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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1905
Page
4
Mrs. Margaret Warren, on trial in session six, is accused of obtaining 161 dollars of goods by false pretenses from a dry goods store. She testified denying glasses and hair bleaching, denying purchases on credit, and placing herself at home on the referenced date while naming Walter P. Chapin and noting her husband left in 1902.
Archibald H B King a Brookline grocery clerk was arrested on a bigamy charge after a second marriage found at St Marys Church of the Assumption and two homes with separate wives. Nora T Hession King filed the complaint. King pleaded not guilty and was held on $500 bail.
The Boston Young Men's Congress held its meeting at Hall 90 West Street for an officer election. McMaughton was chosen as speaker, A L Forest Derby as vice president, William J O'Donnell as clerk, and C D Hourin as sergeant at arms. The annual banquet is set for October 17 at the Quincy House with Lieutenant Governor Guild, Samuel J Elder, and Henry S Pritchett of MIT slated to speak.
Emma M. Lethbridge of Cambridge sues Elevated railway for 20000 alleging a fraudulent release after an accident. Her lawyer contends the release for 800 was invalid since she was a minor and illiterate, with ongoing injuries described as severe and lasting five years.
Chicago readers meet Speropanagiotis Pappatheodorokoummountourgeotopoulos and John James Pappatheodorokoumountourgeo topoulos, Greek fruit store proprietors on Halstead Street. Customers call them Pappa. census blanks must spell the lengthy surname for records, though locals stick with the shorter nickname.
Post reporters scour Deer Island and Brewster group while residents along the harbor search beaches for fragments of a dismembered body. Authorities believe the remains may have drifted toward open sea beyond Graves lighthouse, with recovery unlikely unless a passing vessel finds them.
Franklin resident F. G. Sailor told State police deputy Neal about seeing a man at Rowe's wharf with a heavy bulging suitcase bound with a strap. He noted the sagging grip and thought the man might be peddling liver. Police doubt the clue due to timing discrepancy with the suitcase purchase.
A secret conference at Chief Shaw's office involved the chief, deputy, detectives, pawnbrokers Joseph Berkman and Meyer Rubin, M F Kenny and Constable Dooley. The meeting centered on a Boston physician's photo linked to a drugs suitcase purchase with disputes over identification. No decision was announced.
Twenty four churches in Greater Boston attended the all day session of the Boston West Baptist Association at Roslindale Baptist Church. Moderator was Rev. W. W. Bustard of Roxbury. Annual sermon delivered by Rev. Irad Hardy of Canton.
Brockton on Governor's day draws about 45 000 visitors as the fair features pumpkins, wild animals, a runaway four horse chariot, a crashing airship, and other sensational acts. The crowd views the old fashioned New England country fair as lively and enduring.
In Superior Criminal Court Thomas Bluitte testified about a theft of 118 dollars during a St Louis game at Huntington avenue ball grounds on Aug 2. He admitted receiving 70 dollars to drop testimony, while Gardner and McGlinchy denied involvement as the jury deliberates.
Frank A. Sohner sued the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad for false imprisonment. The case was dismissed in the fourth session with a verdict for the defendant due to questions about an agent's authority to represent the employer.
A Boston party touring the Portland mine reports W B Thomas struck in the face by rock sliver from a black powder charge. Thomas, a member of the party and associated with the American Sugar Refining Co, suffered a slight injury.
Fire swept the cellar of a four story building at 280 Reid Avenue Brooklyn destroying the residence of Charles Donnelly his three children Charles eight Robert six and Catherine three who were cremated in the fire authorities reported the blaze began in the cellar and spread rapidly the victims were identified as the Donnelly children with local investigators launching an inquiry
An advertisement testimonial claims Dr Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder cures catarrh and purifies breath. Rev Dr Bor of Buffalo and his wife report distressing symptoms relieved within ten minutes after use. The brief highlights personal endorsement and rapid relief.
Governor Douglas and guests watched a chaotic display at the Brockton fair with a collapsing balloon, runaway horses, and Knabenshue’s narrow save from a 60-foot fall as his airship tangled with a flagpole. Amid cheers he survived, later declining further flights due to wind. Crowds filled the Midway as Igorrotes, vaudeville acts, and exotic shows drew 40,000 spectators.
A six year old named Jimmy Bowles nicknamed Litle Jimmys runaway gained fame by charming crowds with his pleas for a lift and sympathy stunts. He has fled 10 times from 49 Everett Avenue Chelsea before police, led by Patrolman Gavin of Division 1, recovered him at North Station. He wears blue overalls and a shirt waist on his trips and is said to have a nomadic disposition. His mother later retrieved him.
The Mechanics building drew about 12 000 people from the city and suburbs for the rink season opening. A full military band played as thousands filled the seats and the floor. Extra street cars carried patrons and the crowd praised the return of skating.
Boston delegates to the New York beauty show will be chosen tonight by Dr Sargent of Harvard.
The notice details novice and under 15.2 harness classes with entrants from Cassia and New York, including Electric Light and Romany in harness, and Pony and Tandems listed with owners such as E D Jordan and L Strauss. It also cites qualified hunters and show horses with weights and riders from Boston and New York.
A nearly blind Pennsylvanian man known as Hanson lured a girl from her home. They wandered westward begging and sleeping in barns. Arrested by humane society officers at Honeoye Falls, he claimed she was his daughter. she denied it and provided her real name. Brockton police to go to city soon.
Mary Mazzoni disappeared August 29 after telling her mother she would be out with "Blind George." The mother and brother searched and were relieved to learn today that she had been found in Rochester, New York. Police officers will proceed to bring her back to Brockton tonight.
A Buffalo physician endorses Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a safe daily aid for gas in stomach and bowels, improved complexion, sweeter breath, and purer throat. The claims include liver benefit and overall health gains, with a price of twenty five cents per box at drug stores.
Milton Oct 4 At Granite avenue crossing a wagon driver rushing to beat an express train and an unknown Italian man were fatally injured as a locomotive struck the cart. Flagman William Linnehan saved himself only by leaping clear but was severely hurt when a wheel struck him. Two horses died instantly.
Patrolman Watson W. H. Cook was moved from Division 1 to Brighton last night. The transfer follows a past grievance raised by a labor leader over alleged late night activity in an undertaking store near North Washington Street, which sparked prior transfers of four patrolmen from the North End. Cook avoided those moves but has faced uneasy tenure at Hanover Street since.
Brockton police joined in the hunt for a blind man and Mary. after exhaustive searching and failed leads, circulars with full descriptions were sent to police stations across the East. Canada was considered as a possible destination, but no news reached the heartbroken mother.
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