Rich Woman Accused in Painter's Murder Case
A Vermont widow Mrs. Dodge is charged after autopsy confirms three shots in a house where painter Heath was killed. Officials say Heath was found with a backshot that killed him, and two more bullets were embedded in a bedroom wall. Deputy Sheriff James Dodge comments on the shocking case.
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Heath
D. H. Stone
Burlington
State Board of Health
Dalton
University of Vermont
Ernest Palmer
New York City
J. C. Breitling
Lanenburg
Mrs. Dodge
James M. Dodge
Tragedy in Charlestown Husband and Wife Die
In Charlestown a mother Eleanor McNulty killed herself after leaving five children. Her sister A C Bruno and others recount the family’s struggle, the husband’s death months earlier, and fears the children may be placed in institutions. The scene at 3 Lynde Street includes four surviving children and a grieving aunt. The funeral will be held in Charlestown. the widow Heath’s sister asserts murder in the husband’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
William
Joseph
Frances
Grace
Woman dragged to death by runaway horse on Warren Street
Miss Wall was thrown into the roadway and dragged 29 feet when a horse hitched to a light runabout ran away down Warren Street at about 6 o'clock. Patrolman Donahue stopped the animal, but Miss Wall died from the injuries and the incident left her widowed mother in shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
William Wall
O’neil
Miss Wall
Michael Donahue
Wall
Main
Durance
Dynamite Blast After Cigarette Ignites FUSE near Rattlesnake Hill
A party hiking near Rattlesnake Hill ignited unexploded dynamite when a cigar stub fell into a crevice. The blast destroyed a boulder and sent rocks into an Italian camp and a nearby settlement. Mr. Mears and companions survived with minor injuries and temporary deafness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rattlesnake Hill
Mr. Mears
Kr. Mears
Through Niagara Rapids in a Motor Boat
A motor boat navigated Niagara River rapids with Larsen steering through the swift drift. He held to the channel edge and reached the great pool in under a minute, skimming the waves and staying near the outer edge as the boat rode the rapid waters.
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Niagara Rapids
Larsen
Thrift Sale Sparks Rush at F Gray Company Clothing
The F Gray Company in Washington and Hanover streets launches a 15 day clothing sale with $400 000 worth of stock bought for $150 000 spot cash. Bargains include black suits at 5.90 and $3 pants marked to 1 with two pants per suit in the boys department.
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F. Gray Company
Washington
Hanover
Gray
New York
Fifth Avenue
Rose Pitonof Sets Pace In Sea Swim From Battery To Coney Island
Rose Pitonof led in a strenuous crossing from the Battery toward Coney Island with Mrs. Boyden following. Pitonof finished at 2 35 PM, about several hundred yards ahead, after detours through Gravesend Bay and the Atlantic Yacht Club vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Trapp
Pitonof
New Yor
New York
Boston
Miss Pitonof
Mrs. Boyden
Convoy
Buttermilk Channel
Stapleton
Staten Island
Erie Basin
Owls’ Head
Coney Island
Fort Wordsworth
Gravesend Bay
House of the Atlantic Yacht Club
Seagate
Ashort
Child dies from bonfire burns in Providence
Ada Bushel, 3, suffered severe burns while playing near a bonfire in Providence. Her dress ignited and she was enveloped in flames, skin scorched from knees to head. She died nine hours after the incident at Rhode Island Hospital.
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Providence
R. I
Ada Bushel
Rhode Island
Near Fatal Car Crash In Rockland On Hammond Hill
Miss Amelie Penniman and Edward Hurley suffered serious injuries when a touring car driven by Mr Hurley skidded in sand and crashed into a telegraph pole on Hammond Hill at 9 30 this morning. Penniman was likely fatally injured. Hurley, a Rockland shoe manufacturer, sustained internal and external injuries.
