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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1907
Page
8
A 12 year old, Frank Keenan of Oak Street, drifted from a dory after the painter failed. Tugboat crew heard his cries and pulled him back from the sea. Keenan’s father works in a coal yard on Commonwealth flats and the lad often wanders the yards at dusk. He remained calm and trusted rescuers.
Harvard Dance Society reports the Hasty Pudding Club held its annual dance at Holyoke street club rooms Cambridge attended by leading society members from New York Philadelphia and the Back Bay. Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt was invited but absent Miss Lorraine Roosevelt a President's cousin joined guests patrons included Mrs Bryce Allan Mrs F I Amory Mrs Robert Amory Mrs R L Bradley Mrs I T Burr Mrs H H Cotton Mrs Robert Grant Mrs Maurice Gray and Mrs D Pickman.
The seventeen rehearsal program featured Bach Haydn Mozart and Beethoven works praised for vitality under Dr Mack. In New York the Thaw defense rested after Mrs Thaw and Evelyn Thaw testified with subpoenas issued for further witnesses and potential lunacy proceedings looming.
The Throne hints a unnamed American embassy secretary faces a major scandal and resignation pressure in London. It identifies the second secretary Craig Wadsworth, a society figure and Roosevelt ally, as a prominent local Cotillon leader linked to elite circles and horse ownership.
A. J. Montague of Virginia condemned lynching in a lecture to the Harvard Southern States Club. He said no occasion justifies lynching among civilized people and warned it would make government as ruthless as Russia. He urged a strong constabulary to teach self-restraint over riot and murder.
District attorney Howard Nesbit is expected to call his sister who would testify that Thaw treated her cruelly abroad in 1903. Jerome aims to corroborate testimony from Abraham Hummel, indicted for alleged subornation of perjury in the Dodge Morse divorce. He predicts the case could go to the jury by Friday, with witness count uncertain.
The defense argues alienists cannot unintentionally trigger insanity and asserts a psychological moment has arrived with strong belief in acquittal. Prosecutors counter with expert testimony to challenge the defense.
New York reports a rumored split between Harry Thaw and his wife as verdicts loomed. Howard Nesbit, brother of Mrs. Thaw, said the Countess of Yarmouth wished the couple separated, and he warned his sister at the Hotel Lorraine. Experts questioned Thaw’s sanity at marriage, risking possible annulment and voiding the will and codicil.
New York March 8 Dr C C Wiley the first alienist assigned to the case writes to Wiley as he prepares for travel to his Pittsburgh home. The note reflects ongoing medical or professional correspondence surrounding the inquiry or treatment.
A letter from D. M. Delmas to Thaw’s counsel states that expert testimony from Dr. Wiley and alienists confirms the defendant was of unsound mind at the homicide. Delmas appears to forego a justification defense and aims to persuade the jury that Evelyn Thaw’s accounts show White briefly unbalanced Thaw.
Williams College beat Dartmouth 10 to 6 in a basketball game at Williams tonight. The crowd grew excited by an encounter between Lang the Dartmouth center and Waters of Williams, but order was soon restored.
George H. Moore of Somerville was arrested on a defrauding revenues charge. He collapsed in the U S Marshal’s office after days without morphine cocaine and chloral and a court bail delay left him in limbo awaiting decision from multiple federal offices and Commissioner Hayes. He asked for hospital care. The absence of Judge Dodge on vacation in Cuba worsened the delay.
Worcester report details 15 year old Lillian from Millbury who vanished from supper and left a note claiming she planned suicide in Boston. Police found she drew pay before leaving and attempted to borrow a revolver from Cordis & Co. workers. An address for William J Wood of New York appeared among her belongings, parents cite a broken romance as motive.
An advertising snippet shows suit prices at 9.75 and 12.75 dollars with a reference to a ten dollar value and a higher 675 dollar amount noted for context. The wording suggests a clearance or discount promotion for young men's suits.
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