Jury Selected For Spencer Case In Massachusetts Court
The Spencer case proceeds after a long jury selection finishing at 3 30 p m with 12 jurors chosen led by foreman Lewis J Spear of Springfield. The panel includes Ernest M Bennett Holland and Charles B Soule Tolland as the twelfth man. The defense seeks to quash the indictment and recommit to Bridgewater Insane Hospital, with Judge Crosby denying and an appeal taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Ernest M. Bennett
Holland
Bennett
Charles B. Soule
John C. Crosby
Pittsfield
Lewis J. Spear
Springfield
Spear
Mr. Spear
John A. Frawley
Chicopee
Andrew J. Hall
Montgomery
Alfred A. Fairbanks
West Springfield
Harry J. Winans
Charles Graham
Ludlow
James F. Cronin
Julian R. Albee
This City
George Inglis
Holyoke
Crocker
McElwain Company
Wilbur L. Hunt
Chester
Tolland
Bridgewater Insane Hospital
Crosby
Callahan
N. P. Wade
Wade
Clark
Court House
James M. Swift
C. T. Callahan
J. T. Greenhalge
Richard P. Stapleton
Charles L. Young
Defense Plymouth to Seek Insanity Plea in Electric Chair Case
Bertram G. Spencer’s wife and mother will testify to support an insanity defense in the murder of Springfield teacher Martha B. Blackstone and the shooting of Harriet Dow. Attorneys argue years of strange behavior, burglaries, and nightly holdups show an unbalanced mind behind the Dow home killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Bertram G. Spencer
Martha B. Blackstone
West Springfield
Spencer
Miss Blackstone
Harriet Dow
Dow
Form of insanity cited in defense for Spencer crime
The defense plans to claim Spencer suffered a form of insanity that made him unable to distinguish right from wrong, linking the killing of Miss Blackstone to this condition. Court observations note his tremors and blank gaze in the trial cage as his wife and mother provide silent support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Miss Blackstone
Three Jurors Sworn in McNamara Murder Trial
In Los Angeles on November 13 six men accepted as to cause and three jurors were sworn to serve in the trial of James B. McNamara for the murder connected to the Times plant explosion that killed 21 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Venire Exhausted and 40-Name Drawn for Tomorrow
Five venires have been exhausted and another of 40 men was drawn today to report tomorrow. The Baker Iron Works vice president Milo A. Baker is named on the list, linked to the Times building steel work and a related strike. The McNamara case and related witnesses are described along with other juror matters and court observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo A. Baker
Baker Iron Works
New Times
International Bridge and Structural Workers
John J. McNamara
James B
Milo Baker
Fred L. Baker
E. M. Atkinson
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Ortie McManigal
T. B. Green
Brunner Willett
A. Griebling
Bordwell
Griebling
Birthday Party for New England Women’s Press Association
The New England Women s Press Association marks 26 years with a party at the Hotel Vendome. Only two of the original five Boston pioneer women attend, Helen M Winslow and Cora Stewart Wheeler. Founder Sallie Joy White has died, as have Estelle M Hatch and Grace W Soper. The group now has 150 members from major state papers. The program includes a lecture on The Responsibilities of Modern Journalism by Dr William B Ayres and a birthday poem by Cora Whit on Stone, poet laureate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Women's Press Association
Hotel Vendome
Pioneer
Women of
Boston
Helen M. Winslow
Cora Stewart Wheeler
Sallie Joy White
Estelle M. Hatch
Grace W. Soper
William B. Ayres
Cora Whiton Stone
Laurete
Association
Burglars Enter Two Malden Homes
A thief entered Abe Karp’s residence at 113 Bryant Street and stole 25 dollars from his trousers. The intruder woke Mrs. Karp, then fled as Mr. Karp investigated. James Corrigan, a coachman, lost 45 dollars hidden in his room at the rectory barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Karp
Bryant Street
Malden
Three Drowned Four Rescued In Witch Hazel Wreck
New Haven report says three of the Witch Hazel crew died when the schooner sank off the breakwater last night, with mate Ole Johnson and seaman Tom Masters among survivors. Details await the Tatoosh as conditions stay thick and Captain Bailey contemplates leaving the harbor.
