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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1911
Page
9
Judge Pierce dismissed the appeal of Tobie Le Blanc from Judge Hitchcock's decree directing conveyance of the Wal tham homestead estate to Mrs. Lillian M. Glover. There was no opposition and the dispute over the homestead is now ended.
Detroit officials of the Michigan Alaska Development Company face federal charges after a grand jury indicted seven individuals for conspiracy against the United States in a land fraud scheme involving about 48000 acres valued at over 50 million dollars. Defendants named are Wilbur W. Mac Alpine Albert H. Roehm George W. Ross Frank D. Andrus Arthur N. Holmes McCurdy C. Lebeau all of Detroit and John M. Bushnell of Chicago.
Miss Elizabeth Brennan was charged with infanticide after the baby found dead at an airshaft foot. The real suspect, Miss Elizabeth MacMahon, was in custody as the motive and identity confusion unfolded. The mixup involved names, addresses, and a church charity background linked to Harrison Avenue Children's Home.
Dr John Seely of Woodhull an assemblyman from Steuben county says he is freed from following the Democratic caucus choice of William F Sheehan for the U S Senate after a statement by Governor Dix. Dix hopes a plan for another conference to discuss the senatorial situation and a caucus to replace Sheehan may be formed this week. Insurgents prefer negotiations but resist a formal caucus.
Secretary of War Dickinson granted permission to extend two Chelsea piers 100 feet into the North River at New York Harbor after a hearing with shipping and commercial interests. The decision overrode an earlier adverse finding by the board of engineers.
Mrs Helen Beryl Graydon, daughter of J Parker Whitney, married J Columbus Wheeler Jr of Baltimore in San Francisco. The bride, once linked to Harvard football star Tom Graydon, had a previous divorce for non support and the couple planned to reside in Kentucky.
Two men died within twenty minutes after entering the passing chamber. Each received 1900 volts as part of the execution. Ipsen may carry a bullet in his brain and the course of the leaden missive remains scientifically noted. Autopsies will be performed by Dr. George Burgess MacGrath under special court order. Warden Bridges and multiple physicians and witnesses attended the execution.
In Lynn on June 25 1910 Wassili Ivankowski age 22 and Andrei Ipsen age 19 shot and killed shoe manufacturer Thomas Landregan and Patrolman James Carroll on Oxford Street after leaving the Lynn National Bank with 4500 dollars. The trio fled as gunfire erupted. one member killed himself. The two captured men were tried and sentenced to death on November 18 at the Essex County Superior Criminal Court. they were moved to the State Prison at a later date.
The Boston schooner Washakie reported the drowning of Wallace Wirthen age 81 off Chatham after a dory capsize. Clayton Nickerson, 22, from Wood's Harbor N S, drowned when he fell overboard as the Francis J. O Hara left port, with the vessel flying half mast in his memory.
Dr Frederick A Cook Arctic explorer released a telegram he says he sent to President Taft protesting the Peary bill’s signing. The message accuses the discoverer of misdeeds and seeks redress from the administration.
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