Striking Appeals to the Jury in Thaw Defence
In New York on April 8 Thaw murder trial attorney Delmas opened a long anticipated address to the jury focusing on Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Thaw's defense. He urged sympathy denying unwritten law and attacked Stanford White and Nesbit's mother while praising Thaw and his wife. The crowded courtroom included Thaws family and noted lawyers as Justice Fitzgerald ordered the jury kept under lock until verdict.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Delphin M. Delmas
California Advocate
Justice Fitzgerald
Delmas
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Mr. Delmas
Evelyn Nesbit
Harry Thaw
Evelyn
Roosevelt
Congress
Jerome
Hummel
Greek Consul Arrested on Conspiracy Charges
Federal authorities arrested Greek Consul Michael Kathos in Lowell on a conspiracy claim against the United States government. The indictment alleges that Kathos for three years aided the importation of boys aged 12 to 14, with a Lowell Greek claimed as the father.
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Ruhl
Lowell
United States
Michael Kathos
Satros
Shot the Woman He Idolized in Milford Tragedy
April 8. A man driven by unrequited love shot Guiseppina Polidori who crawled two miles through mud to a farmer's door in Hopedale before dying. Earlier Guiseppa Cola Bella killed himself after confessing he shot the woman he could not wed, a tale later corroborated by the dying victim.
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Milford
Guiseppina Polidori
George Doe
Hopedale
Guiseppa Colabella
Federal probe targets Greek child labor ring
Government claims the parents lived in Greece and the children were brought to Lowell and other mills for labor. Satros, arraigned on $2000 bail, faces hearing as investigators probe a widening plot with Greek detectives and officials coordinating background checks abroad.
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Greece
Lowell
Satros
United States
Constakios
Athanasois
John Simogensis
Yatros
Ruhl
Jatros
Milford Shoe Worker Shoots Self After Love Tragedy
Colabella a 30 year old Milford Shoe Company employee returned to his boarding house after 3 pm and confessed he had killed the woman he loved, then shot himself. Police and examiner investigated, and sought Mrs Polidori believed to be the intended victim in this infatuation case.
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Colabella
Milford Shoe Company
Italy
CoJabella
Mrs. Polidori
Mrs. Von Claussen Seeks White House Talk
President Roosevelt declines interview with Mrs Ida von Claussen who has complained to the State Department that United States Minister to Sweden Graves refused to present her to King Oscar. She arrived in Washington from New York and plans to return to the White House to seek an audience.
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Washington
Ida von Claussen
State Department
United States
Sweden
Charles H. Graves
Oscar
von Claussen
New York
White House
Loeb
President Roosevelt
Peary Seeks Three More Years Away for Arctic Work
Commander Robert E. Peary has filed via mail for a three year leave of absence to continue Arctic exploration. His current leave expired yesterday and Secretary Metcalf will decide, after President's advice, whether to grant the extension.
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Peary
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
New York
Robert E. Peary
Navy Department
Metcalf
Rockefeller Finally Buys Spite Farm Near Mt Pleasant
John D. Rockefeller has completed the purchase of a small property adjoining his Mt. Pleasant estate in North Tarrytown New York. The Spite Farm a two story frame house and six acres formerly owned by William Everson is now part of Rockefeller holdings after years of effort.
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William Everson
Chelsea Shuts Fountain Over Glanders Threat
The Chelsea Board of Aldermen ordered the public drinking fountain in Chelsea square closed for three months amid fears of glanders. Alderman Black cited a diseased horse and several valuable Chelsea horses that died after drinking there. The fountain will be renovated with new plumbing to improve drainage. A separate $15,000 project funds a covered Prattville drain to remove surface water from Everett Creek area.
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Chelsea
Prattville
Everett
Harvard Brown Show Broken Up as Six Students Arrested
A student performance titled Brown of Harvard was disrupted with six arrests reported. The incident prompted police action as attendees and organizers describe it as a breach of decorum.
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Brown
Harvard
Six Harvard students locked up after disturbance at Majestic Theatre
After a riotous scene at the Majestic Theatre police at Lagrange street station detained six Harvard students for disturbing a public performance. The youths named Herbert R. Watson Edward P. Holmes John Robinson Herbert Rogers Robert T. Lee Marcus F. Jacobson. Bail was posted at midnight by their student friends.
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Harvard
Lagrange Street
Majestic Theatre
Herbert R. Watson
Cambridge
Edward P. Holmes
Brooklyn
N. Y
John Robinson
Herbert Rogers
Dedham
Robert T. Lee
Northampton
Marcus
F. Jacobson
Little Hall
Brown of Harvard Night Ends With Theatre To-do
Boston theatre chaos erupts during Brown of Harvard on Harvard Night as about 260 students and friends hissed and jeered. The disruption escalated into a rough house after the curtain rose, with egged lemons flying through the audience and cries from various parts of the hall.
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Boston
Brown
Harvard
Harry M. Woodruff
Striking Teamsters See Influx Of Support Amid Tense Labor Clash
City reports 130 strike-breakers at work and 70 arrived from New York to reinforce crews. Nearly 100 more members of two additional firms join the strikers. Police guard routes as authorities push for action on concealed weapons. Traffic incidents disrupt freight as crowds watch. Escorted by police, strike activity widens in the wholesale district.
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Eeves
Board of Health
Moran
New York
Hilliard
Hoyt Parker
Boston & Albany
Hoyt
Lewis Flanders
Summer Street
Boston Area Weather Outlook With Rain Then Clearing
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for rain followed by clearing in the afternoon and at night with a slight warming trend. Wednesday promises fair conditions with south to southwest winds.
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Boston
Brown's Bronchial Tracheas Advertisement
Coughs hoarseness and sore throat relieved by Brown's Bronchial Traches. Opiate free. Sold only in boxes. Everything on credit Prudential Supply Co 387 Washington.
Sanford's Ginger Endorsed for Midnight Doctor Tip
An advertised medical tip notes that a bottle of Sanford's Ginger at hand can replace the need for a doctor at midnight. The voice urges readiness and claims orders are treated like cash in all stores with easy terms from a local supply company at 387 Washington Street.
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Sanford
Asl
Long Credit
Dential Supply Co
Washington St
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Mt. Pleasant
Eral
Hotel
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ASIC
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Sig. Frangini
Quirinal Theatre Orchestra
Rome
Paulo Contestabile
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Brookline Country Club
Bath
H. M. Hartshorn & CO
Henry M. Hertshorn
Vincent Damiano
Boylston St
Mass
Yale
Starvard
Harry Woodruff
Hollis Chambers
Seemar Stieens
Tremont Street
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Keith
Fred Lesnox
Barry Tigher
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Mary Norman
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