Mystery Letter Key in Weston Murder Case
Miss Mabel Walker Tucker’s companion becomes the central mystery as both State and defense seek her testimony in the murder case. The defense argues the mysterious unaddressed letter may not be intended for Amy Roberts, while the State relies on witnesses near the Page house and a blood spot on Tucker’s trousers. A Maine statute allows Miss Walker to be compelled to testify in Massachusetts.
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Mabel Walker
Tucker
Page House
Mabel Page
Amy Roberts
Maine
Miss Walker
Massachusetts
Barre Granite Trouble Ends After Lockout Settlement
In Barre Vermont 3600 granite cutters in Barre East Barre Montpelier West Berlin Northfield and Williamstown will return to work tomorrow as the Barre Manufacturers Association ends a lockout following a meeting with tool sharpeners. The dispute began with 200 sharpeners objecting to sharpening by hand tools that could not be profi ciently sharpened on new machines. The settlement reinstates nearly old conditions. A sympathy strike of 300 polishers and jumpers in Montpelier was resolved as part of the settlement.
Train Wreck at Weston Details and Repeated Marlboro Trains
Weston summoned aid as a wreck occurred with firefighters and police alerted. Fireman Greenwood and Engineer Gant were thrown from the locomotive, while Engineers Parks and Fireman Shattick jumped to safety. The Marlboro train, led by Conductor Wood and Engineer Gant, has suffered multiple crashes in about two years, with two fatal outcomes in a prior Wayland collision and a Waltham freight crash.
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Weston
Greenwood
Gant
Parks
Shattick
Marlboro
Boston
Wood
Wheelock
Waltham
Wayland
Sanderson Secrecy Over Wood Report in Page Case
District Attorney Sanderson told the Post he will not permit publication of Dr. Wood reports on Miss Mabel Page's viscera. He cited secrecy of evidence as essential to the Commonwealth. Sanderson and assistant Bancroft are compiling evidence under Attorney-General Parker, who may lead the Tucker case.
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Wood
Mabel Page
Sanderson
Commonwealth
Parker
Tucker
De Wolf Accuses Woman Of Con Game In $80 Loss
Alexander De Wolf of 14 Brook Street Newton says Mamie Somebody of Eliot Street ran away with $80 last night and gave only a kiss in return. He told police at Lagrange Street station the incident was a con game.
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Mamie Somebody
Eliot Street
Alexander de Wolf
Brook Street
Newton
de Wolf
Lagrange Street
Lawson Testimony Questioned in 1902 Gas Case
Attorney Alfred Hemenway challenged Thomas W. Lawson as an unreliable witness in the gas case before Judge Barker, arguing Lawson’s lack of books and alleged half‑million dollar outlay in opposing Whitney undermined his credibility. The closing arguments centered on Rogers and the Delaware Company’s custodianship and the 1902 state of affairs.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Fie
Whitney
Lawson
Rogers
Alfred Hemenway
Henry H. Rogers
Barker
Supreme Court
Hemenway
Snow
New Jersey
Mr. Lawson
Trimountain
Kidnapping attempt at Castle Square Hotel ends in rescue
A man abducted Peggy Hansel, 5, daughter of actor Howell Hansel, from the Castle Square Hotel yesterday. Head waiter Henry Epps saw a woman with the child on the Tremont street side, escorted Peggy back to her room after a tense quarter hour. The child, hotel mascot, was hatless and coatless during the disappearance.
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Castle Square
Margaret Hansel
Howell I Hansel
Castle Square Theatre
Henry Epps
Peggy
Tremont Street
Epps
Race Question Debated in House Proceedings
In Washington on April 12 the House debated the race issue as Mr. Scott of Kansas read letters claiming ex President Cleveland dined with Kansas negro politician C H J Taylor. He alleged Cleveland signed a mixed schools bill as Governor of New York. Williams of Mississippi rebutted the party’s stance. Bartlett of Georgia presented a Cleveland denial and named Judge Parker as Democratic nominee potential.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Scott
Kansas
Cleveland
C. H. J. Taylor
Taylor
New York
Williams
Mississippi
Bartlett
Georgia
Judge Parker
Morse's Superior $3 Shoes Rival Higher Priced Pairs
Every time you pay 3.50 for a pair of shoes you waste half a dollar. Morse's Superior $3 Shoes match any $3.50 shoe in every detail. Also offered are Lower High Shoes in Tan Russia Calf Vici Kid Velour and Wax Calf with patent and enamel leather. Boys' shoes in the "Young America" range from 1.50 to 2.00, built to wear well and fit properly.
