Coe Blames Wife for Alaska Flight and Decamp
Coe admits his identity and says his home extravagances drove him to flee. He allegedly walked nearly 400 miles toward his Alaska goal and has been working as a machinist earning 150 dollars a month.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1915
Page
1
Submarine Torpedo Victim Captain Gunther Recovered
The Lyonnesse arrived at Penzance carrying 33 Gulflight crew members and the body of Captain Alfred Gunther after the American steamer Gulflight was torpedoed off the Scilly Islands last Saturday. The chief officer and chief engineer stay with the vessel in Crow Sound to protect owners’ interests. Second Officer Paul Bower, Chicago, spoke in Penzance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Eng
Lyonnesse
Scilly Islands
Penzance
Alfred Gunther
Gulflight
Crow Sound
Paul Bower
Chicago
Beaten in Galicia Beaten in Galic ia Dardanelles Occupied Maidos
Allied forces report a major Dardanelles advance with Maidos town occupied on the Gallipoli peninsula. The capture gives allies a dominating position to support naval operations against Turkish forts as the Narrows reach is extended. Earlier reports noted Maidos shelled by the Triumph and set ablaze.
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London
Dardanelles
Gallipoli
Mitylene
Maidos
Admiralty
Triumph
Gulf of Saros
Germans Claim Russian Setback in Western Galicia Cracow Drive
Official statements from Berlin and Vienna describe a Russian defeat in western Galicia as a quiet German backed advance toward Cracow after the fall of Przemysl. General-Colonel von Mackensen reportedly led the victory march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Vienna
Galicia
Przemysl
Cracow
von Mackensen
Carbuncle Costs Life in Worcester Youth
Walter P. Kramer a 22 year old Worcester Polytechnic Institute senior died at Memorial Hospital of septic poisoning from a neck carbuncle. Delirious since Saturday he died at 8 30 p m His mother had died months earlier his father is abroad His brother John Kramer is a student at the Dummer Academy Hazel Smart a Winchester girl and Columbia University junior was by his side He will be buried in Winchester Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Walter P. Kramer
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Walter S. Kramer
Sheffield Road
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Europe
John Kramer
Dummer Academy
Hazel Smart
Columbia Uniiversity
New York
Miss Smart
Murder Suicide at Bos ton Poultry Farm Cottage
Maurice N. Shtrumpfman 23 killed his sister Bertha Krauzer in dawn quiet at Vincenzo Bonzagni poultry farm in Greenwood Wakefield then shot himself. He left a note saying he could not see her suffer and there was no other way out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Vincenzo Bonzagni
Boston
Maurice Shtrumpfman
Bertha Krauzer
Shtrumpfman
Maurice N. Shtrumpfman
Greenwood
Melrose
Saugus
Tragedy Involving Shtrumpfman And Sister Found Dead
Police investigate a double tragedy as Shtrumpfman kills his sister Mrs Krauzer with a shotgun blast in the front room and then shoots himself with an 88 calibre revolver in the kitchen. The weapon held two empty shells. a spent shell suggests attempted evidence disposal. Continued on Page 2-Fifth Column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shtrumpfman
Youth Fends Off Burglars in Roxbury Home
John Conley junior 19 son of Edward P Conley of 12 Roswell Street Roxbury stopped a daylight burglary at his home yesterday afternoon and, with a special policeman, captured one intruder after chasing him through the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Conley
Edward P. Conley
Roswell Street
Roxbury
Two Men Rob Elder Conley Watch Larceny Case
Two men aided by a young woman robbed a machinist named Conley of a gold watch. Conley chased Dwyer to Dana Street Roxbury, grappled him, and with Special Policeman Kerrigan captured Dwyer who was jailed for breaking and entering and larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conley
Young Conley
James Dwyer
Dana Street
Roxbury
Dwyer
Kerrigan
Roosevelt to Again Take Stand in Barnes Libel Suit
Syracuse May 8 Theodore Roosevelt will testify in the Supreme Court libel suit while William Barnes is expected to precede or follow him. Plans for the sequence were set by counsel after multiple witnesses testified for the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N.Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Supreme Court
William Barnes
Roosevelt to testify on mitigation of damages in defamation case
Under a court ruling Colonel Roosevelt may testify about facts not in pleadings to mitigate damages and present evidence that he held no malice when delivering speeches naming the plaintiff. Barnes testified for the defense after Franklin Craley claimed the Albany Journal Company books were in the plaintiff’s possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Roosevelt
Barnes
Franklin Craley
Albany Journal Company
Yesterday's Baseball Results Across Leagues
Results show AMERICAN games with New York defeating Philadelphia 8 to 4 and Boston Washington at grounds. NATIONAL DC Brooklyn 3 Boston 2 New York 3 Philadelphia 2 Chicago 5 Pittsburg 1 in 5 innings. NEW ENGLAND Lewiston 5 Lynn 4 Lawrence 4 Portland 1 Worcester 5 Lowell 4 in 13 innings Manchester 4 10 innings. FEDERAL Pittsburg 3 Brooklyn 1 first game Brooklyn 8 Pittsburg 7 second game Chicago 7 Buffalo 3 Baltimore 7 Kansas City 5.
