Slasher Returns to Work Strikes in Dorchester Street
After eluding capture last spring the so called Slasher resumed attacks in South Boston. He cut six inches of hair from Elizabeth Haegele a Shurtleff School pupil on Dorchester Street near the Broadway transfer station causing great alarm among mothers and residents.
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North End
Jack the Slasher
Elizabeth Haegele
Shurtleff School
Dorchester Street
South
Boston
Broadway
Fox
Roxbury
Catherine
Thomas Fox
George Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Dudley Street
Hay
Halifax
N. S
Dundee
Scotland
Frank B. Hay
J. B. Cole & Son
Murray
Mary
Thomas Murray
Church Street
St. James Church
Harrison Avenue
Nicholsen
Quincy
Harry
Emma Nicholson
Payne Street
O’brien
Ellen
Walter O'Brien
James O’brien
Lamson Street
Church of the Assumption
Kansas City
O’connell
Cambridgeport
Jeremiah
Julia O'Connell
Lucy
Columbia Street
St. Mary’s
St. Paul's Cemetery
Arlington
O’donovan
Timothy
Elizabeth O’donovan
Paris Street
Church of Sacred Heart
Ps Rimbach
Hattie F
Frederick L. Rimbach
Palmer Street
Hair snatcher strikes South Boston shopper on Broadway
Miss Haegele watched a man grab a braid and flee with a knife blade, dropping the ribbon bow. Descriptions: 36 years old, 5 ft 4 in, dark, large nose, soft hat, earlaps, brown coat. Police have no leads. another similar incident was reported four weeks earlier on Broadway extension.
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Boston
Harvard Square
Miss Haegele
Carl Frederick Haegele
Suffolk Brewing Company
Broadway Extension
Timilty Pleads Guilty and Pays Fine in City Hall Case
Timilty pleads guilty accepts a $200 fine after stating he saved for a rainy day. Judge Sherman notes the $100 to $1000 range. The district attorney confirms rumors of payroll misuse involving dead men's names, while witnesses say grand jury summons erase memory of department details. This concludes a district attorney investigation sustained over months.
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Sherman
City Hall
Moran
Moran Plan Stirred Boston Police Controversy
A public dispute over police methods and district attorney requests dominates Boston politics. The text defends Police Commissioner and department against Moran’s push for aggressive investigations of houses of ill fame while questioning the district attorney’s legal basis and potential impact on public safety.
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Moran
Boston
Mayor defends past crime policy and DA aid
Mayor Vitagerald stated the Timilty penalty related to a former administration and dismissal. He urged vigilance and promised to help the district attorney in prosecutions if any similar practices exist.
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Vitagerald
Timilty
Donovan Refuses Comment on City Hall Civil Service Claim
James Donovan former superintendent of streets declines to discuss James B. Timilty’s assertion that City Hall departments violated civil service laws for years. He says he has nothing to say to newspapermen and cannot predict whether Moran will investigate further.
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James Donovan
Streets
James B. Timilty
City Hall
Civil Service
Moran
Moren
City Accused of Illumination Company Fraud
Councilman McGrath charges the city was defrauded by the defunct Boston Electric Light Co through old lamp posts and says Son illumin ating Co now supplies 1200 candlepower lamps while charging for 2000 candle power lights. He urges district attorney investigation.
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Boston Electric Light Company
Hoison Illuminating Company
McGrath
Ward 14
Boston Council Debates Edison Light Loans Fraud Claims
Council members spar over alleged fraud in the Edison Company handling of old lamp posts and profits from their sale. McGrath seeks district attorney inquiry while Riley Noyes McCullough Fitzgerald debate the company’s practices. The issue is postponed to the next meeting as the year ends with a council dinner on January 2 at the Quincy House.
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MccGrath
Riley
Noyes
McCullough
Fitzgerald
McGrath
Electric Light Company
Boston Electric Light Company
Kiley
Ward
Edison Company
Boston
Madden
Ward 19
Ruggles Street
Quincy House
Americans Worship Strong Physical Hardihood at National Convention
At the American Physical Education Association session in Springfield the program featured Dr. James A. Babbitt of Haverford College presenting The New Game of American Football. He argued football develops skill and power, is suited for college gentlemen, and cautioned against professional control, noting Americans’ national enthusiasm for physical strength.
