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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
5
Up Rumford Falls Maine May 11 police report details a shooting two hours later. A female victim was found injured prompting immediate investigation and medical response. Authorities say the case is under review and no formal charges yet.
Four close range gunshots ended the life of Mrs. Joe Bill at her Rumford Falls home in Virginia. The husband surrendered to Deputy Sheriff L. L. Niles and confessed the revolver attack.
Police say Joe Bill shot his wife after jealousy over another Italian sparked a long quarrel. In the room were two priests a doctor an undertaker a coroner deputies and the chief of police plus two officers summoned by the sensational confession. She told officers before dying that her husband fired the shot. The revolver lay under a woodshed sink. Joe Bill, a fruit trader, gave only dreamlike replies and offered no clear motive beyond alleged jealousy. The couple’s divorce disputes and custody troubles involve four children three of whom are in a Portland Catholic home. The infant remains with the mother.
The man, who has spent at least 20 years in Lewiston and Rumford Falls, moved here eight to ten years ago. He and his partner built a boardinghouse costing $10,000 that houses 50. The coroner's jury examined the body and premises and will conduct an inquest.
Mrs Mary Ann Cox of 42 Adams Avenue Everett testified before Judge Fox in East Cambridge Divorce Court that her husband Joseph T Cox threatened her life, was addicted to liquor, and refused to talk for 10 months. The couple’s four sons supported her claim that the father endangered their lives and theirs.
The Bath Trustees, facing strong public opposition, decided not to implement charges at L Street baths. They will seek increased city appropriation to cover rising expenses, while renovations at South Boston facilities include new fences, an extended beach, a mothers court, and a new locker key system to curb resale.
Yesterday’s World in Boston featured a crowded Methodist Day with standing room only in the upper gallery and hundreds remaining for the Darkness and Light pageant. Hubert Fowle presented Under the Haystack recalling the 1806 prayer meeting that led to the American Board of Foreign Missions. Lectures and talks followed by Rev. Robert Forbes of Philadelphia and Col. B. W. Halford, plus St John on missionary education and Cragin of Wellesley College, marked a day of faith, education, and global mission activity.
At 7 40 Mr St John speaks on The Missionary Story Interests of Children. A Salvation Army Band concert at 6.00 precedes a Methodist Episcopal dinner at 6 30 where programme features are arranged. Guests welcomed at 2 20 by Rev A Z Conrad with a response by Dr A B Leonard. Afternoon addresses planned by noted speakers including Dr Homer C Stuntz and Dr Robert Forbes.
A loud brawl broke out at South Station as Ray Cross of Lansing, Michigan pummeled two men over baggage mix ups. Inspector Angell and Patrolman Walsh intervened, detaining Cross and the other suspects identified as Thomas Conway alias Alexander McPhearson the Lewiston Kid and Alfred McDonnell.
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