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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1911
Page
3
July 4 in Pittsfield featured a planned aeroplane display tied to the 150th anniversary but ended with Charles Witmer of Glenn Curtiss' staff seriously injured after his plane overturned in cross currents at about 75 feet. The injury was not as grave as first feared.
In Narragansett a group of petite society girls drew cheers as they rode horses along the shore then swam beside them. Hot weather delayed a planned country ride but the seaside display continued as horses kicked up water and the riders made graceful leaps back to the animals.
Natick July 4 two men are dead and one dying after a mysterious assault near Lake Cochituate. Police suspect marital tensions as motive and seek Peter George 28 whose wife Alsa George became housekeeper at the victims’ residence following separation. Victims are Spiro Stoya 23 and Philip Papas 38. Surviving victim Ericles Meti 27 of Pawtucket. All principals described as Albanians. Bodies taken to the morgue of Undertaker Everett.
Three men sleeping on a hill behind a home are attacked. Papas dies after 75 stab wounds, Meti is shot and wounded but survives, Stoya dies at Morse Hospital while the third victim fights for life. Albanian victims recount a savage midnight assault with multiple killers. Police note bloodstained clothing and a possibly lone or multiple assailants.
Boston observes a safe Fourth of July 1911 with no firecracker injuries reported in hospitals. Physicians credit strict enforcement, parental vigilance, and press campaigns for a peaceful day amid继续 parades and celebrations across Roxbury Forest Hills Somerville Brookline and surrounding towns.
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