Wife who killed is acquitted in Paris court
Mme Bloch, novelist, was acquitted of homicide for shooting Mrs Minnie Bridgeman, wife of James Bridgeman, a Paris life insurance employee. She received one franc damages in the related civil action. She said she killed because Bridgeman betrayed her and stole her husband and home.
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Paris
Mme. Bloch
Minnie Bridgeman
James E. Bridgeman
American Life Insurance Company
Mrs. Bridgeman
Trial details reveal judge condemns conduct in homicide case
Judge Bertulus denounces Mme Bloch's husband as the real traitor while Mme Bloch sobs recounting the shooting of Mrs Bridgeman. The court notes jealousy wounds heal with time and notes M Bloch admits culpability as onlookers, including American and French society members, hiss in the courtroom.
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M. Bloch
Three Indicted for Extortion in New York Case
New York grand jury hands down indictments for extortion and bribery naming Policeman Johnn J. Skelly Manny Maas a beer bottler and Sol Wolff a saloon keeper based on testimony by Mrs. Mary Goode former keeper of a disorderly house and her maid alleging a 25 dollar protection payment. Skelly faces further trial before a deputy police commissioner regarding related aldermanic committee testimony.
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New York
Court of General Sessions
Johnn
J. Skelly
Manny Maas
Sol Wolff
Mary Goode
Grand Jury
All Well On Taft's Ship Taft's Party Heads for Canal Zone
A wireless despatch from the battleship Arkansas to Taft’s party arriving in the Canal Zone reports all aboard the vessel are well. The Arkansas is due here at eight o'clock tomorrow morning.
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Colon
Arkansas
Taft
Canal Zone
Christmas Greeting From Bingville Bugle Editors
Newton Newkirk and his wife Josephine annually send Christmas greetings to friends. This year’s card from the Post’s famous funny man and his estimable lady is reproduced above.
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UW Kevers
Newton Newkirk
POST
Bingville Bugle
Mrs. Newkirk
Josephine
The
Funny Man
Fire Prevention Association Formed at State Meeting
The State Fire Prevention Association was formed at 101 Milk Street to improve fire loss prevention statewide. Cr. H. Blackall was elected president, Fire Commissioner Cole vice president, and Charles F. Danforth secretary and treasurer. The executive committee will meet in January.
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Milk Street
Cr. H. Blackall
Chamber of Commerce
Cole
Charles F. Danforth
Boy of Four Appears in Dynamite Conspiracy Trial
Four year old Georgie Bernhardt played with a toy engine in the federal building lobby as the defense in the dynamite conspiracy case addressed the jury in Indianapolis on December 23.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Georgie Bernhardt
Federal Building
Bernhardt Boy Targeted in McNamara Trial Remarks
In a taunting remark during the McNamara trial, attorney William N. Harding urged jurors to convict the defendant’s son instead of his father William C. Bernhardt of Cincinnati, arguing the father is an industrious iron worker with a family to support while the boy could endure punishment for alleged nonunion violence. The comment followed three months of testimony as wives and children observed the proceedings.
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William C. Bernhardt
Cincinnati
William N. Harding
William Bernhardt
Bernhardt
Suit over contract laborers at Barre Wool Combing Company
A civil suit to recover 20000 dollars was filed in the U S District Court by Assistant U S District Attorney William H. Garland. The action stems from the summer arrest of F. Vernon Willey and Arthur T. Saville on charges of bringing contract laborers from England to work for the Barre Wool Combing Company in South Barre Massachusetts.
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Barre Wool Combing Company
South Barre
Mass
United States District Court
U. S
William H. Garland
F. Vernon Willey
Arthur T. Saville
England
Immigration Suit Over Wickersham Action Parlayed From Prosecution
Civil suit replaces dropped criminal case after Attorney General Wickersham's directive. Jeremiah J. Hurley of the Boston Immigration office led an extensive probe finding 57 aliens aided into the United States by the defendants and another 380 planned. Of those reaching the country three were deported and 23 detained on Long Wharf. the $20,000 penalty is the largest the government has pursued. Defendants concede payment but claim only unskilled laborers were wrongfully brought in while skilled workers were correctly admitted with Barre company's help.
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Wickersham
Jeremiah J. Hurley
Commissioners of Immigration
Boston
Immigration Bureau
Long Wharf
Barre Company
Miner Claim Sold on Fraud Charge In New York Trial
Josiah Quincy and associates in the Wilbur mine case testified that iron content was 350 times higher than a hired expert reported. The claim is at the center of a mail fraud trial involving Quincy Hawthorne Morton and Freeman.
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New York
Josiah Quincy
Wilbur
Quincy Julian Hawthorne
William J. Morton
Albert Freeman
Arthur B. Willmott
Quincy
Willmott
Freeman
Hawthorne
Jilted man mutilates girl's face at Waltham mill
Angelo Carvalinal, 21, slashed 18-year-old Mariandiona Picone twice with a razor after she refused his advances. Grace Picone, the sister, intervened to restrain the attacker until police arrived.
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Mariandiona Picone
Waltham Mill
Angelo Carvalinal
Grace
Minute Man Statue Backed for Annapolis Exhibit
Rear Admiral Philip Andrews acting Secretary of the Navy recommends moving the Concord Minute Man statue from the old gunboat to the Naval Academy at Annapolis for temporary exhibition in Memorial Hall. The high artistic merit replica of Daniel Chester French’s work dates to Concord’s 1875 unveiling. Presented by Concord citizens, it inspired Emerson’s famous lines.
