Stover, alias Frank Barnes, white, age 21. Murder. The crime was committed on November 25, 1920, in Buffalo. Mulford and Slover were professional brigands who ranged all the way from St. Louis to Niagara Falls. Traveling with them was another man, Frank Webber, alias Jack Smith, and a female named Lillian Clayton, alias Gusse. By the time these bandits got to Buffalo it was late November. They were without funds and hankering for “a real Thanksgiving dinner,” in their own words. So they looked for a vulnerable merchant and settled on a haberdashery at 194 Seneca Street. The three men entered the shop on the pretense of looking at overcoats and then announced it was a stickup. When the haberdasher, Abraham Yellen (white), did not immediately yield, he was shot dead and his premises looted. Mulford was executed for this crime on January 12, 1922. Slover met the same fate three weeks later on February 2, 1922.” CBH, 157.
Source: http://www.homicideresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/New-Buff...
Hamburg Passenger Record
- Name Abram Jelin
- Gender männlich
- Departure Age 24
- Occupation Händler
- Birth Date abt 1872
- Residence Ratzk, Russland
- Departure Date 11 Nov 1896
- Port of Departure Hamburg
- Port of Arrival New York
- Ship Name Albano
- Captain Koch
- Shipping Clerk Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft)
- Shipping Line Rob. M. Sloman & Co.
- Ship Type Dampfschiff
- Ship Flag Deutschland
- Accommodation Zwischendeck
- Volume 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 095
- Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 22 2017, 11:18:25 UTC
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 23 2017, 1:28:00 UTC
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Abram Yellen's Timeline
| 1872 |
March 1872
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Lomza, Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
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| 1892 |
July 6, 1892
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Raczki, Suwalki, Biyalstok, Poland
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| 1894 |
February 25, 1894
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Raczki, Suwalki, Biyalstok, Poland
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| 1897 |
April 16, 1897
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Raczki, Suwalki, Biyalstok, Poland
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| 1900 |
November 15, 1900
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Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
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| 1902 |
October 1, 1902
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Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
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| 1906 |
November 27, 1906
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Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
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| 1910 |
March 10, 1910
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Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
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| 1920 |
November 25, 1920
Age 48
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Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
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