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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1912
Page
9
Details from Gabes Tunisia describe an Italian column near Ghirgarish, ten miles from Tripoli, repelling Turks and Arabs after Turkish reinforcements and a rear attack. An Italian destroyer withdrawal left boats under heavy fire until nightfall. 50 Italians were killed and wounded.
New York reports Colonel and Mrs. John Jacob Astor sailed today on the Olympic with a small party for a Nile voyage of a month. The piece notes unrest at a local cotton mill over wage scales, with weavers earning as little as $3.68 weekly over twelve weeks and six-looms workers at $7.50 to $8. The article mentions President Carrier’s discharge and hints at management concessions.
Colonel Astor and his bride reached the Olympic pier minutes before sailing time and moved to their sea deck suite as Mrs Astor’s sister and friends shielded her from interviewers. The couple plan to reach Paris February 3 then board a special train to Ville France, reach Alexandria February 8, and begin a Nile trip to the second cataract.
In Brunswick Missouri on January 24, President Arthur A. Carrier of the local Weavers Union stated the weavers at Cabot Manufacturing Company are demanding reinstatement of a worker. The release emphasizes union aims and company relations.
In Petersburg at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church a double wedding joined Joseph Duryea Hildreth of Brookline Mass to Julia Wright and Howard E. Wright to Florence Estelle Titus. The brides are sisters of Augustus Wright of Petersburg whose fortune was noted.
A prison warder explains that all new arrivals are washed and if they resist they are ironed. The remarks reflect harsh, obsolete discipline practices noted in the period.
Sheriff John Quinn reports Clarence V. T. Richeson appeared ready for court and meals. His cell mate Harry H. Butts left to plead in Superior Court to the murder of Robert Williamson on June 21, 1911. Richeson urged his valet to stay brave and trust in God.
Butts told Richeson he had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and that the plea was accepted after counsel's efforts. He said he must recognize $10,000 bail, and could not secure bail. Richeson asked for a future sentence date, but none was set, and Butts could not answer. They prayed together and retired early.
The Gilchrist Company hosted its ninth annual buyers dinner at the City Club auditorium. A staged scrap among guests led to laughter when a disturbance with Ralph Albertson escalated briefly before newsboys delivered extras revealing the hoax. Speakers included C C Ferris and Sumner Myrick while a Boston quintet performed.
Gustave F. Touchard, the tennis champion, is convalescing after an appendicitis operation at a sanitarium in New York. It is expected he may leave the hospital within three weeks. Mrs. Touchard, married three months, has stayed with him since his admission.
Readers discuss whether Richeson should be commuted to life in prison. Many letters argue no punishment is too severe while others cite family insanity as mitigating. Brief letters are published and readers urged to send opinions to The Post Capital Punishment Editor in Boston.
A letter to the editor argues capital punishment is inconsistent and ineffective. It contends executions do not deter further murders and may embitter the condemned, potentially increasing crime when the offender transitions to another state of existence. Boston.
To the Editor of the Post a reader argues Richeson deserves death not life imprisonment. The letter brands Richeson as a villain, accusing him of persecution deceit murder and the destruction of a virtuous young girl in harsh, inflammatory terms.
The letter argues Richeson deserved punishment for a murder by poison, labeling his actions as morally corrupt and unjustifiable despite his education. The piece frames commuting as contributing to criminal behavior and laments leniency.
The speaker urges strict enforcement of the law after pleading guilty, arguing that commuting the sentence would invite further crime. G. E. Searle signs the statement.
A Roxbury letter argues Massachusetts first degree murder warrants the electric chair. The writer dismisses ministerial status, calls for no mercy, and condemns sympathy for the killer against the victim and her family. The author insists justice must be applied without exception.
A brief note discusses a proposed commutation of sentence tied to a Dorchester case. The text argues that preserving public policy and avoiding miscarriage of justice are pivotal while condemning baseless slander surrounding the young life in question. Chicago Grain Quotations follow.
The text argues Richéson committed a cowards murder worthy of death and urges that he receive the death penalty. It contrasts necessity of capital punishment with opposing views, labeling mercy as inadequate. The fragment references various place names and case-related terms amidst archaic phrasing.
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