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Springfield
American Physical Education Association
James A. Babbitt
Haverford College
Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee
Rome
Baroness Rose Posse
Boston
College Directors’ Society
George S. Meylan
Columbia
Mr. Babbitt
Moran Letter Urges Action on Seven Disorderly Houses
Mr. Moran urges Superintendent Pierce to act on seven street numbers of disorderly houses. He stresses the police duty to enforce law and criticizes attempts to shield offenders. He notes cases under the nuisance act where fines, not imprisonment, are used and mentions an elderly defendant connected to a house of ill repute.
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Mr. Moran
Pierce
William H. Pierce
Police
Police Department
District Attorney Urges Ironclad Law Prosecutions
John B. Moran, district attorney, writes to Chief Justice Bolster urging lower courts to file complaints under the ironclad law to secure immediate imprisonment for first offences. He argues proprietors use nuisance charges to avoid conviction and seeks full cooperation from the district attorney with appeals, proposing strict no leniency except for age or illness with verified abandonment of business.
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Bolster
Martin
John B. Moran
B and A Explains Delayed Trains and Coal Shortage
Boston & Albany officials will send a report to the railroad commissioners detailing why trains run slowly. They blame cold weather and coal shortages, noting a 25 000 ton high quality coal shipment as key relief and a need for more engines and engineers.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
New York Central
Lake Shore & Nine
Lackawanna Road
B and A Gains Enormous Earnings Rise Led by Leasing
The railroad commission report to the Legislature shows substantial gains in the Boston and Albany earnings compared with last year and 1899, despite the 190? merger with New York Central. Maintenance costs, though higher than before, rose only modestly, with 1986 costs $1,237,824 versus $1,272,398 the prior year and $934,574 in 1899. Overall gross earnings rose by $2,295,462 in seven years while main maintenance costs grew by $303,250.
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Railroad Commissioners
Boston & Albany
New York Central
Margaret Clinton Abandons Baby in Somerville
Miss Margaret A Clinton of Malden says grief and poverty led her to abandon her 11 month old daughter on the doorstep of 10 Benedict street Somerville. She was arrested on a charge of abandoning a child under 10 and aided by a Neponset woman who learned of the case from yesterday's Post.
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Margaret Clinton
Benedict Street
Somerville
Malden
Lawrence
Boston
Neponset
Clinton
Dudley Street
Sullivan Square
Broadway
Charlestown
Fire damages officers quarters on the Glacier at navy yard
An overturned candle in the Glacier's officers quarters caused about 1200 in damage. The ship, under repair and without electrical power, used candles and the fire spread across woodwork before being extinguished in about 15 minutes after sailors raised the alarm and yard hoses were used.
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Navy Yard
Bishop A Coke Smith Dies at 57 in Asheville
Bishop A Coke Smith of the Methodist Episcopal Church South died after a lingering illness in Asheville North Carolina. He was 57 born in Lynchburg South Carolina and served on faculties of Vanderbilt and Wofford colleges. He was elected bishop in 1902.
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Asheville
N. C
A. Coke Smith
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Lynchburg
S. C
Vanderbilt
Wofford
Discharge Bid Gambles on Immunity for Flanagan
Judge Sherman weighs a motion to quash John V. Flanagan’s indictment for keeping a common gaming house and stock betting site claiming immunity due to testimony before a legislative committee. District Attorney Moran backs the motion after detailing bribery inquiries tied to the Logan anti bucket shop bill and Flanagan’s earlier bucket shop probe.
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Sherman
Superior Criminal Court
John V. Flanagan
Flanagan
Moran
Hater
J. J. Quinlan Concern
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Slasher
Q’meara
Massachusetts
Donovan
After Light Company
Hardihood
Iver Pills
Carters
Genvire
Rity
Harvard” Dental CO
Molmes
Court St
Bowdoin Sq
van Etten
Mast Boston
Boston & Alabany Road
Margaret A. Clinton
of Malden
Whittemore
U. S
Glacier
Bishop Coke Smith
William C. Gregor Ar Vines
Washington St. Szomert
the White Dental
Washington ST
R. H. White
Joseph Grady
Tremont Street
C. I. Hood Co
Lowell
Edison
Els
Bowdoin SQ. Phono. CO
Cor. Green and Chardon Sts
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FLOWERS i NEWMAN @ SONS
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