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Man With Red Whiskers Reappears in Boston Coal Case Hearings
Alderman Woods, testifying at Boston Finance Commission hearings, admits selling coal, cement, and pipe to city departments through the Eastern Clay Goods Company and Brighton Coal Company. He recounts a red whiskered man who urged bids via two New York men and notes political influence in contract awards under Mayor Fitzgerald.
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William H. Woods
Brighton
Boston Finance Commission
Boston
Fitzgerald
James Donovan
Woods
Eastern Clay Company
Henry J. Williams
United States
Alderman Woods
Carr
Hatfield & Hilles Coal Company
City Hall
Brighton Coal Company
Babson
Sughrue
Eastern Clay Goods Company
Clay Goods Company
Maurice H. Klaus
Commission
New York
Lenox
Dowd
Georges Creek
New River
Mr. Sughrue
Mr. Woods
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Philadelphia
River Coal Company
Hatfield & Hilles Co
Theodore L. Keppler
American Sugar Refinery Company
Charles T. Gilchrist
Staples Coal Company
C. A. Palmer
John F. Fitzgerald
Donovan
Tion
W. C. Norcross
West Roxbury
Mitchell