Fifty two witnesses before grand jury in Elevated probe
Fifty two witnesses appeared for questioning by District Attorney Joseph Pelletier on the first day of the Suffolk grand jury probe into alleged perjury and intimidation linked to the Elevated strike. Testimony focused on union attitudes and alleged company efforts to disrupt the carmen's union, with several discharged employees and union leaders providing accounts.
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Suffolk Grand Jury
Joseph Pelletier
State Board of Arbitration
Elevated Company
Joan T. Shea
Cambridge
Shea
Elevated
State House
William Lally
Dorchester
Lally
Grand Jury Room
Joseph J. Lyons
Runchmann
Smith
James H. Vahey
Pelletier
Fred Fay
Union
Patrick F. Sheehan
Brockton
Thomas Shine
William J. Murray
Eugene Bissell
Horace
Goodrich
Mechanic Street
Boston Elevated Company
William A. Bancroft
Foss
Grand Jury
Grand
Mayor Orders Broad Shakeup of Waltham Police Routes
A general order from Mayor Patrick J. Duane reshuffled every Waltham police officer shifting many from softer districts to the city’s worst areas. The mayor will address the department at roll call tonight to explain the reasons behind the second major reorganization in 11 months.
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Waltham
Patrick J. Duane
Duane
James H. McKenna
Fire kills seven at Moor Lane card factory
In Moor Lane London a four story card factory fire traps workers. Seven girls die and five are fatally injured with several more badly hurt as flames block exits and panic drives many to jump or fall to escape. A plank bridge to an adjacent building is used by some survivors.
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London
Moor Lane
Murder Blamed on Gangsters in Belknap Street Killing
Worcester July 23. Albert D. Leavitt of Boston was murdered by a seven man gang. Police obtained an eyewitness, a Belknap Street resident, confirming the gang’s responsibility for the Sunday morning death behind 9 Belknap Street.
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Worcester
Albert D. Leavitt
Boston
Belknap Street
Murder Shocks Belknap Street Witnesses Cite Gang Activity
A mob attacked and killed Leavitt on Belknap street with a bottle strike. Two Greek witnesses John Papas and George Papas, residents at 11 Belknap, saw the gang rob him as he lay unconscious in the alley behind No 9. Police say 14 plainclothes men are on the case as fear grips the neighborhood.
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Leavitt
Belknap Street
John Kotsilidas
George Papas
No. 11
John Papas
George
Worcester
Hotel Hayes
Union Station
Papas
No. 9
Tragic Shunting Kills 13 Year Old in Dedham Islington mishap
William D. Rogers aged 13 of 1 Jersey Street was instantly killed when a straight car transporting him and Paul Bowers was shunted against another car on a siding of the New York New Haven Hartford line between Dedham and Islington. Bowers suffered a serious leg injury.
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William D. Rogers
Jersey Street
Paul Bowers
Fairbank Park
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Dedham
Islington
Young Rogers
Bowers
Cement Friendship Formed in Sorrow
In Philadelphia and New York the families of Titanic victims unite to deepen a three way friendship. Mrs. John B. Thayer and Mrs. George D. Widener plan Bar Harbor get together with Mrs. John Jacob Astor to cement their bond formed after the disaster.
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Bar Harbor
Philad
SPHIA
John B. Thayer
George D. Widener
John Jacob Astor
New York
Thayer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Astor
Newport
Widener
Titanic Survivor Lawrence Beesley Sails on Laconia
Lawrence Beesley, Titanic survivor and Christian Scientist, sails from New York on the Cunard liner Laconia with about 800 passengers bound for Queenstown and Liverpool. He credits his calmness and faith for surviving and says if Titanic passengers had remained calm, none would have perished.
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Cunard Line
Laconia
Queenstown
Liverpool
Lawrence Beesley
England
United States
Mr. Beesley
Beesley
Cambridge Electric Light refuses to reduce price
The Cambridge Electric Light Company will not lower its electric light price, per a letter from General Manager W. E. Holmes received by Mayor Barry. The mayor will continue to push for cheaper lighting and will make another demand.
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Cambridge Electric Light Company
W. E E. Holmes
Barry
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Suffolk County Court House
Bancroft
Vahey
DeMiracle
Jordan Marsh Company
Ean Borden
Pean
Paren
Richmond
FE. C
F. R
Henry R. Keach
Tremont Street
Majestic Theatre
His
Madeleine Force Astor
Campbell Studio
Sulpho
Napthol
Hanover
Portland
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