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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1920
Page
2
Leominster police report John Robinson aged 79 set a fire in the kitchen then slashed his wife Annie 69 with a jack knife and cut his own throat from ear to ear dying shortly after. Annie is seriously wounded with deep cuts to face neck and forehead. Authorities believe temporary insanity played a role.
Early morning on Lowe Street a son, Thomas, heard a fire start and put out flames on bedclothes as his father stood nearby. The father then slashed his wife in their bed and ended by slitting his own throat, yanking the household into a violent crisis.
James Sullivan alias Joseph Harrington nine year old runaway hailed as the champion boy fled from Chardon Street Home is found sleeping in the Dudley street terminal waiting room. He is identified with Frank Nagle nine of South Boston who accompanied him.
Boston and suburbs police records show the Malden boy Sullivan has vanished from his temporary home 15 times, evading questions each return. Found at a terminal he gave false names, had lived with an aunt at 280 Charles Street, Malden, and wandered between homes and friends before detention at Dudley Street station.
A group of over 500 residents and former residents of Old South Cove endorsed John L. Donovan for the Governor's Council in the third Councillor district. A 170-member committee was formed to inform former cove residents of the candidacy. Donovan spoke thanks and confidence in victory.
The Boston Central Labor Union voted to rescind its plan for a Labor Day parade after the parade committee reported unions would not march if Governor Coolidge was invited to review the event.
Assistant Secretary William Kobs and Chairman Donald H C McIntyre reported that organized labor in Boston opposes being reviewed by Governor Coolidge or marching behind filling policemen spots. Unions rescinded votes to parade or threatened to do so unless the invitation was withdrawn. Henry Abrahams urged accepting the committee report. the motion passed nearly unanimously.
The Central Labor Union urged trade unions to mobilize for women voter registration amid anticipated ratification of the suffrage amendment by the 36th state. A non-partisan fund drive was approved to support the local labor campaign and oppose hall seizures. The union also backed Leather Workers' Union 82 in a lockout dispute over open shop policy.
Joseph Taylor of Inside Iron Workers Union 846 announced office hours at 804 Washington street and noted union actions. Members voted a donation to the widow of Sgt. Harry Silverman, initiated twenty new members, and adopted resolutions. Blacksmiths and railroad unions outlined upcoming conventions and ballots. Delegates were elected for a Kansas City convention in September.
Mrs. Alexandra Sokolowsky, widow of Frank Sokolowsky, was arrested in New York on murder charges for allegedly throwing carbolic acid on her husband at their New Haven home on June 26. Detectives say she confessed, claiming jealousy over a letter from another woman led to the act.
Cambridge police and citizens linked to Herman L. Barney face a high profile investigation as evidence from Barney, Dillon, Hart and others moves before Judge Almy. The grand jury inquiry remains in the background while warrants and possible indictments hinge on today’s court presentation. Convicts Barney, Praett, Buckley and Dillon, along with Hart, are expected to testify about auto thefts and possible police connections.
Police at East Dedham Street Station report a late night call sent Linehan's Express to move two trunks to a downtown hotel. One trunk bore the name Ashur Rosendorf. The driver smelled alcohol and suspected an anti prohibition plot, leading to a police interception and transport of the trunks to the station.
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