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ments, charging grand larceny and conspiracy, for selling stock in 
an asbestos mine on Staten Island, which he also claimed yielded 
rubies and emeralds (see New York Sun, Aug. 29, 30, 1919). 
The logical aftermath to the affair is briefly mentioned in the fol- 
lowing news item, which appeared in the New York Sun and 
Herald, April 1, 1920: 
“Sing Sing Sentence for Brandenburg 
“Writer and Promoter Will Serve 214 Years 
“Broughton Brandenburg, magazine writer and promoter, was 
sentenced by Judge Crane in General Sessions yesterday to two 
and a half years in Sing Sing prison for grand larceny in connec- 
tion with the sale of stock in a Staten Island ‘asbestos’ mine pro- 
moted a year ago by the New Methods Moulding and Metals Cor- 
poration, which Brandenburg organized. He was released on 
$7,450 bail pending an appeal. | 
“ Brandenburg was convicted of forgery in 1910, and sentenced 
to from two to four and a half years in prison. He is 43 years 
old, and lives at 812 Pine street, Philadelphia. He was once in- 
dicted for selling to a New York newspaper an article purpcerting 
to be written by Grover Cleveland, but was acquitted of the charge 
of grand larceny on that occasion.” 
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WHEN WHALING FLOURISHED OFF THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN. 
Arthur Hollick. New York Sun, Sept. 14, 1919. 
This is an article written for the readers of the magazine section 
of a Sunday paper. It is based upon the recent discovery of bones 
of whales in the sands of the beaches at Rockaway, Long Island, 
and Great Kill, Staten Island. Specimens from the latter locatity 
were brought to our museum for identification. 
The article is essentially an historical account of the whaling 
industry as it formerly flourished in this vicinity, with numercus 