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New York
Philadelphia
Boston-Washington
Brooklyn
Boston
Chicago
Pittsburg
New England
Lewiston
Lynn
Lawrence
Portland
Worcester
Lowell
Act
Manchester
Federal
Buffalo
Baltimore
Kansas City
Gulflight Sunk After Submarine Torpedo Off Scilly
Survivors recount the clash with a submarine near Scilly as the Gulflight was torpedoed on the starboard side. Captain Gunther fainted before dying at 3:50 AM. Wireless operator Short and a Spanish sailor drowned after abandoning ship. Patrol boats rescued the rest in heavy fog overnight.
Brighton Councillor Woods Dies After Council Session
City councillor William H. Woods of 19 Union Street Brighton died suddenly at his home from acute indigestion after returning from a city council meeting. He had recently accused Councillor Coulthurst of attending sessions in poor health. Woods was a long-time resident and is survived by his widow nine children and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Woods
Union Street
Brighton
Coulthurst
Councillor Woods
Boston political figure Woods lifelong South Boston leader
Mr. Woods joined politics in Boston serving on the old City Council in 1895 and in the House of Representatives in 1904. He won election to the old Board of Aldermen in 1907 and was born in South Boston 53 years ago, spending most of his life there in the South Cove district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Woods
Boston
Old City Council
House of Representatives
Old Board of Aldermen
South Boston
South Cove
Boston Oil salesman reveals reason for disappearance
Henry Clarke Coe Jr of the Boston Standard Oil firm confessed to local authorities in Fairbanks Alaska that he left home due to his wife’s extravagance. He said he would never return. Posters offering a reward had circulated after he vanished last February, leading to his identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
Henry Clarke Coe, Jr
Boston Standard Oil
Boston Man Confesses to Lure and Escape Motive
Coe, under local questioning, admitted he was the man in question. He said he wired his wife April 15 and received no reply, grew tired of life in Boston, and that extravagant living by his wife pushed him to strike out on his own. He claimed he wanted to win by merit, not influence, and that his life in Boston had been unhappy and he longed for...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Boston
Governor Walsh Narrowly Escapes Fatal Auto Collision
Governor Walsh's car skidded on wet pavement at the South Lawrence crossing as a Boston & Maine train approached. The crossing gates stopped the machine just in time, leaving him shaken but later able to address the Young Men's Christian Association and Knights of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Walsh
Young Men's Christian Association
Knights of Columbus
Celestial Almanac Notes and Historical Anniversaries
The entry lists moon phases and rise times with full moons through the year, notes day length and evening star Saturn, morning stars Venus and Jupiter, and mentions a midnight comet sighting. It also marks today as anniversaries including Rhode Island independence, the Haymarket riots, and Mobile surrender, with auto lamp times for the evening.
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Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Rhode Island
Chicago
Mobile
Unsettled Forecast Dampens Boston Area This Week
Unsettled outlook for Boston and vicinity with local showers likely Tuesday and Wednesday. Moderate variable winds. Washington reports forecast for New England calls for unsettled conditions and occasional showers on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Boston
Washington
New England
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Swan-Russell
Oan
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Wildey Savings Bank
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Scilly
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Crist
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Short
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W.H. Woods
City Hall
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Joseph F. Rae & CO
Francis Maguire
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