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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1921
Page
9
Prosecution details alleged conspiratorial drive to pressure Daniel of Metropolitan Motors for a 10 000 fee via Coakley influence. Bernstein Bond and Lavelle testify on District Attorney Pelletier and claims of back door access, while courtroom interruptions test patience of Chief Justice Rug.
The Warren C. Daniel charges against District Attorney Pelletier allege a conspiracy with Boston lawyer Daniel H. Coakley to compel Metropolitan Motors Company to pay Coakley $10,000. The exact use of the money remains undisclosed as the trial proceeds.
Henry C. Bernsein testified that Coakley claimed he had made District Attorney Pelletier and would receive favors from the office. Thomas D. Lavelle said Coakley could arrange for Daniel to explain his side of an impending indictment to the district attorney. A court exchange cited Allan and Reed about the Cote case and a Metropolitan Motors case to follow.
President Harding commuted Eugene V. Debs sentence to freedom for Christmas as an act of grace. Attorney General Daugherty released the text showing the war law violation remains unforgiven and the act does not condone the offense.
Helen M. Nutter a Wellesley graduate and Newton resident announced engagement to Dr. Lewis Oliver Hartman editor of Zion's Herald at a Newton luncheon. Hartman a Methodist Church leader and author. Nutter daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Nutter of 1174 Boylston St. Newton Upper Falls.
Backed by relatives and witnesses, the entourage of Grace S Logue 22 of Everett prepared to hand over all evidence to District Attorney Saltonstall regarding the Christmas morning death found in her Pleasant street Wo burn rooms with Doctor Michael M Stevens.
State probes deepen the Grace Logue death dispute. District Attorney Blood absent from court yet promises a thorough inquiry, with Anna Logue and Marie Hull among witnesses. Exhumation of Grace Logue’s body discussed amid claims of mistreatment and possible negligence by Dr Stevens, while rumors of a night party and a “Christmas Eve” incident surface.
Nine state championships in boys and girls agricultural and home making club work were awarded on the University of Maine campus. William G. Hunton of Portland distributed 200 dollars in prizes. Dr. Leon S. Merrill delivered the concluding address as dean of the College of Agriculture and director of the extension service.
A concert and reception will honor Mayor-elect James M. Curley at Municipal Building South Boston on Sunday night January 1. Thomas E. Goggin Associates organize the event with a local concert by the Curley Serenaders and other area performers. Cadet groups will escort the mayor to the hall from Goggin headquarters on Dorchester Avenue and Broadway.
Rear Admiral Henry A. Wiley will take command of the First Naval District and Charlestown Navy Yard at 10 this morning. He succeeds Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves who retires after over 40 years in service. Gleaves led the first convoy guarding troop ships in World War I and his flagship was the Seattle.
A 9 foot sewerage project along Morton Street near West Salden Street Dorchester was awarded to George J. Reagan of 92 Stoughton Street Dorchester by Mayor Peters on the public works department's recommendation.
Mayor Peters boosted salaries for health department inspectors William J. Cotty and Frank Gatty from 1200 to 1400 dollars. Henry P. Walsh, a veteran and fellow inspector who joined last May, saw an increase of 100 dollars.
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