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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
13
The Berry will case at Dedham Court goes to the jury today. Last witness Mrs. Addie Harris of Quincy testified, contesting the will after being cut off with a $100 bequest.
The suit challenges Mrs. Sophia Berry's will on grounds of undue influence and lack of testamentary capacity. The executor George H. Brown testified that Berry discussed gifts to her daughter Adie and that Mrs. Harris married against Berry’s wishes. Brown added Berry claimed Harris’s husband would not benefit from the will.
Mrs Susan V FitzGerald of Boston protests at Senator Jones chairing the committee investigating a Washington parade suppression. She sent engrossed resolutions from a Huntington Hall indignation meeting to demand sworn testimony. A Washington reply rejects resolutions and seeks sworn facts for the record. Mrs FitzGerald travels to Michigan and may act on the matter upon return.
General Porfirio Diaz ex-President of Mexico meets Premier Giolitti and Foreign Minister Marquis di San Giuliano in Rome. He later toured Rome surroundings with Senora Esteva, wife of the Mexican minister, while Esteva remains ill at home with influenza.
Amesbury March 19 Mr and Mrs George W Austin of 4 Hayes street celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at home tonight in the presence of about 400 guests. Attending were members of the E P Wallace Post G A R and the Women's Relief Corps, of which Mrs Austin is a member.
Stephen R. Dow a Boston Stock Exchange broker was sentenced by Judge Brown to state prison not less than eight nor more than twelve years for stealing $250,000 in mining property. The sentence was stayed for appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court at the next November sitting.
Dow faced sentencing after being found not guilty of larceny but guilty on 24 counts of fraudulent misappropriation as an officer of a corporation. Judge Brown imposed eight to 12 years, with execution stayed and Dow released on bail until next November. Dow was accused of stealing $250,000 from the Franklin Algomah and Indiana mining companies.
James F. Sheedy of Framingham faced manslaughter charges in the Feb 1 death of John F. Welch. A jury had been sworn and the trial proceeded in the Superior Criminal Court East Cambridge before Judge Chase.
The torpedo boat destroyer Benham will be launched at the Cramps Ship Building Works in Philadelphia next Saturday afternoon. The ship features oil burning turbines and a contract speed of 29 12 knots per hour.
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