Richeson death sentence upheld after clemency denial
Governor Foss rejected executive clemency for Clarence V. T. Richeson in the murder of Avis Linnell. The governor noted three alienists found him abnormal with emotional disturbances but not legally insane. Attorney Morse abandoned the case as the last hope faded and Richeson awaits the electric chair.
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Avis Linnell
Foss
William A. Morse
Richeson
Charlestown
Herbert S. Johnson
Morse
Hyannisport
Dudley Holman
Clarence
T. Richeson
Astronomical Day Report and Evening Sky Events
On the 138th day of the year observers note a day length of 14 hours 39 minutes with an increase of 5 hours 35 minutes. Venus rises at 3:48 am and Jupiter at 8:08 pm. Auto lamps should be lit at 7:30 pm.
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Venus
Jupiter
Anniversaries Recall Notable Clergyman and Civil War Leader
Charles F. Dole born 1020 is noted. General Grant began a work tour in 1877. Bells on Old South Church rang for the last time in 1876 as workmen finished repairs.
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General Grant
Old South Church
Boston Area Weather Forecast Brief
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for rain Friday then clearing. Saturday should be fair and warmer with brisk easterly to southerly winds. Washington dispatch adds New England showers Friday with northeast and east winds, Saturday likely fair except central and eastern Maine showers.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Maine
Yesterday’s Temperature Report From Thompson’s Spa
Yesterday’s temperatures show a high around 69 and a low near 50 with readings through the day from 6 a m to midnight. The report notes average yesterday at 51 and compares to last year’s cloudy Friday with similar conditions.
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Thompson’s Spa
Roosevelt May Get All Of Big Eight Delegates
Individual presidential preference will be shown by eight Massachusetts delegates at the Republican national convention. The decision was reached at a Roosevelt delegates meeting and continued on page 5 third column.
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Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Mrs Mitchell Granted a Divorce in Infidelity Case
Grace Rogers Mitchell, about 23, was yesterday granted a divorce from William A. Mitchell, secretary of the Thomas G. Plant Company, on the ground of infidelity after only one witness testified.
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Grace Rogers Mitchell
William A. Mitchell
Thomas G. Plant Company
Taft Denounces Roosevelt as Tyranny in Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 16 President Taft says he would not seek the presidency if defeating Theodore Roosevelt did not concern the American people more than himself. He frames Roosevelts challenge as a threat to the nation.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
National League games and rain delay update
Cincinnati defeats Boston 8 to 5 while New York edges Pittsburgh 4 to 3 and St. Louis beats Brooklyn 5 to 4. Philadelphia at Chicago rain and all other games in major leagues postponed by rain. Fenway Park hosts formal opening as Jimmy Callahan discusses the White Sox team.
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Chicago
New England
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White Sox
Men Beat Shop Keeper In Cambridge Robbery
Two well dressed men assaulted Alex Smith in his 127 Main Street Cambridge junk shop yesterday. They struck him with a hammer, robbed him of 95 dollars, and fled toward Kendall Square. Lena Vincentini found Smith unconscious.
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Alex Smith
Main Street
Cambridge
Smith
Kendall
Submarine Tuna Still Grounded Off Great Egg Harbor
The submarine Tuna remains aground about four miles off the Great Egg Harbor life saving station and appears to be drifting closer to shore after grounding this morning near Atlantic City New Jersey.
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Tuna
Great Egg Harbor
Tuna Stranded in Heavy Seas Near Sand Bar
Captain Dannehauer and crew remain aboard the Tuna as heavy seas push the ship from where she struck on a sand bar. Fourteen crewmen came ashore at 7 o clock but no alarm was felt. The vessel, en route from Newport News to Bridgeport for government turnover, may be floated at high tide with a revenue cutter due by dawn.
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Remai
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