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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1922
Page
2
Albert L. Harvey, who confessed to killing Mrs. Ida G. Anderer in Thoughts Neck s, stayed in a vacant cottage opposite the crime scene. Police showed no suspicion, but his hid place was known to at least one son, William, 12, who refused to betray him.
Neighbors on Bayview Street say the boy refused to reveal his father Harvey's hiding place in a vacant six room cottage near 24 Bell Street Houghs Neck. Police chief says Harvey confessed to hiding there while awaiting trial for a previous murder. Attorney McAnarney weighs possible plea and denies insanity decision.
Judge Walsh discharged without prejudice the sensational divorce libel of Mrs Harriet Brown Barr of Edgartown against her husband George E Barr of Bridgewater. She claimed he attempted to force her to aid in nefarious acts with a revolver, fired shots at her, and pushed her afloat in a rowboat at Bryantville.
John and Thomas Boggs, aged 76 and 78, have both worked for 50 and 56 years at the John A. Frye Shoe Company. They began in the Civil War era, continue to work as foremen and leather sorter, and refuse retirement.
William Walsh, business agent of Boston Street Carmen's Union, sails for re election at the annual poll next Monday at the Franklin Schoolhouse Washington street near Dover. Walsh won ballot access in last Monday's primaries against seven rivals and faces Matthew J. McLaughlin at the main election. Other offices list candidates including Clarke, Nagle, Flannagan, Fehrnstrom, Ross, Walsh, Lyons, Sangster, Connolly, Flynn, Burke, Cahill, Mahoney and multiple executive boards and divisions.
Arthur Hughes of Belmont street Brockton and Helen Gorman Hughes won a court ruling that their Providence wedding was legal. Judge Walsh dismissed Hughes's petition to annul the marriage, noting no proof of a living former husband. The couple had cohabited during proceedings.
A Wesleyan University memorial project for alumni and students who died in World War I was announced by George W. Davison of New York. The committee will raise funds and decide if the memorial is a library or a monument, with members from Philadelphia Boston New York.
Readable fragments mention E W Gove and a service that borrows from a tea context. The garbled text suggests a note about reliance on items from E W Gove, with unclear relation to a service.
The Bureau for the Aged a Family Welfare Society department led by Mrs Florence R King reports 1% of assisted women agitated in its first year. It aided women over 60 without family, arranged lodging and relative location, and raised $828 for relief. Its current year budget is $1600 needing a Society membership drive.
A February report from Colonel Bolles states officers are being assigned to the 94th Division with Massachusetts HQ at the Custom House tower and completion expected soon. Since last July two colonels have been promoted from reserve ranks. William Root of Boston and James J. Gerald of Boston command engineers and 1st Infantry respectively. Two majors promoted to lieutenant colonel are Charles A. Ranlett of Billerica and Bred Hi Thompson of Newton Centre, commanding the 202d Infantry.
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