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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1922
Page
2
The Massachusetts House approved the Bay State Day bill 134 to 68 advancing to a third reading. Amendments from opponents were defeated as the chamber supported conformity with the federal enforcement act. Several proposed changes from Heffernan Sawyer and Lane failed on voice or rising votes.
At Provincetown the fishing schooners Puritan and Mayflower lie side by side awaiting fog lifting before departure to the grounds. The Puritan, on her maiden bait trip, is favored as a race contender and is expected to outpace the Mayflower during the trials en route to fishing grounds.
In Suffolk Superior Court equity motion, Judge Hammond kept Arthur T. Walker and Old Colony Trust Company liable for up to 250000 in the breach of promise suit by Mary Johnson of Rockport against Albert Victor Searles. The defense sought to drop damages from 2 million to 50000. the judge refused but set the trustee exposure at 250000. Searles inherited much of the estate of Edward F. Searles after a will contest.
Perley J. Emery of Brookline Massachusetts, aged in his eighties, is scheduled to die in the electric chair at Bellefonte during the week of June 5. Governor Sproul signed the death warrant in Harrisburg after Emery shot Park Guard Vincent Hanley in Philadelphia on November 16. Emery, also known as Hastings, was driving a stolen car with accomplices when Hanley asked for a license and was shot.
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