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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1911
Page
3
Victor M. Weil a Boston promoter faced $8000 spent on Nevada and California mining propositions with only old lumber and mining tools remaining, according to mining engineer Jefferson F. Howell of Salt Lake City.
Howell testified at a continuation of the hearing before United States Commissioner Hayes on charges of using the mails in a scheme to defraud. He admitted wasting money and diverting funds to his personal account while attempting to obtain 1200 more. He claimed 2260 of 8000 received for property development went to padded payrolls and that he brought the money to Boston to return to the companies, though he later said he gave it all to Weil without receipts or witnesses.
George Dial a hardware dealer of 68 Beach Street carried 2112 dollars when he was held up and blackjacked at Church and Tremont streets last night as theatre crowds gathered. Two suspects Mahoney and Connors were arrested after a chase by Patrolmen Studley and McCarron at Lagrange Street station on charges of assault with intent to rob. The Kerry Village gang is named for the other four alleged assailants. Dial was struck on the head with a blunt instrument and robbed of gold certificates worth 100. He was treated at the station house by Dr. Williams.
The funeral of James I. Hatfield, killed Saturday at Dudley street station by an elevated train, was held yesterday at Waterman's Chapel under Mt. Pleasant Lodge I O F No 176. Rev W A Wood of Winthrop Street M E Church conducted the services with canton pallbearers. interment followed at Forest Hills Cemetery.
Polly the trained cockatoo warned residents of a blaze at 686 Shawmut Avenue, totaling six occupants saved from possible suffocation. Owner Dr. W A Johnstone trained Polly to shout fire, and Blanche Frederickson rescued the bird from the smoke, valuing it at 200 dollars.
The chamber urged creation of a state led City Planning Commission to study tunnels highways and transportation in the Boston district and to pause new subway construction until plans are ready. It favored a harbor tunnel linking South Station to the New Haven Narrow Gauge line and endorsed funding and personnel changes for the new planning body.
The Boston chamber debated delaying new subway projects including the Dorchester line and harbor tunnel. A push by Aldridge R. Anderson aimed to block action pending a new commission, while Riverbank subway interests backed the October opposition. The vote was reshaped by a five-member objection trigger and a sudden adjournment.
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