Divorce Trial Reveals Alleged Stove Attack Claim
Grace Burns testifies in Chelsea divorce court that her husband Richard Burns threw her on a hot stove during earlier quarrels. She says she married in June 1901 and their finances were strained. her mother once paid the rent. Burns sides with a cross libel claim alleging the wife’s relation with grocery clerk Charles Riechenbacher. The case resumes this morning.
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Grace Burns
Richard Burns
Chelsea
Charles Riechenbacher
Burns
Technique appoints editors in chief and staff
Donald Reed Stevens of Brookline becomes editor in chief for Technique 1911 Francis Aldrich Moore of Tyler Texas is named business manager and Orville 3B Dennison gains grind editor duties.
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Brookline
Technique
Francis Aldrich Moore
Tyler
Texas
Orville
Dennison
Grind
Abduction Case Closed as Mary Cryan Surrenders Rights
Saugus police report the search for Mary Cryan ended with the case effectively closed. A Lynn attorney drew up papers to place the child Annie with her foster father, but the transfer was never filed, leaving the sister with the claim to custody and ending police action.
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Thompson
Mary Cryan
Annie
Michael Hardiman
Westland Avenue
Lynn
New Style Water Cures Discussed at Pierce Farm Case
District Attorney Hill argued in Superior Criminal Court about new water cure methods and alleged brutality in treating patients at Pierce Farm. He responded to pleas for Murdock MacGregor and Roderick MacKenzie who faced manslaughter sentences for the death of Richard F. Mitchell. Judge Schofield reviewed two hours of testimony before Hill sought to offer new evidence not presented at trial.
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Pierce Farm
Hill
Superior Criminal Court
Murdock MacGregor
Roderick MacKenzie
Richard F. Mitchell
Schofield
Noted Hospital Attendant Details Severe Abuse Claims
Captain Dugan and Edgar I. Clark testify to MacGregor and MacKenzie using water submersion and brutal beating on patients at Pierce Farm hospital. Clark describes strangling, kicking, and stripping of straps, including an incident with a patient held in a tub and beaten. Judge Schofield delays sentencing to Thursday to address new charges.
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Edgar I. Clark
Pierce Farm
Clark
MacGregor
Frank Heath
Hill
MacKenzie
McKeenan
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