Guilty Plea in Wife Murder Case Manslaughter Charge
Hiram H Morrison pleaded guilty in Superior Court to manslaughter for killing his wife on March 23 at their home 116 Cambridge Street. The case featured testimony about repeated calls to intervene in domestic violence and the defendant's long-standing character. The court heard pleas for leniency before deciding on sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram H. Morrison
Superior Criminal Court
Richardson
Cambridge Street
Morrison
McLaughlin
Dugan
Morrison House
Robert Parkin
O. G. Cilley
Station 3
Sweeney
Reunion Brings Hope for Stonington Girl in Connecticut
May 2 Affecting reunion at a Providence sanatorium follows Maude C Williams a Stonington society girl brought from Montreal for treatment. The physician reports a restful night and good breakfast. Mrs Williams and Maude planned to return to Stonington. Maude to a hospital for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Maude C. Williams
Stonington Society
Montreal
Miss Williams
Stonington
Armenian Son Becomes American Citizen After Family Appeal
Jean K. Jeremiah, Armenian tannery worker in Concord New Hampshire, was naturalized as an American citizen in the Supreme Court after his father Ereka H. Jeremiah, a naturalized Russian citizen, was imprisoned in Harpoot Turkey for non payment of taxes. He telegrammed the Russian consul in Constantinople seeking help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Jean K. Jeremiah
Harpoot
Turkey
Ereka H. Jeremiah
Supreme Court
Constantinople
Pittsfield Girl in Trouble Dies Under Alsmhouse Care
Jennie alias Florence Campbell, 24, dying at the New Haven almshouse from a criminal operation’s effects. In her ante mortem statement she accuses two local doctors, recalls living in Chelsea Massachusetts, and serving time in Sherborn Prison. She came here two months ago and has been out of work. She says Tom Farrell betrayed her. Town Physician E S Thompson says she has little time left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Jennie
Florence
Campbell
Chelsea
Mass
Sherborn Women’s Prison
Tom Farrell
E. S. Thompson
Pittsfield
Massa chusetts Clothing Company displays bold sells
A bustling Boston retailer at Hanover and Portland highlights an eye catching window display of tailor made suits bought from Hammerslough & Co. of New York at a large loss. The store has expanded floor space to eight thousand square feet across five floors and added an electric elevator to improve customer access. Mr. B. M. Wolf emphasizes truth in advertising and quality in goods as the backbone of a thriving business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Clothing Company
Hanover
Portland
B. M. Wolf
Messrs. Hammerslough & Co
New York
Union Station
Boston
Wolf
East Boston Ferry Bridge Drawbridge Demolished Halting Traffic
The Chelsea to Meridian Street Bridge serving the East Boston ferry was taken over by workers to begin rebuild. The drawbridge had long fallen into disrepair, cutting the main Chelsea East Boston traffic route and forcing the West End electric line to suspend through trips, prompting public complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston
Chelsea
Meridian Street
West End
Bellingham Street
Boston
Contesting a Will in Dedham Tomorrow in Supreme Court
In Dedham on May 2 the Supreme Court before Chief Justice Field will hear John D. Young and others as executors appealing the will of Edward Young of Brookline. Emma A. Young the widow and Maria L. Young a sister contest the decree claiming undue influence by Clara Virginia Stiles. Questions to jurors: sound mind at will, undue influence or fraud. Inventory valued at 68,150.30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Supreme Court
Field
John D. Young
Emma A. Young
Edward Young
Brookline
Maria L. Young
Clara Virginia Stiles
Milford gold mine excitement sparks Milford visit
Milford May 2 The West Somerville gold mine excitement drew many visitors to Moreys farm North Milford where a Milford Mining and Milling Company had earlier tested quartz at ten feet. Quartz near surface assayed $10 to $300 a ton with internal company trouble and sheriff action ending operations. Jerome Prince, returning from New Mexico, remains hopeful the stake may reopen soon as a northeast gold belt is suspected from Putnam to Newburyport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
West Somerville
Morey
North Milford
Boston
A. P. Lighthill
R. H. Ray
Winthrop W. Fisk
Central America
Leon Miller
Prince
Jerome Prince
James Morcy
Milford Mining and Milling Company
Home National Bank
New Mexico
Cripple Creek
Post
Putnam, Conn
Newburyport
Massachusetts
Hanged in Effigy in Dur ham Conn