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Washington
Philip Andrews
Police Reorganization in Cambridge Promotes Two Lieutenants
By order of Commissioner Henry J. Cunningham changes were made in Cambridge police ranks tonight at roll call. Lieutenant James M. Keaney moves to Station 2 and Lieutenant Patrick F. Murray to Station 1. Patrolman Frank La Marche, formerly night duty at Station 2, becomes clerk to Chief Pullen at headquarters.
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Commissioner of Public Safety
Henry J. Cunningham
Cambridge
Police Department
Lievenant James M. Keaney
Patrick F. Murray
Frank la Marche
Pullen
Waltham Attack Severs Two Cheeks With Razor in Domestic Assault
In broad daylight on Main Street yesterday a man named Carvulinal attacked Mariandiana Phone with a razor after pursuing her for weeks. He slashed her cheeks, wounded her sister Grace who intervened, and was arrested awaiting a Waltham District Court appearance for assault with a dangerous weapon. Police found two razors and a knife on him at the station.
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Main Street
Waltham District Court
Waltham
Italy
Grace
Mai Street
Carvulinal
Arrested in De Luxe Case
Glen F. Farmer, among Suffolk grand jury suspects in the de luxe book swindle, was arrested in New York. He faces 16 counts alleging $87,075 stolen from Mary I Rogers of Back Bay between March 17 and November 29, 1912, plus charges of obtaining her signature by false pretences and conspiracy.
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Glen F. Farmer
Suffolk Grand Jury
Mary L. Rogers
Man Hospitalized After Auto Crash in Cambridge
Samuel Robart of Harvard avenue Cambridge was struck by a car at Massachusetts avenue and Brattle street Arlington. The auto owned by F. R. Hollister of Hotel Nottingham Boston and driven by Clifton A Benton of 74 Columbus avenue. The only passenger was a woman. Robart Benton and the woman are colored. Robart sustained a fractured skull.
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Samuel Robart
Harvard Avenue
Cambridge
Massachusetts Avenue
Brattle Street
Arlington
F. R. Hollister
Nottingham
Boston
Clifton A. Benton
Columbus Avenue
Robart
Benton
Girl Heads Party of Treasure Hunters
Panama December 23 A party of treasure hunters led by Miss Barry Till and Miss Genevieve Davis departed for Cocos Island The remote Pacific island about 550 miles southwest of Panama has long been sought for treasure legend says millions of dollars lie buried there
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Panama
Barry Till
Genevieve Davis
Cocos Island
Les
Pacific
Wilson and Clark Will Talk Today
Princeton New Jersey December 23 President elect Wilson returned home after an all day session in Trenton with the State Board of Pardons. He said he felt like a squeezed sponge and that the day took the effort out of him. He will meet Speaker Champ Clark tomorrow afternoon to discuss future legislative plans.
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Astley
Quincy
Toronto
Wilbur
Princeton
N. J
Wilson
Trenton
State Board of Pardons
Champ Clark
Governor's parole board discussion echoes New Jersey system
About 70 of 200 convict parole applications were heard today leaving the Governor with little time for national affairs. Among the cases three were capital. two were commuted while one faces execution. Governor Wilson favored New Jersey style parole management with a board of the Governor, the chancellor, and six Court of Errors and Appeals judges, noting his veto power is equal to others and praising the court’s open mindedness.
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Wilson
New York
Arkansas
New Jersey
Court of Errors and Appeals
Mayor Lauds Chief Ritchie After Sudden On Duty Death
Mayor Fittigerald praised District Chief Robert A. Ritchie of the Boston fire department for his leadership and bravery after he died suddenly on duty last Sunday evening. The former admiral of the fire service was called an ideal front line leader who knew how to respond to emergencies and led his men into danger. His loss is described as a great one to the city.
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Fittigerald
Robert A. Ritchie
Fire Department
Ritchie
Boston
Smith College Girl to Be Bride in June
Miss Alice Frances Griffiths of Wakefield announces her engagement to Augustus Curtis Wiswall of Reading. Griffiths, a Smith College senior, is expected to wed soon after graduation.
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Smith College
Alice Frances Griffiths
John 8. Griffiths
Wave Avenue
Wakefield
Augustus Curtis Wiswall
Clarence A. Wiswall
Reading
Griffiths
Bill to tax cemeteries personal property in January
Counsel for Woodlawn Forest Hills and Mt Auburn cemeteries announce a bill to amend the exemption statute to include cemetery trustees personal property. The Jan introduction follows the first city assessment of such property in Boston yielding 51512.4v to the city.
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Gaston, Snow & Saltonstall
Woodlawn
Forest Hills
Mt. Auburn
Boston
Cemeteries Taxed After Supreme Court Ruling
Assessors list personal property of Mt. Auburn Forest Hills Woodlawn and Cedar Grove for December warrant following a Supreme Court decision denying exempt status to private cemetery corporations. Trustees defend tax exemption for non profit cemeteries while noting funds for perpetual care and maintenance.
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Supreme Court
Milford
Mt. Auburn
Forest Hills
Woodlawn
Cedar Grove
William A. Gaston
Forest Hills Cemetery
Toward G. Richardson
Boston Board of Assessors
Board of Assessors
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Washington St
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Holland Wine Co
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Haymarket Square
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McNulty
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Main St
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