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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1902
Page
5
Cambridge and Brookline police kept watch last night as the feared Slugger Jack did not strike. Despite hundreds on patrol from 8 to 10 pm no assaults were reported and few women were outdoors, easing fears of victims. A Brookline resident claimed but could not confirm spotting a large stranger with a pipe.
Miss Elizabeth Bicknell of Cypress street Brookline reportedly stopped a confrontation with Frank McDougall on Tuesday night near Roxbury Crossing. He was beaten and fined $15 after attempting a provocative Jack the Hugar tactic.
Hull police officer recounts thieves in a long low craft off Nantasket at 1 am. A rowboat lands two sailors who meet two men and a woman delivering a trunk believed to hold valuables. The trunk was emptied. only two shawls and two brooches remained. The gang, possibly tied to Boston, used a steam yacht to flee.
Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody plans a Boston visit with the naval affairs committee led by Senator Eugene Hale and Representatives Foss Cannon and Roberts. The group will inspect the navy yard aboard Moody's Dolphin and then sail to Virginia capes to meet the North Atlantic Squadron. Moody urges a larger drydock and shipbuilding facilities.
Annie Brown a Dorchester servant in custody at East Cambridge jail linked to Annie McLoud known as Fannie Goodwin who terrorized families with thefts. Police report Brown pleaded guilty for a Newton case and was sentenced to 69 days. officers seek further connections and additional arrests as three gold watches pawned by McLoud are recovered.
In a judge quoted exchange two tramps discuss luck with one claiming people keep dogs and the other claiming they keep woodpiles. The fragment suggests a scene of hardship and social commentary.
Worcester August 7 The National Association of Amateur Oarsmen regatta changes were announced after a day of practice at Lake Quinsigamond. The Argo naut eight from Toronto arrives tomorrow and a revised two day schedule reduces the intermediate eight oared event to one heat. The Bay State House hosts the convention with William B. Youngman challenging Walter Stimpson for the presidency.
Representative John J. Mansfield of Ward 17 declares his bid for the Fourth District Senate. He cites ward parity, pastEs, party loyalty, and opposition to W. T. A. Fitzgerald’s third term, urging voters to back his candidacy for Democratic principles.
Joe Nelson won the 15 mile motor paced race at Coliseum Park in Washington tonight. Nat Butler broke down before the start and rode with Nelson’s pace, starting with a nine lap handicap. Butler was lapped nine times in six miles, quit on the eighth mile fourth lap with fourteen laps down. Nelson finished in 21 minutes 56 3-5 seconds.
John McGee 29 of 148 Cabot Street was arrested yesterday afternoon on assault and battery charges against Wendell Pearl in a Washington Street building. A man found unconscious at Charity Bank Park was taken to Haymarket Square Relief Station with kidney trouble. he gave the name Jeremiah Delaney of 144 Gore Street Cambridge.
In Landerneau near Brest France a crowd blocks soldiers and gendarmes at a nun school as sisters are expelled. The locksmith breaks in doors and windows while the crowd chants for liberty. Emile Villiers appeals for calm as Vicomte Lagatinais faces arrest over the standoff.
In New York a night watchman Thomas Elliott swore in Supreme Court that his wife Helen Elliott had eight marriages, admitting three marriages under belief her husband was dead. Helen denied six marriages but said she learned Elliott was alive in April and returned to him.
In New York Middlebury Vermont reports Fannie M. Young of Boston, whose foster mother Mrs Julia A. Young came to claim her yesterday, has been traced to New York City by local police. Mrs Young left for that city tonight. A young man who was keeping company with Miss Young gave the clue to her whereabouts.
Congressional candidate A. P. Gardner urges Newburyport Republicans to adopt the Australian ballot system for upcoming caucuses. He cites prior adoptions by Salem Beverly and Gloucester voters and presses for a prompt decision before the seven week window closes.
Two unidentified young men, likely French Canadian, were struck by a passenger train after stepping from the track of the Worcester division near Woonsocket. One died instantly, the other died shortly after. The bodies await identification at a local undertaker. George Cote, 24, fell from a third story railing, fracturing his skull and dying within thirty minutes.
In Wakefield on August 7 Mrs. B. 8. Shaw rushed to save her 2 year old from burning after a table oil stove tipped and set clothes ablaze. The mother suffered severe burns while freeing the child, who faces probable death. neighbors aided until doctors arrived.
Crowds flocked to Davenport Washington to view the body of outlaw Harry Tracy as the inquest neared its end. The body likely heads to Spokane then Salem for burial, with relics distributed among the Creston posse and widespread souvenir theft of hair and clothing.
James Sullivan aged 15 of 261 Gold Street South Boston was in an altercation with a fruit peddler on Dorchester Avenue last night. He suffered a severe wrist cut and was taken to the Emergency Hospital. The assailant escaped.
A staging break at the new Majestic Theatre on Tremont Street threw William A. Callahan of 8 T Street South Boston to the ground. He landed 26 feet away and was taken to Emergency Hospital with serious scalp wounds and a dislocated hip.
A fleet including battleships Kearsarge Alabama and Massachusetts and cruisers Olympia and Brooklyn anchored off Block Island. Rear Admiral Higginson commands with signals and boat practice underway as the Scorpion despatch boat observes. Island residents welcome the visit and plan excursions aboard the vessels.
R T OBrien former corporal of Company M Twenty sixth Infantry U S V was indicted by the grand jury here last Monday in a case tied to wartime service and allegations connected to his former unit in the district courthouse records from Washington.
The proceedings remained secret until his arrest after testimony before the Senate committee on the Philippines on May 19. The indictment accuses OBrien of lying under oath about officers and enlisted men, with witnesses McDonald Cook and Riley named. District Attorney Gould will lead the government case in autumn court.
Ban Francisco August 7 192X actor Robert Downing obtained a divorce from Biswith known on stage as Fugente. Proceedings conclude with court action confirming the dissolution of their marriage amid public interest in theater circles.
Testimony before Samuel K. Hamilton in the Boston brewing case details union actions to pressure brewers. F. J. Kneeland cites a Faneuil Hall speech threatening a no-license campaign worth 50000 dollars to force concessions. Witnesses describe boycott measures, aid from Lowell unions, and expulsions of traitors in organized labor operations.
In Gloucester on August 7 the fish skinners strike enters its second week as arbitration is proposed. Mayor French is named as a possible mediator though not favored by the Curers and Packers Association. Reports hint at wider union involvement, while Fish Skinners' Union officers deny them amid outside support for shippers and curers connections.
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