Alfred Williams Faces Jury in Lynnfield Murder Case
Salem February reports Alfred C. Williams in the Salem Courthouse as a jury of ninety eight is drawn to decide his guilt or innocence in the July 28 1897 murder of John Gallo. The trial features viewing the crime scene and evidence includes burned Warren W Phillips buildings map of Lynnfield Wakefield boundary and testimony on a burned disfigured body identity. Williams previously worked on the Phillips farm and was found with money linked to Gallo after the fire. His defense seeks to cast doubt on body identification and government attorneys lead thecase with Knowlton and York among others.
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Salem
Jourder
John Gullo
Lynnfield
Alfred C. Williams
Henry L. McCulloch
Gloucester
George E. Pike
Salisbury
William L. Martin
Haverhill
Charles A. Kendrick
Lawrence
John H. Higgins
Albert W. Lovejoy
Saugus
Clarence W. Emerson
Lynn
John H. Devlin
Rufus D. Adams
Newbury
George E. Doyle
Joseph H. Sheldon
Robert Luce
Carpenter
Knowlton
Juy
Warren W. Phillips
Gallo
Wakefield
Essex
Middlesex
Phillips
Williams
Phillips Farm
Phillips Barn
George Hatch
Rior
York
Charles A. Sayward
Ipswich
N. M. Jones
Newburyport
Prince Edward Island
Gullo
Sampson Corrects Description of Baby Found
William Sampson janitor of 56 Joy Street who found a baby Sunday night clarifies he is not a colored man and explains he found a colored baby, clearing up the earlier mistake.
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William Sampson
Joy Street
Defender of Dreyfus at the Bar for Trial
Paris February 7 Emile Zola faces the bar as France erupts in protest crowds flood streets while soldiers guard the Court of Assizes Zola aims to expose Dreyfus case irregularities and question key witnesses including Paty de Clam Mercier Boisdeffre Billot and Pel.
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Dreyfus
Paris
Emile Zola
France
Court of Assizes
Zola
Dreyus
Graphologists
Paty du Clam
Paty de Clam
Geneee Mercier
Boisdeffre
Billot
Pel
Court D'Assizes
Refusal to Testify in Dreyfus Case Sparks Courtroom Clash
Ex-President Casimir- Périer says he can testify only to post presidency facts. Colonel Paty de Clam refuses to testify. Laborie pushes adjournment and secret trial while denouncing the national defense as a joke. Laborie warns he may proceed alone if necessary to prove a case that could keep Dreyfus in the galley. Protests erupt as Quaborie seeks witnesses and Mme Boulancy to testify about the Uhlan letter and Esterhazy letters.
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Casimir- Périer
Paty de Clam
M. Laborie
M. Laborte
Advocate-General
Dreyfus
M. Quaborie
Mme. Boulancy
Zola
Uhlan
Major Esterhazy
Esterhazy
Picquart
Mercier
Boisdeffre
M. Zola
General Mercier Arraigned in Dreyfus Trial Court
M Laborie faults General Mercier for hiding a secret document during his war ministry and calls for him to testify. The court stalls as several witnesses refuse to testify and Zola protests from the dock. M Boisdeffre asserts professional secrecy, provoking Laborie to accuse officers of a caste above justice. Recess follows as Laborie submits written applications.
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M. Laborie
General Mercier
Dreyfus
Eee
M. Zola
Boisdeffre
Queen of the Ballet brings lively Cadet action at Tremont
An enthusiastic crowd applauds Bob Barnet’s Cadet production The Queen of the Ballet at Tremont Theatre. Supporter chatter suggests growing crowds and rising excitement as the Cadet show series continues.
