Defence Links Chance Lameness to Inability to Run in Russell Murder Trial
The defense in the Russell murder case argues Chance was lame for years and ruptured, making running impossible. Dr. Palmer testifies Chance would limp and lack endurance, while the defense showcases Chance's injured foot and scar to counter eyewitness claims. Multiple witnesses, including Chance’s relatives and local tradesmen, corroborate his long-standing disability and prior operation.
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Arthur Hagan
John Chance
Charles JH. Russell
Chance
George M. Palmer
Harriman
Palmer
Wardner
Hagan
Dunn
Linzie Nagle
Young
Lou Young
Hudson Street
Kneeland Street
Charles J. Chance
E. Sixth Street
South Boston
Common Council
John Frank Maciinnes
Boston
Jeremiah J. Danehy
Atlantic
City Hospital
Mary E. Danehy
Defendant
Chanece
Injuries and hospital notes on Chance
The report records Thomas Whalen noting Chance shaved recently after the murder. Dr John C. Munro recalls Chance’s hospital stay and right side operation. Dr George M. Palmer details a large rupture on the right side, smaller right leg circumference, and a right foot deformity with limited movement. Chance’s pulse measured 99.
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Thomas Whalen
Kneeland Street
Chance
John C. Munro
City Hospital
George M. Palmer
Chance Navy
Charles Street
Harriman
Whitman Strike Ends at Commonwealth Shoe Plant
Whitman, Feb. 15. The long running labor dispute at the Commonwealth shoe factory has been settled and lasters will return to work tomorrow.
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Whitman
Commonwealth Shoe Factory
Admiral Dewey Lays High on Rocks After Grounding
Reports describe the Dewey aground at Park Square Station after leaving Newport. Passengers recall signals ignored and a long hold while wreckers from Boston Towboat Co arrive to pull her off. Doctors and officials note sickness and uncertainty, with damage running into thousands and insurance expected to cover losses.
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Boston Towpoat Company
Havana Blunder at Maine Dead Ceremony
Havana February 15 The Maine cemetery decoration ceremony was marred by disputes over prayers. Father Sherman was denied officiating per Bishop Santander and Commodore Cromwell, naval to honor only naval chaplains. General Lee arrived late as the Maine victims and flags were honored with laurel wreaths and mass in Merced Church attended by Ludlow and staff.
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Havana
Cuba
Lee
Father Sherman
Rathbone
Women's Association
American Club
Monsignor Santander
Commodore Cromwell
Brooke
Seventh Army Corps
I Ilinois
Nebraska
Maine
United States Regular Artillery
Illinois
Cromwell
America
Eaton
United States
Resolute
Cuban Club of
Merced
Ludlow
B A A WINS Over Charlestown Champions in Boston Hockey
The B A A, top of the Amateur League of Boston and Vicinity, defeated the Charlestown champions last night with superlative bowling. The Unicorn.
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Boston and Vicinity
Charlestown
Unicorn
Disaster at sea and mist blamed for passenger losses
Mr. Frank A. Messenger recounts a 3 am collision as mist created miragelike views causing the steamer Topeka to scrape and sink. He praises the captain’s seamanship while naming a missing quartermaster Andersen, a Swede, likely swept away by a big sea along a damaged railing. He also criticizes the Topeka’s conduct during the peril.
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Frank A. Messenger
Andersen
United States
Mystery deaths at Underwood home spark broad speculation
In Marlboro on February 15 the deaths of four people and illness of three others in the Underwood household remain unsolved. Theory ranges from accidental poisoning using wood alcohol to a laudanum and whiskey cause. Miss Olive Underwood seen at a liquor store, fueling rumor of striker involvement amid a city shoe factory strike.
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Marlboro
Underwood
Post
Olive Underwood
Miss Underwood
W. H. Frye
Boston Sloop Startle Reported Lost at Sea
The crew of the Massasoit reports the Boston sloop Startle as lost after abandoning her Monday night as she dragged anchors. They reached the schooner Elmer H. Randall and landed at Garnet yesterday, arriving here today with all effects lost as the vessel disappeared.
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Plymouth
Boston
Massasoit
Taunton
Elmer H. Randall
Garnet
City Hospital opens new surgical wing and amphitheatre
The formal opening of the surgical department and amphitheatre at City Hospital featured addresses by President A Shuman Dr Cheever and Alderman Barry with Mayor Quincy speaking after a dinner in the library. Shuman praised the expansion noting seventy added beds and the new facilities will save lives, especially for the poor. He cited cost and patient numbers from 1886 and 1897 and reported 8700 patients treated in wards and 19,000 in outpatients in the past year.
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City Hospital
A. Shuman
Board of Trustees
Cheever
Barry
Quincy
Shuman
South Department For
Boston
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
Six Day Bicycle Race Scores Hit Fast Pace
In San Francisco at the forty sixth hour the six day race standings show Gimm leading with 83 miles 4 laps followed by Miller 824.6 Barnaby 802.3 Fredericks 800 Newn 795.2 Hale 787.7 Pierce 785.3 Aaronson 774.4 Albert 744.6 Pilkington 724 Julius 692.5 Ashinger 674.7. Gimm stands 387 78 miles ahead of the world record set at Madison Square Garden last December The riders pace eighteen miles per hour on the fastest track ever built.
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San Francisco
Pierce
Madison Square Garden
Gimm
Miller
Barnaby
Fredericks
Newn
Hale
Aaronson
Battle Expected Today Near Chile Mountain in Nicaragua
From Managua Nicaragua Feb 15 President Zelaya decreed a state of siege across the republic. Militants were set to clash today west of the Chile Mountains as troops move to the front. A Matagalpa uprising led by a Catholic priest was discovered, captured, and sent to the penitentiary.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Republic
Chile
Cordilleras
Matagalpa
Woman Overpowers Robber In South Boston Store
Mrs. Sarah Condon confronted a pistol wielding assailant in her 198 West Fourth Street store. She grabbed him by the throat and threw him into the street, preventing the robbery as he demanded money. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon in South Boston.
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Sarah Condon
South Boston
Murphy Beats Burbeck in Springfield Bout
Australian Billy Murphy delivered a perfect whirlwind performance to defeat Walter Burbeck of Springfield in the second round before the Springfield Athletic Club crowd in Springfield, Ohio, on February 15.
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Springfield, O
Billy Murphy
Walter Burbeck
Springfield
Springfield Athletic Club
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Houghton & Outton
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Cushing Medical Supply CO
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