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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1922
Page
5
Two liquor robbers bound the driver of a New York bound truck carrying $10,000 in Christmas candy. They dumped him on a vacant lot, then fled in the truck. The driver Ed Lynch escaped and reported the assault to police saying the men appeared to be after liquor.
Mrs Mabel C Flanagan lost her bid to set aside the 1919 decree against Dr Frank J Flanagan in Superior Court. The court granted absolute divorce, awarded custody of sons Frank J and Henry E aged 10 and 9, and ordered Dr Flanagan to pay 5 monthly support.
The Chinese Merchants Association of Boston bought a five story brick building at 61 to 67 Beach Street and an adjoining structure at 3 Hudson Street for 108000 dollars. The plan is to use upper floors as club rooms and offices for Chinese merchants in New England. A trust overseen by Attorney Thomas J. Barry will govern the building, led by Eng Yee Lai and Yee Wah Fook.
Mayor Roy A. Haynes was named as a defendant in an amended federal lawsuit filed by attorney Matthew L. McGrath for James H. O'Sullivan a Belmont druggist. The suit seeks review of the liquor permit revocation and a restraining order preventing Haynes from withholding 193 permits.
Cincinnati report states Miss Ella Keegan a 36 year old nurse was found guilty of second degree murder and given a life sentence for the October 27 killing of her aunt Miss Theresa Keegan aged 68. Keegan pleaded guilty to murder and asked the court to determine the degree.
Henry B. Warrington of New York was arrested by Boston police for passing bad checks. He was taken into custody at the instigation of his employers Howell & Graves, linked to Muscle Shoals land sale. J M Corbett of Muscle Shoals Intelligence Bureau in Boston said he settled several checks Warrington cashed after Warrington claimed a Tulsa certificate of deposit. Warrington was returned to New York to face the firm members once the certificate’s truth emerged.
The Kennebec Navigation Company founded in Bath in 1921 to link Bath with Boston has been absorbed by Burton Steamship Company led by president William H. Burton. Papers filed at the Custom House record the transfer as two steamers City of Rockland and Wiwarna and associated wharf rights pass to the new owner. Next spring Burton Steamship plans a Boston Bath service with intermediate calls and a terminal likely at Commercial wharf.
Giuseppe Anzardo received a life sentence in the state prison from Judge Dubuque in the superior criminal court for second degree murder on Unity Street last Jan 10. The defendant, led from the courtroom, proclaimed in Italian his innocence while being judged for a Black Hand linked blackmail attack. A note mentions an early 17th century French lifting chair used at Versailles.
Robert R. McNutt contractor and building wrecker was petitioned into bankruptcy in federal court yesterday. Creditors include J. A. Ordway F. S. Blodgett and E. J. Bartlett trustees of the Tyler Street Trust Hixon Electric Company and the Fidelity Deposit Company of Maryland. Total claims total $7449.
Sealer of Weight Measures Charles B Wheeley reports doubts about coal tonnage sold by seven wholesale dealers and a Somerville man. An examination of a ton showed only 700 pounds of real coal, suggesting underweight shipments tied to alleged anthracite claims. Major Merideth supports prosecution for scrupulous dealers.
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