Thaw Case Testy Court Clash Over Authorities
In York, March 6, a tense courtroom scene erupted as District Attorney Jerome refused to cite authorities on a cross examination point in the Harry K. Thaw case. Judge Fitzgerald warned that lack of citation would imply defendant knowledge. the clash cut through a dull session with the defense attorney Delmas and psychiatrist Wagner. The trial centers on Thaw’s sanity with testimony on alienists and Tombs interrogations, while witnesses discuss mental examinations and possible brain disorder.
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York
Harry K. Thaw
William ‘Thaw
Charles G. Wagner
Jerome
Wagner
Attornney
Fitzgerald
Jerome O
Delmas
Thaw
Titzgerald
Branford White
Mbs
Evans
Local Notices and Appointments In South Acton
Community happenings include visits from Worcester and Franciatown residents, a death in Brookline, college studies in Boston, and lectures in Tremont Temple. Bridge work nears completion, church events plan entertainment, and residents prepare for baked bean supper. A thief captured in Concord faces charges. Oak Farm company plans showings in nearby towns.
Local Notes from West 4cton and Surrounding Towns
Walter Dane of Saleny spent Lyne day at C H Meade s. Mrs Lidian Whitcomith of Oxford visits here. Allen Hawes ill with pneumonia. John K Rice seriously ill with head abscess. Schools close this week for spring vacation. Mrs B L Maynard improving after illness. Winona Rebekah lodge to initiate two candidates Wednesday evening. Emery Clark and wife visit at H T Clark s. Arthur Sargent s family moved to a Twitchell tenement. P B C E BE entertainment planned Thursday March 21. Arthur Crampton of St Albans guest of grandfather G C Wright. Marshall family to entertain for Acton lodge I O O F. Ladies Benevolent Society meets at G B Parker s. supper at 6 30.
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Walter Dane
Saleny
C.H. Meade
S. Mra
Lidian Whitcomith
Oxford
Allen Hawes
John KB. Rice
B. L. Maynard
Winona Rebekah Lodge
Emery Clark
Newton
H. T. Clark
Arthur Sargent
Faulkner
Mr. Twitchell
The
Ladies Benevolent Society
G. B. Parker
Governor receives resigning senator Spooner notice
March 6 report states Senator Spooner resigns from the United States Senate. Governor Davidson has received the notice and will forward it to the proper authorities. The brief mentions a March 22 return from Ironon and a six month term tied to good behavior, with a reference to Davidson as the Madison, Wisconsin context.
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Kansas
Iron
Davidson
Spooner Madison
Ais
Spoon
United
Aged Millionaire Slade Missing at Grand Central Station
David Slade, a reputed Chelsea Mass millionaire and former D. and L. Slade spice house member, vanished at Grand Central station as he and his daughter Mrs. Adelaide Fitz planned to board a train home. Mrs. Fitz urged police to search for him.
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New York
David Slade
Chelsea
Mass
Local Hatch Eggs and Stock Hay for Sale
White Wyandotte and Barred Rock eggs for hatching offered by George W Burroughs of Boxboro Massachusetts. Stock hay for sale priced from 8 to 14 dollars per ton by F R Knowlton of West Acton.
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West
Acton
George W. Burroughs
Boxboro
Mass
F. R. Knowlton
West Acton
Tragedy at Peckham Home Ends in Double Death
Irving Peckham a 34 year old superintendent at Ghonarek Knitting Mills shot his father Samuel Peckham in their home at Worcester? and then killed himself. Samuel Peckham 66, once owner of a Rhode Island mill, later supervised at Columbus Ohio Gienarek mills. Irvings insanity noted after a fall three months earlier with 700 dollars found on his body.
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Auburn, Reb
Irving T. Peckham
Ghonarek
Wootsovket
Sud
Samuel O. Peckham
Sthode Island
Peckhams
Irving
Peckham
Ser
Providence
Irving Peckham
Samuel C. Peckham
Washington R. I
Gienarek Mills
Forest grazing permit legality before Supreme Court
The government forest service seeks a Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of making grazing on forest reserves without a permit a crime. District courts in western states show split decisions, with some upholding and others condemning the law.
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Washington
Govermitent Forest Service
Bribery Arraignments Tether Bangor Election Case
Frank R. Eaton and Ruel Glidden were arraigned in Bangor Maine municipal court on charges of offering and accepting a bribe of four dollars to influence a city election. Probable cause was found and both posted $200 bonds for Supreme Court appearance.
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Bangor
Frank R. Eaton
Ruel Glidden
Supreme Court
Acton Centre notices and upcoming auctions listed
Edwin Phalen repairs his house. Mrs Lymmn Taylor visited friends in Lowell. Dole family from Cambridge in town last week. Town meeting March 25. Dinner at town hall. Webster Robbins injured his knee in a sleigh fall. Luther Conant back from California with a report. Advertised letters for Annie Snelling Meldon Giles Thomas A Lee Ethel M Brown Mary Cash Flint. Acton Grange hosted Boxboro visit. Otis H. Forbush, auctioneer, handles multiple sales across nearby towns from March 15 to April 8 including E H Cutler estate in West Acton and Benson McDonald estate in Carlisle. Various sales listed in Framingham Center, Boxboro, and surrounding areas.
