Man Cleared in Auto Crash That Killed Harvard-Dartmouth Student
Lester D Cushman was found not guilty of manslaughter in the death of Miss Myra L Swift a Wellesley student who died after a car he drove struck a coal team on Mystic Avenue Somerville following the Harvard Dartmouth game on November 13. The jury deliberated 40 minutes in the East Cambridge Superior Criminal Court.
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Lester D. Cushman
Myra L. Swift
Wellesley
Cushman
East Cambridge
Miss Swift
Percy Hall
Chester Pike
Mystic Avenue
Somerville
Witnesses Testify In Auto Crash Case At Night
A. J. Knowlton stated he heard no bell before being thrown from his seat when the auto struck his coal team. Cushman and three witnesses testified the car was not speeding, the team occupied the avenue center, the roadway was very dark, and the car lights were on as the trial nears a ruling on acquittal.
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A. J. Knowlton
Hurlburt
Stevens
Cushman
Big Jump for Hard Liquors in Massachusetts
Internal revenue figures show a rise in hard liquor production in Massachusetts. Boston collections for the year ending June 30 totaled 5,676,103 dollars, up from 3,631,970. Increases include 1,183,906 from distilled spirits and 740,152 from the new corporation law.
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Massachusetts
Internal Revenue
Boston
Dash for Liberty at Midday
Two Deer Island prisoners, Philip J. Hayes serving a two year term and John Coughlin with four years for robbery, gained midday liberty in a mystery to officials. Authorities suspect accomplices helped plan the escape, leaving others puzzled by the bold breakout.
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Deer Island
Penal Institution
Philip J. Hayes
John Coughlin
Escape mystery at Penal Institution leads to motor boat theory
Hayes and Coughlin vanished during a dinner break as guards searched for them. An inmate suggested hiding in the Monitor boat paddle boxes, but Penal Commissioner Gore suspects an accomplice waiting with a motor boat. He cites the plan to slip away unseen and swim to the river, surfacing offshore.
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Hayes
Coughlin
Penal Institutions
Gore
Mr. Gore
Post
Capture hoped for as suspects flee by motor boat
The excerpt notes an immediate effort to pursue and capture suspects who fled by motor boat. It quotes a statement expressing confidence that the captors will be seized within days, suggesting a swift manhunt and cooperation with accomplices. The limited readable text centers on pursuit, intent, and an anticipated quick resolution.
Escapes Twice In Day Winchester Bad Boy Caught By Janitor
Charlie Quigley an 18 year old inmate escaped from Winchester lockup by crawling through a register into the Town Hall. He was recaptured but slipped away again and remained at large. Quigley had been sentenced in Woburn Court to Concord reform school for idle and disorderly conduct. He was locked in a detention room while police prepared to take him to Concord, then climbed a water pipe and a furnace shaft to push a 10 by 14 inch opening into the Town Hall auditorium and flee. Janitor Michael McCawley later found him, grabbed him, and wrestled him outside but Quigley broke away.
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Winchester
Charlie Quigley
Quigley
Concord Reformatory
Woburn Court
Concord
Town Hall
Michael McCawley
McCawley
To Son of Old Sweetheart
Edward Co Gove of Seabrook received a Boston lawyer's letter stating Clark Roundy left him 2500 in the late engineer's will. Roundy and Mrs Gove were sweethearts in Fitchburg over 30 years ago before she moved to Seabrook and married. His attempts to locate her failed until years later.
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Newburyport
Edward Co. Gove
Seabrook
Boston
Clark Roundy
Boston & Maine
Gove
Mr. Roundy
Fitchburg
Edward Gove
Roundy
Edward Gove, Jr
Plans for school at Fort Hill
Boston officials discuss a proposed high school of commerce to be built on Fort Hill square instead of the previously planned block between Common and Warrenton streets in the South End. A conference with the Mayor, school committee, Schoolhouse Commission, and citizens advisory committee was held yesterday.
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Boston
High School of Commerce
Fort Hill Square
Common
Warrenton Streets
South End
Schoolhouse Commission
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Mayor halts plans for over budget school building
The Mayor called a meeting after Schoolhouse Commissioner Logue revealed the school committee and advisory panel planned a building about 260000 over the Legislature's authorized amount. He urged revising plans to stay within the appropriation or relocate to Fort Hill Square, warning that current plans exceed what the city can afford.
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Logue
City Hall
Fort Hill Square
Committee to review overrun on single item of school department
A committee led by Ellis of the School Board Logue of the Schoolhouse Commission and F P Fish will examine a possible quarter million dollar overrun on a single departmental item. The action aims to determine the limit of criticism toward the department if appropriation excesses occur.
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Ellis
Logue
Schoolhouse Commission
F. P. Fish
SKEETER FOR WEEKS DEAD SKEETER FOR WEEKS DEAD
Henry Clay Weeks an architect and early mosquito extermination crusader died at 66 at Bayside Long Island. He started oiling swampland and helped form the American Society for the Extermination of Mosquitoes leaving an estate valued in the millions.
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New York
Henry Clay Weeks
Bayside
Long Island
American Society For the Extermination
Brookline Conductor Fined $25 in Assault Case
Yesterday in Brookline Municipal Court Judge Perkins heard John J. McGrail of Brookline plead guilty to assault and battery against Conductor Robertson of the Boston Elevated Railway Company. McGrail was convicted and fined $25.
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Brookline
Perkins
John J. McGrail
Robertson
Boston Elevated Railway Company
McGrail
Mad dog bites four children in Norfolk
A supposed mad dog chased four children into their homes and bit them today in Norfolk Virginia. It fled to Policeman Wilkinson's house where he kicked it into the yard and then shot the animal. The victims include Charles and Clarence Meakin Georgia Swinson and Johnnie Berry all seriously bitten on the hands.
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Norfolk
Wilkinson
Charles
Clarence Meakin
Cr. Meakin
Georgia Swinson
J. M. Swinson
Johnnie Berry
Enrollment deadline passes for Boston voters
Enrollment time expired yesterday leaving Boston residents unable to switch party affiliations before the State primaries. Only Charles J. Kidney and Michael S. Drew altered their enrollments this year, with Kidney returning to the Republican side and Drew switching from Democrat to Republican.
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M. O’keeffe
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Register
Fort Hill
Skeeter
HITS
Evanston
Ike
Cluett, Peabody & Company
Mad Dog Bit
New York, New Haven & Hartford
R. R
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