Wife Stabs Sued Defender In Conn Quiet Town
S Ward Wisane, a court messenger, lies slowly sinking at Emergency Hospital after being stabbed by Miss Sadie Reed who claims to be his wife. Reed was arrested on suspicion after confessing to the stabbing and says the attack followed an accusation of infidelity. The case shocks a town where Wisane and Reed are well known.
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Bury
Conn
S. Ward Wisane
Sadie Reed
Ersing
Williams
Sadie
Miss Reed
Sta- Williams
Common Pleas Court
New York City
Portland Equity Case Involving Stock Bonds and Property
A Portland Maine suit filed by Mary Sportland alleges George A. Haing and George F. Noyes misused funds and securities, transferring property including a deed for a house on Afterfigh Street. She seeks full equitable title, while legal title remains with Noyes as trustee. A motion to strike impertinent portions was argued but not ruled upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Boston Equity
Ookline
Mass
Sportland
George A. Haing
George F. Nos
Ceeds
BULLER IN STABBING LEADS TO ARREST
Sam Beatriccia of 836 North street is under arrest at Station 1 charged with assault with intent to kill clothing salesman David Cohen of No. 9 Salem street. A knife struck Cohen in the left breast above the heart after an argument over a dollar. Cohen was taken to the hospital. Beatriccia was found to possess a loaded revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Beatriccia
North Street
Station 1
David Cohen
Salem Street
David
Sam
Hines
Muir
Massachusetts
Van Schaick Family Tales and Private Wedding Plans
A long history links the Van Schaick family across the Atlantic with a Florence Countess and a noted lawyer Eugene Van Schaick who once revealed a secret marriage to Miss Sarah Howland Pyne. In Oregon a Kolloch suitor learned of a sweetheart’s illness as Massey’s health deteriorated, leading to a postponement of a church wedding and a private ceremony instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Presbyterian Church
The
Heights
Kolloch
Oregon
Brooklyn
Massey
W. T. Bull
New York
Early 1900s Bridal Tie Sparks Van Schaick Split Revisited
Mrs. Van Schaick and Eugene Lentilhon Dale will wed early in the new year following Mrs. Van Schaick’s recent divorce from Henry S. Van Schaick. The case involved alimony and a subsequent separation, with the former husband’s brother acting as counselor. The Van Schaick family, of Dutch Knickerbocker lineage, has a storied domestic history.
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van Schaick
J. J. Astor
Eugene Lenthilon Dale
Henry 8. van Schaick
John Jacob Astor
Nourmahal
Eugene Lentilhon Dale
Dresden
van Schaicks
Denver
Henry S. van Schaick
Eugene
Knickerbockers
Henry
Van
The Million Dollar Baby Is Growing Strong
The first grandchild of P. D. Armour weighs ten pounds and survives after being incubator cared for since August. Parents are J. Ogden Armour and his wife. Grandfather's assumed $500,000 per grandchild plan was doubted as the child faced early weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
P. D. Armour
J. Ogden Armour
Grandpa
Cambridge Man Held On Suspicious Person Charge
Wigglino H. Grover was arraigned in Cambridge court after police stopped him near Parson's grocery on River Street. He confessed to watching his estranged wife and claimed he used a disguise to gain custody of his son. He pleaded not guilty and was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wigglino H. Grover
Cambridge
Griffiths
Parson’s
River Street
Grover
Derby House
Cambridge Street
Boston
Almy
Bayard’s Daughter Engaged to Paris Architect
The engagement of Countess Lewenhast of Paris, youngest daughter of Ambassador Bayard, to Mauritz Hagren a notable Paris architect, is announced in Wilmington. The wedding is planned soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Lewenhaust of
Paris
Bayard
Mauritz Hagren
Screecher Morrissey Faces Break-In Allegations in Roxbury
Joseph J. Morrison known as Screecher Morrissey of 8 Elmwood Place Roxbury was captured by Patrolmen Goode and O Neil after an alleged attempt to break into Archibald Robertson 1169 Tremont Street on November 20. Accomplice Joseph Gillen received six months in the House of Correction. Morrison 19, previously jailed as a juvenile for breaking and entering and later larceny, resisted arrest with a sewer confrontation and gunpoint standoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Screecher
Morrissey
Joseph J. Morrison
Elmwood Place
Roxbury
Goode
Philip J. O’neil
Archibald Robertson
Tremont Street
Joseph Gillen
Morrison
House of Correction
Ruggles Street
Gooode
O'Neil
House of Reformation
An Angry Sea Grounds Nellie G Thurston in Fierce Storm
Gloucester schooner Nellie G Thurston limped into a wharf from La Have Banks after a fortnight at sea. Captain Antone Courant recounted a terrifying Wednesday Thursday storm with mountains of water, the vessel tilting for three minutes, cargo losses, and crew narrowly avoiding disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie G. Thurston
Gloucester
la Have Banks
Antone Courant
Captain Courant
Tom Carey
Newfoundland
Governor Denies Clemency for John Y. McKane
Governor Morton refused to extend clemency for John Y. McKane after a delegation of Brooklyn friends met with the Governor. The decision was announced by the Governor in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Morton
John Y. McKane
McKane
Brooklyn
Boston Aldermen Debate Trees and Fire Patrol
The Boston Board of Aldermen met briefly with several members absent. A 142 jurors drawing for January term of the Superior Court dominated time. The Roxburge Club petitioned for better tree care and city beautification, urging action. An order sought a $10,000 appropriation for tree protection, while another motion asked the mayor to task the fire commissioner with reporting on a possible fire patrol to support the department and spare on duty firefighters from added wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Dyar
Barry and Mahoney
Alderman Presho
Superior Court
Roxburghe Club
Elm Hill
Roxbury
Committee On
Hall
Finance Committee
Boston
W. J. Donovan
Donovan
Convict Fowle testifies in Eldridge lumber suit
Gen Harry M Fowle a convict testified late yesterday in Superior Court before Judge Dunbar in the case of Shepard & Morse Lumber Co vs Albert P Eldridge. The suit seeks 1007 for two checks Fowle forged and indorsed then deposited at Old Colony Trust Co. He testified he stamped the Shepard & Morse name on the checks and signed Shepard as treasurer. Fowle is serving four years in State Prison. Trial not finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Fowle
Shepard & Morse Lumber Company
Albert P. Eldridge
Superior Court
Dunbar
Fowle
Old Colony Trust Company
Shepard
State Prison
South Boston Public Hearing on Playground Plan Tonight
Mayor Quincy will chair a public hearing in Gray's Hall on N Street South Boston to discuss a proposed new playground and invite residents to present their views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
South Boston
Gray's Hall
N Street
Services Held for Mrs. John H. Grout Jr.
