Judge Fessenden Brands Bennett the Trigger in Bowler Forgery
In Superior Court Judge Fessenden read a signed statement charging “Poco” Bennett with being the direct cause of Bowler forging eight checks to the sum of 16000. The court then committed the Harvard man to the reform school and denounced Bennett’s influence as decisive in Bowler's downfall.
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Fessenden
Superior Criminal Court
Poco” Bennett
Harvard
George Pendleton Bowler
Robert P. Bowler
Bowler
Bennett
Reformatory
New York
Pratt
Auto traffic bill and East Boston loan vote at aldermen meeting
An eight mile per hour speed limit proposal by Alderman Bell and a clash with the Good Government Association led the agenda. The board postponed a $10,000 Meridian Street bridge repair loan against protests from Aldermen Battis and Leary. A license was granted to Dr Elizabeth Riley for a lying in hospital at 310 Bay State Road.
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Alderman Bell
Good Government Association
Alderman Woods
Meridian Street
Battis and
Leary
East
Boston
Elizabeth Riley
Bay State Road
Board of Aldermen
Woods
Battis
MacDonald
Curley
Chelsea
Cummings
Charlestown
Charles River
Boston Alderman Pushes Eight Miles Per Hour Auto Speed Limit
Alderman Bell cited the death of Kathrine Lyons to urge drastic city speed limits on Blue Hill avenue and other roads. The proposal would insert an eight mile per hour cap after the word hour in Section 32 of Chapter 47, with Alderman Woods arguing for twelve miles per hour. The board sent the measure to the next meeting along with licenses and budget items before adjourning.
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Bell
Katherine Lyons
Blue Hill Avenue
Boston
Woods
Berwin
Riley
Bay State Road
William Gaston
Pillsbury
Alderman Baldwin
Committee On Health
Abandon Case Against Fireman Slauenwhite
District Attorney Morannol pressed the case of William Slauenwhite of the Boston fire department. Slauenwhite, attached to Fire boat 44, was charged with larceny of face powder and found guilty in the lower court. The Superior Criminal Court appeal was not pressed after review.
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Morannol
William Slauenwhite
Boston Fire Department
Slauenwhite
Superior Criminal Court
Moran
Christian Science and Greenough Estate Case Testimony
Witnesses in the Supreme Court discuss Joseph F. Greenough’s death and a $300,000 bond transfer. A nurse links his low mood to leaving the Episcopal church for Christian Science. Alienist says he likely suffered mild mental low mood.
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Joseph F. Greenough
Elizabeth M. Torrey
Greenough
Miss Torrey
Supreme Court
Archibald Howe
Laura T. Ripka
Torrey
Ripka
Henry R. Stedman
Stedman
Mr. Greenough
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Mass
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Henry Siegel Co
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