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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
13
A 41 year old man Alexander Spear was found guilty of first degree murder for killing his wife. The verdict followed testimony by his 12 year old son Frank Spear who described how the father demonstrated slashing his wife's throat with a knife. Sentencing to die in the electric chair is set for next Wednesday.
A letter to Mayor Fitzgerald from Robert Treat Paine, president of the Boston Association for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis, urges the city to appropriate $125,000 for a new pavilion and two additional wards at Consumptives Hospital. Paine argues current accommodations are inadequate and asks the mayor to back the request.
Mrs Jane J Harris testified in Dedham Supreme Court before Judge Hammond and a jury that her mother-in-law Emma J Harris of Brookline talked to portraits calling them the duke and duchess The suit, brought by wife and guardian of William P Harris confined in an asylum in Waverley, seeks to break a $47000 will on grounds of undue influence and mental unsoundness.
Mrs Harris testified she married William P Harris in 1901 and lived in Boston and Brookline. She described her mother in law Emma Harris as increasingly unstable with delusions, alleged suicide attempts, and unusual behavior toward family and strangers.
Colonel Manuel Blanche Alcade arrives in San Francisco claiming proof that Madero and Vice President Suarez were murdered in the National Palace on February 22. He accuses Ambassador Wilson of failing to intervene, cites alleged guard involvement, and recounts his escape from Mexico City with his family. Also notes figures on Manhattan Island and the polar regions.
Winthrop Ames announces a $10,000 prize for the best American play submitted before August 15. A three member panel including Augustus Thomas Adolph Klauber and Ames will judge submissions.
Cyclone Burns of Cambridge won a light heavyweight bout against John McLaughlin known as the Irish Lad. He took the first fall in 26 minutes 30 seconds with a front Nelson and the second in eight minutes with an arm lock and hammer lock. More than 1500 fans attended. George W. Tuohey served as master of ceremonies.
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