Society Women Attend Closed Hearing In Sweetland Trial
A Back Bay gathering of prominent society women filled the anteroom at police headquarters yesterday for the hearing of Patrolman Samuel J. Sweetland of Hanover Street station on charges raised by Miss Sally F. Beck. The trial board of police captains heard testimony amid secrecy, with Mrs Sweetland andMiss Beck present, and Miss Mary F. Willian of Brookline among the guests. The room resembled a fashionable hotel reception area as emotions ran high and the board prepared its verdict.
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Back Bay Society
Samuel J. Sweetland
Hanover Street
Sally FE. Beck
Sweetland
Beck
Society
Mary FE. Willian
Brookline
Moses Williams
Board of Captains
Mss Beck
Frederick Cabot
Ani
Tsi
Coleman Tells Bunco Story Continues on First Page
Federal authorities pursued a Bunco case involving Coleman who faced a demand to repay nearly £260,000. Secret service orders aimed to round up the men responsible while Coleman was interviewed quietly to avoid reporter presence in the District building.
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Federal
Coleman
Secret Service
Young Coleman
Lee
Coleman’s Confession Ties Fare Swindle to Bank Looters
Dickensian detail follows George Coleman as he confesses to the fare syndicate case. Officials track losses totaling 120000 dollars across riotous living bets stock dealings and bank looting. Grand juries prepare, while Coleman’s statements threaten to unravel a wider web of suspects and victims.
Big Bill's Sudden Wealth Stuns Pittsburgh District
Big Bill displayed a $20 note months earlier and weekly wealth growth drew talk at hotels and theaters. He flaunted up to 35 thousand-dollar bills while Coleman exchanged checks for thousands through a brokerage. Officials say the unaccounted $120,000 points to a scheme as simple as a child could notice.
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French
Post
Coleman
George Coleman
George W. Coleman
Federal Grand Jury
National City Bank
Secret Service
Grand Jury
Suffolk Grand Jury
Pelletier
Frank von. Biarcom
J. Thomas Rinehardt
Devonshire Street
Big Bill” Webher
Andrew Granara
North End
Big Bill
Medford Street
Charlestown
New Jersey
Pittsburg
Belmont widow posts Bail for son of gardener
Wilson Lockhart of Belmont, charged with aiding and abetting George W. Coleman in misapplying funds of the National City Bank of Cambridge, is released from Charles Street jail on $15,000 bail after U S District Attorney Asa P. French reduced the bail from $30,000. Mrs Lucy C. Lockhart, widow and estate owner, arranged counsel Alexander C. Mackenzie of Cleveland and William A. Morse of Boston, though she is not related to the defendant.
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Wilson W. Leeckhart
Belmont
George W. Coleman
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Charles Street
United States
Asa P. French
Lockhart
Hayes
Alexander C. Mackenzie
Cleveland
Willam A. Morse
Boston
Lucy C. Lockhart
MacKenzie
William A. Morse
Lawyer vouches for innocence in Lockhart case after release
Associated counsel says Lockhart acted as a tool for Coleman but did no crime. MacKenzie notes Lockhart’s improvement since arrest and asserts he never served as Coleman’s chauffeur, having started at a bank for two dollars weekly and earned at most eight dollars weekly while handling up to 1.6 million dollars.
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Houghton & Dutton CO
Boston
Mass
Tremont Street
Massachusetts Curtain CO
George G. Fox Company Honors Employees at Meeting
The George G. Fox Mutual Benefit Association annual meeting in Memorial Hall Charlestown elected C. H. Gretter president C. Adams vice president John Wray secretary T. G. Abbott treasurer and named seven directors. Frank R. Shepard announced that 235 employees with one year of service will receive an extra week of salary.
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George G. Fox Mutual Benefit Association
Memorial Hall
Charlestown
C. H. Gretter
C. Adams
John Wray
T. G. Abbott
Harry Nestor
Charles Seibel
Thomas Johnson
James O'Flynn
Joseph Hassett
J. J. Thompson
Cadum the New Remedy For All Skin Diseases
A chemist introduces Cadum a skin disease remedy praised for eczema and many conditions. It claims rapid relief and concealment of sores, free of mercury or fats, meets U S Pharmacopeia purity, antiseptic healing action and affordable price sold by druggists at 10c and 25c.
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U. S
Pharmacopeia
Gadum
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Police Board
Miss Beck
BUNCO
George
GeOrGe McManus
DEA
Storrow
Star
H. H. Winslows
John J. Cronin
New
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Massachusetts Curtain Company
Madras
Saxony
Portieres
Bagdad
Torn
New York
Bears
the Centaur Company
New York City
Leeighart
Morse
George G. Fox Company
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W. J. Douglas
Brockton, Mass
Washington St
Court Street
Summer Street
Cor
Lincoln
Washington Street
Dudley Street
Rengo
Rengo Co
F. W. Barry, Bealey Co
Washington
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