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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1901
Page
4
The courtroom buzzed as the name George A. Dudley arose and a juror cried challenge. Counsel Clark urged Eastman to sustain, prompting a hush among the jurors and the sheriff to call for order during the selection.
A Massachusetts court panel for the Eastman Grogan case completes a full juror tour of scenes linked to the tragedy. Names include F Searles, E Farmer, H Harvey, G Tarbell, and F Cass. Sheriff Fairbairn calls the pool healthy and intelligent as proceedings begin with the Commonwealth's opening.
Henry Cox of Cambridge testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured long running back and kidney pain after doctors and remedies failed. He recalls using the treatment in 1895 and, nearly five years later, still endorses it. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents US Remember the name Doan's and take no substitute.
An article describes malaria as a poison from bad air and notes a trial scene with Deputy sheriffs guarding Hastman and a crowd awaiting details. It recounts court steps, jurors touring the crime scene at the Clark estate, and mentions Mrs Hastman watching from a window as events unfold and a grim mood pervades the proceedings.
The text notes Assistant District Attorney Sanderson delivering remarks as District Attorney Wier is reported recovering from illness. It states opening is ahead and direct examination of witnesses will begin.
The report compares the Eastman case to John C. Best's, noting similar courtroom drama yet opposite social positions. It highlights judges Gaskill and Aiken, Attorney General, and the varied profiles of defense counsel, jurors, and defendants as the trial progresses toward a ten to twelve day verdict.
John Kelly Samuel O Keefe and Harry L Cohen doing business as John Kelly Co stock brokers at 82 Broadway assigned their interest to Thomas L Reynolds. Abraham vy counsel for Kelly described John Kelly as Honest and a sporting man who entered brokerage about two years ago and did much business out of town. He was not a local exchange member and traded through correspondents.
The Baptist Social Union will meet at Lorimer Hall Tremont Temple on April 29 to decide on purchasing properties at 17 Ashburton Place and 102 Bowdoin Street from the late Nelson Ford. The estate gift of 350000 is intended to fund a central Boston building for social religious and charitable work. The provisional committee selects land between Boston University Law School and Bowdoin Street totaling 888 square feet with frontages on both streets. The site is seen as ideal and central and the committee’s recommendation is expected to be approved.
A historical ad touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a new departure for curing catarrh in tablet form. It claims the remedy is superior to salves powders and sprays, uses blood root beechwood tar and antiseptics, and notes relief from the first tablet at a price of 50 cents per package.
George E. Bennett 35 with Albany N Y birth and Hotel Russell Springfield address was arrested on bigamy charges after a morning arrest in Springfield. He reportedly wed three women with Emma Hotchkiss identified as a key accuser whose Columbus Avenue residence is listed though hoteliers deny any lodger. Mrs Hotchkiss Bennett previously lived in Providence and is described as an artist.
In Pittsburg on April 22 a boy riding a bicycle frantically waved his cap beside the track to warn the Pennsylvania Limited. The engineer slowed but the train struck a landslide and a rock, badly damaging a Pullman car. No passengers were hurt.
Flood damage reported at North Anson Maine where the piers and boom of Emery and Porter on the Carrabasset River were carried away. About 1,250,000 feet of spruce lumber floated downriver as water rose. no further damage expected at this point.
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