Two Drown At YMCA Camp In Illinois
In Little Compton, Illinois, two Y M C A boys camp members from Fall River Massachusetts drowned in a pond between Little Compton and Westport Harbor. Byron Warrei, 20, and Mimer Carpenter, 13, tried to assist when an oar overboard left Carpenter to swim for it. both disappeared underwater and were not recovered.
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Little Compton
R. IL
Young Men's Christian Association
Westport Harbor
Byron Warrei
Mimer Carpenter
Fall River
Mass
Carpenter
Warren
Wrecks Fire Truck in Chase to Save Boy on Street
A Peabody square fire station auto hose wagon crashed into a fence on Ashmon Street near Harvard Avenue while a demonstrator swerved to avoid a 12 year old boy scampering into the road. The truck was disabled but the driver escaped injury, narrowly missing the child.
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Peabody Square
Ashmon Street
Harvard Avenue
Construction Fall Leaves Man With Fractured Skull
Leon O'Toole of State street Quincy is hospitalized at Somerville Hospital after plunging from a three story building under construction at 64 Somerville avenue. He slipped while reaching for a rope attached to a derrick and fell to the street below.
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Leon O'Toole
State Street
Quincy
Somerville Hospital
Somerville Avenue
St Joseph's Orient Heights Field Day Planned at Wood Island Park
The third annual field day of St. Joseph's Catholic Church of Orient Heights will be held Saturday July 11 at Wood Island Park. Rev Charles A Ullrich invites Governor Walsh to attend if he is in Boston. Speakers include Lieutenant Governor Barry John A Kelcher John Sullivan and more.
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St. Joseph’s of
Orient Heights
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church of
Wood Island Park
Charles A. Ullrich
Walsh
Boston
Barry
John A. Kelcher
John Sullivan
Thomas A. Niland
Peter F. Tague
J. A. Brennan
Mrs. Carman Arrested for Murder of Mrs. Bailey in Freeport
Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman was arrested after an inquest and charged with murder in the shooting of Mrs. Bailey. The arrest followed testimony by witnesses including a nine year old, with Coroner Norton signing the warrant as District Attorney Smith and Sheriff Pettit supervised the arraignment.
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Mrs. Carman
Bailey
Freeport
Mineola
William Hulz
Smith
Pettit
Norton
Carmans
Bartles
John Hancock Insurance Company
Carman
Merrick Road
Elks Club
Louise
Lulu) Bailey
Florence Conklin Carman
Sheriff Pettit
Weeks
Platt Conklin
Dr. Carman
George N. Levy
Jail cell features and inmate privileges described
A jail cell is noted to contain a bed and a bathtub and washstand with running water. The door is unfettered, protected only by a heavy wire screen. Mrs. Carman may order special dishes from the jail kitchen but cannot receive food from outside.
Eyewitness details Carman murder night at Freeport
Edward Bardes the insurance agent testified about hearing a glass crash and a shot near Dr. Carman’s house. He saw a light-haired woman in a dark skirt leaving the scene. Bartles described a similarly dressed woman on the lawn. Mrs Carman is alleged to have discussed dictagraph use with Gaston Boissonnault who testified about plans to record conversations in the doctor’s office.
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Gaston Boissanault
Dr. Carman
Mrs. Bailey
Bartles
Bedell Street
Freeport
Nellie Girkin
Bardes
Mrs. Girkin
Greenfield Cemetery
Edward T. Bardes
Carmen
Mineola
Carman
Elizabeth Carman
George M. Levy
Mr. Smith
Gaston Boissonnault
General Acoustic Company
West One Hundred and Eighth Street
Manhattan
Mrs. Carman
Boissonnault
Dictagraph Plot Recounted in Carman Case Testimony
Testimony describes Mrs. Carman sending George Burnell to install a dictagraph at a doctor’s home and her keeping a diary of overheard conversations. She later confronted the nurse for kissing her husband and expressed anger at the window.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Y.M.C.A
London
Tual Mac
Regent Street
Tremont Street
Fifth Ave
Broadway
New York
CBU Rust
Washi DR. Hewson
Ashinaton St
Chemical Co
Park Pth St
Mr. Pettit
Anaawee
Mrs. Conklin
Batiste
R. H. Stearns & CO
Edwin Carman
L. I
West Thirty-second Street
New Jersey
Lords of England
Rontad Sea
Mt. Vernon
Jameson
Duffy’s
Aquinas
Booth
Everett
Calif
M.& R.wrmouth
Ginter 2
Union St., Cor
Elmprisse
Sumeey
Canal Stepayer Ouare
Bromfield St
Tremont
Temon
Washington St
Tremont St
UCI
AES
Copenhagen
Boston Theatre
Keith
Dimity
Dolly Varden
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