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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1903
Page
2
BERLIN May 8 Baron von Loew a lieutenant in the Fifth Uhlans was sentenced to 18 months in prison at Dusseldorf for perjury in a slander case about Frau Eck wife of a distinguished engineer. Frau Eck died after drinking poison at her arrest for perjury.
New York May 8 Police officer Peter Schwartz of East Fifty first street station was suspended and severely reprimanded after calling Police Surgeon Marsh a black liar and threatening a witness. With a record of frequent charges in six months he faced 15 counts including unlawful arrests and off duty actions. He announced he would defend himself as the hearing began and was adjourned for a week.
Ensign Charles Huff and boatswain's mate McNamare on the cruiser Boston were wounded by stray bullets from the cruiser Marblehead during sub-calibre target practice near Magdalena Bay. Marblehead fired about 400 yards from Boston. bullets were not expected to reach, a cease-fire signal followed. Huff suffered an arm wound. the boatswain's mate had a severe scalp wound.
John Czolgosz, brother of the assassin of President McKinley, remains in confinement in Los Angeles. He agreed to stay at the station until after the President left the city and asked for as little publicity as possible. He is held in comfortable quarters at the city prison and will be released Saturday.
Allison G. Stafford, 39, longtime Enfield Mills engineer, shot himself at his Mansfield residence after a bout of illness and despondency. He died before his wife and two children could reach him, leaving behind a family and a job with Enfield mills in Rhode Island.
At a Gloucester Common Council meeting an order was adopted to authorize suing Captain Sylvanus Smith for 1000 dollars for services as Water Board chairman and secretary. Mayor Tolman plans to veto, arguing the city solicitor should rule on grounds for litigation first. Captain Smith contends the payment was due and indorsed by the council.
The Brockton shoe cutters union urges a U S government pension at twenty dollars monthly for workers age fifty five and older who have been citizens twenty one years and earn under four hundred dollars a year. Petition drives and a congressional bill are planned with union delegates to push the proposal locally and beyond.
The grand jury indicts Charles W. Sell for firing on his sweetheart Mabel French and firing at Joseph Clough as he escorted her home. James M. Lurrey, former postmaster at Goff's Falls, is indicted for robbing the American Express Company of 2711 dollars. No perjury indictments for three officers included.
The army board chooses a new service rifle with a 24 inch barrel chambered for .30 ball. The 2w gun is four inches shorter than the Krag and two inches longer than the carbine, offering higher velocity and flatter trajectory. It can penetrate 24 one inch pine planks and weighs a pound less than the service rifle. A wood encased barrel prevents hand burns during rapid firing, claimed to be the world’s most powerful musket.
Five former crew members file libel against the schooner Cora F Cressey and Captain Hardin seeking 800 dollars plus wages and ration deductions for alleged abuse during a voyage from Boston to Portland and Newport News. They describe irons, confinement, hardtack, and withheld pay as punishment.
Judge Burke heard a dispute over two bank books left by long time gate tender Daniel Sullivan at the Dorchester avenue crossing. The estate totals about 3000 dollars with 1800 in two South Boston Savings Bank books. Sullivan’s daughters contend each bank book held 900 dollars. administrator John Casey seeks to keep the books with the estate. If the daughters’ claims fail the money may go to the widow.
Judge Lowell handed down a landmark ruling in a state federal court, the first of its kind, invalidating an equity sale. The decision sets a precedent for analogous cases and outlines the court’s reasoning and potential implications for future transactions.
An advertisement extols Postum as a healthful alternative to coffee, arguing coffee harms nine of ten drinkers, causing headaches, biliousness, insomnia and more. A testimonial from a Canadian woman describes coffee withdrawal improving energy and ambition after switching to Postum, urging readers to compare scientific points.
The Barnes matter reached Judge Braley in the Supreme Court equity session on a motion by W M Noble for depositions in California from Mrs Barnes Dr Barnes Mrs Horton and Dr Bradford. The judge set May 28 for hearing and refused interim depositions for the Barnes couple.
In Concord on May 8 Frederick H Bates of Gleasondale was charged with arson to defraud insurers. Judge John M Keyes found probable cause and held Bates for the grand jury in 5000 dollars bond. House and barn damaged, insurance total 8709 dollars. Deputy Fire Marshal J E Shaw spoke for the state. I R Clark of Boston for the defendant. Most witnesses from Gleasondale and nearby towns. defense offered no evidence.
Judge Braley dismissed the bill by George F. Robinson and nine Watertown taxpayers seeking an injunction against Albert F. Haynes and others over a contract by Haynes and water commissioner Thomas J. Yavin with William H. Wilson for building a stable. The judge found no bylaw violation in the terms, dismissing as to him and defendant Stone.
Judge Albert E Clary qualified as presiding justice of the East Boston court yesterday as Clerk William S Allen read the governor’s commission. Lawyer James F E Fitzgerald spoke a resolution praising Judge Emmons and noting the loss felt by East Boston. Fitzgerald also praised Emmons successor, eliciting a brief reply from Clary who cited a recent bereavement and offered no extended remarks.
John Ficklin and Albert Williams, two African American men, fought with a single hatchet at West Ind Thursday night. Both were found guilty at Municipal Criminal Court and sentenced to three months on the island. The cause of the quarrel remains unclear as each man struck the other in sequence.
Michael J. Conley of Duxbury was held in 5000 for grand jury on assault with intent to murder Chief of Police Walter Campbell. Conley shot Campbell in the leg on April 30 after a street confrontation over money Mrs Conley said her husband had taken. Witnesses say Campbell was asked to obtain money from Conley who threatened to kill if he interfered.
In Lynn on May 8, the senior class clashes with Principal Russell over a class gift. The students voted to present a crayon portrait of the late Orsamus B. Bruce, a former school superintendent, but the principal objects and demands a different artwork. The class argues they choose the gift since they are making it.
Detectives arrested Maria Wiley, a Negro girl, on the charge of stealing a fawn silk gown valued at 90 from Mme Carey’s, a New York modiste. The prisoner, a known offender, was held on $1000 bail and showed a pawn ticket for the gown.
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