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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1920
Page
2
Providence reporter details East Providence police pursuit of a young man matching a description given by William J. Deignan, whose fiancée was killed, and Rose V. McKenna murdered by a former overseas soldier now tied to a gang of river pirates.
A report notes the assailant was in possession of a .45 calibre Colt's automatic army pistol not long before the incident. The detail is cited as part of the investigation.
Police linked the Deignan ship chandlery outfit to a river pirate gang after a tanker theft in the harbor. An employee, Evarista Larrivee, revealed Deignan’s frequent tanker visits with large cash sums and a known gang's habit of boarding anchored ships for valuables. Detectives seek a tall slim suspect and a pistol buyer described by Deignan.
Five persons were injured near midnight on Pleasant Street when a car failed to turn from a steep hill into Church Street. Four occupants were Cambridge residents and one was from Boston. two injuries were serious as the vehicle overturned and pinned occupants under it.
William J Dorgan 50 of 153 Hampshire Cambridge suffers multiple injuries including three broken ribs and possible skull fracture. Mrs Mary Dorgan also injured with skull fracture. Miss Mary E Barry 90 and Miss Mary Conway 30 suffer various fractures and bruises. Edward Gleason 60 Boston has facial injuries and a fractured rib. Authorities report the group, staying in local hotels, were guided to private homes and crashed while unfamiliar with the streets. Ming Barry related to former Lieutenant-Governor Barry.
In the twenty-ninth Middle States regatta on the Harlem River course Union Boat Club of New York won the senior eight by a foot over Vesper Boat Club of Philadelphia with Undine Barge Club close behind a half length back. Norton Boat Club of Worcester, Mass. captured the intermediate eight by five feet over Undine.
Denver reports ten dead after a head on crash between two Denver and Interurban electric trains. The death toll rose as two more injured succumbed, bringing the total fatalities for the collision.
The funeral of Dr. Edgar C. Abbott a noted Shaksperian lecturer and nephew of Dr. Lyman Abbott was held yesterday in the Congregational Church in Ashland. He was killed in an automobile accident a week ago. Also an advertisement notes Koh-i-Noor pencils on sale nationwide at 15 cents.
Labor Day crowd of 15 000 to 16 000 at the Associated Scottish Clans of Boston celebration in Caledonian Grove featured free for all track and field events and clan games. Jeannie Irvine Everett won best dressed in costume events. Lucy Ward North Cambridge and Louise Graham Roxbury earned top prizes in Highland fling and sword dancing. Fore River pipe band provided music in the pavilion as thousands attended the games and midway attractions. Officers Peter J. MacDonald David Frazer Alexander McIsaac William Rennie and James Gillan led arrangements with a coordinating committee.
J K Dering denies Governor Cox's claim of a $10000 coal operators assessment for a Republican campaign. He says a committee he chaired did meet but not with all members present at the Auditorium Hotel. He states the committee raised between $18000 and $20000, later turning it over to Bred W Upham, treasurer of the Republican national committee.
The Cork prison acting medical officer received a letter from the First Brigade of the Irish Republican Army ordering him to depart the jail and exit the country within 24 hours, as hunger strike attendances are criticized as slow murder.
Paul Hines of South Boston a Yankee Division veteran and Democratic House candidate faced an anonymous political trick as circulars claimed he withdrew from today's Ward 10 primary. He rejected the claim saying he has not withdrawn and will campaign until polls close.
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