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I removed this "fact" : "Van Shaik was pardoned by Theodore Roosevelt (not Taft as reported) in 1908."

According to contemporary NY Times reports he was convicted and sentenced in 1906, he entered Sing Sing prison on Feb 27, 1908 and was paroled 3 years 6 months later. He was pardoned by President Taft on December 19, 1912, but the pardon became effective on Christmas day that year.

Ydorb 17:58, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] St Mark's

The St. Mark's building is now the Community Synagogue/Max D. Raiskin Center at 325 East Sixth Street. [1] The congregation of St. Mark's eventually merged with that of another church at 339 E. 84th St. which is now known as Zion St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church. [2]

I wasn't sure this belonged in the article but put it here in case anyone might be interested. --Cam 00:34, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Footnotes/References

I thought I could 'fix' the references - there is a bare (1) and (2) in the text that probably refer to items in the references section, but I am not knowledgeable enough to 'fix' this. Perhaps someone else can take up the challenge? --Dumarest 20:20, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I converted the footnotes to use the ref format. The references could probably be better, but now that the ref format is applied, it'll be easier for someone to expand upon them. --JerryOrr 11:36, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Repetition

It seems like the "Significant Events" section should be incorporated into the rest of the piece, as it just reiterates and/or details things that could reside under existing headers. I don't feel like I know the story well enough to edit myself... but someone must! Snarfa 04:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)