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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
6
A large selection process yielded a full panel for the Gustave Axel Persson murder trial. Eleven jurors joined 149 men drawn, plus 27 regular session jurors and 22 street-summoned salesmen, meeting the needs of the special venue.
Persson a Needham farmhand faces trial before Judge Raymond in the Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham for the April 18 slaying of Mrs Annie Pearson of Needham wife of farmer Augustus Pearson. Only 11 jurors accepted by 5 pm with 12th to be drawn. trial expected to last about seven days.
Nine bids were opened at Somerville City Hall for the new Carnegie library in East Somerville. The bids ranged from 16 950 to 21 000 dollars, while the project cost is 36 000 dollars.
Francis W. Willard a celluloid goods salesman died of heart disease yesterday afternoon in his fifth floor office at 78 Chauncy Street He was 63 and resided with his wife and son Howard at 22 Centre Street Cambridge Desmond a letter carrier found him unconscious in his chair
David J. Breen of 18 Melrose Street Boston faced Judge Samuel R. Cutler in Chelsea court on a charge of assaulting Abraham Gordon and robbing him of 530 dollars after a crap game in a hall at Chelsea. The case was continued until December for trial.
Bellows Falls Vermont December 18 Charles F Michael 23 of Boston and Rose Joseph 21 of Gloucester Mass were arrested moments after receiving a marriage license by Town Clerk L S Hayes They are held awaiting Gloucester police on charges of stealing 90 dollars in cash and 600 in bracelets from the bride s mother Mrs Mary Joseph of Gloucester The mother reportedly accepted the disappearance as possible Gretna Green flight and notified authorities
Alphonso Alton of 47 Commonwealth Road Watertown observed his 89th birthday and credits a long life to abstinence from liquor. Former Worcester carpenter, he retired 20 years ago and now lives with his sister Mrs. Stella Kellogg.
Moorfield Storey, president of the Anti-Imperialist League, at the league dinner condemned President Wilson for sending U.S. naval forces into Nicaragua Haiti and Santo Domingo without a Congress declaration. A resolution urging the President to respect the freedom of these nations was adopted. He denounced Germany as a menace to civilization and warned of European aggression.
The Petit Parisien reports survivors cross the Sereth to Jassy and Bessarabia where they regroup. It claims the Romanian front is now held by Russians alone after the Bucharest Ploedti line loss, with King Ferdinand withdrawing to reform behind Russian shelter.
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