Charlestown coal swindler Wales found guilty on 21 counts
John H. Wales alias W A Jones was convicted in the Superior Criminal Court on 21 counts of larceny arising from coal sales during a January famine. The jury deliberated 40 minutes and verdicts held on all counts, with sentencing likely to follow.
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John H. Wales
W. A. Jones
Charlestown
Superior Criminal Court
Jones
Warren Street
New York
Townsend Street
Roxbury
Selaw
Quimby
Ideal Manufacturing Company
Merrimac Street
Joseph Middleby
State Street
Quincy
Monument National Bank
John J. Reynolds
Claim Department of the “L” Road
Wales
William B. Nash
Frank O. Mason
Silverman
Sughrue
Bishop
Murder Shocking Stabbing Ends In Brookline Standoff
Jaques known as Moxie dies from a single knife wound to the left groin after a quarrel in Levi Berry’s cafe at Tremont and Camden streets. Police say George W. Barden, 130 pounds, dark and smooth shaven, stabbed him and is held without bail as the investigation continues.
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Joseph
Moxie
Jaques Les
City Hospital
George W. Barden
Jaques
Barden
Levi Berry
Tremont Street
William Meally
Bootblack
Camden Street
Meally
Plummer
Station 10
Brookline Street
South End
George E. Plummer
Fred
Gibson
Roxbury
Harvard’s Father Sanborn to retire July 1 at Little Freshman
Long a Harvard fixture, Father Sanborn wills his pool hall into retirement. At 75 he cites fatigue and late hours, but recalls years of guiding students and even entertaining John Jacob Astor. Butler the Harvard Union restaurateur may succeed him, with Goodman Leavitt Yatter of Boston backing the move.
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Harvard
Mr. Sanborn
Post
Sanborn
John Jacob Astor
John
Butler
Harvard Union
Panic on a Street Car in Neponset
Mr H A Corcoran of 15 James street was struck on the jaw by a trolley pole on a Dover Street car bound for Neponset. Seventeen passengers panicked as the pole slipped and fell. Corcoran declined hospital care, was treated at a drug store, then went home.
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H. A. Corcoran
James Street
Dover
Washington Streets
Corcoran
Neponset
Lynn Police Arrest Harry Rudd for Check Larceny
Lynn police arrested Harry Rudd yesterday on charges of larceny of a $55 check from Samuel Malatzky of Chelsea.
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Lynn
Harry Rudd
Samuel Malatzky
Chelsea
Double Patrol Shakeup After Charles Town Family Row
In Charles Town two police officers, Kneeland and Hoy, are injured while responding to a disturbance at John W. Pease's home on Essex Street. Kneeland suffered head injuries and a burst blood vessel in his hand, while Hoy sustained a scalp wound. Pease was arrested on drunkenness, with a potential upgrade to a more serious charge after a later court arraignment. An iron pincers weapon was found in the hallway.
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Charlestown
John W. Pease
Essex Street
P. C. Kneeland
James J. Hoy
Pease
Hoy
Mr. Kneeland
Duff
Kneeland
Alsod
Somerville Aldermen Censure Alderman McCarty in Vote
Somerville Aldermen censured Alderman John J. McCarty by 16 to 2 for conduct at a prior meeting, removing him from committees until an apology is made. The same meeting confirmed Patrick H. Ryan to the reserve police, 14 to 7, amid a large crowd and tense remarks from several aldermen.
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Somerville Aldermen
John J. McCarty
Patrick H. Ryan
Reserve
Ryan
McCarty
Aldermanic Chamber
Pike
Simonds
Glines
Oliver A. Guild
Lake Street
Mr. Guild
Henry Y. Gilson
Robert T. Blair
Ernest J. Howard
Reserve Police Force
Nickerson
Gilson
Alderman Sargent
Daggett
Frye
Thompson
Landers
Tarbox
Mahoney
Noyes
Higgins
Kelly
Barker
Woods
Gilman
Leighton
Dow
Sargent
Belcher
Blair
Howard
Alderman McCarty
Alderman Mahoney
Nfe
Patrick Ryan
Commonwealth
Halifax Little Hurt Rough Passage After Grounding
The Plant line steamer Halifax from Charlottetown to Boston ran ashore at Point Pleasant this morning but was floated by tugs tonight. She came up the harbor under her own steam and docked at 10 oclock. No water was taking on and she appears little damaged. She will sail for Boston tomorrow afternoon.
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Halifax
N. S
Charlottetown
P. FE
Boston
Point Pleasant
Miss Katherine Call Shines Amid Circus Race Drama
Miss Katherine Call of the Chinese Honeymoon company led a race against Marie Seibnit at the Barnum & Bailey circus. Seibnit won by a yard after two laps around the hip podrome, while Call received a roses tribute and praised for courage. The show, nearing its end, draws large crowds with humor and daily horse riding acts, with about 80 000 attendees to date.
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Katherine Call
Chinese Honeymoon” Company
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Marie Seibrit
Miss Call
Circus
Miss Seibnit
Miss Selbrit
Pegasus
Elmer Brooks
Strip ordeal rocks Waltham grammar school case
In Waltham on Tuesday teachers accused 18 year old Stella De Coste of stealing money from a purse at North Grammar School. She was forced to undress during a high tension search that involved Miss Alice Childs and Principal Bradford Drake, while two girls and five boys were questioned and parents protested possible abuse. The principal says he acted to recover missing money and did not involve police, while De Coste and her family claim improper conduct and threaten a lawsuit.
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Waltham
Stella Jane de Coste
Alice Childs
Miss Childs
Josephine Webber
North Grammar School
Miss de Coste
Bradford W. Drake
de Coste
Central Street
Stella
Mr. Drake
Drake
Schoo
Mrs. Webber
Is Your Kidney Remedy Curing You
An ad promoting Dr. Pettin gill’s Kidney-Wort Tablets claims liquid kidney remedies are worthless and harmful. It urges readers to test their urine for sediment or cloudiness, lists symptoms, and asserts the tablets cure Brights disease and diabetes without alcohol.
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Pettingill
Bright
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