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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1912
Page
3
Pasquale Perrino, 55, arrested after a long auto chase charged with the murder of Giuseppe De Rosa in a Spruce Street street brawl in the Italian colony. Police say he was one of four attackers and hold him on murder evidence despite his denial.
The stabbing occurred at 1 a m today and police pursued Perrino through Italian districts. He was found at Cranston on Eden Hill after a long chase and his mustache had been shaved when arrested. He told police he did not resist.
The man testified he remained in the woods after a fight when DeRosa insulted his wife and he pushed him. He maintains he is innocent of stabbing.
Edward J. Haggerty secretary of Winnisimmet Veteran Firemen Association was struck by Engine 2 during a Chelsea freight yard alarm response and severely injured. A hay car burned, valued at 200 dollars, with 600 dollars damage to the car. the fire’s cause remains unknown, suspected spontaneous combustion.
James H. Vahey spoke at the Chelsea Judaean S A C yesterday afternoon arguing capital punishment is a relic of barbarism and should be abolished to prevent murder. He urged the state to stop state murder as the only way to deter crime.
Three men and two women escaped death when the large limousine traveling toward Boston overturned in a ditch early yesterday. The car, valued at about 4000 dollars, was wrecked with only three tires intact. A telegraph pole was snapped and hurled across the tracks by the collision.
Waterman, president of Waitt and Bond Cigar, found a wrecked touring car after 2 a m near North Saugus. He transported two women and two men to Eliot Hospital Boston. Victims, including William Hathaway, suffered facial and limb lacerations. some refused to give addresses. Police traced survivors as friends and family sought details while the injured sought treatment.
In North Saugus a man returned in his own car to discover only three tires left and his son injured in the hospital. The son reports strangers rented the car and fled the scene, giving no details. The incident leaves little to recover.
Harvard Professor Lewis Johnson urged that city government clean up only if women vote. He argued women belong at the ballot box as they belong in the home, faulting early founders for not recognizing women as persons and calling for school teaching of the rights of citizens.
Professor Charles Zueblin spoke at the Majestic Theatre on Democratic Culture. He said the best workingmen join industrial and political groups but do not control government and urged reading newspapers to understand modern labor issues.
The passage argues for direct representation beyond traditional House and Senate roles. It urges readers to travel across the country and read the signs of the times, claiming the people will soon instruct their representatives to make government more democratic.
The paper box factory at Charlestown State prison has been discontinued after inmate numbers fell from 850 to 700. Warden Bridges said the move follows the decline and will end the operation once run by Warry Charles before his pardon.
Rev Dr Cortland Myers told Sunday crowd that an ungrateful child is the most despicable creature and urged gratitude in a Thanksgiving sermon titled The Beauty of Gratitude. He contrasted human ingratitude with a dog’s shown gratitude and warned of ingratitude toward benefactors.
Roxbury Crossing police arrested seven people during an early morning raid on a resort at 80 Camden Street Roxbury. Three face gambling charges and four were charged for being present at the game.
An event in police circles of Greater Boston the second annual banquet of the Massachusetts Police Baseball league known as the Worlds police champions of 1912. The banquet will be held in Congress Hall Chelsea on Wednesday Dec 4 and will be attended by the Metropolitan Park Commission members and the chiefs of divisions.
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