Governor's Council Clears Death Penalty For Phelps
The Massachusetts Governor's Council refused to commute and Phelps was executed at Charlestown. Doctors and officials witnessed a chamber death as 1900 volts were applied in stages, with chaplain Stebbins reciting scriptures. An autopsy was scheduled for noon per state law.
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Phelps
Charles
Stebbins
John
Joseph I. McLaughlin
George B. Magrath
Suffolk County
Charles C. Foster
Massachusetts
Edson J. Pratt
Franklin County
Haskins
James B. Bridges
Charles Richardson
House of Correction
Greenfield
Benjamin F. Bridges
N. D. Allen
Herbert W. Stebbins
Harry Quackenbush
Associated Press
North Adams
Bridges
Mr. Richardson
Pratt
Magrath
Clemency Refusal Stirs Worcester Council Over Phelps
The Worcester City Council, led by Governor Foss, voted against commuting Silas N. Phelps’s death sentence. The majority, including Lt Governor Luce and several councillors, cited legal precedents and the need to deter crime, while one member supported mercy.
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Winfield S. Schuster
Worcester
Luce
Goetting, Fletcher
Cushing
MacGregor
Frothingham
Keith
Foss
Martin M. Brown
North Adams
Phelps
Brown
Silas N. Phelps
Luce Denounces Local Press Over Phelps Coverage
Lieutenant Governor Robert Luce criticized Boston newspapers at the Insurance Underwriters' Association banquet for printing stories he says are false about condemned murderer Phelps. He urged sympathy for Phelps and accused officials of political interference during debate on a possible sentence commutation.
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Phelps
McKinley
Robert Luce
Boston
Insurance Underwriters’ Association
Young’s Hotel
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Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices Listing
In Jamaica Plain and nearby areas two dozen obituaries list January deaths. William Cameron Fraser Edward W Gormley Nancy Halloran John J Harkins James A Hayes Richard J Kelley Freda Kohlhepp Sarah McHale Annie F McLeod Annie McLeod details include residences service times and church mass locations at St Thomas St Lawrence Holy Cross Mission Church St Mary of the Angels Brookline Lowell Roxbury and Dorchester areas.
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Berner
South Boston
Annie M
Gustave Berner
Silver Street
G Street
Holy Trinity Church
Shawmut Avenue
New York City
Jersey City
Brooklyn
California
Bryson
Northport
N. Y
Elizabeth
Robert Bryson
Roxbury
West End
Costello
Causeway Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Chambers Street
Cahalan
Dorchester
Ellen
Timothy
John J. Cahalan
King Street
St. Ann’s Church
Holyhood Cemetery
Carroll
Natick
Sarah J
Bartholomew J
Mary J. Carroll
Craig
South Main Street
St. Patrick's Church
Clune
Brookline
John N
Catherine M. Clune
Walnut Street
St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church
Cook
Anna
Samuel Cook
Charles
Quincy Street
St. Peter's Church
Meeting House Hill
Culross
Peter
Ann Culross
Macdonald
M. Macdonald
Francis Street
Cumming
Christina Cumming
Isaac Kitson
Dunreath Street
Fall River
Donovan
Cambridge
Margaret
Patrick Donovan
J. McLane
Hayes Street
Ess
St. Paul’s Church
Ferrick
Worthington Street
Myles J
Harriet Ferrick
Duffy
Bricklayers’ Union No. 3
Finn
Charlestown
Thomas
Catherine Finn
Maia
St. Francis de Sales
Bunker Hui] Street
Fraser
Jamaica Plain
William Cameron Fraser
Centre Street
Gormley
Edward W
Mary
John Gormley
Philip Gormley
South Street
St. Thomas Church
John J. Harkins
St. Margaret’s Church
Stephens Street
Lowell
Holyhood
Hayes
James A
Patrick
Mary Ann Hayes
Fields Court
Willow Court
Church of St. Mary of the Angels
New Calvary
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Moses
Isaiah
Warden
Supreme Court
R. W. Irwin
Superior Court
William Schofield
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
For Phelps
Washington
Hanover Sts
Pablo
New England
No. 9
Rhodes & Ripley Clothing Co
F.gray CO
David J. Ingraham
Winter Street Vereniere’s
Carter
Reger
Hanover, Union and Marshall Sts
Brookside
Lenox
Gorton
Pt. Mason
Bouillion
Mass. Ave
Camb
Broadway
Everett
Main St
Malden Square
Cambridge St
Allston
Hyde Park Ave
Forest Hills
Elm St
Gov. Mayesed
Washington St
Dudley St
Dorchester Ave
Tremont St
Central Sq
East
Somerville Ave
Pear Union Square
Mavc Creamery
Shea
Catherine
Patrick Shea
Union Park Street
Cathedral of the Hot Cross
Calvary
Shinnick
Marblehead
William Shinnick
Star of the Sea
North Station
Smith
Winsor Stearns Smith
Columbia
Sullivan
Dennis J
Mary EK
Welsh
Harvard Street
Townsend
Malden
James W
Woodlawn
Miass
William Klilmurry
Oxford Lewis Jones & Son Undertakers
Lagrange Street