Autopsy Ordered in Skeels Case as Nurse Ends Silence
Medical expert to perform autopsy on Mrs. Skeels as the accused nurse chooses to testify to the jury. The case centers on a disputed death and potential medical liability.
11 Jun 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1919
Page
1
Medical expert to perform autopsy on Mrs. Skeels as the accused nurse chooses to testify to the jury. The case centers on a disputed death and potential medical liability.
June 10 Washington report notes Senator Knox introduces a resolution by Republicans to separate the peace treaty from the League of Nations covenant. It asserts the treaty making power cannot negotiate or ratify a treaty that effectively amends the United States Constitution.
John C Spooner former United States Senator from Wisconsin died at his New York home after weeks of illness. He suffered a relapse Monday, ending a long public career in politics.
Scores show American League games with Chicago defeating Boston 5 to 3 and Philadelphia beating St Louis 8 to 5 while Cleveland won 3 to 2 over Washington. In the National League St Louis toppled Boston 4 to 2 and Chicago beat Philadelphia 6 to 3. New York 6 Cincinnati 2. Pittsburgh 10 Brooklyn 6.
The body of Florence M. Gay, former Abbot Academy teacher, will be exhumed for a second autopsy. Judge Webster Thayer granted a defense request allowing Mrs. Lundgren's team to employ its own pathologist to examine the remains in the Essex County Superior Criminal Court murder trial.
The House passed a bill on a 158 to 71 vote to raise legislative pay from 1000 to 1500 dollars, over the governor’s veto. Speaker Warner announced the result as solons applauded. The measure, if approved by the Senate, would cost the state about 140000 dollars annually.
Post war trade and industry problems require accountants to record analyze and state financial transactions audit expenditures and determine settlements. Pace Pace graduates in Accountancy and eBusiness Administration are everywhere solving Post-war problems more graduates urgently needed demanded. June class will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays 6 05 to 7 55. Vacation interruptions provided for by our personal help plan.
Rumors swirl around Eliot Street to Tremont Street and Tremont Street to Broadway as two or more large real estate deals unfold. Plans reportedly include two new hotels and at least one theatre, with details kept tightly under wraps.
California discovery through letters locates Dr. Frank L. Goodspeed, a prominent Whitman dentist who deserted his wife and children last November to elope with his office assistant Pearl Rose. Miss Rose also remains in California.
Plans are drawn for a modern 350 room hotel on Tremont street by Jamies B Regan of the Hotel Richwood. Other interests have options on property along Tremont Hollis and Eliot streets with a New York syndicate seeking a corner Eliot and Tremont theatre site. A second hotel prospect stretches from Wilbur Theatre to Hollis Street with one option on property owned by Miss Alice Stone Blackwell. Ed mond Poulin of Brookline is linked but neither affirms nor denies involvement.
A couple who eloped caused a society sensation in the Old Colony district. After reaching Boston North Station they disappeared, with letters to the girl’s parents and the dentist’s wife indicating intentions. Continued on Page 4-Eighth Col.
Michael J. Brady of Boston tops the field after 36 holes of the United States Open at Brae-Burn Country Club with 148 strokes. Charley Hoffner of Philadelphia is two behind after tying the course record with a 72, while George Bowden Louis Tellier of Boston and Walter Hagen vie for further honors.
Paris reports Frank P. Walsh and ex Governor Edward F Dunne, the U S representatives of Irish societies, secured a White House meeting for tomorrow. They will urge a definite U S stance on Sinn Fein delegates attending the peace conference and press Wilson to present Ireland's case to the Council of Four.
Cardinal O Connell hailed Ireland Dear victory before a huge Mechanics Building crowd. The text urges thanks to the United States Senate for backing Ireland at Paris and calls for Irish independence recognition by the U S government. It also opposes a League of Nations that would imperil American rights and British and Japanese imperial borders.
The Rev. Alexander Mann D D rector of Trinity Church Boston may be elected Episcopal Bishop of New York to succeed the late Bishop Greer. Mann born in Geneva New York educated at Hobart College General Theological Seminary and has served Grace Church Orange New Jersey and Trinity Church Boston.
Today's anniversaries note the 1915 Serbian invasion of Albania. The record recalls a year ago distant shelling of Paris city kills two and wounds nine. It also mentions U.S. troops capturing Belleau Wood south of Uureq during World War I era operations.
The forecast calls for fair weather in Boston and vicinity on Wednesday and Thursday with warmer conditions on Thursday. Winds shift gently from the south, with partly cloudy skies possible inland and showers likely west of the area.
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