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Lymmn. Taylor
Lowell
C. G. Dole
Cambridge
Webster Robbins
Luther Conant
California
Annie Snelling
Meldon S. Giles
Thomas A. Lee
Ethel M. Brown
Mary Cash Flint
Otis H. Forbush
Acton
Mass
West Acton
E. H. Cutler
Benson’ McDonald
Carlisle
J. H. Charles
Framingham Center
Billerica
Merriam & Moore
Sudbury
Peter Pilkington
Topsfield
C. W Taintor
Moth Department Appeals for Browntail Nest Removals
Citizens with knowledge of estates where browntail moth nests remain in trees are asked to notify CHAS. J. WILLIAMS, Tree Warden, East Acton, Mass., per the board of selectmen order dated October 1, 1906.
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Board of Selectmen
Chas. J. Williams
Murder trial ends as partner pleads to second degree
Alexander Todescie, who lived with Maria de Calle outside marriage, pled guilty to second degree murder and received a state prison sentence after a quarrel led to a fatal shooting. The couple had lived together for 20 years and had six children. Hartford banker William F. Walker, a defaulting savings bank treasurer, was indicted on embezzlement forgery and forging counts, with alleged crimes dating back to 1900 involving the Baptist State Convention.
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Prtrannt
Onn
Marth Ty
Alexander Todescie Au Titian
Maria de Calle
Wedilnck
Hartford
Willam FP. Walker
Savings Bank of New Britain
Grand Jury
Walker
Baptist State Convention
Kane Escape From Officers En Route to Train
Edward Kane, sentenced at Cambridge to the Concord reformatory, escaped from three Middlesex county officers at Boston North station last night. Handcuffed to four other prisoners, he slipped his manacles and disappeared in due growd.
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Boston
Concord
Rogues Gallery
Marlboro
Edward Kane
Cambridge
Concord Reformatory
Middlesex County
North Station
Kane
Autopsy Finds Gunshot Death of Thomas Evans
Three physicians concluded Thomas Evans died from gunshot wounds fired by Fred Michaud. Evans was shot March 1 and died March 10 in Fort Fairfield Maine. Michaud is in jail.
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Kired
Fort Fairfield
Thomas Evans
Fred Michaud
Evans
Michaud
Suicide near Franklin Park shocks trolley crowd
Boston reports a laborer John Higgins shot himself beside a trolley car at a Franklin park entrance as bystanders looked on. The motive remains unknown.
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Boston
John Higgins
Franklin Park
Public Anxiety Over Railroads Prompts White House Talks
In Washington on March 18 J P Morgan said the president may confer with McCrea Newman and Micklen to calm public anxiety over railroad investment and government relations. Officials stress Harriman type actions shake investors, not regulation, and a Roosevelt meeting with railroad presidents is planned. President Hill of Great Northern warns government control would cost tens of thousands per mile, as autopsy on Bear Buckley’s body after a train incident considers suicide or murder.
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Washington
J. Pe Morgan
White House
McCrea
Newman
Micklen
Congress
Kim
Harriman
West
Mellen
Roosevelt
Morgan
Minneapolis
Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Sundberg Legislative Committee
United States
Great Northern
Mt. Kiscok
Bearr Buckley
Buckley
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Carrie Weatherbee
Burdette College
A. H. Thomasson
Emergency ‘Hospital
G. P. Morgan
Tan Maclaren
Tremont Temple
Calaboose
Mr. Hudson of
Ayer
Congregational Church
King’s Daughters
A. Glassey
Fitchburg
Mr. Glassey
Brigham
Miller
the Universalist Church
Sidney Laffin
Ellis Weatherbee
Wim. Kinsley
Jed Tuttle
Abel Cole
Oak Farm” Dramatic Company
Littleton
Stow
Waltham
Hal Warren
Lynn
King's Daughters
Lizzie Richardson
Arthur Crampton
St. Albans
G. Cc. Wright
Marshall
Odd Fellows Hall
Acton Lodge
Burton
Joseph Crady
Tremont St
Sun
Elliet
Columbus
F. J. Immel
Columbus Board of Public Service
Nelson Caiinon
Trinidad Paving Company of
Cleveland
Arthur Beck
Graney Jury
Immel
Beck
Cannon
A. J. Haynes & CO
Maynard, Mass
Acton Centre
Edwin Phalen
Acton Grange
Grange
George Greenough
Waltham, Mass
Leonard Childe
East Acton, Mass
Murdsrer
Maurice McWalter
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