Letter and photo tie Mrs Mohr to Newport murder case
Testimony shows a photograph of Mrs Mohr found with Victor Brown among his effects is used to prove she wrote to the defendants. The envelope bearing Brown’s name was entered as evidence while Judge Stearns barred a torn letter fragment. Several former servants testified Mrs Mohr disliked her husband and kept apart from him.
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Gertrude Stevenson
Boston
Bristol
Brown
South
Providence
Robbins
Barrington
John B. Edwards
Henry Spellman
Healis
Attorney Phillips
Joseph Clark
C. Victor
South Providence
Newport
Warren
R. I
Gadsden Street
Riverside
Red Bridge
Meeting Street
Martha’s Vineyard
Edwards
William H. Lewis
Abbott Phillips
Victor Brown
Doctor Was Afraid Miss Mueller Testified About Guard Duty
Elsa Mueller, former housekeeper for Dr. Mohr at 582 Elmwood, testified about Mohr's Newport presence and warnings to keep a guard. She described conversations with Mrs. Mohr and others, disclosures of threats, and the doctor’s interference with her testimony during the 1914 custody-like dispute.
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Miss Mueller
Newport House
Mrs. Mohr
Elsa Mueller
Newport
Miss. Mueller
Brown
Mr. Phillips
Helen Hamm
Healis
Attorney Phillips
Victor Brown
Elsie Mueller
Arthur Cushing
John J. Fitzgerald
Light and Shade on Mohr Murder Trial
Providence January coverage details George W. Healis testifying for the prosecution in the Mohr murder trial. The court staff admitted 50 reporters as spectators while society figures filled front-row seats. The state plans to rest its case Monday after two weeks and a day of proceedings.
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Healis
Light and Shade
Mohr
Samuel M. Nicholson
Providence
Paul
Coffin Wedges Two In Grave In Connecticut
In Winsted Connecticut two men were buried alive when a coffin shifted after a plank broke in a dug grave at St Andrews Cemetery. John R Judd and Gilbert Vincent were wedged inside the outside box until rescuers pulled them free. Judd suffered a broken thumb and cuts while Vincent and Millard Soule also sustained injuries.
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Winsted
Conn
John R. Judd
Gilbert Vincent
Kent
Here
St. Andrew’s
Judd
Vincent
Millard Soule
Soule
Roosevelt’s Visit Delays City Hall Court Proceedings
Theodore Roosevelt toured City Hall drawing hundreds as city business paused. The former president wandered the building while court proceedings continued, albeit with noticeable delays and pauses.
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Philadelphia
Theodore Roosevelt
City Hall
South Boston groups push repeal of fire hazard order
The South Boston Trades Association and the South Boston Citizens Association plan a mass meeting to repeal the fire hazard ordinance for the Peninsula district. Committees led by M J OLeary and John J Toomey will be joined by Senator D F Chapman and Rep E G Morris with a conference set for Monday night to decide on an early action plan. Building has halted in South Boston, unlike Dorchester, due to the fire hazard zone and insurance costs.
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South Boston Trades Association
South Boston Citizen's Association
Peninsula
M. J. O'Leary
Citizen’s Association
John J. Toomey
Trades Association
Daniel F. Chapman
Edward G. Morris
Boston
Dorchester
Crowd Follows Police Escort During Bianchetti Murder Case
Louis Bianchetti, arrested in New York and confessing to the Dolores Evans murder in Cleveland, is taken from a train to the county jail amid shouting crowds. He appeared in Municipal Court and separately spoke with Mayor Smith as onlookers cheered and debated his political stance.
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Cleveland
Louis Bianchetti
New York
Dolores Evans
Bianchetti
Smith
City Hall
Teddy
Lve
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John McAndrews
McAndrews
Miss Hamm
Dr. Mohr
Cranston
Florence E. Barney
Herbert Rice
Mr. Rice
Brown and Spellman
Miss Burger
Stearns
Newport Villa
Montpelier
Spellman
Phillips
Hedlund
Lewis
George W. Healis
Him
Lewis and
Fitzgerald
Rice
Nelson Hear&is
Franklin Mohr
Cushing
Fred Lake
Hugh McCusker
Foreman Clark
Cently
Rhode Island
Roosevelt
California
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Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
the Pacific Limited
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Union Pacific Line
J. H. Skillen
New
Eng
Washington St
Mass
A. Armey
Lynn
Maes
South Boston
Washington Street
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