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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1909
Page
1
The jury in the Rose A. Silsby manslaughter trial over Clinton FE Childs death on Sept 24, 1908, returned a sealed verdict at East Cambridge Courthouse after three hours of deliberation. They will declare the finding to Judge Sherman at 9:30 this morning. Friends expect an acquittal when announced.
The case opened Wednesday at 9 30 am and ended Thursday at 3 pm with Judge Sherman charging the jury. Mrs Silsby sat with her husband as Frances Silsby watched, while Carey and Higgins argued. The judge urged the jury to judge on evidence, not reputation, and expressed mercy for the defendant.
Readers from every section of Massachusetts urge faster action to stop selling tuberculous beef. The letters attack Governor Draper and Dr. Peters while noting officials’ alleged violations of state law by allowing and ordering the sale of infected meat. One Dorchester Centre father of five voices home concerns.
The Common Council moved to appoint a special committee to summon witnesses and papers for a thorough inquiry into graft linked to the Back Bay street layouts including Peterboro Queensberry Jersey Ipswich and other streets. George A. Crocker labeled the affair a typical case of negligence waste and graft involving nearly one million dollars. The Finance Commission faced sharp criticism for delaying its report while later being scrutinized for lesser issues.
Ward 10 councilman notes doubt over special committee authority and urges the legislature to grant the same powers over witnesses and papers as the Finance Commission. An order to publish engineer reports on Fenway streets was approved, and another to obtain stenographic evidence reports for Fenway, Pennsylvania oil experts, the ferry study, and the Stony Brook sewer was passed.
The article notes Ethel Barrymore Colt aged 28, the day after her marriage license was issued in Hyde Park on March 13. It emphasizes her youthful appearance and addresses curiosity about her age in marriage records.
Washington March 18 Society women addicted to intoxicants show greater resistance to hypno suggestion in treatment, Dr. J D Quackenbos of New York tells the American Society for the Study of Alcohol and Drug Narcotics. He notes few women have the willpower to resist drinking and are often driven by flattery from admirers.
Red Sox complete last practice at Hot Springs and depart for Memphis. Doves beat Squabs in final game. Readville handicap purses announced. Post bowlers set records in last night tournament. Hicks named Harvard hockey captain. Mass Y M C A disapproves Sunday racing.
President Zelayas of Nicaragua says he does not fear U S intervention in the dispute with Salvador. He warns that if marines are landed the Nicaraguans will fight to the last ditch. He claims 8000 men under arms, 1000 artillery pieces and two dynamite guns, with 12000 trained troops ready.
Paris faces a near total blockade as telegraphers and postal workers join the strike leaving city lines and mail services unavailable. The disruption recalls siege conditions of the Franco Prussian War and threatens further isolation in the next days.
Provincial trade is hampered as post offices hold funds and bank checks await correspondent advice. Egg milk butter and meat supplies dwindle prompting merchants to send agents with cash. A large striker group gathered at the central telegraph station but dispersed after infantry were readied nearby.
Testimony in Superior Criminal Court linked ex-Alderman George H. Battis to graft from 1906 and 1907 Fourth of July prize purchases by the Thomas Long Company. Charles F. Durgin testified that Battis asked for raised city bills and received cash or benefits, with jewelry later identified as presents from the firm.
An unknown man abducted 8 year old William Whitla son of Attorney James P Whitla in Sharon Pennsylvania this morning. A ransom demand of $10 000 accompanied by a threat to kill the boy if money is not produced. Police and detectives nationwide urged to solve the case with clues traced to Ohio.
The first Boston graft case tried under District Attorney Arthur D. Hill features Battis facing a two count larceny indictment for $386 on July 24, 1906 and $141.76 on July 25, 1907 while Alderman for East Boston and Mayor John F. Fitzgerald may testify. Defense notes missing sub committee records and ongoing checks into Moran era indictments.
The New York article notes Theodore Roosevelt's first Outlook installment Where We Cannot Work with Socialists argues scientific socialism would deny individual choice and force equal pay. He warns a socialist state would be the harshest form of despotism, doomed to fail and corrupt in practice.
A half century old ante-nuptial agreement surfaced in old papers and caused the four children of the late Nathaniel Gordon of Exeter New Hampshire to receive 200000 dollars. Gordon had turned a 30000 dollar trust into a 450000 dollar estate by stock speculation, violating his trust and risking his legacy.
A federal court ruling disrupts a testator’s plan to fund Gordon Academy in Salt Lake City and Gordon Theological Seminary in Tingcho China. Four siblings receive 50000 each from an estate tied to an ante-nuptial agreement signed in 1853, while Mrs Kittredge is ordered to share 200000 with her siblings. The case hinges on control of the funds and the executrix’s role, revealing a tale of a New Hampshire lawyer turned financier and philanthropist.
Dr. J. J. Putnam of Harvard urged mental hygiene links to physical health before the Y M C A Union. He argued humans are adaptable and can thrive on one meal, stressing diet quality, pleasant digestion, and the value of thoughtful mealtime conversation.
Washington dispatch reports a forecast of fair and warmer weather for Friday in New England followed by rain or showers Saturday. Winds will be variable and shift to a moderate east. Yesterday's temperatures ranged around 70s with cooler overnight readings.
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