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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1906
Page
12
Commissioner O Meara declares juvenile lawlessness rising in Boston and orders patrolmen to apply the new law for children under 17 as it goes into effect. He notes officers cannot prevent delinquency but will refer those who commit offenses to the courts and will guide actions in emergencies.
Back Bay letter carrier Dr Francis B Conway waived examination before US commissioner Hayes and was held on 500 bail for the federal grand jury. His father Richard Conway posted the bond.
A special grand jury, appointed by Governor Higgins, reports an indictment charging Chester Gillette with first degree murder in the death of Miss Grace Brown near Big Moose, Herkimer County. The case stems from the drowning at Big Moose Lake and the Miss Brown inquiry.
At Long Wharf the fruiter Brewster from Jamaican ports arrived after a foggy voyage. It carried 23 6440 stems of bananas 156 boxes of oranges 181 bags of coconuts and 167 boxes of grapefruit for United Fruit Company. Two crewmen appeared injured on deck after a heated fire room dispute one stoker Joseph Rose suffered severe scalp injuries described as head wounds from a shovel strike.
Nicholas Ayoub of 9 Hudson Street alleges his 13 year old brother Atola died at City Hospital from ill treatment after being tied to a bed. Hospital officials deny mistreatment and say the boy died after complications from appendicitis and related conditions.
London reports claim poor workmanship on British battleships with rivet flaws in the Montagu found during salvage and similar faults in the Dreadnought. The Daily Mail cites holes without rivets and premature dismissals, with leakage noted as she rests in drydock.
Miss Mary A. McCarty longtime Waltham public school teacher dies after brief illness. She taught at Newhall school and will be buried from St Marys Church in Waltham. She leaves a sister Mrs Annie McNeill of Auburndale.
In Providence on August 31, Leon Ruggles, son of a Matta pan physician, ran away after being given a choice between enlistment and flight. Probation Officer Wallace, who planned to aid him, found him missing after escorting the boy to the State Board of Charities and Corrections. Dr. Ruggles defended his treatment. The boy previously lived in North Carolina and may have gone South this time.
A portion of the machine gun corps was sent to San Juan de Martinez in Pinar del Rio Province to assist government forces commanded by Colonel Avalos.
Ipswich August 31 Henry Dodge saw a woman’s body in the river near the town bridge. The deceased is Mrs Mary Coughlin widow of Patrick Coughlin who lived alone. Medical Examiner Bailey ruled death natural after she apparently fell and struck her head on a rock. The body remained in mud until the tide rose, face upward in the water. She was about seventy years old.
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