Shaw and Mrs Stuart Stand Trial for Major Larceny
Arthur Willis Shaw and Georgia M Stuart face trial in the Superior Criminal Court tomorrow. Shaw is charged with larceny of 19000 from A W Shaw Corp and Cumberland Shoe Co of Freeport Maine. Stuart is charged as an accessory and with receiving part of the property. Shaw was brought back from Los Angeles after being traced following the alleged defalcations. They have pleaded not guilty.
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Georgia M. Stuart
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Cumberland Shoe Company
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Tool House Fire Reported at Calvary Cemetery West Roxbury
Fire last night erupted from a tool house in Calvary cemetery West Roxbury. An alarm was sounded but cemetery workers, using a garden hose, extinguished the flames before firefighters arrived. damage is listed at 200 dollars.
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Calvary Cemetery
West Roxbury
Prisoner Jordan Figures In Brutal Family Tragedy Tale
The piece recounts Chester S. Jordan who killed his wife Honora J. in Somerville on September 1, 1908. After the crime he rented a hack to move a trunk to a pier, later redirected it to a West End lodging house. Police uncovered the severed remains and head, with Jordan giving a shifting account of the death.
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Chester S. Jordan
Honora J
Somerville
Boston
Hackman
Hancock Street
West End
Crowley
Joy Street
Jury Faces Reinstated Death Case After Insane Juror
A man killed a woman and hid body parts in a trunk and stove. Court proceedings date from 1909. juror Willis White later fell insane, prompting appeals for a new trial. After lengthy battles, Massachusetts Supreme Court denied a new trial and the US Supreme Court ruled on a constitutional question.
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Willis A. White
Maynard
Worcester Insane Asylum
White
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
United States Supreme Court
Mayor Fitzgerald to Attend Fr McLeod May Party
Mayor John F Fitzgerald, a close friend of Rev Father McLeod, will attend the first May party at St Johns Hall Moon Street. Parishioners and former parishioners join a committee led by Henry S Fitzgerald to host a decorate and dance event lasting until 2 oclock.
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Father McLeod
St. Stephen's Parish
St. John’s Hall
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Henry Ss. Fitzgerald
Check Presented to Rev J W McMahon at 40th Priestly Anniversary
A substantial check was presented to the Rev John W McMahon pastor of St Marys Church Charles Town at Roughan Hall reception honoring the 40th anniversary of his ordination. The event closed two days of celebration with about 2000 attendees. Speech was given by Hon Charles S Sullivan with remarks by Rev Thomas F White SJ and Dr Francis B P Silva.
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St. Mary’s Church
Charlestown
Roughan Hall
Charles S. Sullivan
John R. Murphy
Thomas F. White
S. J
Francis BP. Silva
Duncan discus exceeds weight. world record set
James H. Duncan, an unattached local athlete, threw the discus 156 feet 1 inch at the post office clerks games, breaking the world record. The discus weighed 4 pounds 1 1/2 ounces, over the required weight by 1 1/2 ounces, per the record committee chair.
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New York
James H. Duncan
Olympic Circle
Moakley Loses Two Cornell Track Aides Before Meet
In Ithaca New York May 27 two Cornell track athletes under coach John F Moakley are sidelined by injuries. W H Bennett sprained tendon threatens the quarter and 100 yard events and Kanzler has not recovered from a sprained knee after winning points in the shot put. About twenty men depart Thursday night for Philadelphia.
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N. Y
John F. Moakley
Cornell
W. H. Bennett
Kanzler
Philadelphia
Mayor demands swift reform after Gilchrist building collapse
The Gilchrist building collapse spurred the Mayor to push for immediate reform. A Finance Commission report is due in about two weeks, with plans to empower the building commissioner to reject permits for irresponsible builders. The City Council added six inspectors, and eight dilapidated buildings were reviewed as nuisances for potential demolition. The Governor and Legislature may be asked to grant authority via city council action.
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Corbett
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Captain Gorman Dies at 68. Longtime City Official
Captain Dennis J. Gorman, prominent Knights of Columbus member and longtime city assessor office veteran, died at his Roxbury home aged 68 after five weeks of illness. A Civil War veteran, he served in the 48th Massachusetts and the Ninth Regiment, later holding the assessor clerkship from 1867 until his death. He also served in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1869-70 and had been active in city Democratic leadership.
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National Organization of the Knights of Columbus
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Old Ninth Regiment
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Roxbury
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Holy Cross College
Worcester
48Th
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Emmet Guards
City Hall
Matthew Keany
Michael Carney
State House
Funeral planned for Captain Gorman with mass at St Patrick's
He is survived by his widow and two sons and four brothers. The funeral will occur from the Gorman residence Thursday morning, with a solemn requiem mass in St. Patrick's Church. Captain Gorman was born in this city.
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St. Patrick’s Church
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Theatres Fire in Castellon Claims Eighty Lives
In Villareal a cinema explosion sparked a deadly theatre fire killing eighty people. The incident occurred May 27 in Castellon, Spain, with authorities reporting a catastrophic loss of life at the venue.
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Castellon
Spain
Villareal
Boston and Maine questioned over line extension near Cornish
In Concord New Hampshire Henry F Hollis for Winston Churchill attacked the good faith of the Boston and Maine railroad before the Public Service Commission The Sullivan County line seeks approval to extend from Windsor Vermont to White River Junction along the Connecticut River on the New Hampshire side The proposed route would cut through Cornish estates including those of Winston Churchill Mrs C C Bramar and Dr A H Nichols
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N. H
Boston & Maine Railroad
Public Service Commission
Henry F. Hollis
Winston Churchill
Sullivan County Railroad
Boston & Maine System
Windsor
White River Junction
Connecticut River
New Hampshire
Cornish
Churchill
C. C. Bramar
William M. Evarts
A. H. Nichols
Boston
Sullivan County railroad expansion questioned in petition debate
Mr Hollis challenges the Sullivan County Railroad petition as a political move by Boston & Maine to pressure Grand Trunk. He questions the group’s finances, the $2.5 million cost, and whether traffic justifies the line, while Edgar J. Rich argues the extension would ease traffic for the New Haven system and improve safety with centralized dispatching.
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Sullivan County Railroad
Vermont Central
Grand Trunk
Boston & Maine
Sullivan County
Edgar J. Rich
New Haven
Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Line
White River Junction
Ex-Police Chief Shannon Appointed Sergeant
Former Chelsea police chief Gaspar G. Shannon, ousted months ago by Mayor James H. Malone, was appointed and unanimously confirmed as a police sergeant at the Aldermen meeting last night.
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Gaspar G. Shannon
Chelsea
James H. Malone
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