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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
12
Attorneys for the nine Chinese defendants filed a motion for a new trial contending the guilty verdicts were against both the weight of the evidence and the law. Judge Pierce extended the defense filing deadline to March 18 for exceptions.
Supporters of the Movement Against Execution of Nine Alleged Slayers plan appeals to the Chinese government if needed after the conviction for the murder of four Chinese men. Funds are being raised by Hep Sing Tong and other groups, with a target of a half million dollars for legal battles.
Mrs Warry Charles says her husband believes lawyers will win a new trial after nine Chinese men were convicted and jailed. Charles, once an immigration inspector and reformer with ties to Dr Parkhurst, faced persecution by the On Leong Tong and Hep Sing Tong during a tumultuous rise in business and exile.
Senator James H. Vahey, counsel for Charles L. Tucker, urged a reconsideration of last week’s capital punishment bills amid remarks recalling a Saturday murder verdict. He denounced the execution prospect as abhorrent and urged Massachusetts to uphold justice and humanity. Twenty-two senators opposed the bills, the resolve against capital punishment failing 16 to 19.
Four hundred public school children at Summit Missouri rushed for exits when a fire alarm rang. Attempts to use the drill failed as a call of fire outside caused chaos. The blaze was quickly extinguished and no injuries occurred.
Witnesses testified that the armor belt on American battleships is too low at load draft, while a secretary Metcalf letter defended the Delaware and North Dakota plans as correct. The hearing saw remarks on hoists and isolation of handling rooms, plus claims that U S ships are superior to foreign vessels.
Benjamin W. Hatch 77 a famed Boston checker player was found dead in his bed at 11 Dudley Street with a gas tube connected to an open jet in his mouth. Police report no motive and indicate it was a death by own action. he had been in good spirits the previous evening.
A Boston area social sensation, the Thomas and Symonds families juggle divorce filings, elopements, and a luxury European tour. Mrs Symonds wins a divorce. Mrs Thomas and her husband later reconcile, with children educated at Ponemah and Westminster. The pair host social ties as Mr Symonds visits the Thomas circle.
In Rockland Maine on March 9 the scout cruiser Birmingham prepared for a series of speed trials to eclipse the Chester record. Crews of 400 aboard await a standardization run, four hour and two 24 hour trials with coal shipments in Boston Harbor likely after the first 24 hours. Built by Fore River Shipbuilding, the ship already hit 24 knots in a test and must exceed 26 knots to beat the Chester benchmark.
Miss Littie May Buttrick, living with her aunt in Everett, vanished from a friend’s home in Roxbury after a woman in black followed her on the day of disappearance. Police searched but found no trace and the woman also vanished.
Henry Burnison of Lawrence was held yesterday by Commissioner Hayes for the grand jury on a charge of violating the alien contract law. He is accused of bringing Joseph Smith, his wife and eight children from England and placing Smith at work in Graystone, New Burnison is said to have met Smith at the dock and procured his admission to this country.
Mayors were chosen in several Maine towns with party results noted. Frederick W. Plaisted of Augusta and Charles H. Small of Brewer both listed as Democrats and Republicans respectively. Edgar F. Hanson in Belfast is a Democrat. John F. Woodman in Bangor is a Republican. Cornelius Horigan in Biddeford is Democratic with a note of re election.
A fire at 9 Mt. Pleasant street Somerville woke engineer Ralph Jewell and saved ten sleepers. Keeper Luther Fernald and others fled with a two year old daughter while neighbors raised the alarm. Fire damaged the two and a half story house owned by Leander Jones with about 6000 dollars in losses. The Fernalds and boarders found shelter with local residents.
A message from New Haven to the union mechanics in and around Boston warns of a strike over wage reductions. It opposes the introduction of piece work or bonus systems as a wage cut.
Union crafts employed on the New Haven road system gathered in Boston lodges to hear reports from national organizers about adopting a piece or bonus system replacing the workday plan. Officers from international headquarters urged readiness to act on accredited word from New Haven midweek.
Sidney Thornton alias John Blake and Jonathan Lake arrived in Cambridge last night at 9 30 in the custody of Inspector Patrick Hurley and Officer Ginty who had gone to Los Angeles to arrest him. He is charged with robbing the safe of A E Long and Son undertakers in Cambridge two years ago.
Admiral Levi W. Pond, a leading figure in the Van Buren boom war and defender of lumber property rights, died at his son's Michigan home after living in Maine and Wisconsin. Born Eau Claire, Wisconsin, he helped shape cross border timber disputes and logging interests on the Mississippi.
A Boston era dispatch reports Republican leaders debating Long’s taft stance and the push for an open convention. Gardner and Powers defend voter input while Champlin Bates and Crane back varied Taft and unpledged delegations amid rumors on Knox Hughes and a three way convention fight.
After five years of hearings and sensational incidents in multiple courts, William Dillon, a noted public accountant, was granted a decree nisi for divorce from Ida S. on desertion grounds by Judge Fessenden in Superior Court. The couple’s disputes included a 1903 support order, threats, and custody battles over their son Schuyler, with prior abductions and court interventions. In a separate incident, an unidentified Italian man committed suicide by leaping in front of a New York, New Haven train at One Hundred and Forty-second Street.
A crowd of about 250 to 300 marched from Charles Street through Beacon Street to a vacant Audubon Road lot led by Morrison I Swift who denounced the rich and urged common ownership and works as a remedy. He vowed to “take you into partnership” and ran a speech praising revolutionary ideas. Police escorted Swift as participants dispersed by evening.
Four cruisers are held in readiness at Pincadores Islands to proceed to Kwan Tung. An official says Japan seeks further apology for lowering the Japanese flag on the Tatsu Maru and punishment of the officers, and presses for the steamer and war munitions release.
Chinese residents in Canton express strong anti Japan sentiment organizing meetings and resolutions. They threaten to boycott Japanese merchants and dismiss Japanese teachers while appealing to foreign press.
Col A H Goetting of Springfield states he will not run for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor. He criticizes the practice of advancing Lieutenant Governors as party candidates for Governor. He notes that with three declared candidates he would need extensive time for a campaign, harming his business interests.
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