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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1912
Page
16
Robert H. McFawn and his wife Eleanor met in the Somerville Police Court where he remained held on 5000 bond. He pleaded not guilty to a $10,100 larceny charge against Derby Desk Co. of Somerville and requested bill of particulars. He was jailed in East Cambridge in default of bond.
Countess D Aulby de Gatigny formerly Francesca Lunt of Boston and Scituate returns to Boston with her daughter Sylvia for a short stay while her husband in New York arranges a musical comedy production. A letter in court claimed to be from the count to a Russian linked to a blackmail plot involving the duchess. Society across two continents was stirred.
A 17-year-old son ventures into business in Chicago while the Countess D Aulby, limned by a sensational Paris trial two years earlier, recounts a life of romance. Her father was George Lunt, former Boston Courier editor, and her mother a Parsons relation. The Count claimed noble status, faced creditors, and a notable 1911 fraud case involved love letters read in court.
Crowds wait for fleece lined gloves offered at 98 cents per pair. Tan dog skins and gray and brown suedes are selling in equal numbers. Double Stamps are given all day, effectively a five percent discount, at HOUGHTON & DUTTON'S.
Spellman showed default and an agreed alimony and custody plan. Heinze absent, court signed decree. Heinze testified in Nyack about a Denver visit with a woman, denying involvement while photos and statements tied him to a Mrs Lavelle link. Wife Bernice Golden Heinze, previously Mrs Henderson, had custody and alimony from a 1906 decree.
A joint resolution was introduced in Washington on December 16 proposing a constitutional amendment to elect Representatives in Congress for four years instead of two. The measure was brought by Representative DeForrest of New York.
Washington December 16 James B Woodward Wilkes Barre attorney for Lehigh Valley Rail Road led the defense in Judge Archbald impeachment trial detailing the jury wheel and venue selections. He testified he never sought biased jurors and that securing an all railroad friendly panel would be highly complicated and unlikely.
Judge Archbald faced Senate and House questioning after witnesses described how a jury commissioner could bias juries for rail road interests. He denied any such actions, calling it complicated. Opening defense testimony focused on the Katy did refuse coal dump and its ties to Erie railroad, with plaintiffs detailing mining figures and inspectors linked to Hillside Coal & Iron Company.
Senator Sutherland proposed empowering the Senate judiciary committee to take testimony in impeachment trials not involving the President Vice President cabinet members or Supreme Court justices He argued such trials halt Senate business citing Judge Archibald case and the measure was sent to the judiciary committee Bailey spoke against it.
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