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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1895
Page
1
Eyewitnesses dispute Councilman Crockett’s charge of drunkenness and waste of public funds in the Charlestown Seventeenth of June parade. Reporters confirm orderly conduct and sobriety across both carnival and civic processions.
Potomac veterans parade attracts crowds as cruisers from New York arrive. General John Gibbon elected president, next meeting set for Burlington Vermont. Mayor Johnstone and U S A figures greet attendees at Crocker House and City Hall. An excursion to Long Island Sound follows tomorrow’s banquet at Pequot.
Salem June 18. The school committee renamed the School street building previously known as Pickering School the Cogswell School to honor the late General Cogswell.
The 30 year old Miss Lizzie Gaynor lay in the city morgue awaiting shipment to Fredericton New Brunswick. Dr Caiger refused to sign the death certificate after she was found dead by her companion Mrs Annie Whittemore at 411 Columbus avenue. Medical Examiner Draper ordered the body for investigation. Miss Gaynor had recently moved from New Brunswick and suffered from heart trouble and injuries from a fall six weeks earlier.
Weather forecast for Maine New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island and Massachusetts Connecticut calls for fair skies southerly to southeasterly winds and slightly warmer to warmer temperatures across the region.
Henry known as Kid Eaton, about twenty one, captured at Station 3 after grabbing James J. Gallagher’s watch. Gallagher breakfasted near Court and Alden when Eaton and a gang struck. Officer Lee fired five bullets and Maguire joined the chase. The escape ended with Eaton tackled on Sudbury street and the watch gone missing, likely tossed into Alden court.
In Boston, Vito De Monti and Giovanni Parisi were stabbed in the back near North Street and North Square just after 9 pm. De Monti died at once. Parisi, badly wounded, was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. A boyish assailant fled, witnesses identified him, and quick arrests followed as police scoured the area for suspects.
Cambridge police raided a pool room at 15 Brattle Square, arresting eighty nine men for alleged horse race betting operations. Officers seized a telegraphic instrument, a blackboard, and a charter of the Boston Turf Club amid a swift, low-resistance operation led by Chief Cloyes.
The special committee reported in favor of confirming Dr Lewis L Bryant for the post. After a long debate the board approved the choice 9 to 1 with Alderman Keith absent and Alderman Rady’s voting against.
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