Birmingham clergy murder case opens with grand jury probe
Four top Birmingham criminal lawyers were hired by Rev. E R Stephenson to defend him in the murder case of Father James F Coyle rector of St Pauls Cathedral. The investigation by Jefferson County grand jury begins Aug 23 and a preliminary trial is planned. Ruth Stephenson Gussman, the accused clergyman’s daughter, says she does not wish to see her father and is happier with her husband.
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Birmingham
Ala
E. R. Stephenson
James F. Coyle
St. Paul's Cathedral
Jefferson County Grand Jury
Ruth Stephenson Gussman
Boy Held In Burning Death Of 6 Year Old Girl
Riverside New Jersey August 17 Cesqua Frengku six died from burns alleged to be caused by a boy about ten years old named Kassapa Coroner Lecony holds the boy in his parents custody Police say the two children played in a group when a torch fashioned from old sewers was used to set the girl's dress on fire She ran toward her home as neighbors tried to extinguish the flames.
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Riverside
N. J
Cesqua Frengku
John Kassapa
Lecony
Burglars Hit Safe Near Police Chief’s Brooklyn Home
Early today safe breakers pried open a door safe in Brooklyn’s Bedford section near John Joseph Brady’s home and escaped with its contents after sharing champagne. The burglary occurred three doors from police commissioner Richard E. Enright’s residence, who was awakened by the commotion following the capture of a suspect.
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New York
Cme
John Joseph Brady
Bedford
Brooklyn
Richard E. Enright
Wild horse causes panic near lamp store on Friend Street
A runaway truck horse escaped from Sam Harris' stable on Travers Street and dashed toward North Station after breaking loose from a seller. E. Segiel of Boston Light Supply reports his shop was wrecked as hundreds of commuters fled in fear and stenographers shrieked during the chaotic dash.
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Friend Street
E. Segiel
Boston Light Supply Company
North Station
Sam Harris
Travers Street
Horse bolts through lamp store window in crowded street
A horse fleeing pedestrians crashed through the plate glass of a lamp shop, wrecking chandeliers and lamps while the clerk A Kaplan and a buyer hid atop the counter. The horse sustained minor injuries but was later led back to its stable. In a separate note, Salzburg hosts over 200 women students for the International Summer School tied to the Women’s Peace and Freedom League congress.
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A. Kaplan
Kaplan
Salzburg
Austria
Wakefield Society Girl Engaged to Rockport Man
Wakefield society circles note the engagement of Miss Ruby Belmore to Arthur Crowe of Rockport. Miss Belmore is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Belmore of 24 Elm Street and a Wakefield High School graduate of the class of 1915. Crowe is a prominent Rockport Mason and member of the Aleppo Temple in Boston.
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Wakefield
Ruby Belmore
That City
Arthur 8. Crowe
Rockport
Miss Belmore
Ernest M. Belmore
24 Elm Street
Wakefield High School
Body Identified in Chelsea Pond Tragedy
The man found in a Gas pond off Maple Street Chelsea has been identified at the morgue as Wladyslaw Smigtebski 50 of 23 Auburn Street Chelsea. Death is believed accidental drowning.
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Maple Street
Chelsea
Wladyslaw Smigtebski
Auburn Street
Sand Bank Funds Gone
Alarmed by bank closures Mrs Edwin Hamilton buried her savings of 75 dollars in a ground hole near Crystal Lake Wakefield. A week later she found the money missing when she tried to access it at the local bank. Police suspect someone watched the burial then dug up the funds.
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Boston
Edwin 8
Hamiton
Wakefield-Stoneham
Crystal Lake
Wakefield
Job Gains in July Across Most Industries
Washington reports July employment rose in eight of fourteen industries from June, according to the Department of Labor figures released today. The increases highlight growth sectors while some sectors show no change.
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Tashington
Department of Labor
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