Williams Widens Web of Debts and Alleged Frauds
Court records reveal George E. Williams used deceit to secure funds from widows and investors, paying high interest while forging notes and misusing papers. Victims include Mrs Abby Kilburn of Boston and Emma Wellington, with police probing concealed deeds at Plymouth cottages as administrators seek control and repayment amid looming litigation.
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Plymouth
Atherton N Hunt
Hunt
Emma Williams
Widow Denies Gracie Faust Tales in Williams Case
Mrs. Sarah E. Williams, widow of George F. E. Williams, reacts to sensational breach of promise reports linking her late husband to Gracie Faust. She recalls no knowledge of Faust, notes Miss Emma Wellington as a Williams secretary, and laments lack of access to newspapers while on Great Diamond Island Casco Bay resort.
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Emma Rebecca Wellington
Milton
Williams
Wellington
Brook Road
Mr. Williams
George Williams
Miss Faust
Emma Wellington
Miss Wellington
Liams
Plymouth
Portland
Gracie Faust
Sarah EH. Williams
George FE. Williams
Faust
Back Bay
Hough’s Neck
Widow Kilburn says she lost thousands to Williams at 12 percent
Mrs Abby C Kilburn wife of Daniel W Kilburn former Connecticut Mutual Life agent told the Post she lent Williams 300 to 1500 dollars at 12 percent interest and kept up with monthly payments for years. She says she filed no claim on the estate and fears she may never recover her money.
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Williams
Abby C. Kilburn
Boston
Daniel W. Kilburn
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Kilburn
Huntington Avenue
The
Post
Mrs. Kilburn
Mixup on policy in equity suit over Williams affairs
Joseph M. Herman of Boston filed a bill in Suffolk Superior Court revealing business methods of the late George E. Williams. The suit names Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company as defendant, Williams’ former general agent. Herman claims an assignment of a life policy on Bernard Sommer issued Feb 28 1896 for 10 000, numbered 216356 Feb 11 1909 Sommer assigned his insuranc e.
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Connecticut Mutual
George E. Williams
Connecticut Mutual Company
Williams
Boston
Woburn
Joseph M. Herman
Suffolk Superior Court
Herman
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Bernard Sommer
Sommer
Will Arraign Thaw in U S Court Today
About 4 15 this afternoon John Andrews with wife and two friends from Coaticook drove to Monadnock House and was told by Captain John Lanyon that he was wanted by immigration officers.
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Jerome
Mike
New Haven
Glynn
Leech
Harry Thaw
United States
Lanyon
John Andrews
Coaticook
Monadnock House
John Lanyon
School of Commerce to Build New High School in Fenway
The school board voted to erect the High School of Commerce in the Fenway area citing a Finance Commission protest over four years of delay seeking a site. The School House Commission will choose a site near the proposed stadium to give students access to the new playground.
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High School of Commerce
Fenway
Finance Commission
Schoolhouse Commission
Roxbury School District Vote and Pension Denial
The vote split with Miss Curtis and Mr Corcoran in favor of placing the school in the Dudley district Roxbury. The board refused to increase the pension of John K Richardson retired last summer as junior master of the Latin School to 300 a year. Richardson Civil War veteran sought half salary pension. Rather than maintain a Spectacle Island school for eight residents the board ordered daily transport to South Boston at up to 1 a day.
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Miss Curtis
Corcoran
Dudley
Roxbury
John K. Richardson
Wellesley Hills
Richardson
Spectacle Island
South Boston
Andrews detained on immigration law charge at Windsor case
In a Windsor,Vt. hearing chain, Andrews was detained after police seized him in a hotel lobby upon Inspector George Allen’s arrival with a warrant. The alleged offence dates to 1912 involving Hattie Willard Chamberlain. Andrews may face $1000 fine or two years imprisonment or both.
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Faust
Mr. Williams
Allen
United States
Windsor
Andrews
Canaan
Hattie Willard Chamberlain
Canada
Reading
Mass
Constable Andrews
Billerica
Jerome
Thaw
New York
John Lanyon
Matteawan
Madam Does Your Husband Drink
An advertisement claims Renova as a tasteless remedy to curb a husband’s drinking and restore sobriety. It promotes adding Renova to tea or coffee and guarantees money back if no improvement, urging readers to write to Renova at 104 Broadway New York for samples and proof.
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Renova
Riker-Jaynes
Broadway
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Mr. Kilburn
George
Braintree
Dudley M. Holman
Foss
Industrial Accident Board of
Massachusetts
Henry K. Richards
New England
Warren Chemical & Manufacturing Company
Philip L. Schuyler
State Street
Francis L. Newton
H. L. Deering
William H. Weeks, Jr
Henry Bluett
Brookline
Bluett
Willams
Mrs. Williams
Tle
Franklin K. Patch
Terest
Harry R. Stanley
Sumner C. Stanley
Stanley
Werman
Philip Rubenstein
Littleton
Concord
Felker
New Hampshire
Potive
Husband
Boston Decorative Lant Co
Summer Street
Bill
Superior Court
U. S
School OF Commerce
Board
Inspector Allen
Outline of Defence
Lamnyon
Pittsburg
Chicago
New York City
City Hall Park
Sullivan
Albany
Library Manufacturing
Federal Street
Fort Hill
Western Union
Theo. M. Vail
Western Union Telegraph Company
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