Nine Year Old Pocket Thief and Suspect Arrested in Boston
A 9 year old boy Henry Goldberg of 215 Rivington Street New York picked a pocket at Tremont and School streets stealing a $4.80 pocketbook from Miss Lillian Nichols of Somerville. Edward J. Porter was arrested on Atlantic Avenue on suspicion of complicity. Police say Goldberg, the youngest thief ever caught, handed the money to Porter.
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Tremont
School
Henry Goldberg
Rivington Street
New York
Boston
Edward J. Porter
Atlantic Avenue
Porter
Goldberg
Lillian Nichols
Poplar Street
Somerville
School Streets
George Brennan
Station 2
Young Golfberg
Young Goldberg
Peary Sailor Killed on Boston Cambridge Bridge
Abe Caineid, 36, of Cambridge, formerly a Peary crewman, was killed yesterday afternoon when a pile of logs on the Boston Cambridge bridge footpath shifted and trapped him. He was employed by the bridge builders and died en route to General Hospital.
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Abe Caineid
Portland Street
Cambridge
Boston-Cambridge
Caineid
Charles
General Hospital
Peary
North Pole
Decorated by Two Nations at Medal of Honor Banquet
The Medal of Honor Legion held its annual banquet at the Norfolk House in Roxbury. Leonard Chadwick and Herman Kuchmeister received recognition for actions in 1898 at Cienfuegos Cuba and Kimberley South Africa. Chadwick also earned the Queen's scarf from Queen Victoria. Patrick J. Kyle led the event with remarks as attendees included officers and several named guests.
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Medal of Honor Legion
Norfolk House
Roxbury
Decoration of Congress
Leonard Chadwick
Herman Kuchmeister
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Kuchmaeister
Marblehead
Chadwick
United States
Kimberley
Patrick J. Kyle
Medal of Honor League of the United States
Henry W. Rowe
Charles V. Reed
G. H. Harrison
N. C. Barker
George Maynard
Daniel D. Stevens
William H. Howe
Paul H. Weinert
H. W. Kuchmeister
Conrad Homan
G. H. Nee
John M. Gibbs
Paul Weinert
George A. Hayward
Webby Barker
Bessie Noyes
Escape From Charles Street Jail In Broad Daylight
Edward W. McCullough alias Marsh slipped from the Charles Street jail yesterday afternoon about 4 o clock by placing a plank against the wall and scaling it. He fled through a yard and into a carpenter shop then to a wagon shed and disappeared before guards could act. He is 33, 5 feet 8 1 2 inches, 165 pounds, with a brown mixed suit, and has a history of theft and drinking. The escape marks the jail’s first in 35 years.
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Edward W. McCullough
Marsh
Charles Street
Seavey
McCullough
Cambridge
Charles River
Street Department
Durance
E. W. McCullough
Grove Street
Woman's Body Found in Swamp Near North Attleboro
The body of Mrs Ellen P Franklin aged 15 was found in a swamp near her North Attleboro home after she had been missing since early yesterday. She had suffered mental trouble and is believed to have wandered into the swamp inadvertently.
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North Attleboro
Ellen P. Franklin
Sailor Suffers Severe Injuries On Schooner Deck Fall
Frank Halloran of 61 Fifth Street fell 25 feet from the deck into the hold of the schooner Thomas W. Lawson striking an iron cross beam. He was found unconscious and taken to the Relief station with a fractured patella several broken ribs and multiple abrasions. He is in serious condition but expected to recover.
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Frank Halloran
Fifth Street
Thomas W. Lawson
Large Malden Brush Factory Fire Lights Sky
A brush factory blaze at Jordan & Christie on 2 Eastern Avenue Malden over two hours lit the sky for miles. Loss estimated at 13000 dollars. two firefighters Lieutenant Walter A. Dunham and Ladderman Harry R. Lewis were overcome but survived after treatment at a drugstore. Cargo valued at 25000 dollars of imported stock was stored in the third story finishing room. Fire blamed on spontaneous combustion.
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Malden
Maplewood
Jordan & Christie
Eastern Avenue
Walter A. Dunham
Harry R. Lewis
Unknown man killed by train near Somerville station
An unidentified man about 35, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches, dark complexion, was struck by a train on the Fitchburg division while crossing the tracks near Somerville station about 8:30 last night. He died at North station after being taken to Undertaker Briggs's on Howard street. He wore a black suit and overcoat, a light negligee shirt, a black necktie, and a black derby hat.
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Somerville
Fitchburg
Briggs
Howard Street
Boston Driver Injured Saving Children From Runaway Horse
John Foley a 36 year old driver for Sellers South Boston Express was readmitted to City Hospital after breaking his leg while stopping a runaway horse on Glenway Street Dorchester He had been discharged days before for injuries sustained in a prior incident when he saved two boys from being struck by the horse.
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John Foley
M_ street
City Hospital
Foley
Seller
South Boston Express
Glenway Street
Dorchester
Back Bay Breaks Reported In String Of Weekend Theft
Police report a spate of petty burglaries in the Back Bay during the last week with three breaks yesterday. At 132 Huntington Avenue unknowns pried a rear window. 9 Blackwood Street Suite 4 was entered by forcing a hall door and clothes and a revolver were stolen. Frank Morse Wendle at 12 Haviland Street had a break via a fire escape with an opera cloak coats trousers a dress suitcase and a typewriter stolen.
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Back Bay
Station 16
W. H. Wilson
Huntington Avenue
Blackwood Street
Frank Morse Wendle
Haviland Street
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Fownes
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Chickering
President Medal of Honor Legion of the United States
Ala
CL. Dren
Edward McCullough
Ifa
Lawson
Il Ltas
Bouve
Sterling Shoe
Water St
Summer St
Spring Lane
Hanover St
Cohen, Wolk & CO
Norfolk
Metropolitan Clothing Co
Hayward Place
Har
Color Magazine
THE
Sunday Post
Airship Association
Willie Westinghouse
Ruggles
Little Alice
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Muggsy and His
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