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Norwell
Amelie Penniman
Rockland
Edward Hurley
Auto Crash Injures Three Near Norwell
Miss Penniman suffered a deep scalp wound requiring fourteen stitches after a car slammed into a pole on a sand slick hill. Miss Crocker of Rockland escaped injury as did Mr Hurley and Miss Penniman’s injuries are non life threatening though serious. The trio were en route from Rockland to a Scituate summer home when the crash occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Penniman
H. J. Little
Rockland
Brockton
Miss Crocker
Norwell
Met
Scituate
Urley
Hurley Brothers Shoe Company
Woman Run Down By Auto On Ocean Street
Mrs. Bridget Foley aged 65 of South Portland was killed when she alighted from an electric car on Ocean Street and was struck by an automobile near the C street corner. The wheels passed over her as she attempted to reach her home.
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Portland
Bridget Foley
C Street
South Portland
Ocean Street
Automobile Crash Kills Woman After Rescue
A woman remained alive when picked up but died soon after from a fractured skull and brain concussion. The crash involved a big six cylinder seven seated car driven by Joseph McDonough, son of a Portland police captain, with two friends aboard. A coroner's jury was empanelled and adjourned to the next day. Mrs Foley leaves a husband and six daughters and two sons.
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Joseph McDonough
McDonough
Portland Police Force
Young McDonough
Thomas Mahoney
Frank Callahan
Cambridge Policeman Resigns Over Drunkenness Charge
Cambridge Patrolman John F. Greene resigned last night after a dispute between Mayor Brooks and the Cambridge Board of Aldermen since April over his dismissal. He handed the resignation to Chief of Police Pullen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Greene
Cambridge
Brooks
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Pullen
Obituaries and funeral notices from Boston area
A list of death notices with names ages and funeral details from Sept 18 to Sept 20. Includes Chamberlain Corbett Devine Donovan Fitzgerald Frost Gagan Keating Lally Leve Lieske McCarthy ONeil Pember Rowan Tomfohrde Ware and associated church services and burial plans. Local Elks lodge notices accompany the obituaries.
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Chamberlain
Everett
Julia B
Augustus G. Chamberlain
Chelsea Street
Boothbay
Timothy Donovan
Main Street
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Fitzgerald
James KE. Fitzgerald
Shawmut Avenue
Roxbury
Frost
Jamaica Plain
Kate Lillian
Joseph R. Frost
Frank E. Hurley
Green Street
Northampton
Mass
Gagan
Charlestown
Edward Gagan
City Square
St. Mary’s Church
Warren Street
Calvary
Keating
Salem
Federal Street
Lucy E
William Keating
William E. Keating
St. Patrick's Church
Brockton
Maurice Leve
Highgate Street
Allston
United Order of ‘Hebrew
Hen
Jasophs
Wakefield
Lieske
Hermann Robert Lieske
R Bickford Avenue
McCarthy
John
Julia McCarthy
Fitchburg Railroad Relief
Foresters of America
O'Neil
Johanna
John O’neil
Murray
North Margin Street
North End
Dacia Street
St. Paul’s Church
Woodward Park Street
Susan A
Hugh Rowan
Stillman St
St. Mary’s Parochial School
St. Mary's Church
Tomfohrde
Andreas Tomfohrde
Boston Lodge NO
B. P. C. Elks
Crey Square
Elks
Thomas H. Dowd
Daniel J. Kane
Andreas Thomfohrde
Perkins Street
Mags
Woodlawn
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Harland B. Howe
Harry W. Blodgett
St. Johnsbury
Dodge
Ellen M’nulty
Grees
Jelassy
Washington St
Boylston St
Eli High
Greater Boston
Lan Sc
Devil’s Hole
Lewiston Bridge
Roy Rock
F. Gray Co
Rose Pitonof
Myron J. Bird
Washington Street
Temple Place
Krfine SE
New England
William C. Gregor
J. S. Waterman & Sons
Undertakers
Dudley Street Terminal
Lodgy
Frans. Waterman
Pres
Mgr
George H. Waterman
Marconi, Telegraph and Cable
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