Ferryboats Crash at East Boston Dock No One Hurt
The ferry Governor Russell and General Sumner collided near the East Boston slip shortly after 1 AM. Passengers and cattle were aboard. no injuries occurred, though both vessels sustained damage. The Governor Russell was repaired at the dock, while the General Sumner headed to Atlantic Works for hauling and repair.
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East Boston
Governor Russell
General Sumner
Boston
Wheeler
Russell
Atlantic Works
Marine Railway
Baker will autopsy testimony cites general health with dental decay
The Probate Court heard that Walter F. Baker's body appeared sound aside from decayed teeth and spongy gums, with the dentist and Dr. Sherwin Gibbons noting healthy blood circulation and bodily functions at death. The doctor concluded Baker was not clearly of sound or unsound mind.
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Walter F. Baker
Sherwin Gibbons
Gibbons
Baker
Dr. Gibbons
Florence Burns Sues for Alimony in Brooklyn Divorce Case
In Brooklyn on April 17, Mrs Florence Burns Wildrick sues Charles White Wildrick for absolute divorce. She seeks alimony and counsel fees, recalls her prior acquittal for a 1902 murder at Glen Island Hotel, and faces claims about her finances and alleged gambling house work.
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New York
Supreme Court
Crane
Brooklyn
Florence Burns Wildrick
Charles White Wildrick
Florence Burns
Walter Brooks
Glen Island Hotel
West Street
Herman L. Roth
Putnam Avenue
Manhattan
Ridgefield
Conn
Betsy Marin Ghee
Johnson Escapes Bridgewater Insane Ward Then Captured in Hyannis
James Johnson, a colored convict who escaped the State farm at Bridgewater, was recaptured in Hyannis after approaching locals about Nantucket. He was found exhausted from his wanderings, and admitted he had been sleeping in a bed dummy and slipping away via the barn roof. He is jailed in Barnstable awaiting state police arrival.
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Wyannis
James Johnson
State Farm
Bridgewater
Barnstable
Johnson
Nantucket
F. S. Bradford
Bridgewater Institution
Missing West End girl prompts city search
Miss Helen E. Libbey of 32 Irving Street West End has been missing since Tuesday. Her uncle Frank P Fulton and police conducted extensive searches of hospitals but found no trace. She left to visit a friend in Brookline and was last seen Wednesday afternoon heading toward her uncle’s Irving Street home. She recently returned from a stay in New Brunswick and attended the Massachusetts College of Commerce.
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Helen E. Libbey
Irving Street
West End
Frank P. Fulton
Fulton
Miss Libbey
Brookline
Addie McFarland
Miss McFarland
A. Laurie Libbey
Brockway
York County
N B
Massachusetts College of Commerce
Patrolman McGarigle Discharged After Intoxication Trial
Patrolman John F. McGarigle of Station 13 was dismissed from the police force after a police trial board found him guilty of intoxication while in uniform. Commissioner O'Meara ordered removal after McGarigle returned to the station on April 8 in a condition that prevented street duty and prompted a station house suspension.
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Police Trial Board
Evans, Ritter and Yeaton
John F. McGarigle
Police Department
O'Meara
McGarigle
East Maine Conference probes Northport camp ground sale
The East Maine Methodist Conference appointed a five member committee led by Rev. A E Luce to study whether to dispose of the Northport camp ground.
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Houlton
East Maine Methodist Conference
A. EE. Luce
Northport
Legal proceedings reveal expert testimony on mental state
In a courtroom a doctor discusses idiosyncrasies and possible brain deterioration while noting the subject may still function competently in some areas. The cross examination questions whether long term drinking and smoking affect will power and whether Walter Baker showed weakness in personal relations, with a Los Angeles incident cited.
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Europe
Walter Baker
Edward Baker
Baker
Gibbons
Bolles
Mr. Bolles
Los Angeles
International Salt Company plant burns at Cayuga Lake
An early morning fire destroyed the International Salt Company's Ludlowville plant eight miles north of Ithaca New York on Cayuga Lake. Simultaneous testimony procedures were in progress as proceedings continued in Rush. Simeon B Wolbach, pathp ert, was expected to take the stand in the morning.
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William D. Merritt
Boston
The
Pinkerton Company
Merritt
Willcock and
Schwank
Malcolm Lawrence
Broadway
New York
Hurd
Walter Baker
Mrs. Young
Ates
Lance
Lawrence
Simeon B. Wolbach
Pathpert
Ithaca
N. Y
International Salt Company
Ludlowville
Cayuga Lake
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Nab Johnson
Hyannis
Weishart & Rahman
Preenklin Avenue
M’garigle
Lusitania
Ilusitania
Masi and Smoking
Washington and
Essex Streets
Mass
Henry Stogel Co
America
Stein-Bloch
Kuppenheimer
Kuppenheimer and
Stein-Bloch Wns
Oxford
Black
Henry Siegel Co
Henry Siegel
Cluett
el Co
Ilbriggan
Wash 'Ngton
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
California Street
GH Grant
Hugh J. Grant
Washington
Conferree House
Ernest
Ann Arbor
Y Association of Ologists
Omaha
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