Effigies labelled Bailey and Clark were found hanging from a telegraph pole near the Congregational Church in Durham. The affair involved Bailey courting a woman who later married Clark, Bailey’s demand for divorce from his wife, and community outrage. Bailey is compelled to leave town while Clark and his wife reconciled at her father’s. The town discusses the public sensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Conn
Congregational
Durham
Bailey and Clark
Bailey
Clark
Insurance Dept orders Patrons Mutual to raise 20000 by assessment
Insurance Commissioner George S. Merrill has served an order requiring Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance Company to appear in the Supreme Court in Boston on June 9 to show cause why policyholders should not be assessed twenty thousand dollars to liquidate the companys liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
George S. Merrill
Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Robert H. Leland
Boston
Supreme Court
War over caucus selections heats up in Ward 9
James Keenan fires a sharp letter to Hon. James Donovan, denouncing caucus officer appointments as biased and demanding fair behind the rail representation. He accuses the Ward 9 Democrats of abuses, defends his slate as loyal Democrats, and blasts Donovan for autocratic conduct and misrepresentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Keenan
James Donovan
Democratic City Committee
Ward Committee
Ward 9
Ward 16
Old Ward
John J. Barry
John J. Shea
Peter S. Ring
Thomas P. Crowley
William J. Hawks
Peter
Ring
Crowley
Thomas Murphy
R. J. Ambrose
Democratic Party
Democratic City Committee of
Boston
Nicholas J. Quinn
Quincy
David McCarthy
Curtis
City Committee
Attleboro shooting autopsy ends. Nerney defends self
The autopsy on Michael Connors and Daniel Mountain after their deaths at the hands of Officer Nerney concluded with the bodies sent to a Pawtucket undertaker. Nerney, resting at home, claimed self defense as Deput y Sheriff Briggs says Connors struck Nerney with a rock and Mountain attacked him. Police guarded Nerney’s house overnight to avert trouble as friends threaten legal action after the shooting. Connors stood apart from the main assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attleboro
Michael Connors
Daniel Mountain
Nerney
Pawtucket
West Street
Briggs
Connors
Palmer
Attlevoro
Third Electric Rail Links Nantasket to Weymouth
President Clark of the New Haven system signed a contract to equip the Nantasket to East Weymouth line with third rail electric power. Trains run from East Weymouth to Pemberton by July 1, with future plans for Brain tree and possibly Boston. 300 to 500 volt system to be used. rail crossings will be guarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
New Haven
Nantasket
East Weymouth
Pemberton
South Shore
Braintree
Boston
M Cab ENot Missing Patrolman McCabe Found Ill at Home
Patrolman Thomas F. McCabe of Division 11 Dorchester is not missing. A Post reporter found him at 14 Winton Street South Boston. He says he was ill and unfit for duty causing his sick list status. Captain Hunt investigated, McCabe denies drinking, and a hearing is rescheduled for later in the week. Neighbors defend his character, calling him not a drinking man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. McCabe
Division
Dorchester
Post
Winton Street
South
Boston
Captain Hunt
Hunt
McCabe
Homer
Lawrence Police Inquiry into Death at Station
Marshal Bailey urged the Mayor and Aldermen to investigate William McGovern's death after confinement for delirium tremens. His physician linked alcohol since his wife’s oil explosion death eighteen months earlier to the event. McGovern claimed police neglect as the board scheduled Monday’s inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Marshal Bailey
Board of Aldermen
William MaeGovern
McGovern
Morse chosen as Middlesex court officer to succeed Fairbairn
Charles F. Morse senior deputy was selected by Sheriff Cushing to become the Middlesex county court officer replacing John R. Fairbairn who will become keeper of Middlesex County Jail in East Cambridge. Morse, born January 16 1832 in Framingham, served in Civil War roles from 1861 to 1865 and has been deputy sheriff since 1873.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cushing
Charles F. Morse
Middlesex County
John R. Fairbairn
East
Cambridge
Lyman
Lydia (Brigham) Morse
Framingham
Mr. Morse
Massachusetts Volunteers
United States Volunteers
Morse
Double Crime Attempt Ends in Self Harm in Biddeford
Gene Chaudraux, 25, a mill operative, tried to kill his wife with a razor in Biddeford Maine. She escaped and he slit his throat in an upper room before police intervened and a doctor treated his neck wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Gene Chaudraux
Chaudraux
Portland man 82 ends life in barn suicidally
J Dandie of Ost Sul Me committed death by own action today. He arose early and went into the barn, where he tied a rope around his neck and hanged himself from a beam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
