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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1908
Page
1
The Boston Theatre last night overflowed as the Metropolitan Grand Opera company opened its season. Boston’s musical social and artistic circles filled entrances and aisles, giving a right royal welcome to the company.
Thomas W. Lawson is defendant in a 250000 suit filed by John S. Donohoe of Lynn through Edward A. Donohoe. Donohoe alleges 12 years of confidential-agent service and unpaid compensation tied to Gas deals and state street Wall Street affairs, with sensational claims to follow in filings. Lawson attended the opera last night and declined to discuss the case.
The Boston audience, famed for restraint, burst into lavish praise as Iris unfolds at the old playhouse. Madame Eames receives warm welcome, while Caruso and Scott share glory in a finale that leaves the house in delighted uproar. The theater scene shows a sea of well dressed patrons from floor to gallery.
The Boston Board of Aldermen unanimously urged Gov veto of a 2,000,000 metropolitan parks appropriation reported favored by the Metropolitan Affairs committee. They also pressed to give Boston labor priority on the Roslindale to Dedham highway and to start work promptly.
The Dominion line steamer Turcoman rescued 35 French crewmen from the barkentine Bearn et Bretagne during a hurricane off Avonmouth. Four volunteers and Chief Officer T P Williams rowed out amid wreck, three more rescues followed, then the ship sank. Survivors await transport to New York en route to France or St Pierre.
Dr Winslow reported the Governor shows moderate improvement this morning and continues to regain strength after a period of illness. The physician warned relapse remains possible and recovery will be slow, though conditions are not deteriorating.
William M. Clemens, renowned New York criminology expert, outlines his second Post series piece. He charts the route Annie Mullins took the night of the murder and explains how the tragedy was enacted. He presents initial evidence suggesting the crime occurred earlier than previously believed, shaping upcoming chapters.
The narrative by historian detective William M. Clemens places Annie Mullins with an unknown man leaving 113 Walker street Cambridge at 7 10 on Friday night March 27. They walked to Crescent avenue then toward Walden street and Massachusetts avenue as the suspected route for a planned crime. The writer asserts Mullins trusted the man and suggests premeditated murder with timing near 8 o'clock. He notes no stops for refreshments and cites the medical examiner for stomach contents.
An eyewitness describes the fatal night crime near a bank on Massachusetts Avenue. The killer, possibly the victim’s lover, fled northeast after a deep ear-to-ear cut severing the jugular. A clue at Henderson Street emerges near a car barn fence passage.
After ten days of investigation into Annie Mullins death seven suspects were examined. Albert Smalley is to be released after presenting a solid alibi and was cleared of involvement. Cambridge police believed they had the right man but a second suspect, John Sullivan, was found in Boston delaying Smalley’s release.
Albert Smalley, a Maine lumberman, remained confident of his innocence after a four hour examination in Arlington police custody. He admitted being the man with a cast in his eye seen in Bedford but denied knowing Annie Mullins. Police pressed his story with Bedford officials and a druggist as witnesses while Smalley smiled and posed for photographs.
Forecast calls for fair conditions in Boston and vicinity Tuesday through Wednesday with a rise in readiness and somewhat colder air. Westerly winds shift to variable, with Washington noting fair Tuesday and possible rain by Wednesday or Wednesday night and fresh southerly winds becoming variable. Northeast forecasts add similar patterns forastern New York with fair Tuesday and Wednesday rain and variable winds.
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