Kill Daughters. SHE SHOT THEM FIRST. Then Poured Carbolic Acid
New York, Oct 5. Police in Kingsbridge report Mrs. Lillian Smith of Inwood Manhattan killed herself and her 6-year-old son Andrew with a gunshot and carbolic acid. She shot daughter Ethel 12 in the breast and poured carbolic acid on her. She then shot 4-year-old Mabel in the breast and poured carbolic acid on her. Ethel and Mabel were taken to a hospital.
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New York
Kingsbridge
Lillian Smith
Inwood
Borough of Manhattan
Andrew
Ethel
Mabel
At Risk of Life He Saved His Kept Oath to Protect
Calef D. Symmes aged 88 died at his Lancaster home after a short illness. A former cashier and bank president, he survived a 50 year old attack by Otto Sutar who sought bank keys. Symmes safeguarded the culprit’s name for days, aiding capture and trial leading to Sutar’s dismissal and exile after prison time.
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Clinton
Calef D. Symmes
Lancaster
Symmes
Charlestown
Ife
Lancaster State Bank
Lancaster National Bank
Lancaster Savings Bank
Otto Sutar
Sutar
Boston
Mr. Symmes
Robbed Ticket Office at Norfolk Downs Station
Thieves broke into the New Haven railroad ticket office between 12 15 a.m. and 6 a.m. Friday at Norfolk Downs, NY NH Hartford. They took about five cents in cash and a few tickets, leaving a screwdriver as payment. It appears the bandits were novices, as they did not attempt the locked cash drawer.
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Norfolk Downs
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
John Ross Lost in Brick Press Accident at Glenwood
A boy of i1 years named John Ross suffered injuries after getting two fingers caught in a brick press at his home on 7 Sheridan Avenue in Glenwood yesterday. Authorities reported the incident and the boy was treated for the injuries.
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John Ross
Sheridan Avenue
Glenwood
Missing Brookline boy described by parents
A tall slim boy with light hair, last seen on an outward-bound Brookline avenue car. He wore brown bicycle pants, a dark sack coat and black bicycle cap. He has a slight speech impediment and has had mental spells. two years ago he wandered for two weeks. Any information on his whereabouts is welcome by his grieving parents.
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Brookline Avenue
Ryan
Mystery death of Jessie Cobb in Androscoggin River
In Lewiston Maine a young woman Jessie Cobb of East Poland was found dead in the Androscoggin River near the canal headhouse on Sept 26. Autopsy reveals death by strangulation and the body was already dead when placed in the water, with a man seen accompanying her on Sept 16 whose identity is unknown.
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Lewiston
Androscoggin
Jessie Cobb
East Poland
Sabattus
W. H. Hawkins
W. B. Small
Baptist association backs Newton Seminary collection drive
At the New Haven Baptist Association anniversary meetings in Southington on October 6, a resolution urged each church to contribute to the Newton Theological Seminary. It was announced that John D. Rockefeller pledged $150,000 if matched elsewhere. Rev. T A T Hanna of Shelton condemned Newton Seminary and the Chicago Baptist university for secular teaching, but the resolution passed.
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Southington
Conn
New Haven Baptist Association
Newton Theological Seminary
John D. Rockefeller
T. A. T. Hanna
Shelton
Newton Seminary
Baptist University At
Chicago
Bones Found by Navy Yard Workers
Workmen at the navy yard unearthed bones totaling parts of at least three skeletons during trenching from the boiler room of the boat shop toward a spar shed. Bones, found Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, were sent for box storage. they likely come from sailors or marines who died at the yard or hospital about 50 years ago near Chelsea Street.
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Boston
Summer Street
Flower City Clothing Co
Main Street
Rochester
N. Y
Vienna
Yankee Clothing Co
N. Ke, Mosse. Ass'n
N. E
Navy Yard
Baxter
Chelsea Street
Fitchburg Editor Charles C Stratton Dies in Vermont
Charles C Stratton 71 senior proprietor of the Fitchburg Tally Sentinel and active in Odd Fellows and Knights of Honor groups died today in Fairley Vermont, his birthplace. He was a prominent local figure in Fitchburg.
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Fitchburg
Charles C. Stratton
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Tee
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Willie K
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West Hotel
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William
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ES Rowning
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Self
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Gilchrist
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Andrew W. Duncain
George D. Kennedy
James A. McKenna
Charles J. Riley
Frank H. Thompson
George G. Gallop
Jonathan Tomlinson
Austin A. Fraser
John F. Curran
William Hartigan
Spitz Bros
Mork
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J. H. Kerrison
the Traveler
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New Ragland Pub. Co
York & Boston Credit Co
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America
Reefers
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Fred Ryan
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Fred Ryen
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Freddy Ryan
Bbyverett
Androscoggin River
Baptist Institution
Jordan, Marsh & CO
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Loy
Southern
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