Thaw Trial Hearing Sees Fiery Cross Examination
Harry Thaw sits with head bowed as his young wife endures a fierce cross examination in a New York court. District Attorney Jerome questions her about cablegrams to Stanford White concerning her mother, with Thaw appearing implicated but denying sending the messages. Adjournment is set to Monday morning as doctors prepare to testify next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Thaw
New York
Stanford White
Mr. Jerome
Evelyn Thaw Breaks Down as Jerome Probes Her Story
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw wept and admitted regrets as Mr. Jerome pressed details of her Paris and Europe years with Harry Thaw. He used sharp questions about Stanford White and thinly veiled threats of a lunacy commission, while Judge Fitzgerald kept sensitivities in check.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Mr. Jerome
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
Mr. Delmas
Evelyn Thaw
Jerome
Golden to Champion English Girls' Cause
Emily and Mary Smith win support from United Textile Workers of America as their charges against Southern cotton manufacturers gain backing. President Golden notes labor action aims to lift wages and hours, with Roosevelt set to investigate the girls' claims of harsh South Carolina and North Carolina conditions. The case moves to Greensboro on February 26 with witnesses summoned.
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Ipswich
Emily
Mary Smith
United Textile Workers of America
Golden
Roosevelt
South
Greenboro
N. C
American Federation
Organized Labor
Smiths
North Carolina
U S Officials to Act on Textile Labor Case
President John Golden and Secretary Albert Hibbert of the United Textile Workers meet with First Deputy Immigration Commissioner Billings to press charges against southern manufacturers for alleged contract labor law violations. Immigrant English workers Emily and Mary Smith provided statements casting doubt on hiring practices.
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Fall River
John Golden
Albert Hibbert
United Textile Workers of America
Billings
Ipswich
Emily and
Mary Smith
Bradbury Robinson Wins Divorce in Middlesex Court
Just before the session ended in Cambridge, Judge Lawton grants Bradbury Robinson of 116 Walnut Street Somerville a divorce from Florence Robinson. Corespondent George Robinson shares the surname but is not related to the principals.
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Bradbury Robinson
Somerville
Middlesex Superior Court
Cambridge
Lawton
Lisi
Walnut Street
Blackstone Street
Boston
Florence Robinson
George Robinson
Mayor McEttrick May Run in Fall as Independent Candidate
Reported in the local press, Ward 17 representative Michael J. McEttrick may seek the mayoralty as an independent. Mayor Fitzgerald cautioned voters calling this the silly season, while party leaders debated renomination chances and possible strategies after March 5 return from Washington.
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Michael J. McEttrick
Ward 17
G.1
Fitzgerald
Mcottrick
McEttrick
William S. McNary
John A. Sullivan
John A. Kelcher
Washington
Mystic Shrine Night At Majestic Delights Aleppo Temple
Aleppo Temple Shriners fill the Majestic Theatre as Lew Fields and his all star company perform About Town. Ladies receive bon bons and a small American flag as the audience enjoys a late curtain and collation after the show. Potentate Charles Henry leads the event with Nobles Patnaad Blyler and Holman aiding.
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Lew Fields
Aleppo
Mr. Fields
Charles
Hungary Inquiry Seeks Sunday Post Subscription Rates
A Hungarian reader, Dr. Adolf Erdos of Nagyvarar Hungary, requests yearly subscription rates for the Sunday Post. He asks for a sample copy and prepaid postage, subscribing only to the Sunday edition. The postcard reached the Boston Post office after 17 days.
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Post
Europe
The
Hungary
Boston
Adolf Erdos
Nagyvarar
U. S
America
Office of
the Post
Milford Red Men to Celebrate Twenty-First Anniversary
Oglinetta Tribe 15 of the Improved Order of Red Men in Milford marks its 21st anniversary at the local wigwam February 26. The event brings many visiting Red Men, with 150 members in the Milford lodge and a roster of officers led by Prophet J. T. Jones and sachem A. L. Shedd.
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Oghnetta Tribe
Milford
Granite Town
Oglinetta Tribe
O. B. Davis
Massachusetts
Absaraka Tribe
Philadelphia
Prophet
J. T. Jones
Sachem
A. L. Shedd
Sagamore
G. C. Hayton
A. C. Pollard
C. E. Brock
Wampum
W. H. Pyne
A. W. Shedd
C. Nelson
F. J. Lynch
A. H. Smith
A. Hixon
H. P. Crawford
F. O. Wardman
T. R. Archer
L. Hutchinson
Thomas Hayden
Harvard 10 Be Hotbed of Socialism
After W H Mallock denounced socialism in Emerson Hall a group of well dressed youths handed out circulars announcing Morrison I Swift on Mallocks mistakes at Huntington Chambers. Mallock claimed little value in socialism while Harvard students debated the issue and many showed support for Swift's counter lecture next Sunday.
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Harvard
W. H. Mallock
Emerson Hall
Boston
Morrison I. Swift
Mallock
Huntington Chambers
Arrested for Perjury in Immigrant Female Wife Claim Case
Hirsch Specktor a 50 year old Hebrew teacher was arrested on perjury charges after he allegedly swore to immigration officials that a young Hebrew immigrant woman from Russia was his wife. He landed in Charleston on February 15 with Chave Bernstein and Abram Altier. The trio faced grand jury action with Specktor held for $300 and the others for $100 each.
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Hirsch Specktor
South End
United States
James Waters
Specktor
Russia
Charlestown
Chave Bernstein
Abram Altier
Schuster
Pesse
Kieve
Hayes
United States Circuit Court
James Farrell
Immigration Bureau
Long Wharf
Miss Forsythe at Home in Providence
Miss Hattie Forsythe, linked to the Thaw murder trial in New York, rests with her mother at 107 Elmwood Avenue Providence. She cites nerves strained by publicity. her husband says he has not been summoned and denies gifts from the Thaws or Harry Thaw.
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Providence
Hattie Forsythe
New York
Elmwood Avenue
Miss Forsythe
Forsythe
Jerome
Harry Thaw
Music Master Burlesque Delights Majestic Theatre Audience
Lew Fields and Weber revive a witty travesty of The Music Master at the Majestic Theatre replacing About Town. Fields as Herr von Barewig and Blanche Ring as Helene charm, with Harry Fisher and Pete Dailey in dual roles. The burlesque boosts the current engagement and plays next week.
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Majestic Theatre
Fields
Mr. Weber
Mr. Fields
Herr von Barewig
Blanche Ring
Helene
Harry Fisher
Mr. Warfield
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Sunday Post
Tauickly
Huidrer
Milford Red Men
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