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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1920
Page
3
Boston faces a severe housing shortage as the mayor moves to form a large housing corporation. He invites banking and business leaders to a conference to create a fund for building dwellings and providing loans. The project aims to raise several million dollars and view housing as sound business with city prosperity at stake.
Orciana and Officer Connolly sit as citizens enter the room. Each arrival prompts Orciana to rise and tip his brown hat while Patrolman Lawton of Bridgewater police directs the proceedings. The fragment notes a caution about discussing the so called murder day.
A widow appealed to the mayor for help finding a good man aged 30 to 40 who does not drink, attends Protestant worship, and will provide a comfortable home. She notes she sings and plays in public and prefers a partner who enjoys music, though that may not be essential.
Ricardo Orciani, a Hyde Park moulder, named as payroll bandit in the South Braintree murder and payroll theft of April 15. Brockton Patrolman Michael Connolly helped capture two other suspects. Orciani is shown at left. Police pursue the main killer as witnesses review Orciani and associates in East Bridgewater and Hyde Park.
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