Man Abbott’s long record of crime and flight documented
John H. Abbott, 47, held to grand jury on breaking and entering and grand larceny, tied to a string of offenses including wrecking a train, killing a passenger, robbing a church, firing a hotel, and robbing a former landlady and a retired U.S. Army major. Police note his long pattern and he waives examination while jailed in East Cambridge awaiting trial.
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John H. Abbott
East Cambridge
Harry c. Felch
Townsend
Felch
Wolf
Abbott
Farley
U. S. Army
Boston & Maine Railroad
Townsend Harbor
Townsend VillJage
Landmark
Boston
Charles Warner
Herbert Jones
Wolf Secret Service Bureau
Warner
Dannemora
WN. ‘Y
Fonda Court House
Allen Praises 1919 Policemen at City Assembly
Attorney General J Weston Allen and Police Commissioner Michael Crowley saluted volunteers at the 1919 Volunteer Police Association meeting in Cambridge. They praised officers who testified in county official trials and in the Pelletier case, urging readiness to uphold Massachusetts law amid post strike tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Weston Allen
Michael H. Crowley
Volunteer Police Association
First Corps
Cambridge
Newton
Nathan Tofis
Pelletier
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Crowley
Ife
Arbert Parker
Curtis
Law and Order
Brenton JH. Mey
Glean
Schools Need Brain Clinics in Every School
Dr. Walter E. Fernald urged mental clinics for backward children at a Boston meeting, arguing early treatment saves society from crime and dependency. Dr. Frankwood E. Williams emphasized mental hygiene for all, noting health is broader than hospital care. Governor Cox praised preventive clinics and public education to cut future state costs on mental illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Fernald
National Committee
State Society For Mental Hygiene
T. Morris Murray
Marlborough Street
Frances Morse
Fernald
Frankwood E. Williams
The
Dr. Williams
Clifford W. Beers
Cox
Women duel in street clash ends in draw
A spontaneous meeting on Berkeley and Boylston streets led to a one round draw between Dorothy Lawrence of Tremont Street and Emma Coleman of Columbus Avenue. Two Back Bay patrolmen booked both women on assault and battery charges and held them until release.
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Berkeley
Boylston
Dorothy Lawrence
Tremont Street
Emma Coleman
Columbus Avenue
Back Bay
South Boston Citizens Target Coney Island Style Amusements
South Boston group votes to urge licensing board to notify applicants for scenic railways and similar amusements in the district. They press the incoming administration to buy local city supplies, repair the municipal building, extend the 5 cent fare to Post Office Square, and address gymnasium cost overruns. Improved police protection for children runs as a concern.
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South Boston
Boston
Coney Island
South Boston Citizens’ Association
Licensing Board
Boston Elevated
Postoffice Square
South Station
Dance Tonight for Scholarship Fund at Convention Hall
The Abraham Lincoln Associates stage a dance and entertainment at Convention Hall St. Botolph Street. Louis Magazine, chairman, presents exhibition dancing cabaret and refreshments. Proceeds go to 80 towards the scholarship fund. Attending are Rev. Charles T. Elliot Jacob M. Bernstein and John J. Fitzgerald linked with West End House activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln Associates
Convention Hall
St. Botolph Street
Louis Magazine
Charles T. Elliot
Jacob M. Bernstein
John J. Fitzgerald
West End
Awa
Weeks to Confer With Ford Over Muscle Shoals Plan
Secretary Weeks will meet with Henry Ford and advisers in Washington to resolve government Ford differences on buying or leasing the Muscle Shoals nitrate and water power projects in Alabama. The talks aim to conclude long negotiations and allow a final War Department decision within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weeks
Henry Ford
Detroit
Muscle Shoals
Ala
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Coney Isle
Citizens’ Ass'n
Ford
Kirkman’s
Ind River
Winter Street
Upstair Furriers
United States
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Percale
Madras
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