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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1911
Page
2
Great difficulty selecting a jury to try Mrs. Florence M. Dodge for the murder of William Heath at Lunenburg last year due to anti capital punishment sentiment and circumstantial evidence. Judge Kyle Brown declines, and Alfred A. Hail and George H. McGinnis hear the case with Mr. Howe for the defense and Sargent for the State. The trial may run long.
Court adjourned after examining 45 men with 28 excused and 5 challenged. 12 remain subject to challenge. judge orders 10 more talesmen to report. Attorneys seek rigid examination as officials weigh circumstantial evidence and potential murder verdicts. Witnesses note gossip influence. most summoned jurors are farmers. Mrs. Dodge arrives shortly before 2.
Fifty five naturalization applicants told Judge John I. Hardy they never heard of Henry Cabot Lodge. Seventy five percent were passed. Testimony described implausible beliefs, with Eugene N. Foss named as president, Robert O Harris as Senator, laws said to be made in Albany, and Boston Mayor John F Fitzgerald named vice president.
Paris cable reports Henry Russell of the Boston Opera Company will open the 1911-1912 season with Saint-Saens Samson et Delilah on Monday evening November 27. Tenor Giovanni Zenatello will sing Samson and contralto Maria Gay will sing Delilah.
The new Reading Congregational Church costing eighty thousand dollars was dedicated with more than five hundred attendees. Rev. Charles R. Brown, dean elect of Wales, delivered the dedicatory address. D. Augustus Newton, longtime pastor of a Winchester church, will be installed as pastor tonight.
Less than half the old Committee of 100 gathered in Tremont building to oppose a city charter amendment championed by Martin Lomasney. Speakers urged senators to kill the amendment, framing it as a threat to the current political system and public trust.
The Aborn English Grand Opera Company presented La Boheme in English to an appreciative audience. Blanche Duffield as Mimi delivered a moving performance, especially in the death scene, while Eugene Battain as Rudolph, Bertha Shalek as Musetta, and William G. Stewart as Marcel received strong applause. The cast also included Frederick Huddy Schaunard Arthur Green Parpignol Bert Pheenix and Herbert Waterous as Colline. The production displayed thorough training with a lively Latin Quarter scene and seamless ensemble.
Crowds on Boylston Street watched a 26 ton steel door and its 12 inch thick frame unloaded for the Exchange Trust Co branch at 124 Boylston. Built by Remington Sherman Co of Philadelphia, the circular door features two combination locks and a 72 hour Yale time lock, and will hang on a massive crane hinge. The door weighs 25 tons and took six months to cast and fit, heralding a modern burglar and fireproof vault for the bank.
Theodore Lilley of Waterbury Connecticut son of the late Governor Lilley married Miss Evelyn Dutton daughter of A H Dutton in Havana Cuba on March 22 They met by pre arrangement while Lilley was a Yale football star in 1909 The couple are honeymooning in Porto Rico and Cuba They planned no public announcement until their return
The Symphony Hall Pops opened last night with conductor Gustav Strube leading a bright program. The audience featured a stylish social crowd on the floor, while the galleries watched from above. The season, the 26th, runs through July 1 with May and June special nights including Wagner night and college nights for Amherst Harvard Tech Williams Chicago. Notables present included Theodore Bauer and Max Zach among others.
Jimmy Gardner world middleweight champion will perform at the Howard this week. He will box exhibitions with Joe Thomas Jim Tenbrooke and other local fighters as he displays the form that earned his title. Jack Sheehan Boston’s noted referee introduces him. Lowell night will be observed Thursday.
The Riverside Boat Club on the Charles River near Western Avenue Bridge burned early morning, destroying canoes, shells, and club furnishings. Flames reached 100 feet, drawing thousands as the blaze spread to a coal pocket. losses pegged at about 6000 dollars. A barge loaded with 300 tons of coal was saved by workers before damage spread.
A mongrel dog entered the Middlesex Grocery Company store in Metropolitan Square Somerville yesterday causing panic among clerks and customers. Patrolman Charles Johnson shot the animal after securing a noose and dragging it to the rear yard. it is unclear if the dog was mad.
Authorities in Washington grant a one year reprieve for the Fenway post office at Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street after patrons protest. Postmaster Mansfield sent the retention order to the City Council. The office will operate until April 30, 1912 when a nearby substation will handle business.
John Coffey aged 65 of 178 Spring Street Cambridge died last night at Carney Hospital after an operation. He served for many years as a patrol wagon driver and is survived by his widow four sons and four daughters.
Joshua W. Henderson a colored steward on the Bangor Boston steamer attempted suicide by leaping from the Back Street esplanade into the Charles River Basin. He fought Patrolman Carty and Officer Chisholm as they restrained him before arrest. He later begged to be allowed to end his life.
A taxicab, a car and a coupe collide on Beacon near Arlington causing serious head injury to Thomas G. Cashman and minor injuries to George H. Dillon. Cashman, a Dorchester mall clerk, is hospitalized. Kehew and Dillon suffer varying injuries. A second taxicab hits a curb as a horse bolted, stopped by Patrolman Carty.
Death notices list multiple individuals from Charlestown East Boston Chelsea Roxbury South Boston and surrounding towns with names ages burial dates and funeral details. An Annie Burke 20 and Helen Burnham 16 6 are noted with church services and residence details. Other lines give names ages and service times at St Catherine's Sacred Heart Gate of Heaven St Francis de Sales St Peter and Paul and Cathedral of the Holy Cross with addresses in Boston and nearby cities.
Multiple death notices list names such as William S McCarthy Annie McAnulty Ellen Maguire William Maloney Abbie Moore Thomas F Murray Nellie Nickerson Louise Pinheiro Margaret Salvensen Rosanna Smith Sarah Sullivan Mary T Welch Martha K Whiting James J Williams Robert White with funeral details and mass times, reflecting a late April to early May pattern. Relatives invited and addresses provided for services across Boston suburbs.
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