Dream sets killer free in Mt Vernon murder case
Frederick Gordon known as Alfred Morrison killed his wife in a somnambulistic act prompted by a dream of burglars. The slain wife’s sister Mrs. Thienberger says a dream she had changes her stance from pursuing murder charges to not prosecuting, claiming the shooting was accidental and Morrison blameless.
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MT. Vernon
Jan. H
Frederick Gordon
Alfred Morrison
Gordon
Morrison
Henry Thienberger
Middletown
N. Y
Alfred
Ernest
Ernest Banks
Addie Bemis
Weston
Ernestine
Addie
Mke
Waltham High School
Inestine
Emerson College of Oratory
Banks
Miles Hanks
Maud Banks Claims Portion Of Grandfather's Estate
In a New York surrogate hearing, Maud Banks fights for a $1000 bequest from Miles Banks's will. She claims descent from Ernest Banks and seeks part of the New York estate, while relatives contest her claim as unaffiliated. The case raises questions of legitimacy, undue influence, and mental capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Lee
Waltham
Miles Banke
Miss Banks
Jee
Main Street
Miles Banks
Susan Wiley
Ernest
Tewksbury
Miles Bainks
Lrnest
Samuel Brackett
Station 1
Boston
Deer Island
Mr. Lee
Miles
Testator
N. P. Banks
Rebecca Sanger
Omma Hanks
Joseph Banks
George Sanger
Francis Sanger
Mary Sterling
Maude Banks
Emma Banks
Susie Page
West Twenty-ninth Street
New York
Ernest Banks
Miss Maud
Litzgerald
Banks
Maud
Maud L Ernestine
Marriage Record Shows Banks and Wiley Wed in 181
A Nashua search of old city records reveals Miles Banks of Waltham and Logan Wiley of Lincoln were married December 2, 181 by Rev. Dr. C Brown. The certificate bears attestation from T Ridgeway, then town clerk and later a local jeweler.
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Nashua
N. H
Jan. K
Miles Banks
Waltham
Mass
Logan Wiley
Lincoln
C. Brown
T. Ridgeway
Patrolmen Retired Under Police Departments General Orders
Patrolman Robert Carroll of Division 2 retires on half pay after twenty six years service for incapacity. Patrolman Clark Tripp of Division 2 retires after twenty seven years service for age.
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Police Department
Robert Carroll
Division 2
Clark
Tripp
Carroll
College of Diplomacy Proposal At Boston Dinner
At the Boston Civil Service Reform Association dinner, A Lawrence Lowell proposed a college of diplomacy modeled after West Point to prepare qualified officials for colonies. Speakers included Henry Sprague and Dana, Porter, and Lowell. The discussion examined merit systems, examinations, and reforms to curb spoils in civil service.
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A. Lawrence Lowell
Boston Civil Service Reform Association
Young’s
West Point
Annapolis
Na Yuet
Henry H. Sprague
Moorfield Storey
R. H H. Dana
Charles H. Porter
W. T. Sedgewick
M. IT
A. L. Lowell
William Endicott
Sprague
Mr. Dana
Porter
Mr. Lowell
Island
Holland
England
United States
Charles J. Porter
Civil Service Commission
Massachusetts
Richard H. Dana
Josiah Quincey
Civil Service
War Department
Olney
Navy
War Departments
Charles Francis Adams
J. Q. A. Brackett
Charles W. Clifford
Charles R. Codman
Eben Draper
William Indicott
Frederick H. Gillett
Augustus Hemenway
Francis J. Lowell
John D. Jong
Samuel W. McCall
James F. Rhodes
William Endicott, Jr
H. A. Chaplin
A. H. Crocker
R. H. Dana
H. Morison
J. A. Osborn
G. H. Norcross
John Ritchie
W. T. Sedgwick
I. J
Tessier Surprised by Boston Welcome at Castle Square
Eugene N. Tessier proprietor of the Castle Square Hotel was the subject of a grand surprise when he returned to Boston from a health trip. Friends arranged a reception in the blue room with a diamond T cravat pin and a large moral horseshoe valued over 100 dollars, followed by a lavish supper and brief speeches of praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene N. Tessier
Castle Square
Mr. Tessier
Achille Labreach
Tessier
Tax Bill Aims Department Stores Statewide Revenue
Senate debate centers on a charging bill for department stores modeled after Missouri legislation. Proposed taxes target a long list of goods from drugs and books to furniture and groceries, applying specific amounts per category. backed by hundreds of small merchants and led by W. A. Morse who supports the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Innes
Missouri
W. A. Morse
Chamber Plans Hearing Over Sudden Freight Rate Changes
The Boston Chamber of Commerce and allied eastern groups prepare for a hearing on January 22 in New York to contest abrupt freight rate changes by over sixty northern railroads. Officials cite unfair classifications and short notice, urging equitable distribution and protection for contracts already made. The transportation committee meets today to coordinate representation for affected shippers including grocers and tea firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio River
New York Merchants’ Association
New York
Transportation Committee
New
Yok
Elwyn G. Preston
The
Post
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Clinton White
Lang and ‘Harbor Commission
Calvin Austen
Bangor Steamship ‘Company
C. M. Cox
C. M. Coax & Co
R. H. Gres
American Cereal ‘Company
H. P. Harris
Simpson & Macintire
Six Found Guilty In Raid At Joseph Hall Club
Six defendants including proprietor Joseph Johnson and five young women were found guilty by Judge Forsaith in the Municipal Criminal Court after a raid on Joseph Hall at 299 North Street. Johnson received six months for maintaining a disorderly resort while Lalla Clark Mamie Brook Mamie Stone Florence Nelson and two others named Alice and Maude each drew four months. All appealed and were held for the Superior Court with bonds set at 500 dollars for Johnson and 209 dollars for each defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hall
North Street
Johnson
Brimmer School Reunion Held With Dinner
The Brimmer School Association marked its twenty third annual reunion and dinner last evening at the United venue with attendees reflecting on school history and maintaining community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brimmer School Association
United
Inspector Hickey Returns to Aid Quest for Forged Check
Inspector McGarr brought in from New York City last night John G. Hickey wanted at police headquarters on a warrant for uttering a forged five dollar check payable to James C. Marshall and for larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inspector McGarr
New York City
John G. Hickey
James C. Marshall
Rehan to Tour in Ten Weeks with Klaw & Erlanger
Ada Rehan signs a ten weeks tour managed by Klaw and Erlanger beginning March 12 at Ford's Opera House Baltimore. The troupe will feature comedies and Shakespearean plays including Taming the Shrew Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night. Richard Dorney represents Rehan on tour with Nat Goodwin as producer in New York.
