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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1912
Page
10
Developments in the $3800 Back Bay jewelry theft show 57 perfect white diamonds recovered in Providence. No further leads or arrests were announced yesterday and Mrs. I N Quirin remains the owner of the missing gems from 386 Marlboro Street.
A. Jackson Norton, the detective agency headtracking the jewel theft, left for Providence following a hurry call as investigators expect developments within 24 hours. Secrecy remains high while officers expect the $3,000 diamond necklace and $800 diamond crescent to be recovered soon from Mrs. Quirin’s collection.
Mrs. Wm. Hohmann of Chicago reports a lifelong bronchial cough and throat trouble eased after three bottles of Peruna. She says her appetite returned, chest pains subsided, and she now feels well. She praises the tonic and recommends it to others who fear consumption.
Mrs. Quirin misplaced valuable jewels at a prominent Boston hotel before sailing abroad. Secrecy surrounded the case as efforts to trace the stones continued, and yesterday half the stones from the two jewels were recovered.
The Saco Pettee Company in Newton Upper Falls plans a Monday reopening after a week idle due to a strike. Management demands 200 strikers return. offering 1 cent per hour raise and 10 extra hours per week. Polish workers hold firm for 20 percent raise. English speaking group accepts. I W W organizers have left the strike following Rev Timothy Danahy a critique.
Thomas Graham ten year old boy wandering in Revere was found by Metropolitan Police. He said he lived with a family in Hamilton court Roxbury and was taken to Boston police headquarters after being fed and made comfortable. The family offered little help.
Salem March 26 Ernest Brouillette the boy bandit confessed to robberies at Appleton Farms Ipswich and led police to the loot recovered largely at his sister's home 500 Western Avenue Lynn State Police Officer Wells and Lynn inspectors investigated the case.
An 18 year old tied to multiple burglaries including Danvers Ipswich and Lynn is bound over for Essex county grand jury after being arraigned for breaking and entering John Haley’s Ly man Cove home. Police say he confessed to a partner and a string of bold crimes since December 10 at Frothingham Mills and Appleton Farms.
Mrs. Hermenes Baranzo and her baby born at the immigration station on Long Wharf after detention on arrival from the White Star liner Canopic were released and moved to Seekonk. The baby’s nationality is disputed between English Portuguese and English law. The mother and infant had resided in the US for three years before a Portugal trip during which the husband died. The birth aboard a British flagged ship complicates birthplace claims.
Waterville Maine March 26 The Rev Henry N Pringle associate secretary of the Christian Civic League of Maine secured Special Officer Sam Davis to serve a warrant on the 80th birthday of that officer Davis raided 20 Front street finding a dray load of intoxicating liquors Thomas Murphy and Ernest Thurber were found in charge and ordered to appear in court Wednesday morning.
Mike Gibbons of St Paul outpointed Jack Denning over all 10 rounds at the Fairmont Athletic Club in New York, scoring a clear victory tonight.
Surfman John M. Sweeney and the Newburyport life-saving crew rescued Captain Barnes and four crewmen from the leaking sand drogher Eveleth of Boson sighted near Plum Island. The Eveleth, battered by ice on the Merrimack, was hauled off Plum Island Point and will sail to Boston.
Edward L. Quigley, longtime Charlestown district representative in both branches of the City Council under the old charter, and a veteran Democratic figure and expert New England insurance man, has increased the ranks of the Pierce Farm in mates.
Quigley called yesterday afternoon asking for care and treatment. The physician said it is a nervous breakdown and he was placed in the Fisher building convalescent ward. He is separated from Judge Dewey and Lawyer Coakley in the Butler building observation ward, and the ex-Alderman seeks rest and recuperation.
The battleship Florida completed a four hour run just after 6 PM off Massachusetts after yesterday earning the fleet speed crown with 21 954 knots. A 4 hour test at 19 knots follows, then 24 hours at 12 knots and 2 hours at high speed before trial board landing at Hampton Roads later in the week.
Giuseppe Paiza alias Joseph Paiza, 27, of Hale street, arrested on a warrant in South Framingham and brought to Boston police HQ. He faces five counts of larceny for fruit valued at 281.05 dollars obtained by misrepresentation from Boston firms, sent to Hale street, then reshipped to his South Framingham store.
Two Roosevelt meetings planned in Lowell and Waltham this evening. In Lowell, at the Republican city committee headquarters, William N. Osgood will preside with Charles S. Baxter, former Medford mayor and Roosevelt delegate-at-large candidate, as principal speaker. The Waltham gathering is under the Swedish American Republican Club of the city.
Burlington Route offers Personally Conducted Excursions to California with tourist sleeping cars. Escorts and careful service target travelers with moderate means, aiming for a comfortable, affordable coast trip. Contact Alex Stocks, New England Passenger Agent, C B and Railroad, 264 Washington Street Boston, MA.
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