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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
3
Queen Alexandra’s message to Dr I A Cook expresses confidence in his Arctic climb goal. Cook, speaking at his lecture, says unbiased witnesses will prove his ascent to Mt McKinley and references former guides who allegedly betrayed him by selling their birthright for silver.
The article records political exchanges over the Cassidy case, with remarks from candidates about honesty, duties of probation, and the role of district attorneys in Suffolk and neighboring regions. It cites Governor Draper, Mr. Hill, and District Attorney Wills, detailing actions on Cassidy’s release recommendation and the political framing of the issue.
St John New Brunswick October 28 Lighthouse Inspector Burns found no fault by Gannett Rock or Machias Seal Island keepers in the Hestia wreck. Five crewmen washed ashore at Yarmouth Nova Scotia, with Captain Newman identified among them. Captain Gillis denied that the Hestia's boat tackle broke as the scene awaits the Lord Kitchener tow.
William W. Winer 18 of Crags Street Malden was arrested after police tracked him driving a car reported stolen from Newton Centre. Mrs Julia C Colby reported her auto vanished from in front of the Young Men’s Christian Association Auto School about an hour earlier.
The Boston Custom House will stay open until 4 30 tomorrow afternoon to aid French importers who want to ship goods into the port before Sunday’s tariff changes. No French shipments are known to be en route, yet customs officers will forgo their half holiday to assist.
James T. Cassidy, convicted last June in a city graft scandal and sentenced to one year, was released from Deer Island on parole yesterday. He returned to Dorchester to his mother and plan to marry Miss Florence C. McCrealey, with whom he has worked to secure his release. The parole was approved after an investigation by Probation Officer Weese and agreement among Cassidy, his mother, District Attorney Hill, and Penal Commissioner Skinner.
President Taft arrived at Vicksburg on the lighthouse tender Oleander at 9 40 pm as only two of the fleet that left St. Louis on Monday reached the port. The St Paul and the Quincy with governors, Speaker Cannon, and many senators and representatives were not in sight during his stay. The river trip schedule has unraveled and a plan to wait outside New Orleans on Saturday may be dropped if Taft is to reach the Crescent City in daylight.
Frederick Gebhardt, alias Otto Mueller, who killed Anna Luther after marrying her, insists he cannot face the electric chair. Police refute a link to Paul Mueller, alleged Worcester killer, saying Gebhardt was confined in Sing Sing in 1896.
LENOX Oct 28 Frederick Wurtzbach 72 a pioneer who introduced the first wood pulp paper making machines from Germany died in a Pittsfield hospital. In 1866 he helped create the first wood pulp paper in the United States for Alfredo Pagenstecker at Stocksbridge. His process helped drop newspaper prices to 10 cents. He worked 17 years with Pagenstecker and 24 years with Smith Paper Co of Lee. He was born in Halle Germany. He is survived by a widow and five children.
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