Two early arrests in Lynn of big railway swindle case
Lynn reports the first local arrests in the Boston and Northern street railway swindle. Herbert B. Sherman, janitor at Union street offices, confessed and implicated about 15 others. Herbert Morris, a Myrtle street conductor, is charged with purchasing stolen transfer checks. Sherman hid as police closed in. the arrests followed a tip from a conductor who reported discounted tickets.
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Railway Company
Morris
Sherman
Boston
Lynn
Rowe
Chelsea
Captain Rowe
Frank C. Wilkinson
Boston & Northern
Post
Boys derail trolley car near Westboro
Westboro reports that a group of boys opened a switch on the Boston and Worcester street railway at 7 20 p m causing a Worcester bound car to leave its track collide with dirt cars on the other line and throw a passenger from the front platform into a ditch. The motorman acted quickly but the car struck the open switch and stopped traffic all night between Boston and Worcester. An elderly man on the front platform was knocked into a ditch and taken to a nearby house. doctors expect recovery. Passengers were moved to Worcester by a special car.
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Westboro
Boston & Worcester Street Railway
Boston
Worcester
Child's frolic with dog leaves Charlestown girl in critical condition
A Charlestown child, Margaret Harrigan aged around, suffered a scalp wound and brain concussion after a dog ran into her while she played in the street. She was found unconscious, carried by her mother to the hospital, and is listed on the dangerous list at the Re Hef station.
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Margaret Harrigan
Austin Street
Charlestown
Re- Hef
Plans for Labor Hosis Plans for Labor Hosis
The call for the 23d annual convention of the American Federation of Labor to be held in Faneuil Hall on November 9 was received by Boston labor unions. Delegates and membership figures are outlined, with topics to include growth and union expansion and the representation basis for national and international unions.
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American Federation of Labor
Faneuil Hall
Boston
A. F. of L
Boston Central Labor Union
Denis D. Driscoll
Worcester
Washington
Ber
Bostonian Injured Abroad Identified as Scudder
Havre France September 20 The American tourist James Van Fleet Scudder of Boston, injured yesterday in an automobile crash near Balbec about 112 miles from Havre, has been identified. The Boston directory shows no matching name.
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Havre
France
Balbec
Saddler
James van Fleet Scudder
Boston
The Boston and Northern Eight Cent Check Fraud
The article explains a two part eight cent passenger fare check used by a gang. The passenger portion shows eight cents while the stub held by the conductor yields five cents for the company. The gang collected none of the passenger parts and passed bogus stubs for five cent fares to cover their cash fares.
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Boston & Northern
Morse Brothers Arrested for Printing Bogus Tickets
Two Morse brothers in South Boston, George 37 and Fred 29, are jailed on charges of printing $100,000 in bogus Boston and Northern Railway tickets. Their mother and neighbors express belief in a mistake, citing their industrious reputations and wariness of the fraud’s scope. Relatives deny others’ involvement, noting Frank Collins’s youth and limited work history amid similar conspiracy accusations.
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Morse
Boston & Northern Railway Company
Ninth Street
Ment
Farley, Harvey & Co
Edward Powers
Fred
Boston
George
Head of Boston and Northern Gang in Transit Transfer Scam
The gang led by Mitchell and involving Collins and the Morse brothers allegedly forged two million transfers worth about 100000 dollars. Mitchell claimed wealth while most proceeds went to other conductors and the group’s funds are hard to trace. Local police and Pinkertons pursue corroborating evidence before arrests.
Conspiracy Ticket Buyers Named as Purchasers and Sellers
The article notes that some conspirators who bought tickets knew their sale to others while others remain unidentified. It details that several participants could be linked to both purchasing and reselling tickets, illustrating a chain of complicity.
Smith Pineapple and Butternut Pills Promise Complexion Help
An advertisement touts Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills as a cure for bad complexions by cleansing the blood and regulating digestion. It claims healthier skin, stronger nerves, and renewed energy, urging two weeks of nightly use for 25 cents from W. F. Smith.
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Smith
Five men arrested in Boston to face court on ticket fraud
Conductors and others bought tickets at bargain rates from a single man, provoking suspicion of a larger scam. Five men Mitchell Collins the Morses Maxwell and a conductor taken off his car will face Municipal Court in Boston this morning with other prisoners arraigned in Lynn.
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Boston
Mitchell
Collins
Morses
Maxwell
Lynn
Man shoots self after pursuit at Moose Hill home
In Livermore Falls Maine on September 20 William Ballard forced entry into Mrs. Wadsworth's house and threatened her with a revolver. She fled pursued by Ballard who grabbed a companion pistol from her son and then shot himself when he turned his pursuer's gun on him.
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Livermore Falls
F A Hobart Critically Ill In Braintree
Citizen Frank A Hobart, a prominent local figure with many town and state offices, lies critically ill in Braintree on September 2. His illness is noted in political circles as a significant concern.
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Braintree
Frank A. Hobart
Editor Ferriere Dies in Paris After Stroke
James L. Ferriere, prominent New York newspaper man, died in Paris from a paralytic stroke. His wife, in distress, killed herself shortly after. Ferriere served for years as an editor for the Paris edition of the New York Herald.
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Ferriere
Paris
James L. Ferriere
New York
New York Herald
Mitchell brains of scheme in $100000 Boston fraud
Clarence Co Mitchell alias Carnes Smith, about 28 and once a Chelsea line conductor, allegedly masterminded a large transfer check counterfeiting racket against the Boston & Northern Street Railway Company. He sold checks to conductors at a profit, worked with Morse Bros printing for the forgeries, and was caught after approaching a Pinkerton detective in disguise.
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Mitchell
Collins
Clarence Co. Mitchell
Boston & Northern Street Railway
Chelsea
Boston & Northern
Norway Street
Huntington Avenue
Boston
Carnes Smith
Smith
New York
Morse Bros
Tremont Row
Frank Collins
Young Collins
Lynn
North Station
Scollay Square
Pinkerton
Morses
Morse
Morse Brothers
Quinn Still In the Fight for Ward 7 Nomination
Despite a ruling by the Election Board on his legal residence John Quinn remains a candidate for renomination in Ward 7. The board says he lives at his mother's Dorchester home, but he vows to contest any move to remove him, insisting Ward 7 is still his home and voting district.
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Election Board
John Quinn
Dorchester
Quinn
Mr. Quinn
Ward 7
South Cove
Hamilton Street
Fort Hill
Boylston
Quincy
Pie stealing trio foiled in Kneeland Street arrest
Special Officer Walton overheard a gas flame dimmed pie heist at 168 Kneeland Street near Fercy D. Cutler’s restaurant. He cornered two pie eaters, Michael Sullivan aged 42 of 45 Utica Street and Joseph Whalen aged 40 of Montreal, while a third fled toward South Station. Sullivan is an old offender with multiple prior records.
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Walton
Kneeland Street
Fercy D. Cutler
South Station
Michael Sullivan
Utica Street
Joseph Whalen
Montreal
Sullivan
Falling from Freight Train Lands Teen in Hospital
Michael Finn aged 17 of 20 Washington Place Roxbury is listed in dangerous condition at City Hospital after Friday accident. He was riding a freight train when he fell and sustained fractures to both legs.
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Michael Finn
Washington Place
Roxbury
City Hospital
Finn
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Pinkertons
Northern Gang
South Boston
W. F. Smith
F. A. Hobart
Mly
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Steinw Tete Fe ‘Miller Knabe
Wers & Pondet & Davis
McPha
Tremont Renting Pianos
Tremont
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