Boston jogs clue to Slugger case as Soderquist held
John L. Soderquist janitor at the Natural History rooms Berkeley and Boylston Streets is identified by Miss Eva Crockett and by Jeanette Marshall as the man who assaulted women in Boston and Brookline. Police charge him with assault with intent to murder and plan to bring witnesses to Cambridge for statements. Soderquist denies the crimes, claims a blank memory and cites head pains while his wife defends him as loving and sane aside from recent distress.
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Jack the Slugger
Boston
Brookline
Cambridge
John Ll. Soderquist
Natural History Rooms
Berkeley and
Boylston Streets
Soderquist
Station 16
Eva F. Crockett
Boylston Street
Miss Marshall
Fitzgerald
Pelton
Miss Crockett
Murray
Harry
Camridge
Paige
New York
History Rooms
Eva I. Crockett
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity today
Fair weather expected in Boston and surrounding areas with a Wednesday outlook. Winds shift from light to fresh west to southwest as the day progresses, shaping a mild but breezy midweek. Father John’s Medicine is advertised for chronic bronchitis relief.
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Boston
Curtis's Home Gutted by Fire in Boston Residence
Ex Mayor Edwin A Curtis suffered a major attic fire at his 151 Bay State Road home. Two servant girls escaped in nightclothes as smoke and flames filled the second floor. Firemen fought the blaze, confining most damage to the second story. loss to furniture carpets and paintings remains undetermined. Curtis and family are staying at Lexington for the summer.
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Edwin A. Curtis
Bay State Road
Buckminster
Commonwealth Avenue
iDeerfield Street
Curtis
Lexington
Newton Servant Wields Axe in Terror at 11 Hollis Street
Isabella Waite a domestic for Mr and Mrs T E Eustis at 11 Hollis Street became violent, seized with insanity, damaged furniture with an axe, and threatened the household. Patrolman John Quilty secured her and she was placed under observation at police headquarters. Waite had worked for the family about two weeks, arriving from a Boston agency.
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Dows
Charlestown Car Accidents Injure Two Residents
Seven year old William Carr of 32 Cory street was struck by an electric car at Bunker Hill and Lexington, suffering a severe head wound. Mrs. Rosannah H. Kirby, 65, of 40 Mt Vernon street, was knocked down at Chelsea and Adams streets but unharmed.
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William Carr
Cory Street
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Lexington Streets
Rosannah H. Kirby
Mt. Vernon Street
Chelsea and
Adams Streets
Boston and Maine Trains Collision Near Lawrence
A Bar Harbor express collided at a Salem street bridge crossing a Haverhill bound train in South Lawrence. Both trains were late, but few injuries occurred as passengers were shaken and several windows shattered. The crash is described as narrowly avoided disaster due to timing, with trains resuming service shortly after midnight.
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Salem Street Bridge
South Lawrence
Clement's Strong Vermont Vote Defeats Governor Election Doubt
White River Junction Vermont Sept 3 The Vermont state election ends without an outright people's vote for Governor and Lieutenant Governor as large returns show Percival W Clement high license candidate narrowly trailing General John G McCullough Republican in early results from 204 towns. Clement gains in big cities and Rutland, while McCullough loses GOP strength to Clement and a split Democratic vote with Prohibitionist influence noted.
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White River Junction
Vermont
Percival W. Clement
John G. McCullough
Bennington
Stickney
Senter
Clement
Rutland
McCullough
David J. Foster
Burlington
Kittredge
Two East Boston Boys Probable Drowned
A probable drowning accident was reported to harbor police last night. Frank Mc Master aged 10 and Stephen Monahan aged 12, both of East Boston, left Harbor View in a small rowboat at 2 PM yesterday and have not been seen since. Their parents are frantic as they were inexperienced with rowing and usually return soon. No sign of the boat or youths had been found by midnight.
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Frank McMaster
Stephen Monahan
Boston
Harbor View
Empress of Russia Reported to Have Had a Miscarriage
A Copenhagen dispatch to Central News says St. Petersburg reports the Czarina miscarried but her condition is not alarming. If true, the news would cause keen disappointment across Russia as prayers had centered on a male heir for the Czars children.
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Russia
London
Central News
Copenhagen
St. Petersburg
Cayvan Sister Denies Health Rumors From New York
Miss Alice W Cayvan refutes reports that actress Georgia Cayvan was removed from a Flushing sanitarium to Boston. She says Georgia is not blind, though eyesight is affected, and remains rational at times. Her condition is weakness, not suffering, and she is often in a happy mood.
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New York
Alice W Cayvan
Georgia Cayvan
Flushing
L. I
Boston
Two Feet Lost in Freight Train Accident at Lowell
Albert J. Johnson 35 of 310 Meridian Street East Bostonwas badly crushed after falling beneath freight train wheels at School Street about 11 pm He was taken to hospital where both feet were amputated He is expected to recover
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Lowell
Mass
Albert J. Johnson
Meridian Street
Boston
School Street
Lena Starr and Joseph Grauman wed in East Boston
A prominent Hebrew social event last night united Miss Lena Starr of this city and Joseph Grauman of Scranton Penn at Commonwealth Hall East Boston. Rabbi Margolis officiated and the bride was given away by her father Rabbi David Starr. The couple will visit the Berkshire hills then reside in Scranton Penn.
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Lena Starr
Joseph Grauman
Scranton
Penn
Commonwealth Hall
East
Boston
Margolis
David Starr
Berkshire Hills
Military prize drill results at Worcester
On September 2 in Worcester the competitive prize drill of military companies concluded with Worcester City Guards taking first place. Runners up were Company AB of the Second Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers from Providence in second, and Company C of the Sixth Regiment Infantry Massachusetts Volunteer Militia from Lowell in third.
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Worcester
Quigley Injured in Beach Street Assault
Patrick Quigley of 35 Rochester Street was treated at Emergency Hospital for a severely lacerated chin after three men accosted him on Beach Street at about 9 PM. One assailant struck him with a large stone. ten stitches were needed. No description of the attacker was obtained.
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Patrick Quigley
Rochester Street
Beach Street
Show Manager Accused of Assault at Amusement Resort
A man, unnamed, told police he was assaulted at an amusement resort last night. He said the manager kicked him across the room and then struck him on the head with a water pail after declaring the show indecent. The charges are being investigated.
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Station 2
High License Sweeps Burlington Storm Center
Burlington voters backed Clement and high license in the state election. Clement won by 669 as major figure, while Dr. W S Vincent was elected city representative on the second ballot by 9 percent. The fusion county ticket appears to win State Senator, with E M Sutton defeating C S Ashley. Sheriff Thomas Reeds and State Attorney G E Bower seem defeated. C C Bower wins Grand Isle county seat over Ladd.
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Burlington
Clement
W. S. Vincent
Fusion County
E. M. Sutton
C.S. Ashley
Milton
Thomas Reeds
Ge. CC. Bower
Grand Isle County
Tracey
Ladd
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J. L. Soderquist
John
Newton
McUllough
Boston & Maine
Bar Harbor Express
Haverhill
Philadelphia
Bar Harbor
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Portland
Press
Glement
Sam
East Boston
Czarina
Miss Cayvan
Grauman
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