Murder Charge After Salem Street Clash Over Coat
A deadly assault followed a dispute outside Poratsky’s clothing store on Salem Street. Leon Haczewski, 47, was mortally beaten and died at City Hospital after police arrested Lewis Smith, 29, and Max Goldstein, 21. Goldstein faced murder charges, while Smith was released. The fight erupted when Poles clashed with Poratsky and others over a jostled overcoat, prompting a street-wide melee as bystanders rushed to aid. The incident occurred between 2 and 3 pm, with lingering questions about the exact sequence and identities of those involved.
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Leon Haczewski
Harrison Avenue
Lewis Smith
Max Goldstein
Salem Street
Goldstein
Smith
Liberty
Jacob Poratsky
Leon Haczenski
William Koffner
Cleveland Place
Poratsky
North End
Police Brutality Testimony At Cambridge Hearing
Witnesses describe police violence near the Rogers Building on November 2 as mounting officers charged recklessy into a crowd of students, women and children. Statements cite blows from clubs, blood on sidewalks, and a private hearing attended only by press members.
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David Crownfield
Buckingham Street
Cambridge
Ememons
Henry W. Palmer
Emmons
Adams
Curtis
Rogers
Chatir
U S Ship Sinks Schooner Wilson and Hunting in Fog
The three masted schooner Wilson & Hunting, bound from Norfolk to New York with piling, sank after a collision with the United States supply steamer Culgoa ten miles east of Barnegat. Captain Walton his wife and two seamen were drowned. four seamen were rescued by Culgoa boats.
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New York
Wilson & Hunting
United States
Culgoa
Barnegat
Walton
Norfolk
Fair Today and Sunday Forecast for Boston Area
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair skies today and Sunday. Fresh northwest to north winds will shift to variable later, with no precipitation expected.
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Boston and Vicinity
Boston Woman Praises Father John's Medicine Cure
A Boston woman declares LT has kept her well since taking Father John’s Medicine. She says it cured her cough and gave strength and it also cures colds. The ad promotes Hunt’s Laxative Mints as the best cough drop, five cents.
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Father John
JAPS Forced Back to Hills by Russians
Mukden dispatch reports heavy Russian bombardment drives Japanese batteries from forward positions. Japanese troops retreat toward the hills rather than renew an attack. Soldiers from opposing sides exchange cigarettes and other luxuries amid the exchange.
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Mukden
Great Medical Triumph of Ascatco in Asthma Cure
New York reports a year after its introduction ascatco, claimed to cure asthma catarrh and bronchitis once thought incurable. The Austrian dispensary at 6 East 14th Street offers a free sample to all who request it.
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Poratsky
Hanover Street
New York
Ascatco
Jenner
East 14Th Street
Special Commission
Back Bay Blaze Destroys Hutchings Organ Factory
A midnight fire gutted the Hutchings organ factory on Irvington street threatening surrounding homes in St Botolph and Harcourt streets. Firefighters from Engine 33 saved residents Mary Macomber Hannah Danforth among others, with losses estimated over 200 000 dollars. The blaze raced from basement to roof within minutes, drew thousands to the scene, and was contained after about an hour.
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Hutchings Organ Factory
Irvington Street
Organ Factory
Boston
Hutchings Organ
St. Botolph
Harcourt Streets
Mary Macomber
Hannah Danforth
Harcourt Studios
Johnson
Mason and Dupree
Lynch
Williams
Hutching’s
Harcourt Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
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Haczenski
Morton Street
Ee Tae
Leon
Hagzensk
Cae Eee
Cota Et A
Boarth
Albert McCoy
Crownfield
Amfric
Grand America Shoe Shops
Tremont Bidg
Tremont St
College Yard
Cam’ Ge Wilson & Charlton Logg
Washington St
Bacon Shor
Summer St
U.S
Albert Baker
Tremont Street
Hunt
Hall of Boston
Army of Fire Fighters
Big
John Shea
423 Technology Chambers
South Armory
St. Botolph Street
Sanford
Irvington Street Organ and
Yarmouth Street
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