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Ada Rehan
Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger
Ford
Opera House
Baltimore
Augustin Dalyas
Miss Rehan
Taming the Shrew
Richard Dorney
Nat Goodwin
New York
Walter Perkins
du Souchet
Columbia
Adine Bouvier
Museum
Miss Bouvier
de Wolf Hopper
Antonia
Boston
Massachusetts Historical Society Holds Stated Meeting
The Massachusetts Historical Society met yesterday afternoon with President Adams in the chair. Officers announced appointments and manuscripts were discussed, including letters on New England history and a diary fragment from Belknap. Highlights included remarks on New England social change and a paper on Sir Edward Pakenham and the Battle of New Orleans. The session also noted gifts to the library and a closing lecture by Dr. Stubbs on Ely Cathedral and Alan de Walsingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Historical Society
Adams
J. (. Gray
J. C. Ropes
Belknap
Kent
Increase Mather
Mellen Chamberlain
New England
Edward Pakenham
New Orleans
Barrett Wendell
S. J. Way
South Australia
Eot
CC. P. Bowditch
N. S. Bowditch
Seaborn Cotton
John Hull
Pemberton Hill
Boston
Stubbs
Charles William Stubbs
Steinert Hall
Ely Cathedral
Alan de Walsingham
Banquet at States Hotel Honors School Governance
At States Hotel EK presiding officers and guests gathered for a school related banquet. Rev. Charles Fleischer reflected on his time with the School Board and a school committee member discussed the Brimmer and public school graduates in governance. Mayor Hart sent a regretful letter as plans concluded for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q. KK. Dickerman
George W. Anderson
Boston
E. Bentley Young
Brimmer
Brimmer School
Mayor Hart
Cascarets Candy Cure for Liver Trouble
A period style health ad claims digestion and liver harmony depend on a well functioning liver. It promotes Cascarets Candy as the remedy to restore normal bowels and overall body balance, guaranteed to “set the whole machinery acting.” Available at drug stores or by mail from Ad Vives Steritog Remedy Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addives Steritog Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
County Jail Visit by Middlesex Republican Committee Members
Captain John EKldairbairn of Middlesex County hosted a party of visitors at the Mast Cambridge House of Correction yesterday. The guests included the county Republican committee, the judges of the lower courts, and many county officers and others interested in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ekldairbairn
Middlesex County
Cambridge House of Correction
Middlesex County Republican Committee
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the Procter & Gamble CO
Gimgimnmats
Morris
Maud Banks
College OF Diplomacy
Boston Civil Service
Dana
E. N. Tessier
Castle Square Hotel
Senator Innes
Introduces
Preston
Hickey
Godfrey Morse
SAGE
Klaw & Erlanger
Mary Stuart
Macbeth
Tremont Theatre
Bowden Square
Park
Sag Harbor
Richard Golden
Joseph (. Miron
Louise Hepner
Milo. Methot
Mathilde Preville
Grand Theatre
Lazarus
Piiza Weathersby
Boy
Ned
Grand Opera House
Hayes and Lytton
the Howard
Mile
Irene
Zaza
Austin & Stone
Mass, Historical Society
Trendbie
Ec Cascarets
Entertainments
Princess Chic
Howard Streator Zouaves Vatree
Mildred Howard
M Mile
Zaga
Cra Zer
Tegge
Daniel
Gus Williams R
Robyns
Tremon
Marsh—Brown— McNeill
Almont
Astin& Stone
New Palace
Mome OF
Theatre Rlesque
Worrow
Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Langdon Mitchell
Theatre
Lambir
Imission Soc
Augustin Daly
George Edwardes
John ©. Fen
Katie Allen
Tom McIntosh
Tremont St
Tele
Tremont
Oxford
Atland
Venings Matinees
Inaan
Lmngense
Tompki
Tonicht
Ieska
Jas. O'Neill
the Musketeers
Love and
Hostis TA Tre Isaac
Rich
Charles Proeulman
Eslie Carter
Boston Museum
Rogers
Atre
Eugene Tompkins
Lessee & Mgr
Jas
A. Herne Ee
OLD Providence Depot
Earl Gulick
J.B. Pond
Grand Opera
Bank Officers’ Association
Wihemia
Trones Chardson & Tearaucks
Bowdoin
Oliver Doud
Byron
the Stock Co
Square Theatre
Nickelodeon
Darin
John Sche Dle
Balbroma
Texas
BEM
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Vaud Villi
Formems
Admirasion
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