Moriarty Says Graft Admission a Joke
The finance commission resumes hearings as Moriarty testifies that he did not receive money for votes and that his claim of $5000 was a joke. Lane and Hagan describe alleged communications and a go-between with Brickley while denying firm proof of bribery. The panel pursues further testimony on July 31 and possible ties to City Hall officials.
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Finance Commission
Lane
Moriarty
Province Street
Baldwin Place
Henry E. Hagan
Province
Brickley
Hagan
W. W. Clark
Sullivan
City Hall
Stuart Street
John C. L. Dowling
Commission
Braley
Supreme Court
Financial Commission
Attorney Dowling
Fron
Clark
Dowling
City
Leary
City Messenger
Curley
Boylston Street
Ford
Watson
Boylaton
Boston
Donoghue
Walsh
Mr. Lane
George F. Gilbody
Gilbody
Forest Hills
Manning
Superior Court
Labor Is Bitter at Executions in Ireland
In the Dail debate on December 9 the Labor party assailed government executions as unjust and unlawful. Price Cosgrave defended the actions as a necessary deterrent amid an armed campaign, while figures like Gavan-Duffy O Higgins and De Valera denounced the killings as murder and a threat to Ireland’s rule of law. The session adjourned with 39 supports and 14 opposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Tom Johnson
Cosgrave
Johnson
Laborites
George Gavan-Duffy
Cathal O'Shannon
John Milroy
Kevin O'Higgins
Michael Collins
Eamon de Valera
Army Council
Dall
Four Irish Rebel Leaders Executed in Mountjoy Prison
Rory O Connor Liam Mellowes Joseph M Kelvey and Richard Barrett were executed at Mountjoy prison after a military court martial found them guilty. The firing followed the assassination of Deputy Sean Hales and served as a warning to others in the anti treaty movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Associated Press
Rory O'Connor
Liam Mellowes
Joseph M. Kelvey
Richard Barrett
Mountjoy
O'Connor
Sean Hales
Free State
Erskin
Childers
Réry O'Connor
Eamon de Valera
Mellowes
Richard Mulcahy
Army Council
Dublin Corporation
Mounte Joy
Dail Eireann
Gron Custody Battle Reveals Family Turmoil and Allegations
Testimony in a custody dispute exposes intense friction between Mrs. Gron and her husband. Rector Livingston describes a ritual of the boy receiving communion and laments the influence of ragtime jazz on the child. Letters allege moral failings by Mrs. Gron and accuse the ex-wife of family strife and threats, painting a volatile domestic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Lee Masters
Livingston
Bishop Brewster
Gal
Neils
Mir Gron
Grillea
Third Coup Unfolds in Gilded Blackmail Tale In Knayth Abbey
In a melodramatic plot, Callaghan guides a gang to reveal Joan Ayre as Lady Tallbois to force her to pay for silence about her father Lord William Travers Tallbois. Philip Mottisfont, a barrister, helps Joan win the case and her heart against the gang. Goodenough, a mysterious footman, aids Joan and Philip while confronting the criminals.
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Callaghan
Slim Jim
Carey
William Travers Tallbois
Knayth
French Foreign Legion
Joan Ayre
Bell
Drummond
Vaille
Slaney
Joan
Tallbols
Philip Mottisfont
Knayth Abbey
Goodenough
Philip
Lord Tallbois
Callaghan plots third coup over Knayth estate twist
In a tense drawing room scene, Mr. Callaghan reveals Joan Tallbois and her half sister to be heirs, denying Joan’s claim to Knayth. He mocks Carey’s perceived victory while detailing Carey’s repeated marriages and Edith Lloyd’s sole child as the key to the estate’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
Mr. Callaghan
Callaghan
Lad Tallbois
Bell
James Carey
Mr. Bell
Joan Tallbois
Knayth
Drummond
House of Lords
Bar of England
Joan
William Tallbois
Vaille
Slim Jim
Edith Lloyd
Sha
Ambitious plot unfolds as Tallbois feud heats up
In a 1922 King Features Syndicate serialization, Callaghan outlines a scheme involving Joan Tallbois and her daughter Agnes to gain control of Knayth estate. Carey’s legal wife and child loom as threats while Joan faces pressure to surrender to protect wealth and title. Storms loom as the plan advances.
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Jim Carey
Slim Jim
England
Agnes
Tallbois of
Knayth
Mr. Callaghan
Drummond
Carey
Callaghan
Joan
Vaille
Mr. Bell
Joan Ayre
Mottisfont
K. C
Belant
Calla
Atever
British protest over Ellis Island treatment in Commons
In Washington December 8 reports say Roland McNeill under secretary of foreign affairs urged better treatment of English immigrants at Ellis Island. Representative Cable of Ohio retorted that McNeill should study English immigrant hotels. He claimed Monell’s main objection was the lack of separate rooms and baths for English immigrants by the U.S. government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Commons
Roland McNeill
Ellis Island
House Today
Cable
Republican
Ohio
McNeill
Monell
United States
Trolley Car Hits Automobile Hearse In Malden
An automobile hearse in a funeral procession to Wyoming cemetery Melrose was struck by an electric trolley car on Cross street Malden yesterday afternoon. The hearse steering gear was disabled and the funeral was delayed until another conveyance arrived.
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D. H. Bisbee
Cliftondale
Wyoming Cemetery
Melrose
Cross Street
Malden
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Sally
Fincom
Dan Lane
Mulcahy
Great Britain
Dail
Mr. O'Higgins
Fate
Darrel Figgis
MacNeill
Hales
Gron
Bouvies
Annie Laurie
Furgusson
Guuntr Ran
the Stranger,” By
John Goodwin
Punta Arenas
South Florida
America
Merecedes de Castro
Agnes Tallbois
Calcarth
de Castra
S. S. Livadia
Southampton
Agnes de Castro
Tallbois
Jean Tallbois
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