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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1912
Page
13
Carlton Chester Wood a 32 year old electrician magician and handcuff king of 179 Summer Street Lynn was arrested at Rowe's wharf Boston today on a bigamy charge. He will be arraigned in the city Police Court tomorrow with two women who claim him as their husband present.
The case centers on Wood a fireman and alleged bigamist who reportedly wed Bertha Shaw in Cleveland Sept 2 1903 and left her Feb 18 1911. He then allegedly married Amanda Feeley Feb 21 1911 using the name Edward Aldrich and resided at her mother’s home on Summer Street Chelsea.
A wife accused her husband Wood of taking another wife after contacting a former spouse. The two women met at Lynn and reportedly agreed to prosecute. A warrant was issued. Wood was arrested at Rowe's Wharf station, arraigned, and held on $1000 bond with a continuance requested for counsel.
Mrs William A Bland of 41 Bradford Street South End shot her husband at 8 15 last night then surrendered at East Dedham Street police station stating I shot my husband The husband was taken to City Hospital with a through the left cheek wound doctors say not serious The incident caused great local excitement and the couple’s color is noted In the statement she cited threats of murder by razor and his drinking and staying in bed all day.
Massachusetts Unitarian women file a protest against the American Unitarian Association endorsing woman suffrage. The anti suffragists argue the move was hasty and not representative. The suffrage resolution stands and will not be repealed. At King's Chapel the Unitarian Temperance Society holds its annual meeting with speakers John T. Shea and Jenkin Lloyd Jones.
Captain Roald Amundsen, the South Pole explorer, landed in Buenos Aires from Montevideo and was greeted by a large Norwegian colony and other dignitaries who joined in singing the Norwegian national anthem.
In Budapest on May 23 a Socialist general strike led to seven deaths and about 150 wounded as roused workers disrupted city life. About 50,000 marched, attacked workers, and damaged property after failing to stage outside the parliament. A second Socialist proclamation urged stopping rioting and returning to work Friday.
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