Expert Set Free in Court Brookline Accountant Cleared
George Duthie Strachan of Brookline was freed in Brookline court from a charge of committing a statutory offense after the case was not pressed. Known as an expert accountant, he helped investigate books of a Southbridge bank linked to Treasurer John A. Hall, recently sentenced to 15 years. Strachan arrived from Aberdeen with a woman claiming to be his wife, who has filed for divorce to be heard in Dedham later this month.
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George Duthie Strachan
Brookline
Strachan
West
Back Bay
Southbridge Bank
John A. Hall
Aberdeen
Scotland
Coleman as Bookkeeper at Franklin County Jail
Jailer Richard son says George W. Coleman, once a Cambridge bank wrecker, will be keeper of the jail books at Franklin County Jail upon arrival. He outlines Coleman's daily routine, cell confinement, meals, privileges, and potential outside work, noting a long sentence and possible desk work in the prison office. Coleman will receive a gray suit and may hire services from a barber. visitors and letters allowed on a restricted schedule.
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Greenfield
Richardson
Franklin County
House of Correction
George W. Coleman
City National Bank of
Cambridge
Coleman
Bank Cashier Testifies in Coleman Case Amid New York Moves
Testimony details Coleman’s payments and checks exchanged with Reinhardt and others. Witnesses describe Coleman taking large notes, arranging meetings at Back Bay and Belmont, and trips to New York with Kelcher. The case centers on misapplied bank funds and Coleman’s business ties.
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New York
Coleman
Kelcher
Rinehart
Back Bay
Lockhart
Belmont
Limited
Man Receives Three Month Sentence in Abandonment Case
Lynn on May 2. Mrs Thaddeus Hurlburt asks police for help after learning her child was abandoned not dead as claimed. Thaddeus Hurlburt is sentenced by Judge Sweetser to three months in the House of Correction. He has appealed and the case will be carried over until the Superior Court meets. He is out on $6000 bail. The missing child has not yet been located.
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Lynn
Thaddeus Hurlburt
Sweetser
House of Correction
Hurlburt
Two Hurt in Collision Between Wagon and Car
Two men suffered injuries in a crash at Centre and Bickford streets yesterday when a wagon team driven by Patrick J. Coffey of 84 Fisher Avenue collided with an inbound Jamaica Plain car. John Coffey of 125 Centre and Martin Davin of 1418 Tremont Street were thrown from the wagon with Coffey reporting a broken right arm and Davin sustaining head and facial cuts.
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Centre
Bickford Streets
Patrick J. Coffey
Fisher Avenue
Jamaica Plain
John Coffey
Martin Davin
Tremont Street
Coffey
Davin
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van Blarcom
George B. Hallet
J. Thomas Reinhart
Hallet
Clearing House
Harvey
Galbraith
National Union Bank
Pratt
French
Earle
Balance
Clarence E. Dunaven
South Framingham
Shawmut National Bank
National City Bank of Cambridge
Shawmut Bank
Frank van Blarcom
Curb
J. Thos. Reinhardt
Devonshire Street
Reinhardt
Wilson Lockhart
State National Bank
First National Bank
the Belmont
Foster Orthopedic
South Americ
Emanuel
Buenos Ayres
South América
Lasker
Lienry Siegel Co
Washington and Essex Sts
Boston
Mass
Rochester
Madras
vVaiuw
Nainsock
Rosenberg Bros. & Co
Srepnery
Hake
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