10 Jan 1922
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1922
Page
1
On April 9, neighbors report a barking dog awakened them as the state accuses Clarence W. Loud of murdering James A. Preston in Wakefield. Frederick S. Mitchell of Saugus, about three miles away, heard a female voice and a male voice cry out sharply come along.
Eamon De Valera resigns as president of the Irish Republic and seeks re election. The Dail votes 58 to 60 to refuse to continue him in office. Griffith and Collins react with concern over possible impact on treaty ratification. Debates note opposition from several deputies as De Valera presses his bid.
Maria Baldwin 48 a prominent Cambridge Agassiz school principal and long time member of the Robert Gould Shaw Society died en route to City Hospital after sudden illness. She was noted as possibly the only colored public school principal in Massachusetts and died from heart trouble.
Belle Struthers of Cambridge fainted in East Cambridge criminal court as Clerk Reed announced Judge Callahan's sentence committing her to the women's Reformatory at Sherborn for larceny. She was carried from the room by officers and revived after ice water applied to her head.
A 104 year old woman and 102 year old man in Wisconsin faced the destruction of their home and lifelong savings by fire. They vow to rebuild with resilience. The wife had been sewing a quilt for their daughter, while the husband walks daily to the post office.
In Everett, a well dressed woman told Patrolman Wilfred W. Prince her car was stolen and the driver fled. The officer chased the speeding car, fired three shots, and halted it. Horace Y. Ely of Roxbury was arrested for driving while intoxicated. no theft charge followed. The woman later revealed she lent the car and claimed it was stolen to regain its return.
Mrs. Cre Garland announces a plan to use only $500 for herself with the balance of her estate to be divided among ten friends including Miss May Wrenn of Dothan and Garland. The arrangement specifies shared gifts totaling the remainder to be allocated among named beneficiaries.
Charles Garland, 22, of North Carver, agreed to receive one million dollars to assume the burden of the estate and will likely keep about five hundred thousand for himself while planning to relinquish the rest.
A firing squad will execute Joe a two year old firehouse horse after a city council jury found him guilty of vicious tendencies. Alderman Peter Carr led the case noting several injuries to firefighters and Joe’s dangerous hind leg kicks. Blacksmith Frank O Brien testified few would handle the horse, making a view unnecessary.
Mounted Officer Joseph W. McCue of the Back Bay station rescued Technology student Archie P. Wilkes and Simmons College student Dorothy Williams after they plunged into an air hole in the Charles River. Neighbors E Norman Hunt and Russell Stearns rushed to help before the officer arrived. Wilkes, 28, resided at the Peck dormitories. Williams, 21, lived on Brookline Avenue.
Senator McLane of Fall River moves to fill the executive council vacancy caused by the death of John C. F. Slayton. The Senate adopted a motion asking Attorney General Allen for an opinion on whether the governor should appoint or the Senate and House should elect to fill the seat. Slayton died Jan 4, 1922, just before the 1922 session began.
A defendant named Allen describes an alleged protected auto ring tied to a $5000 bank deposit reportedly made by Pelletier. The indictment details an organized scheme involving stolen vehicles and related transactions. Authorities emphasize ongoing investigations and potential further charges against involved parties.
The Attorney General presented evidence alleging that District Attorney Pellettier in December 1918 declined to prosecute George T. Perry and others charged with automobile larcenies across three counties due to an alleged agreement to prevent indictments in Suffolk. Continued on Page 6-6th Column.
The page notes Germany and Allied peace taking effect at 4 16 p m except the United States in 1920. It recalls Buffalo Bill's death in 1917 and Harding canceling inauguration plans a year earlier. It mentions ships from Cork arriving as stowaways and a Turkish offensive near Karapurgan with various date stamps.
The forecast covers North and South New England with fair conditions Tuesday and unsettled weather Wednesday likely bringing snow or rain. East New York expects fair Tuesday and unsettled Wednesday with snow in the north and rain or snow in the south. Winds shift from fresh west to fresh west erly, with no major temperature changes.
Recorded at Thompson's Spa with scattered figures for temperatures and times. The fragment shows daily averages and hourly readings including 9 am and 9 pm marks, but many digits are unclear, limiting full interpretation.
Alexander Corbett 44 of 69 Border street East Boston shot in front of his home last night but kept $250 receipts from John T. Connor Company Chel sea store. He was taken to East Boston Relief hospital with a bullet in the left shoulder. Both suspects escaped. Corbett described shooter as five nine, 165 pounds, khaki overcoat with fur collar. No description of other man.
A Boston Post notice invites readers to submit observations and opinions on prohibition as it nears its second anniversary. The Prohibition Editor will publish letters from all sides, urging concise statements about whether prohibition has helped workers and reduced crime.
NEW BEDFORD, Jan. 9 Judge Nelson P. Brown today set the $100,000 slander suit brought by Joseph E. Warner of Taunton against Lieutenant Governor Alvan T. Fuller as the second case for trial at the March sitting of the Superior Court in Taunton.
Dublin January 9 organized labor in Ireland will issue an important announcement in favor of the peace treaty. Labor leaders had been uncertain but supporters express gratification at the impending declaration.
The forecast indicates fair and mild conditions likely through today and tonight with winds becoming breezy. The outlook suggests a slightly windy spell amid temperate skies.
John Waller of Everett ambushed outside Chadbourne and Moore factory on Carter street Chelsea and shot his wife Annie Johns fatally after she refused to live with him. He wounded her sister and then killed himself with a shot to the head as pursued by skaters near Carter's Field. The incident caused panic among workers on a Chelsea street night.
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