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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
2
Margaret Wallace aged 36 of 10 Mansfield Place Charlestown is listed as dangerous at Haymarket Relief Hospital with a knife wound to the left side. Police say her husband John Wallace is jailed at Station 15 on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill.
Mary Foley was detained as a witness after a knife, described as a large carver with a sharp point and broad blade, was involved in a confrontation over food. Wallace and Mrs. Foley were detained in front of a hospital by Patrolman Donahue as investigators note this is Wallace’s second alleged attempt on his wife’s life, including a prior scissors threat.
Two firefighters Daniel Hurley and Walter Davie were injured in a blaze at 22 Purchase street extending to 361 363 Atlantic avenue. The fire damaged the top three floors occupied by Brown Sargent Co and Chilton Paint, with oil and paint fuels helping the flames.
Colonel Logan leads the 9th and attached units toward New York. Massachusetts volunteers occupy key outposts as they push into the Blue country with planned action looming against Reds. Early dress parade impresses regular officers amid heat and a Feast of the Assumption mass conducted for officers.
The Rev. Charles W. Casson of Dorchester resigns from the Third Religious Society Unitarian after two years to enter the newspaper field as editor of the Ottawa Citizen. He departs for Ottawa with his family this evening.
Reported clash location points to Newtown area five miles north with Blues entrenched nearby and Reds advancing. Berkshire three miles east chosen for General Smith’s headquarters. The terrain features deep ravines and rivers complicating maneuvers, with the hilltop Stormfield once Mark Twain’s home in the area.
The Red army pushes eight miles into enemy territory with a front from Stratford to Hawleyville and a center at East Village. Tomorrow the main engagement could involve about 13 000 troops as red troops rest today and aviation landing sites are scouted. The New York regiments and Massachusetts units show mixed fatigue and activity.
Hundreds of tourists and nearby country folk visited General Smith's headquarters in the afternoon. Among them was artist R F Zantbaum, friend of Frederick Remington. Governor Eugene N. Foss left Boston and will join the Massachusetts brigades in tomorrow's battle.
Grand jury hear new witness accounts linking Cirofici to Rosenzweig Muller and Horowitz. Rose Webber and others provided confessions detailing Becker's role, with Walton corroborating. Hochstim testified on threats against police and Sans Souci ties, as seven to nine indictments loom by Tuesday night.
Grand jury delays indictments against the Rosenthal murderers to hear Sam Schepps testify on his arrival from Hot Springs. District Attorney Whitman believes Schepps will strengthen evidence against Gyp the Blood Dago Frank Cirofici Whitey Lewis and Lefty Louie and may corroborate Becker's involvement. Schepps to appear Tuesday as material witness. reward for Gyp and Lefty eyed at 5000.
Police, acting on warrants from a special sessions court, raided about 15 disorderly houses in Manhattan's Tenderloin with help from the Society for the Prevention of Crime. Twenty three people were arrested, eight women among them, while district and deputy officials observed the operation amid claims of a shifting, centralized managers network.
The Rev. Mr Casson, a suffrage and public ownership advocate, says he can do more good through the press than preaching. He lists five reasons: wider audience, reliable readership, the press as a modern tool, ability to address concrete life issues, and the inclusive reach of religion through media.
Timothy W. Coakley yesterday filed nomination papers for both Republican and Democratic primaries in the twelfth district challenging Congressman Curley. He also sought the Democratic Progressive nomination for Congress.
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