Two Autoists Indicted in Cambridge Manslaughter Case
True bills were returned by the Middlesex grand jury against George M. Wetherbee of Boston and Edward Harriman of Boston for manslaughter in deaths caused by automobile accidents. Wetherbee faces a death from Warren Batch elder at Western and Putnam in Cambridge on May 6, while Harriman is charged in the killing of Conductor Needham at Lexington last month. No bill against County Treasurer J. O. Hayden for alleged contract interest.
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Middlesex Grand Jury
Bond
Cambridge
George M. Wetherbee
Waltham
Edward
Harriman
Boston
Wetherbee
Berkeley Street
Warren M. Batchelder
Western and
Putnam Avenues
Needham
Lexington
J. O. Hayden
Middlesex
Boston Typographical Union
Edgar F. Twombly
Billerica
Bancroft
Twombly
W. H. Anderson
Philip Mandou
Garie M. Walker
Newton
John J. Powers
Lowell
Louis Mero
Hopkinton
Henry D. McArthur
Dracut
Feast of the Sacred Heart Observed Across Archdiocese
Catholic churches in the archdiocese held the Sacred Heart feast with large congregations. At the Cathedral a solemn high mass began at 7 o clock with Rev Walher M J Scanlan as celebrant and a clergy team including Rev James J McCarthy and Rev Thomas R McCoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walher M. J. Scanlan
The
League of the Sacred Heart
James J. McCarthy
Thomas R. McCoy
Thomas J. MacCormack
Archdiocese
Hair stylist in Marcel wave suit over burned hair
Miss Florence E. Dakin sues Alfred De Souza claiming a Marcel wave burned and tore out hair, cost her social standing, and sought 2000 dollars. De Souza testified an assistant caused the damage and that the Marcel style had 12 years of vogue. case unfinished במ court.
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Marcel
Alfred de Souza
Florence E. Dakin
West Somerville
Ely
Miss Dakin
H. N. Allin
de Souza
George Stanley Harvey
Mr. Allin
Mr. de Souza
Romanic's Passengers Lead 309 On White Star Saloon List
The White Star liner Romanic sails at 9 am from Hoosac docks for the Azores Gibraltar and Naples with 309 cabin passengers. Notables include Miss Willie Allen and Harvard Professor S M MacVane A Cambridge minister and his family Nineteen other prominent Bostonians join a mix of travelers and three Arab performers while steerage holds 400 Italians taking the new $15 rate.
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White Star
F. E. Beadwell
Hoosac
Charlestown
Azores
Gibraltar
Naples
Boston
Coun
Willie Allen
Mediterranean
S. M. MacVane
Harvard
Alexander McKenzie
Cambridge
Malden
Charles E. Bennett
Cornell University
Helen S. Bennett
T. G. Bush
Birmingham
Ala
Frank P. Duffy
New York
New York City
Humain Ben Abdallah
Mohammed Tits
Sie Hassen Ben Ali
North End Park
Remarkable contralto found in Miss Muriel Harmon
A Boston teen Miss Muriel Harmon shows a pure contralto voice rare in a generation. Mentored by Charles TH Bond who helped Geraldine Farrar, she studies at the Whitney Conservatory of Music under Professor Whitney and receives strong support for a serious musical education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Harmon
Boston
Charles TH. Bond
Geraldine Farrar
Whitney
Whitney Conservatory of Music
Suicide of Eugene Wight at Jamaica Plain restaurant manager
Despondent over business worries and ill health Eugene M. Wight 29 manager of Marliave's restaurant at 11 Bosworth Street committed death by his own hand yesterday at his home 12 Chauncey Place Jamaica Plain He had been ill for two years and the hotel sale looming his mind He left the hotel Thursday night and shot himself in his room The event also affected his father Forbes Wight and his wife Mrs Wight
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene M. Wight
Marliave’s
Bosworth Street
Chauncey Place
Jamaica Plain
Mr. Wight
Wight
H. A. Sherman
Forbes Wight
Temple Place
Woman Holds Intruder Under Bed After Struggle
In West Springfield Mrs. Mary Lalli clung to a man she found under her bed despite his blows to her face. The brother intervened as the intruder, identified as James Kenney from Boston, held about $100 worth of Lalli jewelry taken from her bureau. Police took Kenney into custody.
