Four Suspects Held After West Roxbury Yegg Hunt
Police pursued suspected yeggs through West Roxbury and Dedham, arresting Pasquale Sepa Francesc A Sperduto Genarro Bruno and Abraham Weise. Officers recovered loaded revolvers and cartridges, questioned the quartet, and booked them as suspicious characters while continuing the manhunt and examining a Maple tree hideout at the Souther estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasquale Sepa
High Street
Dedham
Francis Alfredo Sperduto
Genarro Bruno
Haverhill
Abraham Weise
New York City
Station 13
Yeggs
Spring Street
West Roxbury
Charles River
Patterson
Sheehan
Norton
Angell
Arnold
Thomas G. Connors
Broad Oaks
John K. Burgess
Needham Line
Needham
Dedham Avenue
Spoon
Gleason
Division 13
Sepa Pasquale
Francesc A. Sperduto
Italy
Division 5
Charles E. Martell
South Street
Jamaica Plain
Keyes Street
New York
Gennaro Bruno
Rosenfeld
Roxbury Crossing
Heath Street
Huntington Avenue
Jamaica Plain siege sets Station 13 alight with bandit hunt
A crowd swarmed Station 13 in Jamaica Plain as suspects Sperduto Sepa and others were brought in. Police chased reports of bandits linked to the Woburn yogg gang, examined a dead man at Forest Hills Cemetery, and raided nearby houses while a large crowd watched closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Station 13
Jamaica Plain
Sperduto
Sepa
Needham
Hennessey
Abraham Weise
Weise
New York
Boston
Gennaro Bruno
Forest Hills Cemetery
Chris Zeltin
Woburn Yogg
Post
Charlestown
Woburn
Jeader
Zeltin
Parkway
Yogg
Joseph Bruno
Haverhill
Genaro Bruno
Roxbury
Huntington Avenue
Forest Hills
Roxbury Crossing
Truth and Quality Laxative Endorsed by Physicians
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe effective laxative. It claims it cleanses and relieves without debility or dosage increase, with components approved by physicians. Purchases should be of the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
O Meara Opposes Marksman Requirement for Police
Police Commissioner O Meara rejects civil service urges to require expert marksmanship for police candidates. He notes revolver practice was never in vogue, stresses most gun use is to stop rather than shoot, and cautions against judging patrolmen by shooting feats. Chief Inspector Watts agrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Meara
Civil Service Commissioners
Forest Hills
Watts
Police Probe House Linked to Local Bandits
Police from Station 13 focus on 48 Jamaica street West Roxbury home of Chris Sprude after yeggs entered early Thursday morning and left two coats in place while taking two others. Neighbors said five men and three women reside there and the site appears to be a rendezvous for Lithuanians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Montgomery
Catherine
Souther
Montgomery
Centre
Allandale
Arnold Arboretum
Williams Estate
Murphy
Souther Estate
Faulkner Hospital
Station 13
Fottler
Caroline Street
South Street
Sheehan
Gleason
Delaney
Keyes Street
Wescott
Child and Lee
Cunningham Field
Chris Sprude
Jamaica Street
West Roxbury
Lacy Sprude
City Hospital
Post
Sprudes
Sprude
C.S. Sargent
Brookline
Forest Hills Cemetery
Men Held After Jamaica Plain Shooting Inquiry
Police detain four suspects after a station incident linked to a Jamaica Plain shooting. Two men arrested in Needham after arriving from Lawrence with little English and no police records face further inquiry. They lived with Mrs. Carlo Prisco at 539 High Street and sought work in Washington Street reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Station 10
Kenwood Road
Catherine Cronin
Huntington Avenue
Boston
Heath Street
Bruno
Sheehan
Jamaica Plain
Haverhill
Plant
John Carty
Winterson & McManus
William Pettie
Carty
Patrick McManus
Sperduto
Dedham
Needham
Pasquale Sepa
Italy
Lawrence
United States
Francesco Alfredo Sperduto
Carlo Prisco
High Street
Two Desperate Bandits Roam Jamaica Plain Streets
A report says two desperate bandits who eluded police during an early morning cemetery fight were roaming Jamaica Plain streets again last night. The alert provoked fear among residents and kept police on the lookout for suspicious characters roaming the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lademn
Jamaica Plain
Protest Against Boston Police Chase Executed
A Forest Hills Citizen letter condemns the police chase of bandits as a farcical, disordered operation. It describes aimless gunfire through Forest Hills and Jamaica Plain, questions leadership, and calls for an investigation after the McDougall arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir
Boston
Providence
Forest Hills Station
Franklin Park
Pierce
McDougall
Forest Hills
Jamaica Plain
Heaven
Bed Eyes and Eyeluis The Marine Eye Tonic Ad
An old advertisement promotes Marine Eye Tonic claiming to aid weak and tired eyes with a tonic. It highlights eye health benefits for lingering eye strain.
Van Rensselaer Adjudged Sane in Threat Letter Case
John A. Van Rensselaer, scion of an old New York family, held after a threatening letter to his mother in Newport Rhode Island, was adjudged sane at Bellevue Hospital today. He will be returned to the Tombs for final disposition of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John A. van Rensselaer
Newport
R. I
Bellevue Hospital
van Rensselaer
Cuticura Remedies Cited For Childrens Skin Cure
Mrs M A Schwerin of Detroit shares a wartime testimonial describing persistent boils on her child Vivian and how Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent finally cleared the infection from blood and skin. The ad promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and related products with pricing and mail order details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian
Rs. M. A. Schwerin
Wella Ave
Detroit
Mich
Potter Drug & Chem « Bole Props
Boston
Mass
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M’carthy
Yegg Gang
Thomas Nolan
Lucia Sprada
Dugan
Macdonald
Gegg
Walk Hill Street
Bussey Woods
Yeggman
Boylston St
Maas
Ry. U
O’meara
House of
Thomas G. Conners
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