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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1913
Page
2
Police report jewel thefts as bluffs. Investigation continues but no values are set. A man was found attempting entry at the Mansfield home the Elbern by the cook and fled after cries from a passerby. Professor and Mrs Matthews are abroad in Europe.
Chaos grips the Narragansett Pier summer colony as many cottages lie unpeopled while crowds swarm to Newport for a Mother Goose event. Chief Caswell has drafted specials to deter robberies as detectives from New York and Boston guard estates and valuables. Rich social tensions fuel sensational reports about Hanan and Rumsey thefts and mixed detective efforts.
A Providence man, guest of Mrs. John H. Hanan, allegedly took $150,000 worth of gems from Mrs. Hanan's room by outwitting a maid as a prank. The incident is treated as a report robbery in casino circles.
Detectives in the Rumsey jewel case are discharged amid claims of a frame up. Mrs Hanan suspects an inside job as a mysterious gray auto linked to the Hawan estate is traced by Chief Caswell. The Burns agency head arrives to assist on a $5000 payout probe while rumors swirl of an insider theft and a possible arrest to come.
Mrs. Hanan reports detectives keep her in the dark as a theft case widens. A Providence man linked to lavish spending attracts attention amid rumors of a Brown student involvement and a late night car trace from Narragansett Pier to Trinity Square.
Faward Beach of New York Exalted Ruler of the Elks visits Boston to attend a ball game with Boston and Cleveland, attend a banquet at Winthrop lodge, and preside over a four day circus ending with Exalted Ruler Leach as ring master before departing to New York.
The California State Railroad Commission orders abolishing all Well Fargo rates effective Oct 1. The move cuts company revenues by about 750,000 annually and applies to 0 mile zone rates.
In Rome on August 1 the rumor of Pope Pius being indisposed is denied. The Pontiff's daily walks in the Vatican gardens are beneficial, though physicians urge precautions due to frequent sudden temperature changes.
A three hour meeting at the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration between nine Sturtevant works employees and strikers, led by counsel William Jennings Patton, failed to yield wage concessions. Governor Foss reiterated that strikers would be returned to old pay with hearings on individual demands, while critics attacked his stance as political.
U S warship ordered to Venezuela amid Tachira uprisings at Coro and Masuro. Telegraph connections to Caracas disrupted. Venezuelan foreign office says revolutionaries were defeated by state troops. President granted dictatorial powers. men pressed for service. Richard J Biggs serves as legation clerk. Minister Northcott resigned. Secretary to Caracas to be dispatched soon with a full minister to follow.
A 14 year old girl at 5 Gainsboro Street is described as representing an investment of 1597.29 dollars in cash to her parents. The item notes the sum as the cost associated with the girl’s situation.
Miss Helen Murphy of 5 Gainsboro Street reports an actual cash investment of $1597.29 to her parents. Her mother, skilled with the needle, has turned $1 into $2 in the dress bill, showcasing clever labor and household thrift.
The South station lost and found crew found a black bag at the ticket window on Thursday. A woman who left it returned later and collected the $2000 without further comment.
A woman wearing black bought a ticket Thursday afternoon and left a black bag on a ticket office window ledge. Patrolman O Neil retrieved the bag, sending it to the lost article department. She later returned, proved ownership, and recovered the bag and cash intact.
The text itemizes early clothing costs for a family, detailing prices for underclothes, dresses, shoes, stockings, rompers, coats, bonnets, and handmade layette pieces. It notes years, quantities, and the gradual growth of the child with items reused or cut down, plus ancillary costs for a school paper and church recreation, all recorded.
In Wellfleet on August 1 George C. Fox killed his divorced wife Agnes Fox at James F. Rich store and then killed himself. Fox had served a two year jail term for smuggling Chinamen with Captain Harvey Daly’s expedition. Agnes died two hours after the shooting. Fox had threatened to kill if she would not remarry.
A melee near the Hoison power plant on L Street drew about 200 youths from City Point and the city end of the peninsula. They fought with clubs and stones for half an hour, prompting numerous police calls before officers arrived in a patrol wagon. Many youths had bruised heads.
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