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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1912
Page
5
Miss Annie Meleney known as Babe to patrons of a newspaper row restaurant died after hemorrhage. She collapsed moments after being fitted for a new uniform at a restaurant where she planned to work. Meleney began as a waitress over 16 years ago, earning her nickname from her two braided hair and short skirts.
In Haverhill on August 27 a 2 hour dawn encounter at a summer home on Lake Attitash pitted Mr. and Mrs. William J. Evans and Miss Sadie B. Hooper against two bats. The animals were killed after Miss Hooper was struck in the face and fainted. most furniture was destroyed.
In a domestic fracas Mrs. Evans uses a cake tin to strike a bat overhead after a chaotic assault on her household. Mr. Evans, Miss Hooper, and others fend off the creatures with a club and improvised weapons until the last bat is dropped.
In Bangor Maine on August 27 J Sherman Gray pleaded guilty to the murder of 14 year old Naomi Mitchell in Carmel on July 24. Justice King sentenced Gray to life imprisonment and denied a motion to commit him to the Eastern Maine Insane Hospital for observation.
Colonel Dick Field of the mayor's office gains an official namesake after a seagull captured at Squantum by William G. Buckley is presented to the city. The mayor assigns the bird to the zoo and names it Colonel Dick in honor of Secretary Field after the bird nibbled his finger.
In the St. Monica Field Day programme on Locust street grounds this Saturday Sheriff Honest John Quinn is styled the fairest man in Boston. He serves as official baby contest referee, noting his bachelor status adds impartiality despite inexperience with babies.
Edgar Lord, treasurer of the Acushnet and New Bedford Co operative Banks, pleaded not guilty to embezzling $40,000 from the two banks. He was sent to the House of Correction for failure to post $25,000 bonds, awaiting the September 10 district court date as both banks closed.
Lord, a longtime clerk and organist in Providence area churches, is accused of siphoning about 40 000 dollars from two banks. State officials seized the banks with Thorndike Dorr Levi Tucker overseeing. A jail bond was set at 25 000 dollars amid questions over the exact loss. Lord, 39, has a small home and a summer house with four children.
Five year old John Corcoran of Portsmouth had his small left finger amputated at Portsmouth Hospital after a playmate Cornelius Moynahan dropped an axe on his hand near a chopping block. Local authorities investigated the accident as a mishap in a schoolyard like setting.
Police Commissioner Waldo released a list of gambling resort raids from the past year and the property owners involved. The names include several prominent figures in New York's financial religious and social life.
In New York Aug 27 a profile describes James B. Reynolds secretary to the national Republican committee and Jimmie to Congress. It portrays Reynolds as the money manager while Charles D. Hilles handles fundraising for Taft’s campaign, detailing office scenes and the plan to spend all funds to secure Taft’s victory.
The district attorney will use lists of gambling house owners and police corruption as the basis for forthcoming John Doe proceedings before Justice Goff. The raids covered 400 places from June 1911 to August 1912, including Sailors' Snug Harbor and the Lorillard estate. Convictions were few, prompting further inquiry. Becker's arraignment is planned for Sept 11, with new bank records and stock-accumulation claims examined.
On the second day at Boston College Hall the Catholic Teachers Institute drew larger attendance of parochial school instructors. Rev. Robert Swickerath, S. J., Holy Cross College Worcester professor, led morning and afternoon sessions on Bible history, catechism, poetry explanation, and how to teach history with emphasis in Catholic schools. A Sewell Ford tale, Poking Up a Meek One, is previewed for next Sunday's Post Magazine.
Crowds gathered outside Congress Hall as General William Booth lay in state. His body was moved to the Olympia for a memorial service to be held the next evening, following the closing of the lying in state.
Assistant U.S. Attorney J Bernard Ferber resigns to enter private practice. On Attorney French's recommendation James S Allen Jr of Winchester is named by Attorney General Wikersham to replace him. The changes take effect September 1.
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