Pardons Granted to Attorney Cassidy by Governor Draper
Attorney James I. Cassidy of Boston, formerly connected with ex President Leo F. McCullough’s fraud case, received a full pardon from Governor Draper on the recommendation of the Governor's Council pardon committee. Cassidy had served half his sentence after a parole last October and has since lived at home. Councillor William B. Murray led the push for Cassidy's pardon, presenting signatures of the 12 jurymen who heard the case, all endorsing clemency.
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James I. Cassidy
Boston
Deer Island
Leo F. McCullough
Boston Common Council
Arthur D. Hill
Draper
Cassidy
William B. Murray
Charlestown
Boston Latin School
Murray
Cassidy-McCullough
McCullough
Hill
Pelletier
Despondent plumber James Quinn found dead at home
James Quinn seventy hanged himself in his room at 910 Shaw mut avenue last week. The body was found by his landlady yesterday. Quinn was a plumber and tinsmith.
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James Quinn
Shawmut Avenue
Quinn
Ruth Wheeler Murder Trial Reveals Charred Body Evidence
In New York on April 20 Albert Walter faces a jury amid harrowing testimony as coroner Dr. O Calahan says Ruth Wheeler was attacked before her death and alive when kerosene set fire to Walter s flat. Adelaide Wheeler identifies Ruth s ring and jewelry, linking the burned remains to Ruth Wheeler amid dramatic courtroom testimony.
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Ruth Wheeler
New York
Albert Walter
Philip O’calahan
Ruth
Walter
East Seventy Fifth Street
G. S. Huntingdon
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Adelaide Wheeler
Miss Adelaide
Amos
Mintbush
Ruth Identified by Ring and Hair in Witness Testimony
Miss Adelaide confirms Ruth wore a ring given at Christmas by Pearl. She identifies Ruth by monogram Jetter R A and through a charred hair sample, a petticoat, a corset cover, beads, and teeth after the body was found in a Seventhy-fifth Street fire scene. She saw the body at the police station twice and stands by identification.
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Ruth
Miss Adelaide
Pearl
R. A
Walter
Seventhy-fifth Street
Adelaide
Mr. Scott
Call's Accounts Found Straight After Suicide of Treasurer
Auditors hired to inspect the books of Warren B. Call, treasurer of the Horace Partridge Company, concluded no serious inaccuracies were found. Some books remain to be reviewed and are expected to be completed today.
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Warren B. Call
Winchester
Horace Partridge Company
Essex
Capron Denies Resignation Rumor in Rhode Island
Providence April 20 Congressman Adin B Capron denied emphatically a circulating report that he will resign from the House He said he has no such plan and will not resign from Rhode Island s second district Doctors report he has been ill but is now much improved and at home improving health observers note his recovery progress.
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Providence
R. 1
Adin B. Capron
House of Representatives
Rhode Island
Capron
Coleman Case Is Up Again In National City Bank Loot Probe
A federal grand jury session is summoned to consider an additional indictment tied to the looting of the National City Bank of Cambridge. US Attorney French has tied fare-swindlers to an $809,000 shortage. witnesses from the Coleman and Lockhart defense face the panel with prior indictments already on file. Lieutenant Hugh Lee has detailed knowledge of the case but declined comment after a meeting with French.
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National City Bank of
Cambridge
Federal Grand Jury
United States
French
Washington
Hugh Lee
Police
Frenel
William A. Morse
George W. Coleman
Wilson W. Lockhart
Mr. French
Milk Street
Lee
Boston
Morse
Coleman
Lockhart
Pothier Declines Senate Bid After Aldrich Decision
Providence reports Governor A J Pothier will not seek the U S Senate seat to succeed Senator Aldrich. He says the state has capable men of national stature and insists he has no plan to run. The statement counters rumors he would be the Republican candidate following Aldrich's retirement.
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Providence
Aldrich
A. J. Pothier
Senate
S@yldrich
Senate kills anti-lobby and railroad penalties bills
In a Senate vote of 13 to 19 the anti-lobby measure died, along with a bill to penalize railroad officials for disobeying state laws. The chamber did advance a bill placing the burden of abolishing grade crossings solely on the railroads, shifting shares from towns and the state.
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Senate
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Ardon Ux
Ruth A. Wheeler
Albert W. Walter
Moss
Mr. Moss
ER. Hughes
Miss Adelaide Wheeler
Fischer
Chase & Sanborn
Court Street
Gale & Kent
Call’s
Faro
Pothier
Bill
Adit
Lisle
Panama
Fkxtra
Val
Nisin
Batiste
Oxford
Rome
Yds
Jong
Berkeley
Mateh
Hunyadi
Janos
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