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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1915
Page
1
One victim was locked in a refrigerator and two others were trussed to a furnace as yeggmen staged a dramatic robbery climax in Boston. The raids are part of a recent string of post midnight store holdups by two highly daring criminals.
Gunmen netted 138 dollars and 84 cents during a raid and fled the scene. The brief report notes the successful escape of the assailants amid changing conditions described as hot or cold in the moment.
In Roxbury a four man gang cornered Peter Harroutin at 109 Blue Hill avenue and looted the cash drawer before locking him in the ice box and fleeing. At Congress street and Atlantic avenue two men bound Otto M. Pell and Patrick A McCartin in Thiel’s wine store, routed after robbing the safe, and tied them to a furnace pipe in the cellar until escape. Pell wriggled free and freed McCartin as a neighbor’s hammering saved Harroutin. The spree marks the era’s sharp rise in bold gunmen activity.
Esther Ryan age 20 living on Orchard Street Cambridge was found unconscious on Milton Street early yesterday and died at Cambridge City Hospital at noon under baffling circumstances that puzzled police and doctors for hours.
Medical Examiner Swan ruled the death an asphyxiation with no signs of violence or disease after an autopsy. The girl’s organs were sent to Harvard’s Professor Whitney for further study. Suspects Joseph St. Pierre and Bernard Lehand are held at Cambridge police station. St. Pierre co-owns the Russell Pharmacy where heroin was reportedly consumed by the victim.
Fire swept through the business district of North Attleboro at 3 o'clock this morning destroying the theatre and bowling alley owned by E. R. Starkey and spreading to the adjacent Masonic building on Washington street. A general alarm was sounded as crews from nearby towns were readied to aid if the blaze worsened. The blaze is the worst in years for the city.
Dispatches report the murder of John B. McManus, an American citizen, in his sealed home in Mexico City. The killing terrorizes foreign residents, who had hoped for calm as Zapata's forces entered the capital.
The report says Zapata followers looted Me Manus home. two attackers were slain as Carranza forces arrived. The excuse from General Salazar cites prior Zapata killings, while including promises to punish the American’s killers, which have not impressed outsiders.
A strong naval force is sent to New York as ships are ordered to guard the harbor. Rumor circulates that German vessels plan to dash in, with coal and ammunition aboard, prompting protective moves by Brooklyn and other aid ships.
Captain of the German raider recounts months of attacks as the British cruiser sunk and possible German submarine losses loom. The article lists ships and piers in East Boston and South Boston, including Kronprinzessin, Cecilie and Wittekind tied to Commonwealth and Fiske wharves. The Navy orders Brooklyn to blockade Boston harbor to enforce neutrality amid the war.
The notice lists celestial events and times including moon phases from March 8 to March 31, rise and set times, Saturn as the evening star and Venus with Jupiter as morning stars. It notes Easter Sunday on April 4 and marks day 223 of the war with 7 days until vernal spring and vehicle lamps timing.
The Admiralty reports the auxiliary cruiser Bayano lost after a torpedo strike on March 11 during patrol duties. Eight officers and 18 men were rescued. remaining crew feared lost. Castlereagh survivor reports wreckage and bodies in life belts, chased by an enemy submarine.
Forecast calls for fair skies in Boston and vicinity this weekend with little temperature change and moderate northerly winds. In Washington on March 12 the forecast notes fair conditions for New England on Saturday and Sunday.
Mr and Mrs William Minton of Sunset Hill Nahant are believed dead after a blaze destroyed their home shortly after 3 AM. A man’s body was found at 4 AM and authorities fear Mrs Minton is still inside the ruins.
Mrs Sabina Killilea woke to smoke and found a closet blaze. She rushed for water but the fire spread quickly, preventing entry to the couple's upstairs rooms. Firemen recovered a man believed to be Minton in his room.
After more than four hours of deliberation the jury in the Thaw conspiracy case failed to reach a verdict. The judge and both sides stayed in the building hoping for an agreement, with Thaw awaiting word in the sheriff's office. at 11 22 the jury was locked up for the night and court recessed to 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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