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Bob’ Barnet
Queen of the Ballet
Tremont Theatre
Last Voyage of Captain Maynard Bearse Aboard Dimock
Captain Maynard Bearse of the H F Dimock died in Hyannis at 1 am. He was a prominent Boston area steamer captain. The Bay State production review notes a dramatic musical comedy with engaging scenes, colorful costumes, and praised performances by Walter Hawkins Louis Benton T E Statson H B C Fox and others, including new faces Sheafe Rose and A Stone. The revue blends songs dances and comic kitsch with an elaborate Venetian second act and kaleidoscopic stage designs drawing from Barnet’s musical tradition.
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Maynard Bearse
Metropolitan Line
H.F. Dimock
Hyannis
Boston
Mr. Barnet
Ublic
Ack Harwicke
Lucia
Venice
Beatrice Jerome
Jack
Walter S. Hawkins
Louis C. Benton
T. E. Stats
Cole
Fox
Mr. Benton
Sheafe C. Rose
Queen of the Ballet
A. @. Stone
Gretchen
Mr. Rose
Mr. Stone
Barnet
Muse
Messrs
Hawkins
Cheney
Benton
Rose
Stone
T. M. Richards, Jr
Tipple
Topple
Mr. Fox
Peggy Blake
Messrs. Hawkins
Mr. Statson
Dickens Club of Boston Marks 86th Birthday of Dickens
The Dickens Club of Boston met at the Hotel Thorndike last evening to celebrate the eighty sixth anniversary of Charles Dickens birth. About sixty members attended the banquet was elaborate and post banquet exercises followed the meal.
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Dickens Club
Boston
Thorndike
Esterhazy implicated as scapegoat in war office affair
The war office scene includes Zola's assertion that Esterhazy not only helped with the bordereau but was used by Clam as a scapegoat to cover leaks of vital secrets from the department.
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War Office
Zola
Esterhazy
Clam
War Department
Zola’s Dreyfus Letters Stir Paris Debates
The 1897 to 1898 Zola correspondence criticizing government handling of the Dreyfus case drew attention in Paris. On January 18 the debate intensified as Zola accused generals of bias and urged a new inquiry while officials prepared legal action. The Chamber heard accounts and adjourned as Zola’s counsel discussed strategy. Crowd reactions split between support and denunciation.
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Zola
Alfred Dreyfus
Figaro
Dreyfus
L’aurore
Faure
Paty de Clam
Mercier
Billot
de Boisdeffre
Gonze
Chamber of Deputies
Count de Mun
Zola Trial Opens Amid Jeers and Protests in France
The Zola trial began at 1 p.m. with M. Delegorgue presiding as crowds shouted Vive Rochefort and Conspuez Zola. Zola appeared pale in the dock as experts requested to join as private prosecutors, and the court limited the indictment to the Esterhazy court martial passage.
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M. Henri Rochefort
Vive Rochefort
M. Delegorgue
M. Zola
Vive Zola
Esterhazy
Advocate-General
Ie Dreyfus
M. Laborie
Grable's Checks Dispute Leads to Hotel Altercation
Thomas T. Fauntleroy of McDonald & Fauntleroy visited the Planters' Hotel to confront Frar C. Grable over two checks totaling 2000 cashed in Chicago last month by W J Littlejohn of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Co. The checks were marked worth less. Grable refused to meet Fauntleroy and sent his secretary down, sparking a confrontation in which the lawyer knocked the secretary down.
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ST. Louis
The
Post- Dispatch
Thomas T. Fauntleroy
McDonald & Fauntleroy
Planters’ Hotel
Frar
C. Grable
Grable
Chicago
W. J. Littlejohn
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
Fauntleroy
Waterspout Seen From Asiatic Prince Near New York
The British steamer Asiatic Prince sighted a massive waterspout on February 2 about four miles off King of All Waterspouts New York. It stood one and a half miles high with a base spray 600 feet in diameter under dark skies. No crew observed an equal in height or duration.
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New York
Petition withdrawal ends stock issue hearing for Massachusetts Pipe Line Gas
Henry M. Whitney, president of the Massachusetts Pipe Line Gas Company, abruptly withdrew a petition seeking approval to issue 1,000,000 stock. The hearing before the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners concluded suddenly as a result.
