Lawrence Grand Jury Probes Dynamite Plot Links In Mills
The Lawrence grand jury hears testimony from seven mill figures amid rumors of a Boston conspiracy behind the dynamite plot. District Attorney Pelletier pursues leads as Pittman’s death adds shock to the labor strike probe. Indictments possible, witnesses include Cox Kunhardt Sjostrom McDuffie Walcott Breen and Pittman.
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Boston
New England
Lawrence
Grand
Pelletier
Pitman
John J. Breen
Andover
Pemberton Square
Pittman
Breen
Suffolk County
Diabetes herb touted as quick cure for diabetes
An advertisement promotes a Mexico found Diabetes Herb claimed to cure diabetes, reduce sugar and restore vigor. A 50 cent weekly supply includes a free booklet with diet lists and food elements, with a money back guarantee. It urges sending payment to Ames Chemical Co or Riker-Jaynes Drug Co for proofs and the booklet.
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Mexico
Ames Chemical CO
Whitney Point
N. Y
Riker-Jaynes Drug CO
Dynamite Plant in Lawrence Nets Multiple Arrests
Police raid Lawrence execute warrants at 292 Oak Street and nearby locations uncovering seven sticks of dynamite in a cellar, with further finds of 15 sticks at Barker Street woods and six more at 76A Lawrence Street. Several Syrians including Ferris Marad and Urbano DiPrato, plus John Breen, are charged. Breen is found guilty on one count and fined $500. The case centers on I W W organizer Joseph Etter’s claim workers had no involvement and bosses sparked the incident.
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Salem
Pittman
Breen
Brown
Ernest W. Pittman
Lawrence
W. H. Proctor
State Police
Rooney
Boston
Joseph Cavagnaro
Joseph Ferrari
Hanover Street
Oak Street
Ferris Marad
Joseph Assa
Trinidad Bushon
Maro’ Rosched
David Bishara
Mary Rosched
Mary Suizy
Barker Street
St. Mary’s Church Cemetery
Arlington Mills
Urbano DiPrato
Lawrence Street
DiPrato
Joseph J. Etter
Marad
John J. Breen
J. J. Mahoney
Essex County
William Rooney
Mr. Rooney
Dugan
John Kelliher
Kelliher
O’sullivan
Farris Marad
Vose
John H. Kane
Commissioner of Public Safety Co
Lynch
Charles Woodcock
Woodcock
Postmaster Cox Among Grand Jury Targets in Local Probe
Louis S. Cox postmaster of Lawrence and lawyer with Sweeney & Cox testified to being summoned by the grand jury amid the Breen suit and Syrian cases. Other Lawrence figures named include Ivor I. Sjostrom treasurer of United States Worsted Co. and Frederick C. McDuffie of Everett Mills, with several millmen tied to North Andover estates and Boston investors also summoned.
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Louis S. Cox
Grand Jury
Lawrence
Roosevelt
Sweeney & Cox
Lowell Street
Massachusetts Senate
Cox
Battery A. M. V. M
Breen
Ivor I. Sjostrom
United States Worsted Company
Frederick C. McDuffie
Everett Mills
Summer Street
Bass Rocks
Gloucester
George D. Kundhardt
Kundhardt Mills
North Andover
Big Pond
Mr. Kundhardt
Merchants’ Trust Company
Charles Walcott
Atlantic Mills
Boston
State Board of Health
Metropolitan Sewer Commission
Foss
Robert Walcott
District Court
Cambridge
Pittman Husband Held Little Light On Dynamite Plot
Mrs. Ernest W. Pittman reports her husband, a mill contractor, died by his own hand after being summoned to appear before the Suffolk county grand jury investigating the Lawrence dynamite plot. She says he could reveal little or nothing of value and that his illness left him unable to provide facts.
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Grand Jury Room
Breen
Andover
Ernest W. Pittman
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Lawrence
Lewis Stays in Bar Association Amid Recall Debate
A report denounces judicial recall as dangerous to the country and cites differing state approaches. It notes Ohio Massachusetts New York and others rely on recall only for misconduct, while California Oregon Arizona Colorado Nevada North Dakota consider steps toward recall. The Dickinson resolution questions negro membership in the association and urges councils to declare race in membership recommendations.
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Ohio
Massachusetts
New York
California
Oregon
Arizona
Colorado
Nevada
North Dakota
Dickinson
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Mrs Pittman says her husband worn by years of business reverses and a grip illness suffered a nervous breakdown after being summoned to appear before the grand jury The summons proved the final straw in his deteriorating condition and led to his death by his own action.
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Ernestine
Xaverian Brother Dies in East Boston
Brother Florence of the Assumption Community Xaverian Brothers East Boston died of heart failure yesterday. A favorite with Jeffries Point children he was born in New Hope Kentucky 33 years ago and spent 15 years in the religious order. Burial follows a requiem high mass at the Church of the Assumption East Boston Thursday.
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Florence
Assumption
Xaverian Brothers
East Boston
Jeffries Point
New Hope
St. Joseph's College
Beltimore
Church of the Assumption
Boston Hen Protests Swamp Health Board officials
Boston's Board of Health faced a flood of complaints about hens roosters and coops with odor and nuisances. The board will not grant any hen permits as it reviews objections while mothers Theresa Finn and Nellie Cotter are jailed then placed on probation after pleading to theft charges.
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Boston
Board of Health
Theresa Finn
Nellie Cotter
Dearborn Street
Roxbury
Sullivan
House of Correction
Baby’s Dress Cache for Stolen Goods
Shoplifters’ loot including a dozen eggs and two cans of baked beans was found hidden in the long dresses of one of two babies. Police recovered the contraband and questioned suspects as part of a theft case.
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Baby
Wakefield Man Destroys Self With Belladonna at Local Drugstore
William Hieler, 55, of 10 Church Street Wakefield, drank belladonna from a bottle in Joseph Difian's drugstore Wakefield Square and died shortly after. He had been employed as a gardener in Greenwood and lived briefly in Boston.
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William Hieler
Church Street
Wakefield
Joseph G. Difian
Wakefield Square
Hieler
Boston
Greenwood
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Boylston St
Geo. W. Galvin
M.D
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Boston Emergency
Fhrrich
Thomas A. Edison
McClure’s
Mdec
Wagserman
Galvin
M. D
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Back Bay
Cavagnaro
Suing Breen
Butler Furniture Company
Friend Street
Haymarket Square
Lewis
BAR Association
Estiee
David J. Ingraham
Winter Street
Vorenberg
Xaverian
East
Wakefield Sto
C. J. Hood CO
John T. Connor CO
Connor
Stamp Discount
Ceresota
Old Homestead
Brookside
EA. Peck
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Wilson Brothers Scollay Sq
Wilson Brothers
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