Armed Yeggs Hold Up Pair at Cambridge Oil Station
Two armed men robbed the Jenney oil station on Charles River Road Cambridge about 10 PM. Station attendant Clarence Forest and his assistant Arthur Rennie were assaulted and searched while a third man guarded Rennie. Forest was struck with a buckskin glove filled with grapeshot and left unconscious before the robbers fled. Police responded with nearby officers.
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Cambridge
Jenney
Charles River Road
River Street
Clarence Forest
Flagg Street
Arthur Rennie
Pleasant Street
Forest
Rennie
Meer
Curtin
Robertson
Murphy
Robbers Leave Trail in Snow At Putnam Avenue Heist
Trackers found footprints leading to Putnam Avenue where the men vanished after taking $105 from Forest in bills and altered notes, and from Rennie. A year earlier an oil station robbery with a similar pattern netted $280.
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Putnam Avenue
Forest
Rennie
FIGHT OVER AUTHORITY AT BEACON STEAM LAUNDRY
Caesar E Hines and William Rolfe both survived a dawn clash at 14 Lenox street Roxbury. The engineer and the night watchman faced assault with dangerous weapons charges after a sledgehammer and a gun were used in a dispute over authority. Both are held on $1000 bonds for a later hearing.
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Caesar E. Hines
William Rolfe
Beacon Steam Laundry
Lenox Street
Roxbury
Roxbury Crossing
Hoosegow
Garrity
Caesar
Rolfé
Rolfe
Piant
Fatrolman Garrity
Postpone Raid Trial in Quincy House Case
The Quincy House case involving Harold G Kern and John J McCarthy faced a postponement as they appeared before United States Commissioner Nelson on a continuance. Attorneys argued Nelson should not preside since he issued the original warrant, and the matter was deferred to tomorrow with no ruling on a new magistrate. Shea requested transfer of a liquor permit from the director’s office to him, and possession was granted with no objections from the assistant district attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy House
G. OC. P. Raid
Harold G. Kern
John J. McCarthy
United States
Nelson
John P. Feeney
Mr. McCarthy
Daniel A. Shea
Kern
Shea
Potter
White
Shéa
Balsam towed by Storm King as fuel and food run low
Reports say the steamship Balsam was being towed toward Portland by the Storm King. Both vessels were reported short of fuel and food as the transit proceeded.
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Portland
Balsam
Storm King
Wich
Husband fined for not working as wife’s breadwinner in Brockton
In Brockton on December 27 District Judge Kit and Judge King ordered Exore Plausse to 60 days in the house of correction for failing to support his family after his wife Mrs. Plausse took the job to earn the living. She wanted him to find work and help with the children while she provided at home. The court also scheduled 30 days in the workhouse on each charge and suspended final decision to January 2 based on his employment and earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Kit
RE. P. Plausse
King
House of Correction
Plausse
Plaus
Exores
City Hospital Out-Patient Dept Contract Awarded
The City Hospital awarded the alterations and additions contract to the John Bowen Company for 493000 after bids were reopened. Fratt Construction, originally best bidder at 486000, forfeited its bond of 2000 amid bid difficulties.
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City Hospital
John Bowen Company
Fratt Construction Company
Chelsea mother charged with murder taken to jail
Mrs. Elizabeth Kezer of Chelsea, charged with murdering her 12 year old son Eldon Kezer at the Adams House two weeks ago, was released from City Hospital after recovering from gunshot wounds and taken to Charles Street jail to await trial.
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Elizabeth Kezer
Chelsea
Eldon Kezer
Adams House
City Hospital
Lagrange Street
Charles Street
Woman Refuses to Alter Statement in Son's Murder
Mrs Kexer, released from City Hospital, declines to change her initial account of the shooting. Inspector Dennessy recorded her statement the day of the incident. She later told him she wished her original statement to stand and described leaving home, feeling mischief, taking a revolver, hiring a room, and kneeling beside her son to fire.
