Say Schmidt Is Paranoid Trial Testimony
New York dispatch reports alienists for the defense testified at Hans Schmidt’s murder trial that he is paranoid and insane at the time of the crime. Doctors White Cotton Jelliffe and Gregory described Schmidt’s six year aberration as incurable and his act as a commanded sacrifice. The examination continues as the case resumes.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
William A. White
United States Hospital For the Insane
Washington
Schmidt
Henry Cotton
New Jersey State Hospital
Trenton
Jelliffe
White
M. S. Gregory
Bellevue Hospital
Quincy Fires Suspect Confessed as City Probes Blaze Epidemic
A spate of arson across a half square mile in Quincy caused terror as fires raged at the Furbush residence, Betteney cottage, a bath house, the Seal Rock Inn, and more. Police, Metropolitans, and citizens chased suspects, culminating in the arrest of 21 year old Whitaker who confessed to him and an accomplice starting the blazes. Trial set for this morning.
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Quincy
Metropolitan Police
Waldo Furbush
Harry Betteney
Chick Street
Johnson
Seal Rock Inn
Bay Street
Bellevue Avenue
Paul Levering
Levering
Lotta Crabtree
Fred C. Mowrey
Hovey Street
Parkway
Beach Street
Boulevard
Garrett
Whitaker
Charles N. Wood
Wood Garage
John H. Lyons
Hamilton Street
Lyons
Norfolk Downs
Furbush
Burroughs
Santa Visits 123 Cripples at St Botolph Street School
Santa Claus visited the St Botolph Street school yesterday afternoon bringing cheer to 123 disabled children. A large Christmas tree illuminated the room as teachers and a pupil played carols. The kids wore elf costumes, sang, danced, and received gifts including oranges candy cake ice cream and toys amid festive play and no lessons all day.
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Santa Claus
St. Botolph Street
Judith Lindon
Police Heads Are Suspended In Everett
Chief of Police William E. Hill and Captain John Brown were suspended by Mayor James Chambers for alleged neglect of duty after failing to send an ambulance to a fatally injured man answering a call from S A Wallace of the Everett General Electric plant. Wallace called the response "inhuman" though police say an ambulance was sent but arrived late. The chief argues private ambulances are used for plant calls.
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Willam E. Hill
John Brown
Everett
James Chambers
S. A. Wallace
Everett General Electric Company
Wallace
Desperado sealed in Utah Apex mine awaits Christmas
Ralph Lopez, who killed six men, is believed sealed inside the Utah Apex mine near Bingham. Since December 4, bulkheads block the tunnel mouths and no sounds have emerged, hinting he remains trapped until after Christmas.
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Desperado
Utah-Apex
Bingham
Utah
Ralph Lopez
Elevator Accident Kills Person in Dorchester Building
A person died in an elevator incident at 17 Ashmont Street Dorchester in the John Hancock Building yesterday. The scene was photographed by Otto Sarony Co Boston.
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Ashmont
Dorchester
John Hancock
Otto Sarony Co
Boston
Death investigation into Ashmont girl Ella Ross elevator tragedy
An official inquiry will be held today into the death of Miss Ella F Ross the Ashmont girl who was fatally crushed in an elevator at the John Hancock building on Devonshire Street yesterday afternoon
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Ella F. Ross
Ashmont
John Hancock Building
Devonshire Street
Tragic Elevator Accident Claims John Hancock Clerk Miss Ross
Miss Ross a long time stenographer in John Hancock Life Insurance Company died when an elevator she entered on the 10th floor stalled at the 9th and she became jammed between the car and shaft. Officials worked to recover the body and her father is George A. Ross of the post office money order division.
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John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Miss Ross
Edward R. Kellogg
John Hancock
Magrath
Grady
Taylor
Ladder 8
North Grove Street
Gibson E. Bell
George A. Ross
Post Office
APPROVE RAILROAD TO CROSS MAINE
The Quebec extension railway company won approval from Maine officials to build a 110 mile line from Caribou to a point above Megantic. It links a proposed St John New Brunswick to Quebec route, crossing northern Maine near the New Brunswick border.
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Augusta
Quebec Extension Railway Company
New Brunswick
Quebec
Maine
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Caribou
Megantic
St. John
N. B
Overcoat Gang Suspected in Boston High School Heists
Police investigate a band of young crooks believed to be stealing overcoats from Boston area high schools and selling them in local pawn shops. A Malden High incident involved Thomas F. Spencer, with warnings issued to students to beware.
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Boston
Arthur Lee
Malden High School
Thomas F. Spencer
North Broadway
Melrose
Vote strike on Frisco line
Nine tenths of telegraphers on the St. Louis San Francisco voted by telegraph for a strike over wage and eight hour day refusals by receivers. If called, about 1200 workers across the Frisco system would be affected including station agents despatchers and operators.
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Springfield
St. Louis
Frisco
Will Forbid Court Runners at Pemberton Square
Sheriff Quinn vows action with the chief justice to clear Pemberton square of cheap solicitors who claim pull with judges and extort money from those in trouble. After a year of warnings, the practice has resumed, targeting foreigners and vulnerable individuals on streets near the court.
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Pemberton Square
Sheriff Quinn
Supreme Court
Drug woman to rob house in New York incident
Two highwaymen entered Mrs. Katie Fisher's Third Avenue home at 8:30 this morning seeking a robbery. When she resisted, they forced a bottle’s contents down her throat, rendering her unconscious until late afternoon. Police issued a general alarm for the assailants.
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New York
Katie Fisher
Third Avenue
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