Patrolman Shot During Swampscott Break-In
Lynn August 14 Patrolman William A Ruth was wounded in the thigh while trying to arrest two of three burglars who had rifled the summer residence of T Howard Lewis at Swampscott after a failed safe cracking at Phillips Beach station. Within 15 minutes police surrounded the scene but the robbers escaped.
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Lynn
William A. Ruth
T. Howard Lewis
Swampscott
Phillips Beach
Ruth
Lewis Cottage
Lewis House
Lewis
McNamara
King’s Beach Terrace
Nahant Street
John Kennedy
William Ruth
Kennedy
John Newth
Daring Swampscott Robbery Ends With Shootout In Lynn
Robbers raided the Lewis cottage in Swampscott during a party, stealing silverware valued at about 300 dollars and various jewelry. Patrolmen Ruth and Kennedy pursued, were shot, and the culprits vanished toward Nahant Street. A later search found two trays identified as Lewis property.
Winchester House Looted in Sudden burglary
In Winchester on August 14 a thief or thieves ransacked the home of George F. Holden at 50 Glen Road. They pried a back window, cut telephone wires, and took valuables amounting to hundreds of dollars, with the family absent on vacation. A relative living in the house left briefly for Arlington and returned to find drawers emptied and lights on. police have no leads.
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Winchester
George F. Holden
Glen Road
Arlington
Bandits Rob Dedham Hyde Park Man in Robbery Gagged
Wilfred Fardy found George E. Collier of Norwood, a Boston Mutual Life Insurance collector, bound and gagged in bushes near Four Corners after a daytime ambush by masked robbers. Collier said two assailants held him at gunpoint while others searched his pockets and escaped with about $35, including $24 of the company funds.
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George E. Collier
Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company
Dedham
Wilfred Fardy
Readville Street
Hyde Park
Becker Brainerd Milling Machine Company
River Street
Four Corners
Fardy
Frank W. Sawtell & Co
Mr. Sawtell
W. F. Drugan
Browne
Collier
Readville
Autoists Eye Tonic Promises Relief from Eye Strain
Public notice promotes Marine Eye Tonic as a remedy for eye strain redness and irritation after sun wind and dust exposure. Claims to soothe without smarting and offers educational information through a druggist.
Bandits Foiled Dedham Stop After Dark Robbery
Charles Rogers a Boston flour merchant escaped three armed men on East street near the old Fairbanks mansion. The assailants fled as the horse bolted and Rogers reached the police station. Police, including Hyde Park and Dedham units, hunted the area for the robbers linked to a prior daylight hold up on Collier.
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Dedham
Charles Rogers
Boston
East Street
Fairbanks
East Dedham
Rogers
Hatch
Mr. Collier
Four Corners
Collier
Fairbanks House
Hyde Park
Forest Hills
Mr. Rogers
Charles Cotter
Dedharn
Methuen Man Beaten After Robbery Attempt Near Glen Forest
William Hoyle of 26 Broadway Methuen was held up by two men on the road from Lawrence to Lowell near Glen Forest. He was badly beaten but drove away, was treated by a doctor at the Glen Forest restaurant, and reported to police who found no suspects. The assault occurred about 8 45 p m.
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Methuen
William Hoyle
Broadway
Glen Forest
Lawrence
Lowell
Hoyle
Obituaries from Boston area include Buck Cadigan Hackett Major
Multiple notices of funerals across Charlestown Roxbury and Dorchester for Buck Cadigan Hackett Major and others. Services held at residences churches and Mount Auburn Cemetery with times on Aug 15 16 17. Relatives and friends invited. Burial at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden and St Josephs Church ceremonies noted.
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Buck
Wilmington
Mass
James F. Buck
Cadigan
Charlestown
George H
Bridget HB. Cadigan
Maloney
Baldwin Street
St. Francis de Sales
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Roxbury
James P
Ellen L. “Dackett
Regent Street
St. Joseph's Church
Circuit St
Hammarbeck
Alice
Andrew E
Dora Hammarbeck
Olsen
Moon Street
Mary Major
Arthur H. Major
Melrose Street
Ward
Norfolk House
Sarah FE. Ward
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Bandits Try to Rob Roy Prey in Dedham Horse Drive
Roy Prey, a young man from Dedham, escaped three robbers who stopped him on Washington Street in a horse and carriage. He fled to the police station at 1:10 AM, aided by a fast-acting horse and an automobile party that spotted the suspects near the First Side Bridge. Police dispatched a full force to pursue the trio.
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Norwood
Roy Prey
Washington Street
Dedham
Prey
Walter Hoar
Death of Gordon MacDonald in Gananoque reported
News from Gananoque Canada confirms the death of Gordon MacDonald a partner at Speyer and Co bankers of New York. He was a member of the firm and his passing was received in New York today.
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York
Gananoque
Canada
Gordon MacDonald
Speyer & Co
West Andover Popcorn Vendor Survives Highwaymen Hold Up
Louis Mercier, a popcorn vendor, was accosted by two masked men on the Lowell road in West Andover. They fired twice, missing Mercier, who alerted police and continued to Lowell. A bullet lay in a tin box of corn, narrowly missing his head. Chief Pomeroy led officers and farmers in a late search near Hagegett's pond.
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Andover
West Andover
Pomeroy
Louis Mercier
Lowell
Mercier
Hagegett’s Pond
Pawnee Bill Leads Armored Cavalcade In Deserted Trail Hunt
Pawnee Bill gathered 15 cowboys and Mexicans to search the Oak Island area for bandits linked to the Lynn shooting. They rode armed along the beach road for nearly four hours, sweeping woods, shanties, and marshes from Revere to the Point of Pines. Pawnee Bill returned vowing no bandits were found.
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Wonderland
Pawnee Bill
Ruth
Lynn
Oak Island
Saugus River
Revere
Point of Pines
Oak Island Woods
Saugus
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Ake
Yeggs
ARROW
Terough
Sayer
Rikme
Pook
Wahamt St
Tr, Shore, Boulevard Lynn
Yiu Buokwreh
Ruth and
Tee Wreggs
Ocefiter Willam Ruth
Tister Boy
James Leonard JO
Furrier
Finndns Field
Thone
Harold Dougherty
Lynch
Finnan
Raymond
Sage
Summer St
Kingston St
Washington St
Hawley St
W.andover
Indian Scout and His Revere Band
Stradella
F. Marion
Crawford
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