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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1915
Page
18
A letter to the Medical Examiner and a bottle of corrosive sublimate found on Abram Theodore Lander of Essex led police to believe he planned suicide. Officers could not confirm if he had ingested any tablets as several were missing from the bottle.
Dr. Harry H. Bard examined Lander and found him in good health. Lander was arrested by Inspector McColgan within 20 minutes after Gloucester marshal reported three bad checks of 12.50 each from the same person.
A man identified as Lander used the alias J C Storey during a week's stay in Pittsfield living at H C Palmer's home and passed a check for $ to Palmer. Police say Lander mailed letters to himself to establish identity. His check book issued by Gloucester Safe and Deposit Trust Company shows many worthless checks totaling about 200 dollars. He asked in a letter to The Medical Examiner to notify his brother Everett W Lander in case of death. He has a wife and child in Medford.
The state Bureau of Statistics reports improved labor conditions for the three months ending September 30. Only 7 percent of union members were unemployed for all causes, down from 10.6 percent at the end of June. Unrest due to strikes and lockouts accounted for 1.2 percent, weather-related unemployment 0.6 percent.
Albert F. Baldwin was found not guilty of failing to support his daughter Emma 18 a senior in the Girls High School The jury deliberated 40 minutes in this first county case where the child was as old as Baldwin's daughter Baldwin a contractor supplies seller testified he earned 15 to 20 dollars weekly and could support his children ending the matter.
The speaker describes living with Emma and Frank after his wife’s death, noting no ill will with their grandmother. He mentions Harry ran away after 14 months and that Emma, urged by her principal, continued at school despite coming in late at night.
The narrator recalls pressing a daughter to attend church and school, she refused, and after a heated talk she left home. He describes slapping her, finding a loaded revolver in her drawer and her threat to use it on him. He asserts he provided financial help and tried to bring her home.
The report notes multiple bills filed in the Massachusetts House. One authorizes women to vote on liquor licensing in cities and towns. Another requires a wife’s wage assignment consent to be acknowledged in person. Butler of Lawrence filed three bills on public institutions residency, bonding for repairs over 2000, and auto operation within 15 miles of the state boundary with a 2 license fee.
In Danbury Connecticut on December 2 a 45 year old man John Bochima was shot and killed after an argument over supper. His 17 year old stepson Alexander Bochima surrendered at the police station claiming self defense. He said the father waved a revolver and he wrested it firing twice with one bullet striking the heart.
President Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Wilson left their honeymoon suite at Hot Springs Virginia by side entrance for a two and a half hour car ride through the hills. Photographers, shut out by secret service, drafted a note requesting five minutes for pictures. The party’s private telegraph line remains unused as speculation swirls about royal telegrams and state business beyond the honeymoon.
A lecture course has been started by the Boston Elevated railway for its employees. The program aims to provide instruction on safety procedures and public transportation operations, enhancing knowledge within the company and serving as a community outreach effort.
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