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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
3
In Boston, Maud C Clark faces abducting charges as her five year old son Carleton Clark is handed to his adoptive mother Mrs Kremer after a court bail set at 2000 dollars. The case centers on a proposed sale of the child back to Mrs Clark for 500 dollars.
The defense and prosecution clash over insanity as Martin Littleton prepares a full plea for Thaw. Jurors to be instructed that once insanity evidence is presented the state must remove reasonable doubt. District Attorney Jerome to speak Thursday with Dowling delivering jury instructions by Friday morning.
In New York court the defense called policemen firemen and garden staff to say Harry Thaw acted rationally during the Madison Square Garden killing of Stanford White. Witness Stephen Lindsay testified White sat at a Twenty-sixth street table and a flash preceded two more shots. The trial adjourned with summing up set for tomorrow.
A group of resocutionists lured Police Captain Miretsky and his orderly into an ambush on January 28 in Tashkent. They killed the captain and his aide, but were captured after colliding with a guard of Cossacks as they attempted to escape.
A compact tip urges keeping Orange powder on hand to ward off colds grip headaches brain fog and indigestion during winter. Readiness to check these ailments with the powder is advised.
The text argues walking is healthy and urges using proper walking shoes with full thickness shanks and rubber heels. Dr Bradford and Humphrey O Sullivan emphasize strong arches, durable construction, and fitted laced shoes to increase speed and distance with the same effort. All shoe dealers can supply these shoes.
Patrolman Thomas A. Crehan of Station 1 chased and tussled with John Lake of Beverly after a running pistol exchange on Endicott street. Bystander Nicholas J. Hannan, 20, was wounded in the leg. Lake, about 24, was captured at Beverly and Causeway streets. Hannan's condition is not believed serious.
Paris, Jan 28 Cardinal Francois Marie Benjamin Richard archbishop of Paris and cardinal priest died here today from congested lungs after a brief illness. Funeral will be at Notre Dame Cathedral Saturday. Born 1819 at Nantes he led the French church with independence, opposing papal policy toward the republic in 1893 and accepting salary loss rather than submit.
The will of James F. Gridley a Cambridge retired businessman who died Jan 12 was filed in Middlesex Probate Court East Cambridge. It leaves his entire estate to his wife Merriam W Webb his former schoolteacher bride aged over fifty and notes the union came after a long romance following his mother's passing.
Miss Rose Capon of 124 Prince Street, North End, repelled an Italian assailant with a hatpin last evening and chased him toward North Bennet Street. She works as a forewoman at Fuller & Greene's factory and is active in Italian Catholic and charitable circles. The woman said the man had been bothering her and others for weeks.
Dr. Wolf Stone of 656 Prince Street reports a brutal assault and robbery at his doorway. A young man named Benjamin Kabatanick aided him but was knocked down. Stone lost a gold watch and money. suspects are described as over six feet tall, wearing dark clothes and soft hats.
An old advertisement extols Hood's Pills to purge the grip and Hood's Sarsaparilla to restore appetite, digestion and strength. It cites testimonials from Miss Carrie Irby of Jenkins Missouri and Mrs C I Richardson of Hillsboro Oregon praising cures after two months ill and two severe attacks.
Geraldine Farrar greeted Melrose with an electrifying homecoming concert in aid of the Melrose Congregational Church. Over 2000 attended as Farrar sang in German French and English with encores and a private reception afterward. Mayor Eugene Moore welcomed her and Farrar planned a reception with Horace Mann and Melrose High School alumni tomorrow. Farrar reportedly paid $1500 to Manager Conried for the Melrose appearance.
Park Assembly 7576 meets at St Andrew's Hall led by William Dougherty of Buffalo to organize blacksmiths and 400 shops in Boston area. Floorlayers 1006 report dull business with two deserters. Carpenters' District Council exec plans discuss a wage-reduction job. Coughs Brown's Bronchial Traches claims cure coughs sore throat hoarseness and bronchial affections.
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