Rescued Man Is Locked Up After River Rescue
Patrolman Kenneth Chisholm of the Metropolitan police battled to save himself and Thomas Loney 20 from 40 Russell Street after they fell overboard in the Charles River near West Boston bridge. Sefton pushed a boat to assist. Loney was revived at Massachusetts General Hospital and later held at Charles River Dam police station on drunkenness charges.
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Kenneth Chisholm
Metropolitan Police
Thomas Loney
Russell Street
Charles River
West Boston Bridge
Chisholm
Loney
Sefton
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charles River Dam
Innocent Prosecution Triggers Boston Explosive Scare
Mrs. Mulligan sweeping a South Shore car uncovered six packages of white illuminating powder. The ensuing police and fire department response involved the New Haven railroad, Boston police, state police, and Chief Whitney. Expert Gilligan ignited a fuse to prove the danger, causing only smoke and a brief scare.
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South Shore
Superior Criminal Court
New Haven Road
Boston
Boston Police
Whitney
State Police
McGarr
Michael Gilligan
Wedger
Tdeal
Taft
Pullman
Philadelphia
Melten
Connecticut
Dover Street
Mellen
New Haven
Dawes
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
South Station
Mike
Gilligan
Dynamite Plot Ends With Laugh
Mrs. Lillian Mulligan a car sweeper for the New York New Haven Hartford railroad supplied Boston investigators with a major lead in a taft era drama that the press calls one of the biggest jobs since the selection of Beverly as summer capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Mulligan
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston
Taft
Beverly
Boy of 23 Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Giuseppe Lacaruba, a 23 year old boy, was found guilty of second degree murder for shooting Paolo Cologero during a quarrel at the corner of Prince and Commercial streets the night of June 29.
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Giuseppe Lacaruba
Paolo Cologero
Prince and
Commercial Streets
Brennan Denies Spoiling Rally in Boston Letter
James H. Brennan writes to the Post denying a report that he disrupted a Charles Town meeting during his campaign. He recalls a 800-strong Ward 3 audience, a five minute reply, and a cordial debate with Judge Sullivan. Brennan says he has repeatedly invited a joint debate with Mr. Hanrahan, who has not yet accepted.
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Post
Charlestown
Brennan
Charles
Sullivan
Ward 3
Hanrahan
Waldo Witness Defends Police Appointments
Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo faced an aldermanic committee in New York on September 20, denying responsibility for appointing numerous officers previously rejected by predecessors. Records show several hires had prior arrests for various offenses.
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New York
Rhinelander Waldo
Commissioner Waldo Faces Civil Service Integrity Questions
Emory Buckner led an examining panel that accused the city commissioner of appointing men from Civil Service lists without checks on character. Former Police Bureau head Lieutenant John J. Stanton testified that about 10 percent of certified men were rejected after his investigations. A bogus birth certificate factory was alleged but not located, as the session adjourned pending Monday proceedings.
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Emory Buckner
Civil Service Commission
Police Bureau
Civil Service
Waldo
John J. Stanton
Buckner
Ex convict Burke disappears with $100
Former Philadelphia Councilman William Burke also known as William Tripp fled after confessing his past as a Massachusetts State Prison convict. He vanished with $100 entrusted by A H Fehr, a local cigar store proprietor who helped him restart his life after Burke’s return three weeks earlier.
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Philadelphia
William Burke
William Tripp
Massachusetts
A. H. Fehr
Burke
Disappearance of Burke Tied to Fehr Case in Philadelphia
Fehr refuses to discuss Burke missing from Philadelphia after Burke vanished with $100 in his possession. Burke had resigned from the Common Council four weeks earlier amid claims of being harassed by a former prisoner. Burke returned to Fehr’s cigar store before vanishing. his wife and family are destitute and seek no explanation.
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Fehr
Burke
Philadelphia
Common Council
Johnson
Council
Mrs Rebecca D Studley Dead at Jamaica Plain
Rebecca D Studley longtime Jamaica Plain resident and former club woman dies at 70 at her home 286 Chestnut Avenue She was a longstanding member of the Second Unitarian Church and part of local civic life for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca D. Studley
Jamaica Plain
Wepecca Dean Studley
Second Unitarian Church
Chestnut Avenue
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Geo. Borgfeldt & Co
Carter
Washington St
R. H. White
Washington
Aes
Oxford
Stark Supply CO
Lenox
Tel
Sunday Post
James H. Brennan
Quincy Public Library
Stone
Quincy
George A. Sidelinger
Thomas Crane Public Library
James F. Burke
Gres Amgen
Sak
Enry Sifgel CO
Norfolk
William Filene’s Sons Co
Outfitters
Little Brother
Beacon Label
Men’s Hat Store
Chesterfield
Tavistock
Wade & Butcher
America
Siegel
Siegel United
Atherton
Boylston Street
Henry Siegel Co
San Domingo
New England
Manhattan
Frolum
Victor
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