28 Dec 1921
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1921
Page
1
Walter Greenleaf Forsythe, noted scholar and clubman, ended what he called "one of life's greatest tragedies" by shooting himself in his Pinckney street apartment. Mrs A M Grant found his body yesterday afternoon while checking his rooms in a city noted for holi ay revelry.
Leo Marangi a 39 year old resident of 249 Hanover Street North End was shot through the chest in a basement bowling alley at 216 Hanover Street by an attacker who struck from behind last night Police report a likely fatal wound and ongoing investigation into the rum feud linked incident last May and another victim marked for life by the violence
Bank records show Coakley withdrew cash of a specific amount and later that day a district attorney deposited a similar sum. The deposit was made with cash bills, linking the transactions across two days.
Attorney General Allen pushes a prosecution that seeks to tie Suffolk County District Attorney Pelletier to additional $5000 cash deposits in the same month. Coakley’s dealings with Higgins hotel are referenced as part of the broader case. The day's testimony also covers Frelock and hotel men taking up most of the session while Justice Allen’s team argues for the charges.
An unidentified man described as about 30, five foot six, dark complexion, in a dark overcoat and cap, forcibly detained a young woman on Park Street near Magazine Street before fleeing as passersby approached. Police say he matches a prior December 17 holdup suspect and a window peeper in North Cambridge.
Mrs Gunda Martindale Alamakee County sheriff to oversee the hanging of Earl Throst the convicted slayer of Inga Magnuson in a secluded schoolroom Martindale promised to perform her duty without feminine fear after capturing Throst with bloodhounds in the pursuit through the county.
In Brooklyn a hospital attendant placed a floor fallen number plate on a bed. The occupant died. James Crowder was told his father had died, bought flowers and a casket, and arranged funeral carriages. Later the dead man was found not to be Crowder's father. the father survived and returned home.
President Woodrow Wilson, turning 65, remains a quiet observer of international developments. He follows the news, discusses with friends, and has not urged any specific stance on the Versailles treaty or upcoming world affairs. He hopes America will choose a path toward world peace through cooperation.
Herbert W Howland 13 and his 11 year old brother ventured onto thin ice in the Mystic river behind West street Medford yesterday afternoon to aid their elder brother. The ice broke and they nearly drowned but kept afloat and, despite cracking beneath them, climbed to firm ice and reached shore safely.
Albert Wetzel a machinist of 18 Anson Street Jamaica Plain was awakened by a telephone ringing and learned gas was pouring from his house He found his wife missing from the bed and later discovered her dead from gas poisoning in another room
In Gloucester on December 27 a seven year old boy Arvi Adolf Ala was sledding from a driveway across Washington Street when an auto bus driven by Merle F Grover passed over his neck breaking it. The body and sled were crushed between the bus wheels.
After a sleepless session, William H. Clements narrowly won the Malden City Council presidency on the 51st ballot. The tally had been tied for 50 ballots with Louis Winchell, before Clements secured a majority.
Today marks Ex-President Wilson born in 1856. Russia opens a Poland offensive in 1014. Control of all Uv and railroads passed to Secretary McAdoo in 1917.
A cold unsettled pattern continues with a disturbance over the Gulf of St Lawrence and another in northern Manitoba moving eastward. Temperatures rise in the Atlantic states while lower readings occur north of Lake Superior. Fair to increasing cloudiness for the Mississippi eastward with stronger northwest winds near the coasts.
The forecast predicts bright and fair conditions with cooler temperatures than yesterday. No precipitation expected and mainly light winds across the region.
Former Middlesex county district attorney William J. Corcoran appeared at the Suffolk Superior Court and answered to indictments, contrary to the beliefs of many who knew him well. He gave himself up to face the charges.
Fragmentary notes show page and column markers with dates and figures. Entries include percentage values and temperatures, listing averages for yesterday and one year ago.
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