Woodward aka Big Hawley Sentenced to Five Years
William C. Woodward alias Big Hawley and also known as the Hon Lionel Mus grave was sentenced to five years imprisonment after his conviction for attempted black mail of Samuel W. Bridgham. His counsel Thomas Atchison sought a stay claiming new evidence could prove innocence. Justice Lawrence denied the stay citing numerous prior arrests and boasts of repeated alleged indictments.
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New York
William C. Woodward
Big Hawley
Samuel W. Bridgham
Lionel Musgrave
Thomas Atchison
Woodward
Lawrence
Supreme Court
Lowe Denies Wife Abusive Claims in Somerville Custody Case
In Cambridge Probate Court, Edward S. Lowe of Somerville testified to counter his wife Flora H. Lowe’s allegations of cruel treatment. He claimed she struck him with chairs and once drew a knife, while detailing his own supposed domestic troubles and giving dates of meals away from home. He also spoke of poetry published in Boston papers and his current earnings as a floor walker at Shepard & Norwell's.
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Edward S. Lowe
Somerville
Flora H. Lowe
Cambridge
Boston
Shepard & Norwell’s
Lowe
Boson
Great English gale leaves coast wrecked and lives lost
Reports from coast towns describe a cyclonic storm sweeping England with ships foundering and crews lost. Lifeboats saved some, bodies washed ashore near Yarmouth, and major damage hit ports including Scarborough and Lowestoft with floods and wreckage along the shore.
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London
Norfolk
Boston
Happtsburg
Yarmouth
Ruby
Hornsby
Coast Guard Service
Flamborough Head
North Sea
Bridlington Sands
Rose
Devon
Davis
Red Ruth
Cornwall
Thames
Eerness Dockyard
Woolwich Arsenal
Scarborough
Lowestoft
Liverpool
Mersey
Chester
Holyhead
Lord Nelson
Feudroyant
Blackpool
Goodwin Sands
Fall meeting of Congregational Club in Syracuse
The Congregational Club of Central New York held its fall meeting at Plymouth Congregational Church in Syracuse. Rev James L Barton D D of Boston delivered the principal address on Business and Benevolence as secretary of the foreign department of the American Board of Foreign Missions.
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J. L. Barton
Syracuse
N. Y
Congregational Club of
Central New York
Plymouth Congregational Church
James L. Barton
D. D
Boston
Foreign Department
The
American Board of Foreign Missions
Holliston caucus cage case ends in East Cambridge court
In Middlesex Superior Criminal Court at East Cambridge Irene Wardwell presided as judges ruled John F. Curran and Eugene A. Yorke guilty of violating the caucus law. Each was fined ten dollars and paid the amount after sentencing yesterday.
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Holliston
Middlesex County
Baby's body found in bureau at Fulda street
Police investigate the case after Annie E. Byrne at 7 Fulda street, hospitalized with pneumonia, confesses she gave birth to a child and the infant's body lies in a bureau drawer. Brother-in-law Charles E. Byrne present. medical examiner to perform autopsy. Mrs. Byrne, a widow, shows improving condition.
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Fulda Street
Annie E. Byrne
City Hospital
Byrne
Charles E. Byrne
Draper
Young Bride Tries Death In Desperate Struggle
Mollie Schwartz, 19, a newlywed of three weeks, lies dying in Gouverneur Hospital after a self inflicted attempt. Her husband Max Schwartz, 20, unemployed and dependent, had moved in with his brother at 70 Willett Street where financial strain and indolence doomed the marriage. The brother urged work and finally asked them to leave.
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New York
Mollie Schwartz
Gouverneur Hospital
Max Schwartz
Willett Street
Max
Boston
Dr. Cushing
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Ig. E. Osgood Co
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Langdon
Shepard, Norwell & Co
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Mary Levins
Washington St
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West Street
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People’s Wholesale
Dock Square
Telephone Haymarket
Curran
YORK
Baby
Station 10
Young Bride
Brooks Kersey
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