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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1922
Page
8
May 30. State Constabulary and local police search wooded areas for Edward Savage, a Vermont lumberjack, who attempted to wipe out the Merkle family at their Brooks Village farm two miles north.
Police pursue Gavege and a 12 stick dynamite and explosives cache believed in his possession for four nights. Savage formerly linked to Merkle stalks Merkle, plans, and a knife attack after marriage fraud near Athol and Brooks Village.
Savage fled into the woods after a failed arson and poisoning scheme against Merkle and his family near Brooks Village. Investigators found he had mixed Pyrox poison with cattle feed and milk, poured some into a well, and attempted to place dynamite on Merkle’s car. Merkle discovered the sabotage in time, detaching three coils from the engine.
Police pursue reasons behind a Memorial Day attack at St. Michael's Cemetery in West Roxbury where Petronelo Cambria 48 of East Boston struck Frances Samtoro with a water pitcher. Samtoro hospitalized with a severe scalp wound. Cambria arrested. both sides silent on motive.
Five of six picnic travelers were hospitalized on the danger list after an East Weymouth crash. Break Hayes, driving with Daniel Hayes, his wife, Alice, and George Parker, lost control to avoid a car, tumbling 10 feet down a bank. Daniel Hayes sustained severe injuries and was not expected to live.
A Sells Prote circus plans a morning performance for patients at Boston Children's Hospital. About 90 youngsters will join the troupe led by the Hannaford family with Billy Sunday the elephant arriving in a private truck. Hospital staff will bring beds and patients to the grandstand for a day of treats and entertainment.
Rescue crews search for Captain Thomas Christian of New Bedford Mass commander of the barge Lorimer after a storm sank two coal barges off the Virginia coast Sunday. Survivors reach shore aboard one barge towed from Norfolk by the tug Prudence.
During Friday night’s storm Captain Christian stood on his sinking barge Lorimer with a dog and rabbit in his arms. He refused rescue as the Elk Garden also broke away. Pumps failed by Sunday and both barges sank. crews were transferred to a tug by lines.
The body of John Norton 18 years old of Dorchester was found in mud flats behind the Albany Street wharf South End. Medical Examiner Leary cites drowning with no marks of violence and will perform a postmortem this morning. Parents dispute suicide theory.
Two cars collided and tumbled over a stone wall into a field. Bernard Rogers of Brockton suffered severe cuts and bruises and was treated by a Weymouth physician after the wreck near Weymouth where the accident occurred.
Complaint filed with police alleges Officer Thomas B. McMurray assaulted Daniel McSweeney after stopping him for drunkenness on Dorchester Avenue near Eliot Street. Eyewitnesses say McSweeney offered no resistance while the patrolman allegedly dragged him by the neck and struck him with fists and a club.
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