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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1904
Page
7
In a fast boat shaped auto the Motor Pirate murders an auto fat and robs the Brighton stage. Inspector Forrest identifies a suspect, Mannering, after a bullet question, and the pair awaken to a dawn of promise and peril as they seek evidence and rest.
Chicago reports Dowie’s former name dropped and he now calls himself John Alexander First Apostle of the Christian Catholic Church. Forty women kept silent for 40 hours as he donned robes of satin and embroidery in Zion City before 7000 followers, revealing an ancient pattern revival and a ceremonial mitre.
Washington dispatch notes Major General Corbin’s push to bar marriages unless grooms are well financed. It cites several officers who married wealthy women, including Corbin himself who wed Miss Patten of Washington for a fortune of one million dollars. Others on his staff, Paymaster Bates and Colonel R A Johnson, also paired with wealthy brides.
Forrest reports the Pirate's ruthless rampage through towns. He fears dismissal if he cannot capture the culprit within a week as the detective laments the chase and the escalating destruction. The bullet Mannering kept hints at the memento of adventure.
At the U S District Court Judge Lowell will charge the jury this morning in the Lean der Pierce case charged with using the mails to defraud. The defense claims Pierce did not send the circulars and acted for a man named Wilson, who allegedly did the sending.
Two alleged burglars were brought to headquarters after a South Boston store heist. One man, James Smith, 27, had two gold capped front teeth, a clue Captain Dugan hopes will tie him to multiple breaks. The other, James Hastings, 28, from Hartford, Conn, claimed no home. They allegedly stole $42 from Isaac D. McGregor’s 591 Broadway store and are accused in a separate burglary at Mrs Bernice Hayes’s home on New Castle court, Northampton street, Sept. 8, with $100 in jewelry stolen. Both suspects refused to speak.
A decomposed body of Mary Sullivan, 37, a homeless woman, was found in the cellar of 150 Cranston Street after days of foul odor. Neighbors had heard groans from a sick dog. police suspect she fell into ashes while intoxicated and died, possibly attacked by rats.
Spalding brothers in Nashua await possible early settlement as John A. Spalding arrives from Philadelphia. He declines to comment, saying his presence is coincidental, while locals anticipate a possible resolution in the ongoing Spalding affairs.
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