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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1912
Page
5
Wakefield's oldest resident Mrs Han nah E Newcomb 94 celebrated her birthday at home on Chestnut street. Attendees included great grandchildren grandchildren and children with Mrs Charlotte Abbott 73 her daughter among the guests. An afternoon party with an early luncheon followed.
In New York on April 5 detectives guarded Mrs O H P Belmont at 477 Madison Avenue after a death threat allegedly tied to a suffragist plot. Police also watched bombs addressed to Judge Rosalsky and other figures as crowds clashed at the Revere Beach railway ferry slip prompting reinforcements.
A threatening anonymous letter with a $10 cable blank to Emmeline Pankhurst was sent to Mrs. Belmont. Police Commissioner Rhinelander Wall ordered detectives to guard her and investigate the plot amid suffragist tensions and fears of retaliation.
Courtland Munningham, a veteran Western Union telegraphist in Brooklyn, dies suddenly of heart disease. The report claims he inserted a Confederate message ordering General Lee to invade the North, with Meade ordered to hold. The Gettysburg battle followed and Lee's invasion plan thwarted.
Police arrested one man and sent another to Relief Hospital after a street altercation near the ferry. Andrew Pierce of Lynn was jailed on an aggravated assault charge, while Samuel Aarons, 60, of 406 Broadway South Boston, suffered a scalp wound and facial bruising. The brawl began when a remark sparked a crowd on the incline blocking the ferry path and quickly escalated as fists and hats flew before officers arrived.
Arthur E. Acker secretary of Decorative Art Glass Workers' Union No. 28 resigned last night due to illness. Miss Annie McDonald of Lowell addressed the members about the Lowell textile strike noting Greeks among the strikers.
Six year old Thomas O Shea of 56 Nashua Street sustained fatal injuries when crushed by an elevator at 50 North Washington Street on Thursday afternoon. He died yesterday at Relief Hospital.
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