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New Haven
Conn
Ole Johnson
Sperry Light
Johnson
Tom Masters
Masters
Frank C. Britt
Joseph Miller
Benjamin Miller
St. John
N. B
Bethel
Port Reading
New York Harbor
City Island
Long Island Sound
Britt
New Haven Harbor
Murdered Baby Escapes and Coastline Tragedy Report
The Witch Hazel schooner with a crew of four sinks after a breakwater collision near New Haven. Captain Frank Britt, 39, is among those lost. two crewmen from St Johns, N B, are rescued. A separate Brooklyn murder case details the slaying of Mrs Lofaro, her daughter, and her mother with a revolver, with Matteo Delloma arrested as principal suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marcello Lofaro
Rosie
Antonio Delloma
Brooklyn
Adolph Lofaro
Lofaro
Matteo Delloma
Delloma
Schooner Bertha F Walker Grounded Off Pasque Island
The three masted schooner Bertha F Walker of New York ran aground during a storm off Pasque Island. A wrecking tug reports she is filling but salvageable after the wind subsides. Seven crew members were rescued intact. The vessel, 676 tons, built 1879, was bound from Georgetown South Carolina to Boston with lumber for Blacke and Shepard. Captain Dodge commanded.
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Woods Hole
Bertha F. Walker
New York
Pasque Island
Walker
Georgetown
S. C
Boston
Blacke & Shepard
Dodge
Reliance Coastwise Coal Schooner Ruined on Nova Scotia Reef
The coal schooner Reliance, 191 tons, owned by George A. Cox of Shelburne, ran aground on Hen and Chickens reef near Yarmouth Nova Scotia while entering the harbor. Damaged beyond repair. crew rescued. Cargo was hard coal from Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarmouth
Reliance
Philadelphia
George A. Cox
Shelburne
Fifty Lives Saved As Washington Reaches Astoria
In a 30 hour ordeal the schooner Washington, which struck Peacock Spit, was towed to Astoria by the Columbia Bar tug Tatoosh. Captain Bailey maneuvered the Tatoosh to secure a line, allowing 50 aboard to be rescued and brought to safety while onlookers cheered the operation.
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Astoria
Ore
Washington
Peacock Spit
Bailey
North Head
De Pachmann Delivers Refined Waldstein Recital
Vladimir de Pachmann gave a polished Jordan Hall performance praised for clarity and beauty of tone. He offered Beethoven Waldstein and Liszt pieces with restrained expressiveness, while encore restraint and demonstrative gesture left the audience both impressed and eager for more.
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Jordan Hall
Vladimir de Pachmann
Beethoven
Listt
de Pachmann
Waldstein
Chopin
Mendelsshon
Schumann
Liszt
Mr. de Pachmann
Waltsein
Haydn
Mozart
Hummel
Clementi
Transatlantic dirigible planned from Teneriffe to America
Germans and Americans form a transatlantic aerial company to build a dirigible aimed at crossing the Atlantic from Teneriffe, Canary Islands to America early in 1912, leveraging the prevailing trade winds.
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Atlantic
Cologne
Germany
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
America
Cadum Promises Relief for Skin Diseases
Cadum is advertised as a safe remedy for eczema psoriasis pimples sores rash and other skin ailments. The notice claims immediate relief and fast action and lists 10c and 25c prices available from druggists.
Mrs Gardner Restores Sargent Portrait in Boston Palace
In the Fenway Mrs John L Gardner has moved John S Sargent’s nearly full figure portrait of herself back to prominence, replacing Andreas Dorn’s work. Dorn’s portrait now sits in a private room among cherished items. a recent photograph of the Sargent painting was supplied to the Post.
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John L. Gardner
Venetian
Fenway
Andreas Dorn
Mrs. Gardner
Sargent
Post
John T&t.gardner
Venetian Palace
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Pertram G. Spencer
Triauw
BY E. J. Maguire
the Reilty CO
Washington St
Hollis Street
Wolf's
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Haymarket Square
Adams Square
Seclay Square
Friend Union Street
Subway
Wilburth Spencer
Bert
Mrs. Spencer
Orangemen
Plymouth Book L. O. L
the Post
Wolf’s
Hanover and
M’namara
Women OF Press
Tatoosh
Jorgen
Willena_ Gertrude
Perth Amboy
Witch Hazel
Sakesplain
Calais
Hiram
Helen G. King
Flyaway
N. J
Provincetown
Stetson, Cutler & Co
Bath
Nova Scotia
BY Olin Downes
Fall River
New Bedford
Woonsocket
New England
Boryle Bes
Washington Street
Near Broadway
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