10 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1912
Page
1
Judge Grant of the Probate Court ordered former judge Henry S. Dewey committed to the Boston Insane Hospital after a long hearing. Alienists testified Dewey suffered paranoia and would be dangerous at liberty.
Physicians warned the person most likely to be harmed by Judge Dewey would be someone in authority. After Judge Grant declared Dewey insane and unfit for liberty, he asked Dewey if he wished to argue or testify. Dewey said it would not be advantageous, noting Grant's past opinions of him as not normal. Continued on Page 4-First Column.
Fragmentary OCR text references a winter day and muted year context. The readable content hints at a public notice or diary entry noting a specific day in winter and possible calendar elements without clear names, places, or actions.
Light notes mark birth anniversaries for William B. Snow of Boston English High and Frederic Hall of Taunton, plus Geor W. Rolfe MIT chemistry instructor and Theodore Fay diplomat. A 1841 oath of Lord Sydenham as Governor and a Buffalo land act creation are cited, with an 1676 milestone of an Indian attack on Lachine Massachusetts area.
Fair for Boston and vicinity with continued cold on Saturday. Sunday turns fair and slightly warmer with moderate westerly winds. Washington forecast notes New England will be fair over the weekend, colder Saturday, and northwest winds moderate to brisk.
Yesterday’s temperatures reported with scattered readings across locations. Average temperature yesterday was 16.3 degrees, and the average one year ago was 29.21 degrees. A note mentions Saturday a year ago was cloudy.
New York February 9. Mrs Adelaide Crandell released from Blackwell's Island workhouse after a month for disorderly conduct says she does not care about the Hawley millions, and is thinking only of her children, while her husband Frederick H Crandell is named an heir.
Mrs Crandell told reporters she cares more for her children in Chatham New York than any money Mr Hawley might hold. She spoke after leaving the workhouse of her commitment, saying she hoped the facts would remain private.
A Cambridge blaze at the Majestic and Regent apartment houses on Massachusetts Avenue drove about fifty residents from 66 suites to the streets around 5 PM. The fire caused an estimated $35,000 in damage and prompted two alarm calls.
At 10 26 last night the building owner accompanied by Dr John E Dwyer returned after the fire department left believing the last spark had been extinguished. Fire crews had departed more than four hours earlier following the blaze.
In Lawrence on Feb 9 three letters admitted as evidence amid police court proceedings against Joseph J Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti. They are charged as accessories before the fact to the murder of Anna Lopizzo during the riot on Jan 29.
Two letters from Vincent St John general secretary treasurer of the I W W to Etter and to William D Haywood urge organizing Lawrence textile workers and express distrust of the AFL. A third letter to Ettor from Thomas Miller Rhode Island worker discusses possible general strike in Rhode Island mills. Court adjourned at 4 30 until 10 a m Monday with many witnesses to come. overall strike coverage centered on proceedings as militia guards presence dwindled.
Sheriff John Quinn reported to Governor Foss that Clarence V. T. Richeson is a nervous wreck awaiting his electrocution. Quinn said Richeson sleeps poorly, eats little, and spends hours pacing his cell while wringing his hands and lamenting his fate.
The sheriff told the Governor he doubts Richeson is mentally responsible and fears he will lose his mind as execution nears. Governor Foss declined to decide on a possible commutation, asking for public sentiment on capital punishment.
Giuseppe Napolitano, 33, of 10 Hanover Avenue, shot and killed at Salutation and Hanover streets after a financial argument. Rocco Salimonia, 33, of 20 Charter Street rear, arrested charged with murder.
Salimonia was disarmed by Pasquaile Radosta who wrested a 3 calibre automatic revolver from his hand. Salimonia fled toward Charter Street and was captured on a roof at 8 Canny Place by P. Robert Greene, with police notified by a cab driver and the patrols. He claimed to be a government laborer from Winthrop and said Napolitano had repeatedly demanded money, threatening his life if unpaid.
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