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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1911
Page
9
Detectives from several American cities arrived in Viterbo Italy to observe the trial of Enrico Alfano known as Erricone and 40 Camorristas charged with the murder of General Cuccolo and his wife Maria Cutinelli called the beautiful Sorrentino.
The March 11 trial in a Monte Cimino foothill town near Rome opens as Italy seeks to strike a hard blow against the Camorra. American police watch closely as 450 witnesses testify on the gang’s reach, connections to the Mafia, and the murder of New York detective Joseph Petrosino.
City police from all stations hunt a so called fence linked to vandals who have looted downtown office buildings. A known man tied to the case vanished recently and may reveal the gang's network. Investigators focus on the Bridge building at Washington and School streets as evidence of an organized crew.
A crowded church hosts an improvised organist from a drunken tramp. The scene shifts from blasphemous disruption to transcendent hymnary and back, ending with mournful memories and longing for home. The elder and congregation react with a mix of shock, praise, and nostalgia.
A somber scene as a wandering figure staggers away into the night without speaking yet leaving listeners devasted. The elder calls for prayer and the gathering reflects on the man’s hard life and unspoken story, moving all present with sorrow.
Mrs Matilda Greschell of Stowe seeks divorce from Charles Greschell in East Cambridge Divorce Court before Judge Quinn. She accuses cruelty and a confirmed drinking problem. He denies striking her except once when she threw a saucer and he slapped her. Arguments to proceed this morning.
Ex Governor John D. Long denounces a man calling himself his nephew as an impostor. The claimant, a vagrant from Albany with a wife and seven children, met Judge Brady in Albany and a Rochester inquiry was ordered as officials verify his identity.
Virginia Governor Mann and Adjutant General Sale ordered the four company coast artillery corps disbanded following a Norfolk court of inquiry. The report cited international tensions and friction with U S Army officers at Chesapeake forts as factors in the action.
In Putnam Connecticut on February 27 a Worcester to New Haven Line passenger train collided with stationary freight cars in the New York New Haven Hartford yards. The tender was thrown from the tracks and a passenger coach splintered. H A Dustin of Everett Massachusetts was severely cut. A misplaced switch caused the wreck.
Sam Walter Foss librarian poet and author died in a Boston hospital. Due to civic wishes the service will be held at Park Avenue Methodist Church Somerville at 1 PM. City offices will close during the funeral and burial is planned in Providence Rhode Island.
The Symphony Orchestra ends its fourth Southern trip with a Hartford concert. Berlioz Harold in Italy features solo viola Ferrr. New works include Mandl overture and Sibelius Swan of Tuonela. Madame Kirkby-Lunn sings Elgar Sea Pictures and Gluck Divinities du Styx.
Middlesex Probate Court appointed Mrs Olea Bull Vaughn and Edmund M Parker as special Massachusetts administrators of Mrs Ole Bull's will. The Maine probate contest is ongoing in Biddeford. App for Maine special administrators filed Feb 16. Judge Hobbs waits on appeal. Will filed Feb 7 not returnable until March 1.
George Hallett aged 77 and John Davis aged 68 were yesterday sent to the House of Correction for mistreating several young girls. Hallett received two and a half years while Davis was sentenced to three years. Both defendants lived in Chelsea.
The Rev. William W. Downs, ex pastor of Bowdoin Square Baptist Church, told Judge Quinn that after a quarrel his wife Sadie Slayton threatened to kill him saying she would die trying.
Mrs Downs filed the first libel accusing her husband of cruel treatment. Mr Downs answered with a cross libel claiming she fraternized with four men. On the first day, Mrs Downs withdrew her libel. Parson Downs testified of a 1907 marriage to Miss Slayton and a December 1908 dispute over a letter and injuries. Judge Quinn will issue a ruling after consideration.
Miss Louise Corrigan twenty of Weston was seriously injured when her buggy collided with an automobile in Waltham. The buggy overturned after its wheels locked with the car. she was taken to Dr Richard Collins office and then home. The horse ran 200 yards to a telegraph pole before capture.
Advertises D D D as a home eczema cure and skin clarifier. Claims instant relief, permanent cure from the skin trouble's seat, and pimples washing away overnight. Sells for 1.00 a large bottle or 25c trial size, available at Riker Jaynes Stores.
Seventeen reserve men named and ten patrol officers reassigned under Commissioner O Meara. Patrick J O Neil moves to the bureau of criminal investigation at headquarters after notable plain clothes service at East Boston. Several firemen become police officers including Edward J Rastus Patrick L Crowley and John A Nicholson assigned to various stations.
Frederick W. Ball, a longtime bookkeeper for Walter H. Holbrook of Lincoln Street, was yesterday sentenced to three and a half years in the house of correction after pleading guilty to stealing 5129 through false entries.
An old time cough syrup recipe blends Pinex with a sugar syrup for fast relief. Mix sugar and warm water, add Pinex in a pint bottle, take a tea spoonful every one to three hours, claim cures typical deep coughs within 24 hours. The note promises satisfaction or refund and notes Pinex availability via The Pinex Co. in Ft Wayne Indiana.
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