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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1916

Page

2

Henhouse Row Sparks Melrose Road Feud

Mrs. Higgins fired on men removing a hen house from a so called right of way in Melrose over a road used by neighbors for 300 years. She defended property, others deny trespass, and plans for a court warrant follow.

Melrose Folsom Avenue Trafic Swain's Pond Mrs. Higgins Husby Higgins Bay State Street Railway Post Walter Adams Efe Mr. Burnett Representative Burnett Joseph Phipps Edward Stillman George Snowden Harold Polk Fred Polk James Casserly Burnett Malden Court

Commutation Hearing Sought for Two Life Prisoners

Judge Sullivan urges Governor and council to commute the life sentences of Frank Davis and John Mulvey for armed robbery after noting a 1912 law change not indexed. Both men, aged 28 and 23, have spent four years in Charlestown State Prison and face varied prior sentences.

Charlestown Cambridge Commonwealth Charles 8. Sullivan Middlesex County John J. Higgins Sullivan Davis Mulvey Alexander Smith Davis and Mulvey Chase Higgins Tle Joseph J. Lannin The Red Sox Lannin Mr. Higgins

French and King Named Receivers for Crawford Plummer Co

Judge Morton in Boston appointed Asa P. French and Louis B. King receivers for the Crawford Plummer Company, cloak and suit stores in Boston Springfield Hartford and New Haven. Liabilities are estimated at 100000 dollars as creditors began bankruptcy proceedings two weeks earlier.

Morton United States District Court Asa P. French Louis B. King Boston Crawford-Plummer Company Cloak and Suit Springfield Hartford New Haven

Woman seeks return of 3200 from estate administrator

Miss Josephine Thoms also known as Helen E Young filed a bill in equity in Suffolk Superior Court yesterday asking the court to compel W J Powers administrator of Lizzie E Young estate to turn over 3200 he received from the Order of the Golden Cross of the World where Lizzie E Young held a policy.

Josephine Thoms Helen E. Young Suffolk Superior Court W. J. Powers Lizzie E. Young Order of the Golden Cross of the World Jizzie E. Young

French Cruiser Stops American Steamer Isthmian

Wireless message from Isthmian reports a French cruiser halted the American steamship yesterday near San Juan Porto Rico. A shot was fired across the bow before the French vessel searched and allowed the Isthmian to continue toward Rio Janeiro.

San Juan Porto Rico Isthmian Baltimore Rio Janeiro

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