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Henry M. Whitney
Massachusetts
Comany
Isue
Pornbs
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissionera
Funeral for Captain Davis B Bearse of steam lighter William S McGowan
Funeral services for Captain Davis B Bearse 64, brother of Captain Maynard Bearse, wife of Captain Clarence F Eldridge, to be held Wednesday afternoon. Bearse died of apoplexy aboard the William S McGowan after returning from New York. flags at half mast on company offices and steamers Herman Winter and H Dimock.
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Davis B. Bearse
William S. McGowan
Maynard Bearse
Clarence F. Eldridge
Dimock
India Wharf
New York
Bearse
Company
Herman Winter
H. F. Dimock
Volunteer Abandoned After Terrifying Voyage Near Banquereau
Gloucester reports the fishing fleet bringing shore boats as 580000 pounds of offshore shark arrive. Captain of the Arthur Story tells how the schooner Volunteer rode huge waves at Banquereau and foundered, then capsized, with masts and rigging lost before the crew was rescued by the Arthur Do Story at 1 PM.
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Gloucester
Hooner
Arthur D
Volunteer
Banquereau
Arthur Do. Story
Irving engagement with Ethel Barrymore broken off
The Daily Mail reports that Laurence Irving and Miss Ethel Barrymore have ended their engagement. There was no quarrel, and both agree the match was entered into in romantic haste and should be acknowledged as such.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Laurence Irving
Henry Irving
Ethel Barrymore
Money to Loan at Per Cent in Boston Area
Money to loan at 5 percent and upward on first mortgages or real estate in Boston and vicinity. Monthly payments of principal and interest, easiest and most convenient way to buy or build a home or pay your present mortgage. Commissions to pay. Address Banus 901 May 15.
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Boston
BANUS
Notable stage revue praised for wit and color
The review lauds Little Lucy Little and The Dear Old Farm numbers with Mr. Cheney and Mr. Benton delivering strong turns. Barnet's Queen of the Ballet is hailed for bright dialogue and laughable situations, while a crowd scene includes prominent figures like George von L Meyer and many Society members.
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Lucy
Cheney
Benton
Guild
Bos'n
Labor Leaders Rally At Union Convention
President Gompers and John F. O Sullivan addressed delegates of the International Builders Laborers Union. Resolutions praised Couch's sentence, condemned wage reductions by English mill owners, opposed convict labor on Cape Cod Canal, commended Mayor Quincys pil plant idea, and urged fifty hour laws and end to contract work on public projects.
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Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John F. O’sullivan
A. F. of L
International Builds Laborers’ Union
Eugene Couch
Butte
Mont
England
Wolco
Cape Cod
Quincy
Boton
Arkwright Club
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Winter Street
Gadets
of the Ballet
Jack Harwicke
Mr. Cole
Messrs. Benton
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George H. Norma Phiness W. Sprague
George Smith
Alice Stevens
Edrward Mullen
J. H. Hecht
Ida Sherman
Lindsay Damon
J B. Schoeffel
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J. B. Worsyth
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Lester Leland
James H. la
Elizabeth
Cambridge
Maden
Wiswall
Charles FE
Rollins
Arthur R
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Chickering
A. C. Briggs
Honor Dickens
Conspuez
King OF
Miss Barrymore
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Washington St
Essex Street
City Hall Avenue
Creen Street
Brockton, Mass
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Meyer
Bryce J. Allan
E. Rollins Morse
Henry KF. Cobb
Jone
Edmands
Lovering
Harry &. Converse
KF. KE. Currier
Willam C. Hooper
Oliver Ames
Harrison Gray Otis
Costello C. Converse
Henry Parkman
A. Shuman
Alexander Breinert
J. Reed Whipple
Pierce
G. W. Armstrong
W. B. Qgrocker
T. E. Statson
New England
Havin
Bakers’ Union
Allied Printing Trade Council
Bindery Workers’ Union
Whalen
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