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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1913
Page
18
Sherlock Holmes lies gravely ill as Dr Watson and Mrs Hudson tend him in a foggy London flat. Holmes orders the pace, tests Watson, and schemes to trap a suspected culprit while a summons for Culverton Smith tests medical knowledge and loyalty.
Governor Foss yesterday named Superior Court Judge John H Crosby of Pittsfield to the Supreme Court and Robert A Woods of Boston to the Boston Licensing Board. Crosby had served in the State Senate and Congress, while Woods, 48, directs the South End House and wrote on urban social conditions.
A Christmas program at Italian hall in Calumet ended in a deadly crush when a bearded man shouted Fire. Hundreds of Panicked attendees, many children, were trapped. 700 present, over 100 escaped amid chaos. Bodies moved to Red Jacket Village Hall as investigation begins. John P. Westola of the Finnish Mutual Life Assurance Company among the dead.
Charles A. Simpson of Quincy, named as an accomplice by self confessed fire setter Herbert A. Whittaker, was confronted at Dedham jail and cleared by police. Whittaker admitted another arson attempt at Johnson's bath house and remained jailed on seven counts with bonds set at 7000 dollars. Authorities still seek a Neponset man believed to be the real accomplice.
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