Brookline Boys In Fatal Ice Fight
Chester Bullard aged 15 dies after a hockey blow at Alliston Golf Grounds Brookline. Everett D. Sturgeon aged 16 is held for manslaughter at Brighton police station after claiming self defense. Both families and classmates from Edward Devotion School mourn the tragedy and dispute the motive.
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Alliston
Chester Bullard
Charles E. Bullard
Brookline
Stedman Street
Everett D. Sturgeon
Brighton
Young Sturgeon
Thomas
Sturgeon
Beacon Street
Bullard
Mullen
McCarthy
Station 14
Paige
Stott
Chum
Edward Devotion School
Robbed by Thugs in Back Bay Fens
A 3 man gang robbed John McGlorey near the Riverway in Back Bay Fens taking $18 and a moonstone locket. McGlorey, badly injured, described the assault to officers. Brookline Patrolman Fleming aided him and the three attackers fled toward Jamaica Plain.
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Back Bay Fens
Jamaica Plain
John Conway
Heath Street
Roxbury
Fleming
Brookline
Fatal Ice and Harbor Icebound Fleet Around Boston
Two fatalities occurred in Boston area waters with one fireman lost off East Boston and a boy drowning in Dorchester Bay. A large fleet is trapped in Vineyard Haven ice, and multiple ports from Maine to Rhode Island are iced in with drift ice blocking navigation. Hundreds walked on Dorchester Bay ice amid heavy, unprecedented ice conditions.
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Boston Harbor
St. Croix
East Boston
Dorchester Bay
Vineyard Haven
South Boston
Thompson’s Island
Quincy Bay
Long Island Sound
Davenport
Palmer
Cape Cod Bay
Newport
R. I
Maine Coast
Portland
Mt. Desert
Chester Bay
Thompson's Island
Harry Lewis
East Eighth Street
James Sabine
Robert Sloane
Athens Street
Albert Clifford
East Seventh Street
Boston
Clifford
Carney Hospital
Murphy
Governor Bell Pushes Boston Letter Writers into Spotlight
Vermont governor Charles J. Bell told the Post he will punish writers of threatening letters from Boston region. He has handed the case to Attorney General Fitts, with Massachusetts aid sought. police trace others, while more than a thousand letters poured in, most from Boston area, many promising death.
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Vermont
Elmer Chickering & Co
Charles J. Bell
Rogers
Governor Bell
Boston
Fitts
Post Office
Bell
Walden
Aid of
Massachusetts
State of
Parker
Mary Rogers
Man Shoots Woman In Hotel Dining Room
Emil Bollinger killed a young woman identified as Louise Schroeder or Louisa Adams in the dining room of a hotel at Third Avenue and Seventy-ninth Street New York. He wounded himself during the escape attempt and was beaten by two men. two more revolvers were found on him. He claimed the woman ruined his life. his wife left him two years earlier over alleged attentions to her.
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New York
Louise Schroeder
Louisa Adams
Emil Bollinger
Third Avenue
Seventy-ninth Street
Bollinger
Fire destroys Keen's Hotel and adjoining property in Abington
Seven Keen's Hotel guests escape a blaze that destroys the hotel, a stable, barn, and an adjoining cottage. The fire, started by an overheated stovepipe in the stable, caused total losses near ten thousand dollars as hydrants froze and a fire horse died delaying response. The Keen family owned most structures. Foley's furniture was ruined and insured.
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Abington
Keen’s Hotel
George T. Soule
Whitman
James Foley
Fred W. Keen
Sure Results Asthma relief linked to Lung Kuro
A report claims asthma symptoms can be relieved by Lung Kuro treatment. The article notes preliminary results and urges medical consultation for individual effectiveness.
New York Youth Confesses to Varied Private-Room Robberies
Christopher Smyth known as Sandrock, a 19 year old held at police headquarters, admits solo involvement in a spree of private residence robberies. He says he sought excitement not plunder and modeled after Western bandits and the fictional Raffles. He claims he can hit a 50 cent piece at 60 yards 99 times out of 100 and denies having any confederates, noting he taunted a rival newspaper offering a $1000 reward.
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New York
Christopher Smyth
Sandrock
O'Brien
Smyth
Raffles
Bankers Death Ends Key Chadwick Case Witness
C T Beckwith of Oberlin, president of the defunct Citizens National Bank, died after a long illness linked to the Cassie Chadwick loan scandal. He had admitted loans made to Chadwick based on her claims of Carnegie lineage and had deposited notes for large sums to secure them. His death removes a major witness in the case, though federal prosecutors say enough evidence remains.
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Oberlin
C._T. Beckwith
Citizens’ National Bank
Cassie L. Chadwick
Beckwith
Andrew Carnegie
Chadwick
I Am Raffles Defies Police Threats in Quixotic Letter
A self-styled robber calling himself Raffles claims credit for the Woerz hold up. He telephones the victim warning of continued publicity and threatens to blow up the man’s house with dynamite if reports do not stop. He vows not to be caught.
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Raffles
Fireman Wilson Lost Off East Boston
In Boston Harbor a 32 year old fireman Andrew Wilson of St John New Brunswick on the steamer St. Croix was found dead on the ice near Hodge's boiler works East Boston after a presumed fall through the ice. His body shows signs of a desperate struggle.
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Wilson
East Boston
Boston
Andrew Wilson
St. Croix
Hodge
St. John, N. B
Cloudiness and Snow Weather Update for Boston Area
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity expects increasing cloudiness and snowfall today. Snow may accumulate as the day progresses with colder temperatures and light winds.
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Boston
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