J Dandie
Geate Oka
Drowned canoeists Crosby and McHugh recovered on Charles River
Michael Crosby and Bernard McHugh were drowned Sunday night while canoeing on the Charles River near Harvard bridge. Patrolmen Mulvaney and McCarthy recovered Crosby at ten o'clock yesterday morning and sent him to a Charlestown boarding house. Rescue of five youths from Galloupe's Island involved Captain Flanigan, William Carter, and L. T. Harrington of the Winthrop Yacht Club fleet, not the Galloupe's Island superintendent as previously stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Crosby
Bernard McHugh
Charles River
Harvard Bridge
Mulvaney and McCarthy
Station 2
Charlestown
William Flanigan
William Carter
L. T. Harrington
Harriet
Winthrop Yacht Club
Galloupe’s Island
Heroic cab driver held on assault charge after May 6 assault claim
Thomas F. Coan, a Hayward Street cab driver, was held in 3000 bail in municipal court on charges of assault and battery and attempt to commit rape. Mrs. Thomas testified Coan drove her from May 6 until an incident near Chandler and Dartmouth streets where she screamed for help. Five cadets chased, but the cab sped off. Coan pleaded not guilty. larceny of a cape and gloves not pressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Coan
Thomas
Bromfield Street
Coan
Hayward Place
Warren Avenue
Railroad Bridge
Dartmouth Street
Chandler Street
Herdia
First Corps of Cadets
Herdic
Rival Mustaches Battle for Miss Mattie in Westhampton
Westhampton on Long Island reports two beardless youths, Frank Beals and William Winters, rival for the hand of 16 year old heiress Miss Mattie Stevens. They pledge to grow mustaches in six weeks to win her favor after a buggy race to the Stevens estate. Mattie doubts the prize, noting both suitors are young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westhampton
L. I
Frank H. Beals
William H. Winters
Beals
Winters
Mattie Stevens
Mr. Winters
Stevens
Mr. Beals
Cosey
Mattie
Westminster Hotel pamphlet promotes New York city guide
The Westminster Hotel offers a handsome letter press pamphlet with illustrated condensed information about New York City, its shopping, amusements, sights and visitor tips. It is recommended especially to Boston visitors, located near Union Square in a quiet Manhattan site, and known as a desirable hotel close to everything important.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Hotel
New York
Boston
Union Square
Manhattan Island
Pardoned by Cleveland Henry B Palmer Free Man
Henry B Palmer, former Fall River bank cashier, was pardoned by President Cleveland after serving three years of a five year embezzlement sentence. He pleaded guilty in the United States Circuit Court, Judge Colt, with ex-US District Attorney Frank D Allen, supporting the pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Palmer
Concord Reformatory
Cleveland
Palmer
Fall River
Concord
Colt
United States
Frank D. Allen
Morse Will Stands In Natick Probate Ruling
Judge Holmes affirmed the Middlesex Probate Court decree admitting the will of Caroline Morse who died in November. The Natick estate valued at $40,000 goes to nephew Edgar Hayes, amid a contest by Electa Morse who claimed unsound mind and undue influence by Hayes.
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Hig
Jonas Chickering
Chickering & Sons
Tremont Street
Northampton Street
Maude Williams
Russia
Rockport
Texas
YNE Just Liniment
A. Johnson
Drugeiie
Hnson &0
Cretom
Honese St
Mrs. Killham
Etta A. Killham
Lynn
Celia Deonard
South End
Henry Robinson
J. A. Greene
Harmony
Murphy
James A. Murphy
The
Sarsfield Guards
Edward M. Burns
Freeport Street
DR. Moore
Nashua
J. C. Moore
Pike
Berlin
Archduke Charles Louis of Austria
Jordan
Palestine
Woonsocket, R. I
Marvel Rubber Company
United States Rubber Company
Harris Woollen
Somerset Street
American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Cornhill
Massachusetts Dispensary
Dover St
Hood
Keenan
Donovan
M. J. Masterson
St. John's Church
Peabody
Wll
Michael A. Butler
Boston College
William Guild Dix
Father Masterson
Officer Nerney
Metcalf
S. S. Pierce CO
Cobb, Bates & Yerexa
T. Metcalf CO
Copley Square
Weymouth
Gabe
Chas. F. Morse the Man
H. F. Gottle
Pas Nr
Crosby
Robert
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Robert A. Graham
Helen Augusta Cary
Rifles
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Quincy House
Fort Independence
Boston Harbor
Thirteenth Regiment
S. H. Leonard
James A. Fox
E. F. Rollins
G. H. Maynard
Flowers
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont ST
Hill
Bill Medicine CO
Newark City
Dartmouth Medical College
Carleton Pennington Frost
ST. Johnsbury
Marshall Way
Wheelock
B. Jones
Amesbury
Daniel B. Jones
Universalist Church
Rebekahs
Pilgrim Fathers
Copley Sq
Metcalf’s
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