Beattie Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
After a 11 day trial and a dramatic closing by L. O. Wendenburg the jury convicted Henry Clay Beattie Jr of murder in the first degree for the killing of his wife. Judge Watson ordered a November 24 execution date with a stay of execution to allow appeal. Beattie broke down with his family as jailers cleared the cell.
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Burgess
Virginia
Watson
Beattie
Douglas
Cogbill
Curlouy
O Connell Denounces County Ring in Charlestown Speech
More than 500 voters gathered in Hayes Square Charlestown to hear James E O Connell Democratic candidate for clerk of the Suffolk County Superior Criminal Court attack the county ring He accused Manning of a 37 year dynasty and noted 90 percent of office staff are related He also accepted an invitation to welcome Governor Harmon at a Democratic barbecue at Caledonian Grove.
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Hayes Square
Charlestown
James E. O’connell
Suffolk County Superior
Manning
O'Connell
Harmon
Democratic City Committee
Caledonian Grove
History repeats itself in Walt's Clothiers story
A man recounts to a salesman in the Boys' Clothing Department at Walt's, My Clothier, corner of Hanover and Portland streets, how his father bought his clothes there and now he brings his son for his first suit, remarking how time flies.
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Walt’s
Hanover
Portland
Beattie Is Not Guilty Verdict Rumor Conflicts
Beulah Binford, 17, isolated in a Staten Island boarding house, hears the Chesterfield Va. verdict that Henry C. Beattie Jr. will die by electric chair for his wife’s murder. She asserts his innocence and questions the case against him.
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New York
Staten Island
Beulah Binford
Beattie
Chesterfield Court House
Henry C. Beattie, Jr
Beattie Murder Trial Casts Light on Beulah Binford
The defense claims Beattie killed his wife for another woman who pursued her own career. The other girl, Beulah Binford, loses a vaudeville opportunity as Broadway rejects her after public sentiment shifts. Freeman Bernstein notes New York will not support Beulah Binford and a Philadelphia Liberty Theatre contract is withdrawn.
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Beattie
Broadway
Freeman Bernstein
Binford
Vaudeville
New York
Beulah Binford
Liberty Theatre
Philadelphia
Spectacles Restore Lawyer Coakley to Health in Boston
Timothy Wilfred Coakley, once forced to abandon his Los Angeles law practice for insomnia and nervous depression, reports full recovery after eye treatment using Gould methods and cocaine plus atropine. He credits new glasses and rest cure, with doctors Frederick B. Cheney and George M. Gould guiding his return to vigor.
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Timothy Wilfred Coakley
Los Angeles
Cal
Baldwin Will
Boston
Flo
Tim
George M. Gould
Philadelphia
Gould
Lafcadio Hearn
Coakley
Frederick B. Cheney
Cheney
Los Anglls Buzzards Bay
Newton police hunt for band of boy burglars
Three boys have been taken into custody as Newton police seek others connected to a series of break ins. The Thursday night thefts touched Brae Burn Country Club, the Middlesex and Boston waiting room, and Sherman N. and Co. L. Sears drug store, with cash drawers opened and shop goods stolen. Police criticize the juvenile system as inadequate and expect more arrests after the recent spate of incidents.
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Newton
Brae Burn Country Club
Fuller Street
West Newton
Middlesex
Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
Washington Street
Sherman N. and Co. L. Sears
Newton Lower Falls
Augusti Avantagio
Newtonville
Joseph Nezzerio
Dog Saves Man From Fire After Alarm By Barking
Lynn report: Thomas J. McLaughlin woke to smoke when his dog started barking outside his door. He carried the dog down stairs from a second story window and escaped uninjured as firemen saved the building. He suspects a lighted pipe started the blaze.
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Lynn
Thomas J. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Man Dead From Gas At Broadway Hotel
The body of a man believed to be J W MacDougall a travelling salesman was found on a bed in a Broadway hotel room. Gas escaped from an open jet. It is not yet known if death was suicide or accident. He recently worked for W H Hatfield of Chicago and lived in Boston the past year. His home is thought to be in Nova Scotia.
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Judge Watson
Foreman Burgess
Burgess
New York
J. W. MacDougall
Broadway
W. H. Hatfield
Chicago
Boston
McDougall
Nova Scotia
Eight Held for Tarr ing Girl in Kansas
Eight men and boys were arrested in Shady Bend Kansas and placed under bond charged with tar and feathering Miss Mary Chamberlain a young school teacher. The assault followed allegations she talked about other women of the community.
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Shady Bend
Kan
Mary Chamberlain
Man severely hurt in Rim Road runaway in Newton
John J. Troy of 228 River street West Newton was badly hurt when a horse he was driving ran wild near Newton High School. He was removed to Newton Hospital. The horse, struck by the shaft, was so severely injured it had to be shot after the animal crashed into a tree.
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John J. Troy
River Street
West Newton
Newton
Troy
H. W. Orr Company
Newtonville
Rim Road
Newton High School
Easy Street
Pilgrimage Led by Heliodorus Draws Volga Attention
A summer pilgrimage of about 1500 followers, mostly women, led by Heliodorus, marched toward the Sarov desert to venerate St. Seraphim. Crowds gathered at towns along the river while bishops and arch-priests were compelled to celebrate mass.
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Heliodorus
Volga
Sarov Desert
Seraphim
Sarov
Hellodorus
Russia
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Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Raincoat
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the Press Publishing Co
George McManus
Dix
James E. O'Connell
Boston & Albany
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Miss Binford
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HUB Cafe
Warwick
R. I
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Westcott
New Haven
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Electric Express
Sky Service
Points South
India Wharf
Fort Hill
Autior T Cha
Aoe
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Alun
Wigmore
Horlick
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California
Canadian Epenie Railway
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