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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
13
Federal agents raided the Greek steamship Themistocles and found about 80 000 dollars worth of cocaine morphine and opiums plus whiskey hidden under a trap door in the engine room. Crew and ship officials claimed ignorance as the lights went out during the search and officers secured the area.
Attorney John E. Hannigan as receiver for the Old Colony Foreign Exchange Company seeks ancillary receiver appointment in New York to secure 15000 dollars in a New York bank in the company name.
Attorney grills Arthur J O Neill as police raid uncovers more than 10000 in Old Colony Foreign Exchange Company assets at 31 State Street. Eight agents in the city and two in New York face subpoenas and possible preferred creditor status as receivers seek accounts and cash. Bail for Charles M Brightwell may drop to 5000. Meyers brothers likely released. Auditors meet with Hurwitz as efforts to straighten company affairs continue. a 1500 check seized in Lynn is turned over to the receiver.
The Canadian National Railway Boston express collided with box cars left overlapping a siding at the Maccan yard in Amherst Nova Scotia. The engine and one mail car derailed but the rest stayed on track with no injuries.
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