Quaker hangings tied to Boston elm span centuries
Historians debate whether Quakers and others were hanged on a Boston elm or on temporary gallows near Dover Street. Dr. Samuel Green cites Shurtleff and Hancock family lore, noting 1860 storm damage and 190 rings on a broken branch, while others point to gallows on the Common and the land’s shifting use.
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Boston
Samuel Green
Massachusetts Historical Society
Green
Bostonian Society
Michael J. Canavan
Dover Street
Dr. Green
Mr. Canavan
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff
Hancock
Lydia Hancock
Hezekiah
Shurtleff
Anne Hibbens
Matthias Farnsworth
Groton
Ann Street
William Robinson
Marmaduke Stephenson
Walter Kendall Watkins
Washington Street
Watkins
Sturgiss
Mary Dyer
Mary Farewell Ayer
Boston Common
Endicott
Jethro
Yecorda
Confesses to Save His Comrades in Cornhill Robbery
Philip J. Hayes testified at sentencing that he took the money from Andrew Cardiakas and that William H. Curley and Jacob Davis were not guilty. Hayes said he retrieved about $10 and discarded it behind the counter as police arrived, while Kelley pressed for a new trial.
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Philip J. Hayes
William H. Curley
Jacob Davis
Cornhill
Superior Criminal Court
Wait
Hayes
Cardiakas
Kelley
Steel Strike Declared Off at Bethlehem Steel Works
In South Bethlehem Pennsylvania on May 18 the Bethlehem Steel strike ending Feb 4 was declared off by the executive committee. Former Congressman J Davis Brodhead secured terms from President Charles M Schwab, accepted by the workers who can return to work at once via Schwab by long distance call.
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Bethlehem
Penn
Bethlehem Steel Works
J. Davis Brodhead
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
New York
Back Bay Girl Miss Sargent Fugitive From Justice
Miss Elizabeth Sargent a prominent Back Bay figure has become a fugitive after missing three court appearances for overspeeding on Revere boulevard. Judge Bosson issued a default warrant when she failed to appear again after being allowed to leave with promise to return. Police pursued her at her winter and summer residences without success.
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Elizabeth Sargent
Back Bay
Revere Boulevard
Judge Bosson
Chelsea
Miss Sargent
Attempts to Kidnap Boy Fail in Waltham
Three efforts to abduct John Francis Duffy son of a motorman targeted his grandparents home at 129 Pond Street. The would be kidnapper lured him to Beacon Street and then to his grandmother's house before neighbors intervened. Police guard the area after the near miss. The boy said he left the man after being told he would be spanked.
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Waltham
John Francis Duffy
James Biggins
Pond Street
John
Beacon Street
Annie Thompson
Irish Emigrants Arrive Aboard Saxonia
Wireless reports confirm the Saxonia will dock in port this morning with about 2000 passengers aboard. many are Irish men and women from the north seeking domestic work in the country. The liner departed from Queenstown and Liverpool earlier.
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Q Town
Nore Ireland
Liverpool
Noted British polo player dies by own action
Captain Champion de Crespigny of the Life Guards, a member of the Rome Club polo team that visited the United States, died by shooting today. A revolver was found in his hand beside the roadside near King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire, where he had been a guest of Lord Brassey.
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Champion de Crespigny
Life Guards
Rome
United States
King's Cliffe
Namptonshire
Lord Brassey
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