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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1913
Page
7
Mayor Fitzgerald censures the Transit Commission for removing Boylston streetcar tracks to St James avenue and Arlington street extension. He calls for public hearings on such vital city matters.
Gloucester reports driver John Nugent aged 28 fatally injured in a runaway accident about 4 30 this afternoon and dies at Addison Gilbert Hospital about an hour later.
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret E. McDonald of Arlington, killed by her husband William A. McDonald, will be held at St. Agnes' Church in Arlington tomorrow. The high mass of requiem is scheduled for 9 o'clock.
Nugent was driving near Shepherd Street when the horse bolted and overturned the wagon. He was thrown against a telegraph pole and broke his back. He lived at Beaver Dam with a wife and four children surviving him.
The 11th annual ball of Boston Newsboys Protective Union No. 9077 at Paul Revere Hall proved the biggest success in years. An excellent vaudeville bill opened the evening, followed by a grand march led by President and Mrs. Benjamin E. Robbish. About 50 couples danced late into the night.
McDonald plead guilty to first degree murder at arraignment before Judge Almy in the Cambridge District Court. He appeared without counsel and, after initial doubt, the plea was accepted and he was bound over for the Middlesex grand jury’s June sitting. He sat in the prison cage weeping, then in a clear voice admitted guilt when asked by the clerk.
A midnight blaze at 349A Columbus Avenue destroyed Plakins' restaurant and forced lodgers from several rooms. Firemen rescued Mrs Grace Vanalspine and her 8 year old daughter Grace from the third floor as flames lapped from the lower windows. Loss estimated around 5000 dollars.
A fierce blaze in the hold of the English steamship Guiliston anchored at Eastern pier East Boston burned for nearly three hours last night. East Boston engines and a fireboat fought the flames. The ship carrying jute and burlap is owned by F C Strick of London and cargo consigned to A C Lombard of State street. Estimated loss about 25000 dollars.
Frederick A. Betts, former Connecticut insurance commissioner, convicted of grand larceny for swindling the Boston law firm Butler Cox Bacon Mitchie out of 2500 dollars. Betts has residences in New York and Hartford Connecticut.
The first witness in James B. Jennings known as Kid Carter's trial for the January 1 1918 shooting of William H. McPherson will testify at 9 30 am. District Attorney Pelletier began opening arguments after jurors viewed the crime scenes. Jennings seen with guarded calm as his parents visited him in the detention room.
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