Simple services were held at the Little Church Around the Corner on Bulfinch Place for Mrs. John H. Grout Jr. The Rev. C. Elliott officiated. Floral tributes filled the casket pew and pall-bearers included EF. S. Anderson, Dr. F. F. Roby, W. H. Nickerson, J. F. Nickerson, and Albert Wilkinson. Mr. and Mrs. BE. F. Breed sang Rock of Ages. Interment followed in the family lot at Danvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Grout, Jr
Bulfinch Place
C. Elliott
EF. S. Anderson
F. F. Roby
W. H
J. F. Nickerson
Albert Wilkinson
BE. F. Breed
Rock of Ages
Danvers
Y M Democratic Club Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
At the Young Men's Democratic Club annual meeting officers were elected. President is Henry W. Lamb of Brookline. vice presidents include Sigourney Butler of Boston and John W. Corcoran of Clinton. Secretary is Francis L. Coolidge of Boston. treasurer Edmund A. Whitman of Cambridge. Executive committee members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Henry W. Lamb
Brookline
Sigourney Butler
Boston
John W. Corcoran
Clinton
Charles A. de Courcy
Lawrence
Edward J. Flynn
Thomas J. Gargan
Henry B. Little
Newburyport
John C. Lane
Norwood
Waldo Lincoln
Worcester
Nathan Matthews, Jr
George T. McLaughlin
Sandwich
Josiah Quincy
Joan E. Russell
Leicester
Charles C. Spellman
Springfield
Eben
Stevens
Dudley
Joseph L. Sweet
Attleboro
Francis L. Coolidge
Edmund A. Whitman
Cambridge
Charles J. Barton
Melrose
Charles H. Cole, Jr
Frederick L. Greene
Double Funeral for Hon. Henry L. Pierce Held in Two Churches
Two funeral services were held for Hon. Henry L. Pierce, first at King's Chapel and then at the Dorchester Congregational Church. After the second service, burial occurred at Old Dorchester Cemetery beside his parents. Honorary pallbearers included Adams, Eliot, Endicott, Choate, and others. numerous officials and associations attended. a eulogy was delivered by Rev. T. T. Munger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Pierce
King’s Chapel
Dorchester
Pierce
Howard N. Brown
Charles Francis Adams
Charles W. Eliot
Charles R. Codman
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Charles F. Choate
William Endicott, Jr
William W. Crapo
George Putnam
Amos L. Hollingsworth
James M. Bugbee
Frank G. Webster
William Endicott
A. J. C. London
Thomas F. Edmands
Henry W
Loyal Legion
Theodore Ayrault Dodge
A. P. Martin
Henry S. Russell
Frank B. Fay
George Heywood
Concord
Pierce Life Guard
Old Stoughton Musical Society
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Boston Man
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Sme
Clarendon
Tremont &I
Delmonico
Eugene L. Dale
the van Schaicks
S. Stack & CO
8. Stack & Co
Messrs
Boyle Bros
Wasington
Stack & Co
Sta
Ea Erwin
Obst
Kersey
Price
Ulsters
Ulster
Lincoln’s Wine Store
Essex ST
Washington Street
Henry van Schaick
Frederica Sterling Massey
John K. Kolloch
Ore
Amherst
Bay Ridge
B.F. Larrabee & Co
Hartz Mountain
St. Andreasburg
Chas. Ludlam
Bromfeld St
Armour
Dutton
Stephen A. Dutton
Mary A. Godfrey
Lily Alys Godfrey
McLaughlin
M’kane
R. Hollings & Co
Y. M. Democratic Club
Ree
Summer St
Levy, Greenbaum & Co
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AVON
Sipate Walkweer St
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