Wade on Trial Insanity Claim Narrowly Supported
In Bridgeport Connecticut on January 7 Elwood B Wade age 23 a milk dealer on trial for his life for the murder of George E Nott last August is argued by two eminent insanity experts to have been insane at the time and thus unfit to be at large. A state alienist rebuttal contends Wade was fully aware of his actions and consequences.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Elwood B. Wade
Superior Criminal Court
George E. Nott
Chelsea
Mass
Expert testimony links Wade to mental age of nine and a half
The defense and state experts clash in court over Wade's mental capacity. Dr John Do Lynch testifies Wade is mentally a nine and a half year old, while Drs Gesell and Diefendorf face cross examination as to Wade's impulses and intellect. Wade shows no visible emotion, his mother struggles, and the case awaits resumed proceedings next Tuesday.
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John Do. Lynch
Wade
Arnold I. Gesell
Yale University
Allen E. Diefendorf
New Haven
Boston City Hospital
Homer 8S. Cummings
Diefendorf
Nott
Franklin and the rise of his electrical experiments in Boston
The account traces Benjamin Franklin's interest in electricity from a 1746 Boston visit to his Philadelphia experiments inspired by Dr. Spence. It details the gift of a glass tube, Collinsons letters, pamphlet publications, Buffon’s translation, Nollet's critique, and eventual European acceptance of Franklin's theory.
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Ranklin
Boston
Spence
Scotland
Philadelphia
Peter Collingen
Royal Society of London
Franklin
London
Buffon
Paris
Nollet
Europe
Coolidge predicts higher state tax in Cox term
Ex Governor Calvin Coolidge, in a Northampton home interview, argues it will be remarkable if the direct state tax does not rise during Governor Cox's tenure. He cites expected revenue declines from income taxes, the need to finance expenditures, and a prior bondless Northampton administration. He also comments on Boston police disruptions and the national mood.
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Northampton
Post
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Massachusetts
Channing Cox
Cox
Tate
Coolidge Plans Resting Period in Massachusetts and Vermont
President Coolidge intends to stay in Massachusetts as long as possible and delay Washington until March first. He questions winter travel in Vermont, citing snow and poor train service. He will rest with his wife and two sons in the Northampton home, apart from one speaking engagement in Montpelier.
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Massachusetts
Washington
Vermont
Plymouth
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Montpelier
Northampton
Bootleggers' Room Found in City Hunt
Federal prohibition agents, in a raid at 17 Dock square, found a room fitted for organized bootlegging. No arrests were made. Seized were two one gallon cans of alcohol six bottles of bottled in bond whiskey and six pints of whiskey plus empty bottles coloring material seals and funnels.
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Hunt
Dock Square
Two Priests Arrested in Co Clare Yesterday
Belfast reporting two Catholic curates Revs. J Green and P Spain of Killgloe County Clare were arrested yesterday. Six members of the Catholic clergy are now in custody in Ireland.
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Co. Clare
Belfast
J. Green
P. Spain
Killgloe
County Clare
Ireland
Judge Cuts Curley Attachment by Major Amount
Judge Wait of Suffolk County Superior Court reduced the $100,000 attachment on EB M Hamlin & Co. stock brokers property to $20,000 and discharged $40,000 on firm funds at a Worcester trust. The Boston real estate and bank funds attachment also fell to $20,000 after debate. Hamlin counsel said Curley owes many brokerage firms and may seek new $100,000 attachments. The judge announced his final decision after advisory consideration.
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Wait
Suffolk County Superior Court
James M. Curley
EB. M. Hamlin & Co
Worcester Trust Company
Boston
James E. McConnell
Hamlin Concern
Curley
Fire found after police dog sighting
A police dog suspended by a strap from a factory window alerted firefighters to a fire at the Brouck Silk Company plant in Paterson New Jersey. The dog had leaped to escape two fugitives, and a chauffeur spotted the dangling animal leading to the blaze, believed incendiary in origin.
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Paterson
N. J
Brouck Silk Company
Sympathy Grows for Milton Farmer After Shooting
Caleb Loring Cunningham, a Milton farmer who confessed to shooting John Johnson of Quincy on trespass charges, is receiving public sympathy after a day in jail. The community cites his past fear of trespassers linked to his uncle Edward Cunningham’s slaying by Italian poachers. His widow and two daughters face destitution, with Quincy merchants offering aid.
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Caleb Loring Cunningham
Rich Milton Farmer
John Johnson
Quincy
Cunningham
Edward Cunningham
Caleb Cunningham
de Lucca
Boston
Louise Fazenda Heads to Boston for Two Night Stand
Louise Fazenda, famed as the Queen of Laughter, arrives in Boston tomorrow for engagements at Loew's Orpheum and Columbia theatres. She performs Monday at the Orpheum and Tuesday at Columbia, with a Monday noon luncheon planned.
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Louise Fazenda
Boston
Loew's Theatres
Miss Fazenda
Loew’s Orpheum
Columbia Theatres
Mack Sennett
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