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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1912
Page
9
Lawyers for Clarence V. T. Richeson, condemned to die in the electric chair the week of May 19 for the murder of Avis W. Linnell, will present a clemency petition to Governor Foss on Friday morning. They seek to have the petition referred to the governor’s council and will outline their case to the chief executive.
Attorney Jonn T. Lee from Lynchburg arrives in Boston to review evidence with associates William Morse and Philip Dunbar. Lee plans to visit Richeson in his cell and deliver a message from Richeson’s father as petitions for clemency are prepared for submission to the Governor.
A statement notes no definite plan yet but the team is working on the case and will be ready for the Governor to present the facts. The aim is to provide a clear, orderly briefing when called upon by the Governor.
The Cambridge church where Clarence V. T. Richeson once preached will elect a successor on May 9 after a church meeting set for that evening. Richeson, arrest and murder case linger in memory as the former pastor faced trial while plans for marriage proceeded. Since his release, Rev. Dr. Pp. A. Nordell of Brookline has supplied the pastorate.
Two counterfeit ten dollar bills of the yellow back variety were reported by Secret Service Agent Murphy. One was found by a bank examiner at Shawmut National Bank and the other received at Aquiduck National Bank in Newport Rhode Island. The note copies a 1907 treasury issue number A7193996 with plate D45 and a vignette of Michael Hillegas. The false bill consists of two paper sheets glued together and lacks the silk thread, aiding detection.
Miss Kate Herndon of San Jose underwent a pioneering operation by Dr. M. F. Hopkins to replace a burned eyelid. A strip of flesh from her temple was grafted to the eyelid rim, with the only remaining trace the missing lashes.
Mrs. Philip Carpenter of New York is likely to be elected the next head of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. With 100 supporters she will travel by special train to the June 12 biennial convention in San Francisco, accompanied by a tour visiting Yellowstone Park and other points of interest. Miss Mary Garrett Hay, NY State Federation president, backs her candidacy, noting Carpenter’s legal work and past presidencies of Sorosis Club and the State federation.
South Boston police crack down on pure food law violators with unlabelled oleomargarine and renovated butter. Judge Fallon arraigned six shopkeepers for selling margarine as butter, with fines totaling over 200 dollars. two defendants appealed. Names include Stack Willis Conley Adams Kittredge Therfleder and Zilinsky, with varied fines.
San Antonio court sets a curious dog law precedent after municipal judge Buckley rules a man may kick a dog that steals gingercakes. The incident began when William Johnston’s dog helped itself to gingercakes. Stevenson testifies he kicked the dog, Johnston returned with a shotgun and was fined $100 for the confrontation.
Joseph Watzkin, 23, of 67 Lowell street, and Harry Jacobs, 25, of 20 Allen street, were held for the grand jury by Judge Stone after a Cambridge District Court hearing. Each man was ordered to post $1000 bond. Watzkin owned a grocery at 49 Gore street, East Cambridge. The fire at the store occurred Sunday morning April 14, and both men were seen leaving the premises minutes before it was discovered.
Boston Transit Commission informs Mayor Fitzgerald that Boylston street subway entrances will be placed below street level between Clarendon and Dartmouth to avoid structures above ground and protect Copley square’s appearance.
The bail for Harriman E. Searle, a sailor on the U. S. S. Illinois, was reduced from 2000 to 1200. The charge is manslaughter in the death of a man identified only as Searles, killed on April 15, with the victim's identity and body awaiting morgue identification.
The hunt for Albion Davis Pike of Lubec Maine student at Harvard Cambridge since March 15 1907 is renewed. Pinkerton detectives issue thousands of circulars in English and Spanish across regions with widespread use of those languages.
B M Pike of Lubec Maine has distributed over 250000 circulars worldwide to locate his son who vanished March 15 1907 after packing a suitcase at the university. The young man 21 at the time was 5 feet 5 inches tall about 140 pounds with dark hair and broad shoulders. The posters say he has committed no crime and offer to pay any expenses for information.
A preview notes an upcoming Sunday Post feature with four color pictures showing dresses actually made for five dollars. The item promises creative, economical fashion ideas available to readers.
Attendance at the textile show reaches 82 000 on Monday with expectations of 100 000 yesterday far surpassing two years ago. Scientists and students from textile schools attend for education. The 92d annual meeting of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers opens at 11 in Paul Revere Hall with Mayor Fitzgerald welcoming. Franklin W. Hobbs presides. papers include Cotton Growing in Egypt by Arno Schmidt and On the Buying of Labor by Jonathan T. Lincoln.
In Hanover on April 23 the three Dartmouth graduate schools held joint exercises in Parkhurst Hall with President Ernest Fox Nichols awarding diplomas. Medicine graduates included Clarke and Daly among others, the Tuck School list features Burleigh and Emerson, and engineering grads named Beane through Young.
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