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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1897
Page
7
Mildred J L Brewster appeared in Montpelier court and pleaded not guilty to the murder of Anna Wheeler. Her plea is conditional with a later demurrer possible. defence rests on insanity. Letters in state custody will be examined by medical experts. case centers on sanity rather than the killing details.
Captain Dugan began assembling evidence with Stenographer Pyne. Officers, including Pyne, questioned witnesses at Charles Street Jail and took depositions in shorthand. A detailed officer report will be ready for the grand jury in about a week for District Attorney Stevens.
A fair runs from November 29 to December 4 at Horticultural Hall Tremont Street Boston under Women’s Auxiliary with officers led by President Dr Vesta Miller and C J Marsh as vice presidents and Mary L Colton as secretary. Churches will run tables and a New England dinner is planned with entertainment each evening and a Children’s Day Saturday. The hospital on Parker Hill Avenue Roxbury overlooks Boston and Brookline. incorporated September 19 1893 with officers including E B Gibbs as president and E D Burr as vice president.
The Maplewood Social Club held its first grand opening last evening at Golden Cross Hall. The event featured the M. 8. C. Orchestra, a speech by president J. G. Young, and performances by Lily Lorentzen, the Misses Lee, Mr. McIlintosh, Mr. Jenkins and Cashman, with a banjo solo by N. Cashman and Murphy and a fancy dance by Christina Hilton.
Francis McLaughlin, hospitalized after the killing of his wife and an attempted suicide in South Boston, has recovered enough to require a police watch. Chief Watts orders round the clock supervision due to lingering dangerous conditions from consumption and possible imminent trial. An inquest is planned in a few days.
Thomas Edwin Cook once a leading circus clown dies at his Paterson home aged 91. Born Beck's Hill England he came to America in 1836 with his father's circus and later worked as a tumbler before a long clowning career until 1870. Pneumonia listed as cause.
Drs. F M Page superintendent of Waterbury asylum and Charles Page of Danvers Mass have examined the prisoner recently and reportedly deem the girl irresponsible. Defense counsel expect State experts to share that view. The crime stems from jealousy as Miss Brewster, in love with granite cutter John Wheeler, learned of his engagement to Annie Wheeler and grew intensely jealous before the murder.
After weeks of uncertain struggle with death Miss Brewster recovered. She had been indicted by the grand jury in September.
An 8-year-old girl, Alice M. Bickford, daughter of Mrs. William E. Arno, was taken from the Welsh School in Dover yesterday by a strange woman. The alarm sparked a citywide search and public concern as authorities investigate the incident.
Mildred Brewster, a Vermont girl, killed her rival after failing to witness the triumph of the man she loved. The case centers on her emotional motive and the fatal act that ended the competition for the fiancé.
On East Liberty Street Wheeler resided with Mrs. Clarence K Bugbee and Jack Wheeler courted Annie Wheeler. May 27 a confrontation in Barre led to Miss Brewster shooting Miss Wheeler then herself. Wheeler's paternity claim figures in subsequent custody dispute with Mrs Arno and James E W Bickford. child custody and police search follow.
A massive prairie fire swept through Lubbock Hale and Crosby counties in Texas on Tuesday. The blaze covered ten miles and scorched about 400 square miles. Dozens of cattle burned and 38 thousand sheep perished in a single flock north of Emma while farmers lost winter feed as stacks burned.
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