Woman Foils Assault Arrest of Isaac Halford in Roxbury Park
Miss Murphy, a neighbor of the Thompson family, chased and identified Isaac Halford after witnessing an assault on Edna Thompson in Back Bay park. Halford, 60, was arrested by Patrolmen Daniels and Thompson and held for Roxbury Police Court with a continuance likely for the child’s convalescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Halford
Daniels
F. H. Thompson
Edna Thompson
Daniel Thompson
Wigglesworth Street
Roxbury
Back Bay Park
Halford
Edna
Miss Murphy
Fenway
Convention of Barbers Opens Boston Meeting
The State convention at Faneuil Hall opened with 118 delegates led by President Chris Mallen of the Boston Barbers Union. Officers' reports and committee appointments filled most of the afternoon while a Boston union hosted a banquet at the Quincy House with Mayor Fitzgerald and other officials as guest speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbers’ Union
Faneuil Hall
Chris Mallen
Boston Barbers’ Union
Boston Union
Quincy House
Fitzgerald
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Edward L. Logan
Kneeland and Linehan
Prisoners Escape By Raft Seaward From Island Camp
Two convicts sailors describe a perilous escape by raft from a northern island facility. They drifted seven hours in gale winds past Graves light and Boston Light, were rescued by Captain Dolliver near Deer Island, and endured saltwater exposure and exhaustion before landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolliver
Boston Light
Corporate Morality and Civic Righteousness Sermon
Rev. Thomas Van Ness argues that corporate morality is essential to the body politic and urges a higher standard of honesty in business. He notes managers of hotels, railroads, and large firms hamper honesty and calls for church leadership to fuse private virtue with public conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas van Ness
Second Congregational Church
van Ness
Church
Raft Crew Tells Cold Escape and Past Larceny Case
Pilger recalls a long split in the raft tank and a desperate struggle for warmth as the group rode the waves. Superintendent Gerrish notes the raft’s heavy load required eight men to move and mentions Henson and Davis in prior larceny cases with sentences of three and two years, plus escape attempts and ongoing innocence claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
W. T. Dolliver
Deer Island
Gerrish
Henson
Onion House
Pilger
Plier
Monitor
Boston
Davis
41 in Peril in Harbor of Boston
The crew of a yacht struggled as the sea washed the hand pump overboard. At daybreak they left the vessel for Appledore Island and, after toiling in a disabled naphtha launch, were towed in by the M. Mitchell Davis tug from Portsmouth. They won’t sail to Saco and hired a tug for the remainder.
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Appledore Island
M. Mitchell Davis
Portsmouth
Shoals
Saco
Yachts Dragged From Moorings Off Boston Coast
High seas of about 30 miles per hour caused yachts off South Boston and Quincy to drift adrift. Police boats and life saving station vessels had difficulty recovering them. Several vessels dragged from anchors drifted among islands and narrowly avoided rocks.
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South
Boston
Quincy
Two Sloops Break Moorings Off South Boston
The sloop Mishel owned by Commodore George Hannon of the South Boston Yacht Club broke from its mooring, followed by the sloop Way Massimio owned by William Cortwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mishel
George Hannon
South Boston Yacht Club
Way Massimio
William Cortwell
YACHT HURLED ON ROCK OFF LONG ISLAND
The sloop Cayouga owned and sailed by John Gilman of South Boston drifted onto a rock near Peddock's Island in a gale. Three crewmen aboard bailed hard as the leaking yacht filled, until the Watchman arrived to rescue them and prevent foundering.
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John Gilman
Everett Street
Boston
Long Island
Peddock's Island
Eight Men Afloat After Engine Failure Off Moon Island
Eight men aboard the Coleman Brothers gasolene launch drifted at sea off Moon Island after an engine accident in heavy seas. Rescue by the Watchman found them exhausted from constant bailing and efforts to keep the launch from crashing on rocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Brothers
Moon Island
Yachts in Gale Signal Distress Reach Lifesavers
The yawl Magic owned by Peter Gerillo with eight aboard and the sloop Reliance with nine aboard faced torn sails and were aided by a United States lifesaving station boat. Passengers panicked as distress signals were raised from both vessels.
