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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1913
Page
6
In Ipswich a police officer shot a woman during a confrontation seen as a rescue attempt for a prisoner. The defense plans to seek permission to exhume the bullet victim for expert testing to counter government autopsy claims. Baker, key defense witness, left court as prosecutors failed to secure added bonds.
Judge Sayward rebukes riot cases amid testimony on a fatal shooting near the Ipswich mills. Witnesses describe officers firing during clashes with Greek workers and women in the yard while police claim the death occurred from a shooting by a lodgings house occupant. The hearing continues as the mill moves to evict Greek families from Estes street tenements.
Washington June 13 lobby ing as a fine art is to be investigated by a special Senate lobby committee. After nearly two weeks the five members have heard testimony on tariff bill influence and uncovered traits suggesting campaigns in politics industry and economy use paid agents to sway public sentiment in favor of their causes.
An atmosphere of the deepest mystery surrounds the disappearance of Miss Ruth M. Gordon from the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Roxbury. She vanished last Sunday and detectives hired by Levi Gordon of Plympton have combed the state without success, according to reports.
Officials at the hospital refused to discuss the case, saying there is nothing to be said about the missing patient Gordon. It is believed he is helping in the search though police have not been notified. Miss Gordon reportedly escaped from the institution after weeks of nervous trouble.
In executive session the committee decided to take the matter before the Senate. The probe may extend beyond sugar and wool to every phase of lobbying. President Wilson figures in testimony as senators discuss influence and public opinion campaigns.
East Boston residents packed Belmont Park to witness a flag raising at Fort Strong site. Four young girls pulled the cord sending up a large American flag as the band played America and the crowd cheered. Mayor Fitzgerald arrived to a warm reception and led in singing Sweet Adeline.
An Italian woman sitting with her two children on Boston Common was arrested last evening, drawing a protest delegation to Lagrange Street station. Witnesses say the officer used unnecessary roughness after she refused to state her name. About a dozen men defended her at the station. she was released after a short time. Officials will investigate the incident today at police headquarters.
Andry Gerrie of 19 Rhode Island avenue Somerville lost his left ear when it was caught in a car door while helping load horses at the Binford street yard of the New Haven road. Dr Murphy of Haymarket Square Relief Hospital replaced the severed ear and the repair was successful with the car restored.
Detectives began the search at Dimock Street Roxbury then expanded to cover Greater Boston and other parts of the state as the investigation continued.
Police seek a youth who yesterday threw a heavy hammer at J. J. Cuenin outside his news store at Linden Square. Cuenin was knocked down and several teeth broken as he tried to move the bike from the curb.
Eight year old Frank Flozinski of 110 River street Lynn was struck about 9 30 last night by an auto owned and operated by Irving B Hitchings on Summer street opposite the T A Kelly morocco factory. Hitchings says he did not see the boy until after the collision and it was feared the injuries would prove fatal.
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