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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1907
Page
14
Dr J L Cowan a Boston physician and spiritualist aged 48 committed death by poison in the Swampscott woods near the spiritualist campground last night. The body was found this afternoon with a note asking that his brother be notified and citing ill health as the reason.
The 58 year old Dr J L Cowan who lived at 48 Tennyson Street Boston boarded house left for Swampscott Tuesday night and died by suicide. He had lived in Boston four years and spent winters in Los Angeles California. He was unmarried and reportedly had a brother in Boston whose address was unknown. He had earlier suffered blood poisoning about two years ago affecting his health.
A board of alienists will assess Ed ward F Lang’s mental condition for the murder case against him. Judge Putnam set July 7 for trial opening and assigned counsel Boyd B. Jones and John H. Casey. Doctors Cowles and Jelly are sought as two of four examiners. the government to appoint the other two.
Horace C. Lord of Everett was swamped with congratulations after a newspaper claimed he found a cousin in Danbury New Hampshire and a $20000 trust. He said the tale was false and his search was for truth not money, noting a prior report of a large fortune in England.
The Pennsylvania Railroad through General Manager Atterbury announced rewards totaling 6500 for the arrest and conviction of those who caused derailments near Stewart station on the 23rd and near Wilmerding on the 27th. Investigators found fish plates fixed between rails to defeat signals, indicating expert knowledge of signaling.
In Washington March 27 members of the National Audubon Society condemn Mrs Nicholas Longworth’s Easter hat featuring a white dove. The society aims to curb wearing birds on hats though no action has been taken yet. Mrs Roosevelt and President Roosevelt are named as supporters of bird protection. The hat is described as a white hip turban with a green velvet band. In Jamaica Plain the Tenebrae service at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament and a Passion sermon by Rev Arthur T Connolly are announced for tonight and tomorrow.
The anti-saloon drive failed 82 to 127 as Rep Luce and Rep Walker led the effort to boost state liquor fees. Passage would have shifted Boston payments from 350000 to 700000, with opponents citing illiberal policy and local temperance harm. A large gallery crowd witnessed the session at the State House.
A new merger in the New Hampshire wool industry emerged after the Merrimack Woolen Mills of Lowell organized a consolidation with Carter & Rogers Mills of Lebanon and Elm Woolen Company mills in Tilton. George S. Rogers of Lebanon became president, with A. D. Carter as treasurer and D. W. Farnsworth as vice president.
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