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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
14
June 6. Peter Daignon a shoemaker at 18 Rockaway Street shot his wife after a failed attempt to kill her and then fatally shot himself. He had been in poor health for two years and out of work for about a year, with despair linked to his condition.
Mrs Daignon was shot at close range in the kitchen as her husband cried he could not stand it any longer. A revolver bullet grazed her left arm and set her sleeve on fire. Deputy Chief Roberts found the husband with a bullet wound to the temple. he died at Lynn Hospital about an hour later.
Walter Mason a 16 year old clerk for the J S Hilliard Company was targeted by a mob of stone throwing schoolboys from Bigelow Grammar School in South Boston. They attempted to unhitch his horse while he drove home midday. Probation Officer Parker and local citizens dispersed them. Mason remains unhurt and unaffected by the strike.
Judge Fallon set William H. Tobin of 97 Fourth Street in $1000 bonds on grand jury charges after acids were poured on a R. S. Brine Transportation horse. Henry Deming testified he worked at the stable when the riot began. Caulfield testified Tobin threw the acid and was detained by a police officer. A large crowd and labor leaders watched in court.
Frank Johnson a 23 year old seaman on the steamer Kershaw ran amuck wielding a monkey wrench on deck damaging orders. Seaman James Gallison was struck in the head. Johnson was captured by a police boat and locked up on assault and battery charges. The injured sailor was taken to the Relief station.
In the seventh session of the Superior Court a jury overturned the will of the late George H. Ingalls. Petitioners claimed the testator was of unsound mind and unduly influenced by Dr. Rufus W. Sprague and George A. Ingalls. The estate valued at $30,000 largely goes to charitable institutions, with Bridgton Academy as the principal beneficiary.
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