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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1907
Page
7
Supreme Court rules a well meant rescue can create liability for damages when the aided party suffers injury. In 1903, Joseph Black, intoxicated, could not exit a Boston train car and was removed by staff. he fell and was badly hurt, leading to a legal dispute over fault for the resulting injuries.
Mrs. Charles J. Holman mother of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw declares she will testify against her son in law in his murder trial set to open January 21. She says she possesses letters bearing on the shooting of Stanford White and will present them, even if it harms Thaw, and she plans to travel to New York with her husband and son to testify.
In Paris the Marquise de Morny debuted in A Dream of Egypt at the Moulin Rouge. Clubmen and Bonapartists stormed the theater for ten minutes as missiles and chaos erupted during the act. The audience forced Mme Gauthier-Villars and Mile. Polaire from the venue after the curtain fell.
At a packed City Hall meeting in Chel Sea last night citizens pressed for notes payable in one year to cover three years of overdrafts. Dennis J. Scully accused the aldermen of misusing funds while Alderman Young claimed he was coached by others. The $75000 loan order was defeated and the city faces a deficit. The council also refused to reconsider a 30 day dog muzzling order.
The new Board of Aldermen may face a protracted deadlock over electing a chairman. Democrats favor Alderman Baldwin, while Fred Finigan and the Good Government Association seek alternative support. Republicans back Alderman Whelton or another Republican choice, as Ward 8 tensions and recent council votes shape the contest. Berwin may preside temporarily, with party unity deciding the outcome.
Miss A. M. Gould of Atlantic clung to the iron bar after her skirts hung up and she slid along the platform for about 100 feet as the 5 37 train bound for Boston pulled away. The car doors closed and the engine stopped just beyond the station with her unhurt and continuing on to Boston.
On the Gilt Edge express from Providence to New York the fireman, H. G. Preston, vanished from the cab shortly after departure. After a delay a substitute was sent from Providence. Preston was found dazed beside the track with a minor head cut and he could not explain how the accident occurred.
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