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Kexer
City Hospital
James A. Dennessy
Homicide Department
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Dennessy
Devennessy
Adams House
John A. Kelcher
971 U S Troops Leave Coblenz for Home
Nine hundred seventy one American soldiers two percent officers and a casual detach ment of 38 men and 16 destitute former soldiers departed Coblenz today for Antwerp They will sail to the United States aboard the transport Creek tomorrow All men are from the second brigade and they regret leaving due to favorable exchange and holiday time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Coblenz
Antwerp
United States
Relief Hospital Matron Miss Moran Dies of Pneumonia
Miss Rosé F. Moran matron at Haymarket Square Relief Station and Thomaston Me. native died at Boston City Hospital from pneumonia contracted two weeks earlier. Funeral from 59 Surrey Medford tomorrow at 8 30 with requiem high mass at Church of the Immaculate Conception Malden at 9.
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Relief Hospital
Rosé F. Moran
Haymarket Square
Thomaston
Boston City Hospital
Surrey Street
Medford
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Malden
Man Hit by Car Injures Skull in Jamaica Plain
Michael Zambelli 80 of 351 Centre Street Jamaica Plain is in City Hospital with a fractured skull after being struck by an automobile at the corner of Wyman and Centre streets at 8:40 last night.
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Michael Zambelli
Centre Street
Jamaica Plain
Wyman
Centre Streets
Poison exhumations loom in Bristol poisoning case
At least one and likely two bodies will be exhumed in Bristol within 48 hours to probe arsenical poisoning tied to Ruth Seymour McCaw. Her arrest follows a complaint by stepson Leon McCaw who fell ill and suspects poison in his meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
R. I
Ruth Seymour McCaw
Leon McCaw
Leon
Elsie B. Mc-Caw
Pisie B. McCaw
William Seymour
Rhode Island
McCaw
Pray Suit to Be Heard Soon in Maine
The $60 000 alienation case filed by Mrs. Amelia Pray of West Everett Massachusetts against Miss Florence Millett of Lyman Maine will be assigned for trial at the January term opening next Tuesday in Saco Supreme Court. The suit concerns property transfers and claims of intimate relations involving Mr. Pray and Mrs Millett, with observers noting potential sensational evidence.
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Biddeford
Amelia Pray
West Everett
Mass
Florence Minnett
Lyman
Supreme Court
Saco
John H. Pray
Boston
William Pray
Fire Drives Families from Burning North End Building
A basement fire at the T. I. Shos Company shoe store on Salem Street drives 14 residents from two second and third floor apartments. Police and Engine 8 rescue the tenants to the street as damage reaches about 1000 dollars. Fire origin is listed as undetermined.
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Salem Street
North End
Fiat
T. & i. Shos Company
Station 1
Enginé 8
Price of pea coal drops by $8.50 per ton
Local dealers cut the price of pea coal by 8.5 dollars a ton, announced yesterday, with the new rate set at 10.50 dollars per ton. The reduction applies only to pea coal, leaving other coal grades unchanged for the winter.
Dawes Names Ramsey Budget Board Chairman
General Charles G. Dawes, director of the budget, announced Gordon Ramsey, former public administrator in Minnesota under Governor Lowde, as chairman of the Interdepartmental Board of the Budget Bureau in Chicago.
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Chicago
Charle G. Dawes
Gordon Ramsey
Minols
Lowde
Budget Bureau
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Yeggs
Eater
Gonnor Co
Tremont Street
Hubby
Bolivia
Georgette Crepe de Chine
Canton
Mrs. McGaw
Ruth McCaw
Bristol County
Cranston Jail
Hugh Kelly
Providence
Rhode Island Hospital
Stricker
Khown
Dawes
Ramsay
Aeolian
Ig Aeolian
Cail
Boylston St
Oxfords
Boots
Thayer McNett Co
Temple Place
West Street
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