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West Springfield
June
Mary Lalli
Bridge Street
James Kenney
Boston
Four Generation Photographs No 30 Invitation
New England families with four or more living generations are invited to submit group photos for publication in the Post. Selected images will be sent to President Roosevelt in a neatly bound volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Post
Roosevelt
Two Men Charged With Robbing Miss Collier
Edwin O. Barry and Joseph Murphy, both 19 or 20, are charged with larceny of about $500 from Miss Annie Collier of 413 Massachusetts Avenue. Police say they broke into her home on the night of the 6th, stealing jewelry. two watches and two trinkets have been recovered. A loaded revolver was found on Barry during search.
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Edwin O. Barry
Joseph Murphy
Milford Street
Sanford
Dedham Street
Tremont Street
Annie Collier
Massachusetts Avenue
Barron
Berwin to Act as Mayor Next Week Amid Boston Trip
Mayor Fitzgerald and Mayor Wardwell of Cambridge join City Engineer Jackson and Water Commissioner Welch in leaving Boston for Chicago to review iron work for the West Boston bridge. The party acts as Boston Cambridge bridge commission. Welch pursues pipe purchase while in Chicago. Berwin serves as acting mayor during the absence, with Fitzgerald planning a Friday return for a class reunion at Boston Latin School.
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Fitzgerald
Wardwell
Cambridge
Jackson
Welch
Boston
Chicago
New West Boston Bridge
Boston-Cambridge
O'Donnell Receives Three Months For Brutal Assault
In South Boston court John J. O'Donnell was found guilty of assaulting Joseph Bevins of Somerville. Witness William Silva testified to his address amid hisses from the crowd. O'Donnell, who offered four alibi witnesses, had his sentence set at three months at the House of Correction Deer Island and appealed.
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South Toston Court
John J. O'Donnell
Joseph Bevins
Mystic Street
Somerville
R. S. Brine Transportation Company
William H. Silva
Bevins
Bowen Street
Boston
Fallon
Hisses
Noble
O'Donnell
O’donnell
House of Correction
Deer Island
Gravestones Found from Granary and King’s Chapel Burials
Cemetery workers uncover slate markers buried or hidden by tombs. Readable inscriptions date from 1688 to 1780, listing Elizabeth Willey 48 in 1688, John Marchall 80 in 1697, William Dinsdell 73 in 1751, Willi Torrey 26 in 1738, Priscilla Bennett 50 in 1780, Jacob Smith about 37 in 1699 1700. A slate stone in King’s Chapel Burying Ground bears Mrs Eliza Rust with no date, but likely post 1725.
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Cemetery Department
King’s Chapel
Granary
Elizabeth
Edward Willey
John Marchall Seir
William Dinsdell
Willi Torrey
Sams
Abigail Torrey
Priscilla Bennett
William Bennett
Jacob Smith
Eliza Rust
Mother and Son Stand Trial Together in Bridgeport
In Bridgeport police court, Mrs. Margaret Murray of 42 Elm Street was jailed 30 days for keeping a disorderly house while her 12 year old son James Murray was sent to the State Reform School for being incorrigible.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Margaret Murray
Elm Street
James
State Reform School
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Sacred
Florence A. Dakin
St. Louis
Union Pacific
Willard Massey
N.E.F
P.A
Washington St
Boston, Mass
S. Anargyros
Mir
Bostonians
Eugene Wight
Marliave
West Roxbury High School
G. A. Mansfield
Leslie R. Porter
Waterbury
H. A. Risdan
Sybil M. Porter
Waterbury, Conn
Leslie R
Chickering
Eugene W. Wight
Merrill’s
Waltham Family
F. A. Risdom
E. M. Porter
L. R
Porter
Miss Collier
Regals
Oxfords
Stanton
Regal
Men’s
Tremont St
Mer St
Cor
Boston St
London
San Francisco
Women’s
Summer St
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