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About six million dollars involved in a matter affecting twelve thousand eight stockholders.
25 Apr 1901
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1901
Page
1
About six million dollars involved in a matter affecting twelve thousand eight stockholders.
Neal B. McPeck sues Randolph Gurbridge and Isaac Irwin for 25000 alleging a scheme that could conceal about six million dollars from public investors in the Fortuna Republica mine ventures in Ensenada and other sites. The case details the collapse of a curb market penny stock once traded nationwide and ties to C. B. Boynton and navy secretary John D. Long connections.
Washington forecast details a moderate Atlantic coast storm moving northward with showers across Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island and Massachusetts followed by clearing by Friday. Winds shift from east to north along coasts and across the Great Lakes region with fair conditions returning in western areas.
In Chicago after adjournment of Harrison street court Magistrate Prindiville’s session, a shooting erupted when D R Nelson, arraigned for swindling, fired at policeman William Messenger and others. Messenger died. Nelson was wounded and captured. Reporter John Pray was lightly injured.
State Board of Arbitration heard both sides at Hood Rubber Company works in Watertown yesterday afternoon. No definite understanding was reached, but a final conference will be held in a few days.
British forces in Tientsin report the discovery of nineteen Krupp field guns with ammunition buried near Shan Hai Kwaa. The find suggests prior hidden arms or weapons caches in the region.
The firm announces its new entrance at 400 Washington Street now open. It notes changes in clothing sales over five decades mirroring fashion shifts and replaces the marble front with a glass and iron display area. Discriminating buyers are invited to view the Spring stock of men and boys clothing and furnishings now complete.
A court ruling bars Crogan’s statements and those heard by a child as admissible evidence in the Eastman murder case. Walter Titus and Lottie Broughton provided key testimony on Crogan’s exclamations, while Eastman shows strain in the face of the proceedings.
The Eastman murder trial moves forward as Belle Bryan testifies and District Attorney Wier’s illness limits proceedings. The court rejects Grogan’s dying exclamations as evidence while Grogan’s statements and Eastman’s cautious performance unfold under a wary, curious crowd.
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