Arrests in New Bedford vote buying ring on affidavits
New Bedford authorities and the Boston Post announce arrests of George Lawton and Antone Sylvia for conspiracy to purchase votes at the last state election, with further charges and additional arrests expected. The Post withholds witness names and affidavits to aid justice while preparing further public disclosure.
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Boston Post
George “Pomp” Lawton
Antone Sylvia
William B. Foster
Almond
McBay
Fred Flynn
Joseph Daly
Post
Walsh
The
Lawton
Sylvia
Flynn
Daly
Frank Vera
Fifth Street
Vera
George Lawton
Mr. Lawton
Frothingham
Luce
Second Street
Hquor
New Bedford
Commonwealth
Goth George Lawton
Antone A. Sylvia
Jenney
Perry
Citizens’ Committee
Max Levy
Bullock Party
Bullock
Levy
Foss
Crosby
Avon and
Washington Streets
Law on Bribery Arrests Cited from 1907 Statute
The arrests rest on Acts of 1907 Section 441 Chapter 560 forbidding gifts to influence votes and carries up to one year in prison. Boston Post reporters gathered sworn affidavits from purchased voters as evidence, which remains unpublished to avoid hindering justice. The Post will disclose the material when appropriate to aid prosecutions.
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Boston Post
Post
St recipient of breadknife attack in Roxbury
Henry Dykeman of 18 Fountain street Roxbury was arrested for attempting to kill his wife with a breadknife. Mrs Dykeman, stabbed in the breast, was rescued by neighbors and taken to City Hospital. Dykeman, aged 2 1/2, and his wife had been drinking and quarreling. she will recover.
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Henry Dykeman
Fountain Street
Roxbury
Dancer Edith McGovern Sprains Ankle Faints After Show
Edith McGovern Irish singer in city sprained her right ankle last Sunday but danced for two days. She fainted after leaving the National Theatre stage last evening. Dr Edward Carroll treated the sprain then was called away to another patient. Mrs Helen McDonald of Brockton revived after two hours of medical care.
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Edith McGovern
National Theatre
Edward C. Carroll
Shawmut Avenue
America
Reilly the Comedian Dies in Malden
William Atkins Reilly known as Pat Reilly a famed comedian and Grand Army man died at Malden Hospital after weeks with Bright's disease He starred in The Days of 61 and performed burlesque and vaudeville for four decades Born in Liverpool England he lived in Mt. Clemens Michigan and once ran Reilly & Woods burlesque.
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William Atkins Reilly
Malden
Bright
Pat” Reilly
Great Britain
Reilly & Woods
Burlesquers
Mt. Clemens
Such
Liverpool
Eng
Will Elect Captain Boston College High School Grads
Announcement said 18 players will receive letters and sweaters next Friday night and a captain will be elected for the next year. Jim OConnor, star of the St Johns Thanksgiving game, is favored to be chosen. The team has strong material for a future campaign.
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Boston College
Jim O'Connor
St. John’s
James Street
Italian killed in Dedham street accident
An unidentified Italian was struck by a car driven by Harry Hartley of Brookline on Washington Street near the railroad bridge in Dedham this evening and died at Massachusetts General Hospital four hours later from injuries.
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Dedham
Harry Hartley
Brookline
Washington Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Lightship 67 Sea Tale by Connolly in Post Magazine
James B. Connolly crafts a two part sea story titled Lightship 67 to appear in next Sunday's Sunday Post Magazine. The feature promises classic nautical fiction from the noted short story writer.
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James B. Connolly
The
Sunday Post Magazine
Senator Percy Attacks Magazine Article in Senate
Mississippi Senator Percy denounces a November magazine article he says misrepresented his election and attacks William Hearst and former Governor Vardaman. He challenges the prospective successor to demand an investigation if any votes were improperly influenced and signals no resignation to the Mississippi Legislature next month.
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Washington
Percy
Mississippi
Senate
William R. Hearst
Vardaman
United States
Taft
Roosevelt
Hearst
William McKinley
Van Allen Wins Graft Probe at League Convention
At the national convention of the Anti Saloon League in Washington the Rev. Dr. William H. Van Allen rector of the Church of the Advent Boston and member of the league’s national headquarters committee won a demand for a graft inquiry report and was named chairman of the committee. The Rev A G Robinson had charged officers with graft and irregularities.
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Washington
William H. van Allen
Church of the Advent
Boston
Anti-Saloon League
League
National League
van Allen
A. G. Robinson
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