29 Jan 1914
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1914
Page
1
Authorities opened a probe into the death of Mrs. Hannah A. Cross heiress and Sage confidante. The case grew deeper when news emerged that her body was secretly exhumed and organs tested to determine if poison caused the death and to account for more than half a million dollars missing from her fortune.
The official thermometer reported $51849.36 collected toward the $200000 goal for the new St Elizabeths Hospital. The fund total rose by about $9000, with indications the drive would reach $65000 today as crowds watched the red mercury climb toward the half‑million marker.
Auburndale photographer Henry Orne Ryder rejects allegations of immoral work and says his art subjects were few and with parental consent. The $10,000 damages suit stems from a Newton girl’s father, William Graham, accusing improper use of photographs. Ryder maintains photographs are educational and not sold for postcards.
Autopsy secretly performed prompts New York police to aid in locating Frank M. Garland, executor of Mrs. Cross will. Garland vanished about December three weeks after her death amid questions over 500000 from property sales. Ballard and Dr Fleck provide clues about high dose codeine prescriptions and possible foul play.
Reporters and committees worked through the afternoon compiling updates from teams and outside sources. Officials expect the final count to approach the 65 000 mark as evening reports arrive and momentum shows every unit improving.
James Smallwood, 67, robbed of his gold watch and chain valued at 85 dollars near Revere line in broad daylight. He had entered a Mill Hill liquor store earlier and drank with a stranger who struck him with a blunt instrument after Smallwood showed his timepiece.
A rear fire at 150 152 Merrimac Street swept to the roof at 2 am and forced policemen and firemen to carry seven small children from the lower floors. The children were rescued from heavy smoke and flames in a dramatic overnight incident.
Lieutenant Hines of Engine 6 was knocked unconscious by a hose during the fire at 150 Merrimac street. The blaze began in the basement of Nathan Sheinkoff’s second hand store. families on the upper floors escaped via skylights as rescuers evacuated four children. Loss estimated at $2000.
At the Boston Leather Associates 28th annual banquet at Copley Plaza Hotel 459 members attended followings the business meeting with a cabaret show. Mite Azziz debuted transforming the banquet room with gauze and bells as managers dispute details of the interrupted performance.
Transit update lists travel from Worcester to Natick Framingham Marlboro and intermediate stops via Boston and Worcester Trolley. It notes timetable and connection points for riders seeking broader regional service.
The attorney who sought about $32,000 in fees for aiding salary increases for police inspectors, fire department chiefs, and ranks is away and not expected back soon. Fire Commissioner Cole warned any member who accepted money for a raise would be dismissed. Officers oppose the fee, and police expect to raise about $21,000 toward the fund, with some reductions to assessments after criticism and a compromise with dissenters.
Witnesses testified that Ralph P. Shea was struck and Charles W. Miller fired in what prosecutors call a fatal shooting. Feeney labeled the witnesses as perfusers guttersnipes and a band of thugs while accusing them of collusion to convict Miller possibly to the electric chair. The jury is to hear closing arguments and the judge's charge today.
The government rests after 2:10 PM sessions. Judge Chase and Feeney discuss, with Feeney advancing his argument at 3.00 PM. Court adjourned with argument unfinished. 45 minutes next morning to conclude. Feeney describes witnesses as two groups including a sympathetic mother and sister.
The entry records the moon rise and set times with a note of days until spring and changes in daylight. It lists evening planets Saturn and Mars and morning stars Venus and Jupiter, plus lighted lamps tonight. It also marks William McKinley born 1843 and Kansas admission in 1861, and notes a pardon related to Cardenio King a year ago.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for probably fair Thursday, followed by rain or snow at night or Friday. Warmer toward Friday with a shift to westerly winds. Friday night turns colder. In southern New England Thursday partly cloudy with Friday rain and a colder night. southeast winds strengthen Thursday night. Northern New England sees fair Thursday, then snow or rain Friday with increasing east to southeast winds.
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