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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1920
Page
14
District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier and Daniel H. Coakley refused to discuss a charge that legal papers were offered as evidence at a hearing before the Boston Bar Association. The papers had been stolen from a Boston lawyer's office by a former police officer.
The article details ongoing Bar Association hearings tied to theft allegations involving the district attorney's office. Witnesses include reformers, a former police officer, and lawyers Robert Weston and Hector Holmes. The panel adjourned until August after Wednesday's evidence of documents and admitted theft.
A preacher will deliver a sermon with energy and pep enabling full attention. The audience will hear him only once each month, as he appeals to more than one congregation. The move aims to keep worshippers engaged and broaden his ministry across multiple groups.
Central Court fined several individuals for food code breaches including exposing fish and unwholesome meat. Restaurants faced a two week continuance to clean conditions. A whimsical note about pet lambs and a man named Job Finch with a two month old lamb Bobby follows.
Governor Cox Democratic presidential nominee moved his political war councils to Dayton to finish drafting his acceptance speech for August 7. He traveled by car this evening and will stay there until completion of the address.
Patrolman Edward F. Lucia of the Medford police and his wife Maude De Witt Derby were arrested at 91 Mystic Avenue on charges of immoral conduct. Chief John F. Welch plus Chief Petty Officer DeWitt E. Derby obtained warrants. Both custody bail set at 500 dollars each.
Petty Officer Derby arrives in Boston after a Philadelphia port call to surprise his wife. He reports finding a burly policeman in the old mansion at 91 Mystic Avenue, with his wife sleeping beside him. Derby says he had searched for his wife at her apartment before the trip.
Benjamin Leswicz 24 of Hartford was arrested by Patrolman Morris Herman at the home of Mrs Blanche Lissiner 19 716 Dorchester avenue after he allegedly threatened to take her life and his own while carrying a loaded revolver.
A match struck on a denatured alcohol barrel exploded a garage at 59 Atwell Avenue injuring Everett Grondin 23 of 1587 Elmwood Avenue who was burned and rushed to Rhode Island Hospital. The blast shattered windows and demolished the barrel and contents while the fire caused minor damage.
In Duxbury at St Margaret’s Home 14 year old Helen Lucas from Philadelphia vanished earlier in the week in mysterious circumstances. Authorities say she may have run away with someone and were broadcasting a description as search efforts continue. The girl, 5 feet 6 inches, 142 pounds, light complexion and hair, grayish blue eyes, was placed at the home at her mother’s request after the mother’s death.
A Boston and Cambridge police conference marks a major turn in the auto theft ring investigation. Inspector Michael Nelslan of Cambridge and Detectives Sheehan and Carnes of Boston may testify soon, with a prominent Cambridge official linked to indictments involving Barney and his gang.
Providence reports 19 year old Joseph Cidrramello took $950 in Liberty bonds from his family at 3 Crout Street. He used the money for a joy ride to Chicago and other Midwest cities returning with only $20. His father described the incident to Judge Gorham, who bound him over to the grand jury under $2000 bond on a charge of stealing.
Governor Cox met with Senators Harri son of Mississippi King of Utah and RE Moore to review the League of Nations and campaign platforms. King said Cox's positions would satisfy Democrats, and efforts were outlined to push ratification of the woman suffrage amendment in Tennessee while preparing for Chautauquas with volunteer Democrats to counter 15 000 Republican speakers. Cox planned final talks at Trailsend before his acceptance address.
A last night fire of unknown origin damaged a junk shop at 24 Adams Street Allston and spread to a two story wooden building at % Adams Street owned by David Heinch. Losses totaled $1000 for the shop and $50 for the adjacent building at 2% Adams Street.
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