Tucker Case May Reach Supreme Court After New Trial Motion
The ongoing defense motion for a new trial in the Charles L. Tucker murder case could lead to appeals up to the U S Supreme Court. The Green Bag article by Assistant District Attorney Hugh Bancroft discusses handwriting evidence, circumstantial proof, and the Tucker jury, noting potential risks of bias in expert testimony and the strength of the capital conviction.
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Charles L. Tucker
Mabel Page
Supreme Court of the United States
Hugh Bancroft
Middlesex County
Tucker
Green Bag
Bancroft
Conan Doyle
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Middlesex
Norman
Pergola Like Fairyland at the Lenox Hotel Dining Room
Hundreds visited the Lenox Hotel to view the Pergola dining apartment, a garden fantasy with artificial vines, a rambling rose bower, and an electric fountain. Italian artists provided music while lights shift to moonlit scenes, and 150 guests can be served in this new room.
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Hotel
Lenox
Hotel Lenox
Casey
Boston
Harvard Dinners Stirring Bedlam by Four Pretty Visitors
Memorial Hall at Harvard erupted in pandemonium as four pretty girls waved handkerchiefs to students below. A student-led rescue turned to chaos with bread and fruit hurled, a lacrosse stick used like a spear, and repeated volleys as the crowd roared and finally calmed.
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Memorial Hall
Harvard
Bedlam
Dulcinen
Lancelot
Moral Forces in the 20th Century lecture at Princeton
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, Senate chaplain, spoke at Princeton on March 9 about two moral forces behind American success. He cited God and man guiding the republic and emphasized democracy rests on the rule of the average citizen working with divine aid.
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Princeton
N. J
Trask
Princeton University
Edward Everett Hale
United States Senate
Y M C A Secretary Moves From Bridgeport to Portland
W H Davis, general secretary of the Bridgeport Connecticut Y M C A, accepted an invitation to become general secretary of the Portland Maine association and will begin work May 1.
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Portland
W. H. Davis
Bridgeport, Conn
Portland Association
Lewiston Man Run Over by Electric Car Fatal Injuries Feared
Fred Mitchell of Sabattus was run over by an electric car near Thorne's corner in Lewiston. He lost one foot above the ankle and suffered head injuries thought to be fatal. He was taken to Sisters' Hospital where an operation was performed.
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Lewiston
Fred Mitchell
Sabattus
Thorne’s Corner
Sisters’ Hospital
Swedish Club Concert and Dance Draws Elite Attendance
Paul Revere Hall overflowed with Swedish race members and guests for the annual Swedish Gymnastic Club concert and dance. Performances featured Mrs Bertha Cushing Child and Miss Marie L Lundborg with the Commonwealth Male Quartet, as floor leadership and coordination were provided by a team headed by Carl F Swalander.
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Paul Revere
Swedish Gymnastic Club
Bertha Cushing Child
Marie L. Lundborg
Commonwealth
Walked Ties to See Ma
Wilfred and Arthur Rockwell, two boys placed in care by the Boston Aid Society, were returned to their mother Mrs. Carrie Rockwell in Boston after wandering to Lynn and back home. They arrived at Cambridge Street in Boston late yesterday, citing homesickness as the reason for their trip.
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Lynn
Boston
Wilfred
Arthur Rockwell
Boston Aid Society
Lottie Paine
Footsore
Carrie Rockwell
Cambridge Street
Miss Paine
Cuzner in Critical Condition After Gas Illness
Melrose March 9 Herbert J Cuzner remains in a precarious state at Melrose Hospital after being found unconscious from illuminating gas at Bogle's Crossing. He is one of five men affected with Timothy Creedon William Turner and Arthur J Bonett also ill and unable to work from the exposure.
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Herbert J. Cuzner
Bogle’s Crossing
Melrose Hospital
Corner
Timothy Creedon
William Turner
Arthur J. Bonett
Rosebery warns against dual government in Ireland
Lord Rosebery declared the Liberal party favors Ireland reform but rejects dual rule, warning it would be the vulture gnawing at our vitals. He cited Norway, Sweden, Austria, and Hungary as cautionary examples and commented on international pressures involving Port Arthur, Russia, and the Anglo Japanese alliance.
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Ireland
Lord Rosebery
Liberal
Norway
Sweden
Austria
Hungary
Port Arthur
Russia
Venezuela
Germany
Gallagher and Norcross Tie Narrowing Revere Count
Revere Precinct 2 recount for Selectman shows James H. Gallagher Citizens' candidate down by four after challenged ballots. Alvin C. Norcross opposes with four Gallagher challenges and Gallagher counters with three Norcross challenges. Final decision on challenged votes set for next Tuesday night by registrars of voters.
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Revere
James H. Gallagher
Citizens
Alvin C. Norcross
Norcross
Gallagher
Registrars of Voters
Colorado Gubernatorial Case Deferred Until Supreme Court Ruling
Denver March 9 pending an opinion from the Colorado Supreme Court the Peabody and Adams gubernatorial contest will be deferred. The question is whether the State Legislature can declare the office of Governor vacant until the court rules.
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Denver
Col
Colorado Supreme Court
Negro Dropped From Church in Huntington
The executive committee of the missionary board of the United Brethren in Christ has dropped Daniel Flickinger Wilberforce from the church rolls. A native African brought to the United States as a child and educated here, he was sent back to his tribe as a missionary. The board accuses him of returning to heathenism after 25 years as a missionary and of becoming chief of his old tribe and contracting plural marriages in Africa.
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Huntington
Ind
Missionary Board of the United Brethren In Christ
Daniel Flickinger Wilberforce
Africa
Franklin fund considers Boston Franklin Union modeled after Cooper Union
Franklin fund board met in the Mayor's office and discussed sending a letter to Andrew Carnegie about establishing a Boston Franklin Union on Cooper Union lines. Legal questions about Franklin's will would be referred to Corporation Counsel Babson. A sub committee said land and a building could cost about 250000 dollars. Attending were Olney, Pritchett, Storrow, Foster, ex Mayor Matthews, Gallagher, Duane, Endicott, and MacLennan.
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Andrew Carnegie
Boston
Franklin Union
Cooper Union
Mechanics and Tradesmen's School of New York
Franklin
Babson
Richard Olney
Henry 8. Pritchett
James J. Storrow
Frank K. Foster
Murder Charge Not Prossed in Vermont Case
In Washington County Court Judge Loveland Munson ordered that the murder charge against Charles Corey of Worcester be not pressed. Corey had been arrested last October for the murder of Charles McLaen on March 12, 1904. The sole witness, Warren Ellis, died last November. his testimony concerned a conversation with Corey about McLaen’s death. No new suspects are identified, and McLaen’s murder remains a mystery.
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Corey
McLaen
Delaware Pillory Doom Ed But Whipping Post Stands
Wilmington Delaware reports the state Senate passed a bill to abolish the pillory with only two opposed. The measure heads to the House, while supporters still back the whipping post as a deterrent against cross border criminals fearing the cat o nine tails.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Senate
Smith
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