Indictment On Florence Burns Dies In Doubt
New York March 20. District Attorney Jerome declares Florence Burns will be tried for her life in connection with the Walter Brooks slaying. Evidence shows the shooting was known in Burns home hours before arrests and public notices. Detective Parker corroborates prior testimony and quotes Burns at the station house. Defense counsel Foster Backus offers no details of the defense yet.
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New York
Mayer
Florence Burns
Walter Brooks
Jerome
Foster IL. Backus
Miss Burns
Indictment in Burns case nears after hearing ends
The Court of Special Sessions hears testimony in the Burns murder case as the state prepares to seek a first degree indictment against a young woman, with key witnesses Julia McCarthy and Thomas Brooks signaling strong points for the prosecution while the defense attacks identification and ownership of a hotel comb linked to the case. Ruth Dunne may be the final state witness before the defense presents its case.
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Court of Special Sessions
Miss Burns
Julia McCarthy
Glen Island
Brooks
Thomas Brooks
Backus
George Washington
Ruth Dunne
Walter Brooks
Hotel Men Leave New England for South Convention
A party of New England members of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association leaves for the South for their annual excursion and convention. Fr. Risteen of the Copley Square Hotel arranged the special train. The annual banquet will be at the Royal Poinciana in Palm Beach on March 2. They are due back in Boston on April 1.
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Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit Association
South
Risteen
Copley Square Hotel
Royal Poinciana
Palm Beach
Fla
Boston
Highland Club Holds Fourth Annual Ball at Union Park Hall
The Highland Club will stage its fourth annual ball in Union Park Hall on Thursday evening, April 3. John P. Sweeney will run the floor with the help of 40 assistants.
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Highland Club
Union Park Hall
John P. Sweeney
Ginter Grocery Employers Banquet Held at American House
The Ginter Grocery Company held its quarterly banquet at the American House guest of honor Dr. Walter G Newell. Toastmaster RE G Maturin praised the workers and looked toward a brighter future. Absent officials President A F Goodwin and Treasurer H B Duane sent regrets. Entertainment featured H Cottrell Cragin Trio E Toomey W K Norton D Bears W H Curgner Charles Murray and W S Rosenberger.
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Ginter Grocery Company
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RE. G. Maturin
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Miss Frances Burkhardt Dies After 10 Day Illness
Miss Frances Burkhardt, Evangeline in E. B. Rice's 1901 Columbia Theatre production, died yesterday at Hotel Reynolds after a 10 day illness. She will be buried from her Washington D C home. Burkhardt, described as a typical Southern beauty, had been a prima donna with Frank Daniels's opera company and the French Maid company despite being only 21.
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E. B. Rice
Columbia Theatre
Hotel Reynolds
Washington, ,D. C
Burkhardt
Frank Daniels
Miss Barrymore Hosts Portrait Tea at Fair Women Event
Miss Withel Barrymore presided at a portrait tea that closed a six event series despite heavy rain. Guests included prominent musical and social figures such as Walter Damrosch escorting Miss Fritzi Scheff, Mrs. James T. Phelps in mourning, and Miss Conquest in sapphire blue velvet. Paintings added featured Romney and Brough portraits, with the exhibition running through the 27th.
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Ethel Forbes
Alice Sargent
Marion Coffin
New York
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Helen Prince
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Ecru
Miss Conquest
John Drew
Miss Drew
James T. Phelps
London
Charles H. Colburn
Ambassador Draer
Alice Colburn
Cohen
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Guy Lowell
Lawrence
Louise Chandler Moulton
Francis H. Peabody, Jr
Florence Goodhue
Arthur Foote
Katherine Foote
Booton
the Westminster
Carrie Dabney
Julian Heinrich
Robert M. Morse
Phyllis Robbins
Richard Arnold Fisher
Helen Little
Hannah Osgood
Broadway Opera News and Theatre Plans in Boston
News briefs from Boston cover Frances Burkhardt’s sudden death and her local popularity, the Tristan and Isolde cancellation with Lohengrin in her place, Duse’s American season, Lowe’s Park Theatre resignation and the Defender opera, Mantelli’s concert tour, Bostonians Holy Week halt, Grace Van Studdiford’s racing trip, Fritzi Scheff’s opera plans, Julian Magnus handling Annie Russell’s legal engagement, upcoming Rays advance sale at Grand Opera House, Magee’s Easter Week ticketing, Suzanne Adams signing for Covent Garden and Wagnerian debut in Eva in The Meister singer.
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Henry Irving
Annie Russell
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Covent Garden Opera
New York
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Boston Theatre Listings Show Busy Week of Shows and Premieres
A run of engagements fills Boston venues with new productions and revivals. Quincy Adams Sawyer opens Monday at the Boston Theatre while Otello returns tonight. Cap of Fortune debuts tomorrow at the Park with the Rainsisters and Pschye, conducted by Tracy. King Dodo ends at Tremont soon, Morocco Bound bows out at the Columbia, and The Penitent runs at Grand Opera House. Bijou features La Traviata with Frida Rieci, Nanon to follow, and Keith's presents current week’s top show with the Fadettes Orchestra coming next. Music Hall hosts Kernell and Shattuck with Frey and Fields’s The Wrong Man and acts by Miss Mields, Pat McCarthy, Walthour and Van Bill. Ernest Hutcheson performs a Steinert Hall recital.
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