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Yawl Magic
Peter Gerillo
Reliance
United States Lifesaving Station
Sails Torn From Rigging In Heavy Gale
The sails were tightly reefed but a strong gale ripped the sails from the rigging, leaving the vessel exposed to the sea. No further details on location or casualties are provided in the fragment.
Two Launches Disabled Off Long Island Rescue by Police Boat
F. E. Hobart's gasoline launch was found helpless off Long Island with a failing engine and water filling the craft after breaking waves. Returning to Boston, a watchman helped the launch Henry J. Smith owned by Henry J. Smith with four men aboard, all disabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Hobart
Long Island
Boston
Henry J. Smith
Noted Singer Angered by Lack of Carriage in Portland
Mme Schumann-Heink arrived for a musical festival but found no carriage or trolley at the station. With a suitcase in each hand, she walked a mile to the Lafayette Hotel on Congress Hill and may not sing if no transport is arranged.
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Portland
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Waterland
Congress Hill
Lafayette Hotel
Jealousy Tragedy At City Hotel Ends In Double Death
A woman was shot and a man killed himself at a city hotel after arriving with two friends. Hotel staff heard no gunfire though a maid reported a shot about 1 am. Authorities say jealousy sparked the case. the woman is in danger list and an autopsy is planned.
Mrs Hill's History Ends In Malden With Daughter
Mrs Deborah Hill aged 85 who was shot in Castle Square Hotel by Slocomb lives at 16 Ashland Place Malden with her 19 year old daughter who works as a stenographer in a Boston mercantile house. Hill has lived apart from her husband Edward Hill for four years by mutual agreement. Edward Hill resides at 17 Prescott Street and works as a flagman on the Boston and Maine crossing at 290 Main Street. The daughter visits her father and remains on good terms with him. Mr Seaver of 287 Main Street is a friend of Edward Hill and recalls Mrs Hill nursing his wife through illness. He knew nothing of any romance between Hill and Slocomb.
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Malden
Deborah Hill
Castle Square
Slocomb
Ashland Place
Boston
Boston & Maine
Main Street
Mr. Seaver
Edward Hill
Hill
Slocomb Family Life Revealed in Everett Note
Henry J. Slocomb of 10 Avon Street Everett works in a Boston store with a wife and two young sons Ernest and Edward. About a year ago he resided at Rutland Mass Consumptives' Home and was known locally as reserved and taciturn. He often spent time away from home.
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Everett
Henry J. Slocomb
Avon Street
Boston
Ernest
Edward
Consumptives
Rutland
Mass
Missing Swampscott girl Ethel Locke reported
Ethel Locke aged 22, telephone operator for Hadley Cement Co, is missing from 106 Elmwood Road Swampscott. Not seen since Sept 12. Sister of Mrs William Hadley, wife of the cement company head. Mrs Hadley notified Lynn police. family says they were in Jonesboro Missouri earlier in the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swampscott
Ethel Locke
Hadley Cement Company
William Hadley
Elmwood Road
Swempscott
Hadley
Lynn
Jonesboro
Norwood Street brawl leaves four injured in drunken melee
In Norwood at Washington and Deane streets, 25 men clashed using weapons and missiles. Four men were injured James Botski with a fractured skull William Welsh with cuts Daniel Vita with lacerations and Dick Thompson with bruises. Police arrested four men for disturbing the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Thompson
Michael D. Ring
William Princide
Adam Ysocise
Frank Johnson
Rowdy gang locks lad in school in Dorchester incident
John Merrill, a Dorchester janitor, reported a crowd of hoodlums chased his 10 year old son John Merrill Jr into the Harris School on Adams near Mill Street and locked him inside. The boy described being pursued and frightened as police prepare to identify the tormentors.
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John Merrill
Exchange Street
Dorchester
Harris School
Station 11
Lieutenant Hall
John Merrill, Jr
Adams
Mill Street
Merrill
Johnnie
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Lion House
Eames Iia
Eamaeemee
Ateigmon
Deer Island Penitentiary
Boston Harbor
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Moran
Alderman Linehan
Hensen
Providence
Rev. van Ness
Artemus Ward
Cuba
Estabrook & Eaton
Harry J. Slocomb
Harbor
South Boston
Moon
Bertha Kline
Mary Doherty
Price
Shawmut Furniture CO
Tremont
Hollis
Preity
Norwood
Stove
Ender
Moulton Cafe
Essex St. Speckial
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