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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1912
Page
9
New Cambridge and Hyannis links emerge as witnesses recount Richeson hiring Avis Linnell, with Mrs Trahey and Mrs Gibbons as key stops. Police find hair, a calling card, and photos in Richeson’s rooms. District Attorney Pelletier faces mixed letters on mercy, while Edmonds withdraws and the Richeson family dissolves support.
A legislative crisis surrounds the Richeson case as Suffolk County sheriff selection hinges on whether a councillor will vote to commute Richeson’s death sentence. Governor Foss faces intense pressure from letters and public opinion opposed to clemency while weighing the death penalty’s abolition and a related Phelps case pending review by the Governor’s council.
Albany January 12 Colonel Joseph F Scott state his belief that only God may take life and that capital punishment harms civilization and communities He notes New York prisons hold 300 murder convicts 273 life sentences and 27 awaiting execution He cites abolition states showing no higher murder rate per population than those with the death penalty.
Ernest Glendinning who plays the husband in Baby Mine at the Majestic Theatre was presented with a handsome silver loving cup on B F. Keiths Theatre stage yesterday afternoon by Florence J. Lewis author of the first one act Harvard play professionally produced. The gift honors his staging of That Case of the Joneses for Miss Lewis.
The funeral for Mrs. Sarah E Fallon wife of Judge Joseph D Fallon of South Boston was held from her East Broadway home. Mass at St Fullia s Church was celebrated by Rev Mortimer Two Mey with prominent city and state figures in attendance. Interment followed at Holyhood Cemetery Brookline with prayers at the grave by Rev Fr Gasson and Rev Dr y. Pallbearers included Dr George P Morris M Ladden Thomas J Kelly George J Regan Charles R Barry and Joseph E Kelly.
W Will Mayhew longtime state representative for the Braintree Weymouth district died at his Myrtle street home from heart disease He was 55 years old and served in 1897 98 according to local obituaries compiled today
A brief notice promotes Eimer & Amend’s N. Y. 2861 claiming relief for rheumatism. It notes T. Metcalf Co. in Boston carries the product and asserts wide recommendation by users.
Readers discuss whether Richeson should have his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment. The Post publishes several letters arguing for no punishment too severe, some suggesting insanity, and notes cases of mental illness in his family. Readers are invited to send brief letters to the Capital Punishment Editor.
The letter from Charles Howard Atkins pastor of St. John’s M E Church in South Boston dated January 12 states he does not believe in capital punishment. He argues justice should be met by immutable imprisonment for life and rejects the eye for an eye teaching as contrary to the Great Master.
A reader from Laconia New Hampshire urges Governor Foss to issue a proclamation denying clemency to Richeson. The writer argues that protecting maternity and female honor requires strict punishment and public record of reasons. The letter advocates a firm stance to deter future crimes against women.
M. G. Sonner of New Britain Conn argues Governor Foss should commute Richeson’s death sentence to life imprisonment as life would be harsher. He notes the eye for an eye mindset and equates electrocution with murder, urging mercy and justice over vengeance.
Letter from Saco Maine on January 12 arguing against mercy for a condemned man. The writer condemns sympathy for the offender and asserts justice requires the penalty of the law, claiming leniency would fail the ends of justice.
A letter from Emlye and Mildred pleads for life imprisonment for Clarence V. Richeson instead of execution. They urge Governor Foss to commute and grant mercy to a condemned man, citing his suffering and desire for daily prayer. Lawrence, Jan. 12.
Edward B. Williams of Chelsea advocates rejecting commutation and supports execution by electric chair for Clarence V. T. Richeson. He labels the crime as the most dastardly in the state’s history and urges Richeson be strapped in and his life end.
A Brockton reader condemns Governor Foss for sparing Richeson citing a fatal Oct. death. The writer demands the electric chair or its equivalent and calls for the death penalty or life imprisonment with a burned chair. The letter reflects strong public sentiment on punishment.
A reader suggests resigning Richeson to a missionary post overseas rather than state punishment. The letter argues his education and abilities could redeem him by saving souls, proposing exile with constraints to keep him at the assigned station.
William A. Coughlin, 28, owner of Prospect Street Garage Cambridge, was assaulted yesterday afternoon by an unknown man who felled him with a heavy iron bar at his business. The assailant and three others had visited to obtain his signature on a paper. He remains in dangerous condition at Cambridge Relief Hospital.
Coughlin was struck with an iron bar by a heavyset man after a dispute over a three year lease at a Cambridge garage. Police sought the suspect as West and Lynch assisted, with Coughlin badly injured and in danger. The assailant fled, and no arrest had been made by nightfall.
SOUTH BEND Ind Jan 12 The death knell of frills to dress has been sounded at the high school as girls are urged to dress simply to avoid dropping out for lack of fashionable attire Principal Frederick L Sims cites two thirds of dropouts due to dress and calls for plain clothing He also introduces a proposed third person pronoun system Heer Hiser Himer to indicate he or she his or her him or her
A three year old Chicago boy, Charles Elmer O'Toole, is designated as the standard of physical perfection for babies. The AMA and the National Congress of Mothers will run a campaign to enlist healthier babies and aim for sturdier infants like Master O'Toole.
Chicago news notes Miss Ella Flagg Young superintendent in a report as debate grows over new pronouns for gender indication in schools. The piece outlines early discussions, officials involved, and implications for classroom policy.
Dickinson College senior class in Carlisle Penn says the mustache cultivation edict is rescinded after three months of attempts. Most seniors failed to grow upper lip hair prompting speculation of rivalries and a boycott by coeds blamed by some for the reversal.
Paris Jan 12 President Fallieres summoned leading French statesmen to seek a strong government capable of solving domestic and foreign problems amid a ministerial crisis.
The former prime minister Leon Bourgeois again declined the premiership citing health reasons. Theodor Delcasse also refused to form a ministry and named Raymond Poincare as best suited to solve the crisis. Poincare awaited a final decision, with a possible cabinet to include Melcassie and Alexandre Millerand and likely a post for Briand.
Berlin Jan 12 Early returns from the Reichstag elections show Socialists making expected gains across Germany. The shift appears larger against Radicals and Liberals than against Centrists and Conservatives.
By 12 30 this morning 131 constituencies reported 84 seats filled and 47 reballots. Socialists win 38 seats with net gain of 13, taking from Radicals Liberals Centrists and Conservatives while losing two to Liberals. They lead in 33 of 47 reballots but unlikely to reach 100 seats. Gains seen in Breslau Stettin Koenigsberger Bremen Naumburg Zittau Hof Magdeburg Annaberg Reuss districts Reichenbach Braunschweig Wanzleben.
Weather reports warn today may be the coldest of the winter with a shift from a planned snow storm to a passable sea change. Atlantic seaboard towns report heavy winds and drifting, while the Middle West endures extreme cold with subzero readings in South Dakota Minnesota and Missouri.
An advertisement claims Pape's Cold Compound cures cold and grippe within hours. It touts dosing every two hours until three doses, promises relief from headache fever runny nose and aches, and notes quinine as ineffective for colds after three years of research.
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