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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1912
Page
24
In Columbus Ohio on November 21 the first degree murder trial of Cecilia Farley, a State House stenographer, neared its end as both sides finished introductory evidence in the case of shooting advertising solicitor Alvin F. Zollinger in a city park last May. The panel is expected to retire to the jury soon.
Miss Farley remained on the stand over two days and answered Prosecutor Turner's cross examination about her engagement with Jerome Quigley. The defense recounts Zollinger shooting, while the prosecution presents evidence of powder marks from greater distances, and both sides limit final arguments to a brief time.
Frank A. Dowd Jr the 15 year old son of Frank A Dowd of 569 Talbot avenue Dorchester was missing since Sunday Nov 10 and later located at Canobie Lake NH. He had traveled with a companion to Salem NH and worked as a bell boy at the Rockingham Hotel before being brought home by his father.
Harvard professors and undergraduates move briskly through the college yard as new raised board walks speed their pace. Supple wood sections 10 feet long act as spring boards, reducing tardiness at recitations and lectures as winter nears.
Joseph G. Robin testified at the Hyde trial that the former City Chamberlain, via control of city deposits, forced the Northern Bank to loan the Carnegie Trust Company 130000 as it neared collapse in 1910. Robin, now in the Tombs for grand larceny tied to the Northern Bank wreck, is the State's principal witness against Hyde on bribery charges.
Prosecutor Whitney cites a 130000 loan from Northern Bank to Carnegie Trust and alleges Hyde pressured for 1500000 in loans with promises of city deposits and deposits matching loans. Witness Robin recounts Hyde threatening to use city funds unless his demands are met and ties to bank executives.
George Levi, who killed a man in Boise Idaho eleven years ago and escaped life imprisonment by promising to leave the United States, was found guilty in federal court on a white slave act violation. Judge Hough sentenced him to eight years in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
The re trial of the criminal anti trust case against the bath tub trust will be held in Detroit in January. The initial trial ended with a hung jury in March.
An advertisement urges readers to order a 1-2 lb packet of Tudor Tea and use the entire contents following the printed directions, with a dealer offering a money back refund if desired.
The defendant pled to an indictment on the ground of insanity. The prosecution raised objections which Justice Goff sustained. The cross-examination was unfinished when the court adjourned until tomorrow.
John J. Cotter files a $250000 suit against E Haring Dickinson in Gloucester alleging Dickinson failed to fund the $1,000,000 Bingham Bay Copper Company venture. Cotter, a former director, seeks court authorization to seize the company books and papers for his case, claiming records were handed to Dickinson for a purpose no longer valid.
Theodore N. Vail, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, is recovering rapidly at his New York home after a minor operation. Physicians report he is out of danger and improving daily.
Senator S M Cullom of Illinois, dean of the Senate, will mark his 83rd birthday by attending the marriage of his granddaughter Eleanor Cullom Ridgely to Dr Henry Pickering Parker at the Cullom residence in Washington.
Tony Jannus and companion W H Trafts escaped injury when the hydro aeroplane used for a Mississippi River flight from St Louis to New Orleans was destroyed by fire this afternoon as the takeoff began.
The British steamer Lord Curzon exhausted coal supply and burned part of her cargo to maintain fires while sailing from Seattle to Yokohama. The ship faced very heavy weather, took over six weeks, and arrived in Yokohama on November 20 after leaving October 6.
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