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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1911
Page
16
Edith Melcher of Schenectady faced a capital murder charge for allegedly poisoning her five year old son George in a rural swamp near Albany last January. Jurors discussed moral considerations and the death penalty in the trial held March 6.
Twenty four talesmen were examined with Wesley Smith of Bethlehem chosen as the first juror. Mrs. Melcher sat mute through the day as her lawyers questioned candidates. Sister Lydia Simmons and aunt Mary Gibeau from Syracuse attended, with Simmons asking Melcher about the crime and Melcher replying that everything is a blank. An extra panel of 100 jurors was drawn, and both sides hope to finish jury selection by tomorrow.
Boston Health Board plans within ten days to enforce a regulation demanding all meat fish and vegetables shown for sale be kept under cover. The rule aims to protect stock from germs, allowing glass display cases outside stores but exempting goods inside shops and skin protected fruits.
William F. Gassett, 31, of 66 Winchester Street Medford a Boston and Maine railroad freight conductor, fell between two freight cars at Mystic Junction Somerville late yesterday afternoon and was run over and killed instantly.
Canadian model Suzanne Saul, 20, born in Halifax and a Boston Opera House ballet member, served as Frane Villar's pastels’ muse for The American Girl series. Villar, famed in Europe and South America, hosts a private view this week at 200 Huntington Avenue in Boston.
London society buzzes over the engagement of Millicent James eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Willie James West Dean Park Goodwood to Henry M Howard eldest son of Robert Howard Hampton Lodge Surrey The James family connections link to the Marlborough House set with royal guests at their Goodwood home The bride to be known as a lively figure of the 1908 London season and praised for her outdoor life and charitable acts
Aaron Bancroft, 86, reported a theft of securities worth about 100000 dollars from a vault at the Produce Exchange Safety Deposit and Storage Company. A clever substitution occurred when he dropped an envelope and an undersized man and a second hurried man manipulated the scene, leaving three newspapers in the box.
The first massed chorus for the Pageant of Darkness and Light in Boston opened at the People's Temple. About 1200 women and girls filled the balcony for altos and sopranos, while men filled the main hall for bass and tenor parts. Director Ephraim Cutter praised the progress after weeks of practice in Roxbury Salem Newton and the city.
Patrolman Edward J. Ford of the Court Square station was suspended last week and, after failing to appear, was found guilty of taking bribes by the trial board. He was discharged from the police department. The charges stem from a claim by Arthur Simpson, a water bottling company driver, that Ford accepted two marked bills to overlook his vehicle left on Tremont Street beyond the traffic limit.
Judge Francis Cabot Lowell of the United States Circuit Court died suddenly at his home 159 Beacon Street aged 56. Courts adjourned indefinitely in his memory. Funeral services set for King's Chapel tomorrow at 11 o clock.
A respected jurist whose sudden death followed a year of poor health ends a career marked by Harvard ties and Massachusetts law authority. He served Boston, Massachusetts and federal courts and left a scholarly imprint with works on Joan of Arc and stock transfers. Survived by his mother and wife Cornelia Prime Baylies.
Mme. Luisa Tetrazzini predicts success in a legal dispute with Mammerstein and criticizes opera managers for not making a fair offer. She says Caruso is absent, believes better business would have saved the season, and remains confident she will win her current suit.
Grafton Cushing argued art flourishes abroad despite restrictions on viewing nude statues. Republicans split over whether under 21s should view statuary. Democrats sided with Cushing after his Naples tale. The bill failed by voice vote 49 to 0, ending the proposal as statues remained inaccessible to youths while adults could seek permission.
Edward M. Gallagher of the Infirmary Trustees proposes shipping 69 surplus voting booths to Long Island to support a summer camp for poor sick babies in the Hub. He sent a letter to the Mayor, suggesting the idea as a low-cost solution.
Miss Anna Berthe Grunspan, who sued William English Walling for 100000 dollars and lost, declined marriage proposals seen at her New York home. She said she would live a solitary life with reading, singing, and studying while tears filled her eyes as she opened a bundle of letters from eager suitors.
A fire at the Loch Crystal Hotel in Lake View North Carolina early today killed two visitors Miss Anna M. Barnes of New York and Mrs G C Pettis of New Haven Conn. Clerks and guests were evacuated but several people were injured. The blaze began about 5 am and quickly consumed the large frame structure.
Mayor George Fall of Malden Mass and a citizens committee visited Newport Rhode Island to study the Newport city charter. They attended a city council meeting with Admiral Chadwick and later conferred with Mayor Boyle as they consider charter revision for their city.
Steamer passage secured by the Massachusetts Equal Suffrage Association for three Boston young militants to travel to London for instruction under Emmeline Pankhurst. Miss Alice Carpenter, a Radcliffe graduate, Miss Florence Lascomb of Technology, and Miss Margaret Foley, a longtime Boston union activist, will sail.
Alice Carpenter of the College Club and Florence Luscomb, MIT alumna now in Cambridge, are active suffrage organizers. They drill a class of speakers and have used militant methods such as selling suffrage papers, driving the Votes for Women car, and addressing crowds. Margaret Foley helps mobilize trade groups for equal suffrage. A delegation of American women has visited England, signaling a milestone for U S suffrage efforts.
Patrolman Daniel F. McLaughlin found a split human skull left behind by boys who were playing ball near the Neponset playgrounds. The discovery occurred as the crowd dispersed after he dispersed them.
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