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Russia
Neely Jury Disagrees In Cuban Post Office Case
New York April 12 The jury today disagreed in the United States suit against Charles Flow Neely former director of finance of the Cuban post offices. It failed to agree on the amount of alleged peculations between January and May 1906. The government claimed about 45000 by documentary evidence while Neely’s counsel cited amnesty as freeing him from liability. The Special Attorney General said the government would retry at once.
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New York
United States
Charles Flow
Neely
Post Offices
Cuba
Lacombe
Boy Shot Dead in Ipswich Cemetery
Ipswich April 12 The body of Robert Harris an 18 year old who disappeared from his home last night was found this afternoon behind a tomb in the High Street Cemetery. Part of his head had been blown off by a shotgun charge lying nearby. Relatives think the death was accidental.
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Ipswich
Robert Harris
High Street
Russians Kill 50 Japanese Scouts Near Yalu River
General Kuropatkin reports that Krasnalinski ordered a detachment of sharpshooters to cross to the left bank of the Yalu opposite Vilu. They landed on Samalind island and surprised a patrol of 50 Japanese scouts, who were approaching in three boats. Russians killed or wounded nearly all, with no Russian losses.
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ST. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Krasnalinski
Yalu
Vilu
Samalind
Russians Say Japanese Abandoned Wiju
General Kuropatkin reports to the Czar that on April 9 Japanese forces lowered their flag at Wiju and withdrew. Four Russians crossed the Yalu to Yenampo and advanced toward a village, where a Japanese cavalry squad was found. After 12 hours they were betrayed by Coreans and forced to swim the river. one Russian soldier died. Japanese pursuit led to a Russian boat rescuing swimmers and a subsequent Japanese boat being sunk with all Japanese killed.
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ST. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Wiju
Yalu
Yenampo
Yongampho
Attempt to wreck a train thwarted in Revere
A heavy timber rolled onto the Boston and Maine line at Revere street to block a train. The engineer stopped the locomotive within feet, the timber was cleared, and police seek the perpetrator in Revere.
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Revere
Boston & Maine Railroad
Revere Street
Lawson confronts Standard Oil in public battle
Thomas W. Lawson declares he fights to recover public losses from oil stock manipulation. He recounts past deals with Bay State Gas and Amalgamated, his pledged openness, and insistence that Bay State and Amalgamated stockholders receive at least fair value. He vows to press his campaign until victory or death, dated April 12, 1904.
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Bay State
Bay State Gas
Bar Association to Attend Mr Toar's Funeral
The Boston Bar Association named Charles P. Greenough William 8 Hall William F Wharton and Messrs Richard Olney Lewis S Dabney Moses Williams Moorfield Storey George V Leverett Joseph B Warner and William Sullivan to attend Mr Toar's funeral in a formal delegation.
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Charles P. Greenough
William 8. Hall
William F. Wharton
Messrs
Richard Olney
Lewis S. Dabney
Moses Williams
Moorfield Storey
George V. Leverett
Joseph B. Warner
William Sullivan
Boston Bar Association
Mr. Toar
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Woodward
Robert Winsor
Barre
Mr. Whipple
Sherman L. Whipple
Delaware Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Winsor
Frederick E. Snow
Kidder Peabody & Co
Delaware
Gale & Kent, Tailors
Court St
Opan
HOUSE
Morse’s
Superior
Eli Monet
Washington and Brattle Streets
Houghton & Dutton Merchant Tailoring
Prince Albert
Standard Oil
Addicks
Banking House of
New England
Boston & Montana
Calumet & Hecla
Seling
Hoar
Steve
Rhawm YG FT Furniture CO
C.C.A. ‘Union
Cor
Sudbury
Portland St
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