Dunning and His Dealings in Brooks Case Reopened
In Superior Criminal Court Judge DeCourcey hears the Dunning case over the larceny of 23000 from the late Francis A. Brooks. Defense attorneys Swasey and Mansfield clash with the prosecution as witnesses Beebe Hale and Moors testify on prior business ties and alleged financial schemes involving Belgian capital, Brooks distress, and Brussels correspondences.
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E. J. Dunning
Francis A. Brooks
Superior Criminal Court
DeCourcey
Dunning
Mr. Brooks
Swasey
Mansfield
McLaughlin
John W. Beebe
New York
Beebe
Boston
Willoughby Webb
Albert C. Hale
Brooks
Alfred M. Moors
J. B. Moors & Co
Brussels
Fréh Albert Jansen
Morgan Brooks
Jansen
Prisoner Overpowers Guard in Court Escape Attempt
In East Bos- Po Court Richard Bristol, a prisoner awaiting commitment, tried to flee from the courtroom. Clerk Allen and Constable Harrington were summoned. Bristol vaulted the dock. Two inmates shouted, Harrington pursued and restrained Bristol after a struggle in which the officer drew his revolver and threatened to shoot if needed. Bristol was captured handcuffed.
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East Bos- Po
Richard Bristol
Allen
Harrington
Bristol
Master Printers' Combine Sues For Breach Of Contract
Globe Tracer Company sues Albert M Skinner and Edwin R Kidder in Municipal Court over a printing contract for 100000 copies of a city handbook. Skinner firm offered 1200 dollars but claimed no payment guarantee. Witnesses testified about Printers' Board of Trade forfeits, but none knew of such a rule. The court took the papers.
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Globe Tracer Company
Albert M. Skinner
Edwin R. Kidder
Ely
Skinner Printing
Printers’ Board of Trade
Longshoreman Sues Clyde Line Over Hook Injury
John O Connell a longshoreman sues Clyde Line Steamship Co for 2000 damages alleging a defective hook caused his injury while unloading cotton. The defense says other safe hooks were available and the company is not liable. Judge Forsaith reserved judgment.
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John O'Connell
Clyde Line
Forsaith
Explosion Crashes Through Ursuline Convent Lab
In New York on April 3 an explosion in the Ursuline convent laboratory on Park Avenue injures two girls from City Island, 17 year old Jennie Cotter and 16 year old Stella Herzheimer, as panic spreads among about 100 students. Both girls escape fatal harm, with clothing burned and arms injured, while the room sustains little damage.
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New York
Ursuline Convent
Park Avenue
Mary Joseph
Jennie Cotter
Stella Herzheimer
City Island
Navy Considers Longer Leave to Stem Desertions
Washington April 3. Desertions among navy enlisted men prompt the Navy Department to seek measures to improve morale. An expected order would authorize commanding officers of all ships in the North Atlantic squadron to grant 10 days leave of absence to men who can be spared when ships reach navy yards in May. Desertions mainly affect the North Atlantic squadron with fewer in the Philippines China Europe and South America.
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Washington
Navy Department
Department
North Atlantic
Navy Yards
Philippines
China
Europe
South America
Boston Employees Protest Meeting At Faneuil Hall
Charles F. Weed to preside over a Boston Elevated Railroad meeting at Faneuil Hall urging protest against recent layoffs. Some 50 workers have been discharged for joining the new union. Speakers include Driscoll of the Central Labor Union Joyce of the Building Trades Council Crozier of the Massachusetts AF of L state branch Carey and officers of the American Association of Street Railway Employees of America.
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Charles F. Weed
Boston Elevated Railroad Company
Faneuil Hall
Union of Employees
Driscoll
Central Labor Union
Joyce
Building Trades Council
James R. Crozier
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
James F. Carey
The
American Association of Street Railway Employees of America
Gas Explosion At Lehigh Wilkesbarre Mine
An afternoon gas explosion hit No. 5 mine of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. Rumors said as many as 60 men were entombed but rescuers quickly found 100 workers unharmed within thirty minutes.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Wyoming Valley
Signals Through Ground Demonstrations At Alexander Palace
At Alexander Palace demonstrations showed transmission and reception of signals and speech through the ground without wires. A Swedish electrical engineer and a Devonshire electrician presented with Sir Girard Smith and others. Explosives could be synchronized by earth currents for simultaneous or staged fires. Morse code and wireless telephone sounds also transmitted.
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New York
Alexander Palace
London
the Tribune
United States
Devonshire
Girard Smith
Theresa Ott Incurable Says Her Brother Matt
Theresa Vaughan, placed in an insane hospital two years ago, is described by her brother Matt Ott as unlikely to recover. He disputes reports about her condition, noting she appears well during a brief visit but remains unfit for life outside an asylum.
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Worcester
Theresa Vaughan
Stageland
Matt Ott
Miss Vaughan
Mr. Ott
Asthma Sufferer Praises Koch Lung Cure in Boston
Stephen Ballas of 9 Weston St Roxbury Massachusetts describes long battle with bronchitis asthma and catarrh. He credits Koch Lung Cure at 361 Boylston St Boston for complete three month cure with no medicines or drugs and offers to prove results by call.
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Boston
Boylston St
Koch
Stephen Ballas
Weston St
Roxbury
Mass
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Oxford
Madras
R.h.white Co
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Washington Street
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Chicago
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U.S
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Chemic-Effect Institute
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Ho Pelham
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