Poisoned candy case shocks Lynn as wife linked to mail tampering
Miss Rose J. Hall 30 a housekeeper to Charles Whitney of 33 Norton street is charged with sending a box of poisoned marshmallows to Mrs Theresa Johnson 749A Summer street Lynn in a bid to murder her. Godfrey A Johnson 29 husband of the intended victim was held as a material witness and released on 500 bond. The case proceeds in Lynn District Court with police saying the poison was a metallic substance and would cause instant death.
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Rose J. Hall
Charles Whitney
Norton Street
Lynn
Theresa Johnson
Summer Street
Godfrey A. Johnson
Lynn District Court
Miss Hall
Red Pepper in Miss Irene’s Supper Case
Irene Carroll and her sister Mae exposed a chef at a South End restaurant in Central Court over a violent incident. The chef Martin Stanton allegedly put red pepper in Irene eggs causing her distress and leading to a physical clash witnessed by others. An officer took Stanton into custody.
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Irene Carroll
Mae
Irene
South End
Central Court
Tom
Harry
Martin Stanton
Stanton
May
Joint US and British Canadian Recruiting Rallies Begin
United States and British Canadian recruiting authorities join in a New England drive led by Commander John A. Brady at 146 Tremont Street and Captain Kenneth D. Marlett at 44 Bromfield Street. The plan starts in Boston with a navy tent on the Common and continues at the British Canadian Mission with evening rallies at Scollay Square.
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United States
John A. Brady
Navy
Tremont Street
Kenneth D. Marlett
Bromfield Street
Boston
New England
Scollay Square
Hatselden defies authorities over painless baby death case
In Chicago on November 15 Dr Harry J Hatselden defied health commissioner Dr John Dill Robertson by continuing his painless death treatment of baby Paul Hedzima. Supporters argued for legalizing such treatment for defectives while a panel of 17 physicians backed Hatselden’s actions despite potential legal risk.
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Chicago
Harry J. Hatselden
John Dill Robertson
Paul Hedzima
Haiselden
Grand Jury
Chicago Police Department
Fight Over Baby Hedzima’s Life Sparks Medical Battle
Dr. Robertson warns of drastic steps to prolong life of a severely ill infant. Dr. Spalding condemns opiate use to end suffering, while 17 of 20 doctors at German-American Hospital support palliative sedation. Police already seized the medicine bottle amid a dispute over medical ethics and potential malpractice.
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Robertson
Herman Spalding
Medical Inspection Bureau
Haiselden
Hedzima
Health Department
Solums Aupur Snat Tie Vally
Fire hero rescues boy from blaze in South Boston home
While passing 278 East Ninth Street, Robert Klein saw a front room fire and extinguished it. He heard screams from the back and entered the kitchen to find 7 year old John O'Brien enveloped in flames, whom he also doused before police arrived to remove the child.
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East Ninth Street
South Boston
Robert Klein
West Seventh Street
John O’brien
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