Adams Gun Not in Adams Possession in McKenna Case
Providence January report describes defense testimony that the Colt automatic revolver linked to Rose McKenna's Sept. 2 murder was not in Rolf G. Adams's possession. Adams's father testifies Burt may have loaned the gun to a companion. police notes, witness accounts, and a surprise motive witness Fact history lines show Alvarez cross examination and jury deliberations slated for Saturday.
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John Stewart
Providence
Miss Rose V. McKenna
Rolf G. Adams
Hahn
George N. Adams
A. A. Capatosto
Mr. Adams
Miss McKenna
Rolf
Elmer Burt
Burt
Adams House
Capotesto
Adams
George McLeod
Rose McKenna
Kain
Me Sod
McLeod
Magee letter tied to slaying argued by handwriting expert
Philadelphia January 27 William P Brines University of Pennsylvania sophomore on trial for the death of Elmer C Drewes a Dartmouth senior was named as the author of the Magee letter luring the victim A handwriting expert Elbridge W Stein compared Brines exam papers and automobile license applications and testified that the handwriting matched the Magee letter The murder weapon a pistol found in a deserted car allegedly Brines was said to have fired the fatal shot based on a rust stain With blood evidence presented Pathologist John Albert Kolmer testified the door stain was human blood while city chemist William C Robinson said it was mammalian blood
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Elmer C. Drewes
Dartmouth
Samuel Magee
Drewes
Elbridge W. Stein
Magee
Brines
William C. Wadsworth
Wadsworth
John Albert Kolmer
William C. Robinson
Harding at Palm Beach golf victory dinner guest
President elect Warren G Harding won a golf match over the fictional Mr Dooley creator Finley Peter Dunne and joined a dinner hosted by Harry M Daugherty at the Everglades Club in Palm Beach. He planned to sail on the Victoria to Miami the next morning with Senator Frelinghuysen.
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Palm Beach
United News
Mr. Dooley
Finley Peter Dunne
Harding
Harry M. Daugherty
Everglades Club
Victoria
Miami
Mr. Harding
Senator Frelinghuysen
Mr. Dunne
J. Leonard Replogle
Pittsburg Steel
Seizure of Boston Ships Probed Over British Control
The Shipping Board investigates the International Mercantile Marine amid claims of British government influence with US capital. Senate bills may require disclosure to foreign relations panel as Lodge proposes full details of each case. A Boston-British tension surfaces in a hearing where Admiral Benson clashes with P A S Franklin over running ships for shareholders. Franklin admits British influence through agreements since 18, while board plans another hearing and possible remedy.
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Shipping Board
International Mercantile Marine
Boston
Department of State
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Lodge
State Department
Admiral Benson
P. A. S. Franklin
Boston-Liverpool
Mr. Franklin
American Marine
Franklin
Thompson
Chinaman Uses Gun Instead of Flatiron in East Boston
Gee Wing, a Chinese laundry operator at 40 Jeffries Street East Boston, abandoned the traditional flatiron for a .38 caliber pistol during a disturbance at his shop last night. He says Joseph P. Fay of 7 Jeffries Street attacked and attempted a robbery, receiving a serious bullet wound to the upper left arm and is at East Boston Relief Hospital.
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Gee Wing
Jeffries Street
Boston
Joseph P. Fay
Gee
East Boston Relief Hospital
Towne Arrested Over Secret Child and Wedding Row
Miss Kendall, famed as Miss Newburyport, is mother to a four year old with Towne named as father. Towne, arrested at a minister’s door on charges by Hortense Gould, pleaded guilty to related charges and is held on $300 bail until May 7. Kendall had Towne jailed previously for support. he paid weekly per court order. Miss Gould, a Salisbury teen, says Towne told her he loved her while meeting Kendall’s daughter, and the pair renewed meetings leading to their marriage last night. Police say the arrest occurred as they left Rev Arthur M Wright’s residence.
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Sidney Towne
Towne
Ethel Kendall
Everett
Miss Kendall
Hortense Gould
Salisbury
Thomas C. Simpson
Miss Gould
James Kendall
Springvale Avenue
Woodlawn
Post
Ly, Towne
Arthur M. Wright
St. Paul's Church
Marital Elopement Quietly Settled in Newbury
Towne and Miss Kendall defied police by driving to West Newbury where they wed this morning, Rev. E. T. Lyons officiating. Both are 25. they honeymooned in Haverhill at a relative's home. Towne had been linked to Miss Gould who recalls his past attentions and professed love, while he previously lived at 127 Washington Street, Lynn, and worked as a B&M railroad brakeman.
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Towne
Miss Kendall
West Newbury
E. T. Lyons
Towns
Washington Street
Lynn
Boston & Maine Railroad
Open market forecast for sugar in New York
New York January 27 brokers forecast a return to an open competitive sugar market after Arbuckle Bros revealed a new gelling policy for refined sugar. The firm pledged a one price selling system but said daily production would be sold at prices and terms warranting drastic action to hold trade, not affecting regular list prices. Brokers interpret this as dealers previously sticking to standard prices beginning to unload independently.
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New York
Arbuckle Bros
Normal Trade in the Spring
Harvard professor Charles J Bullock told a Young's Hotel dinner audience of Massachusetts savings trust bankers that liquidation should end by spring and normal business resume if no unusual complications arise. He cited wartime inflation and detrended growth, crediting Federal Reserve and Europe’s debt to the U S as factors. New officers of the association were elected including Robert B Fay Charles A Barton Lloyd A Frost Richard F Churchill and Frank C Bishop.
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Charles J. Bullock
Harvard
Association of Savings Trust Companies of
Massachusetts
Young's Hotel
Federal Reserve
Europe
Sconomdc
Harvard University
Bullock
Association
Robert B. Fay
Exchange Trust Company of Boston
Charles A. Barton
Worcester Banking and Trust Company
Lloyd A. Frost
Guaranty Trust Company of Cambridge
Richard F. Churchill
Commonwealth Trust Company of Boston
Frank C. Bishop
Natick Trust Company
Falls Asleep Smoking Ends in Fatal Burns
Burlington Vermont January 27 Edward Lynch 43 dies from severe burns after falling asleep while smoking his pipe. Smoke was seen rising from the pool room at 184 Battery Street and the charred pipe suggests he naplit the pipe or attempted lighting it in the stove.
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Ward Lynch
Joseph Croto
Battery Street
Lynch
The Fair One of Fatuhive to Be Printed in Sunday Post
Frederick O Brien famed storyteller of the South Seas writes The Fair One of Fatuhive to appear in full in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The tale promises vivid island scenes and a captivating narrative flavor.
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Frederick O’brien
Prince of Story Tellers
South Sea Islands
Fatuhive
Boston Sunday Post
Love Cultivation Advised By University Chaplain
Chicago, Jan 27. Dr Theodora Soares, chaplain at the University of Chicago, urged students that love can be cultivated through deliberate thought and action. He advised mimicking virtue until it feels real, noting virtue can be learned or inherent. The piece also mentions spring fashion influences.
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Chicago
Theodora Soares
University of Chicago
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