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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1920
Page
9
Hundreds of commuters faced confusion on the second day of daylight saving schedules as long lines formed at information booths in North and South stations. Rail workers handed out timetables and answered questions while most trains ran on time and problems were fewer than expected.
A national convention of the committee of 48 to form a new political party will be held in Chicago July 10 to 13. Announcement came from M. Harrison, divisional director of the organization.
Mrs. Marion Otterson actively selected the jury for her murder trial in Merrimack County Court Hooksett. She questioned each prospective juror at length, whispering approvals or objections as her lawyers followed her decisions.
The Otterson murder case opens as Winnifred Otterson alias Marion Loynes Otterson faces a jury of 42 with her in laws and husband watching. Clerk Foster reads the indictment charging her with shooting Maurice Otterson on the night of Thursday November 6, as the middle aged panel of jurors is seated.
Elmer S. Ellsworth sawmill operator of Boscawen Gideon Barill cabinetmaker of Penacook Abraham L. West farmer of Chi chester Clarence D. Philbrook clerk of Concord Fred A. Colby farmer of Bradford Joseph W. Sanborn photographer of Bradford Earl W Cate farmer of London Wallace R. Lull carpenter of Elkins Ralph P. Johnson grain dealer of Andover Charles W. Cadman electrician of Concord Albert J. Fraser stonecutter Edward C Messer farmer of Bradford
The courtroom draws a mixed audience as Mrs Otterson enters, described in detail. Jurors are picked with remarks about their views on capital punishment, including Colby who admits discussing the case with his wife and holding opposing opinions.
During recesses Mrs Otterson spoke with her husband and relatives including Mrs Frederick Sherburne of Reading Massachusetts. Tomorrow the State will open and begin placing witnesses on the stand after the jury returns from the view.
The article notes a sharp drop in policy measures in Ireland with only three weeks of April showing limited activity, compared to 36 over the prior three months, and reports a stark pace of violence with one murder daily in the last week.
The speech laments no arrests or punishments, calls for legal reform and possible trials in England with military protection for police. It criticizes viceroy leadership, pledges to prevent hunger strike martyrs, and支持 Viscount French amid opposition to mass military action in Ireland.
Abraham Lincoln Towle aged 55 and a long serving Malden post office carrier died in Malden Hospital yesterday after an operation for appendicitis. He had worked twenty years with the Malden post office and was a well known local figure.
Ralph Kirkland, famed for jail breaks in Hingham and Plymouth, nearly escaped from a Charlestown prison cell before officers stopped him. A hacksaw and a found key surfaced, with Kirkland already serving two and a half to three years for a Plymouth jail escape.
City club hosts a gathering inviting the company’s officers as guests. The organizing committee includes Mrs Isabella Fitzgerald, Miss Péggie Costell o, Miss Maggie Nickerson, Miss Eva Bodio, and Miss Ella Simonds.
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