Tucker's Counsel Objects To Juror Nason's Notes
Cambridge march 27 arguments for a new trial for chas l Tucker of auburndale convicted of first degree murder in the death of miss mabel page. senior counsel james h vahey claims juror nason took notes during trial and used them in decision, prejudicing the defendant. argues verdict against evidence and court instructions were erroneous. government consents to one juror aide, but vahey urges new trial for note taking and misinforming factors.
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Cambridge
Chas. L. Tucker
Auburndale
Mabel Page
James H. Vahey
Sherman
Sheldon
Tucker
Parker
Commonwealth
Geo. A. Sanderson
Vahey
Charles H. Innis
Philip Mansfield
W. W. Nason
Billerica
Nason
Charles H. Innes
Thomas F. Vahey
Mr. Vahey
Albert F. Tucker
Walter
Sophia Beck Still In This Country
New York March 27 detectives report Sophia Beck and Frank Marrin seen in the city near an uptown restaurant. The pair, linked to the Storey Cotton Company collapse, left town in a dust covered car after breakfast. Authorities monitor New York piers to stop flight.
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Frank Marrin
The
Storey Cotton Co
New York
Frank C. Marrin
Brooklyn
Sophia Beck
Storey Cotton Company
Philadelphia
Marrin
Provident Investment Bureau
Scranton
U. S. District Court
Stanley Francis
Europe
Methuen Man Succeeds Simon B Harris in Pharmacy Board
Joseph E. Buswell of Methuen has been appointed agent of the state board of pharmacy, replacing Simon B Harris of Lowell. Buswell will enforce the druggists liquor law immediately with no stated territory, a role requiring knowledge of human nature and tact to avoid ill will.
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Joseph E. Buswell
Methuen
State Board of Pharmacy
Simon B. Harris
Lowell
Buswell
Man Dies On Sidewalk Near Pearson Drug Store
An unknown man about 60 drops on the sidewalk in front of Pearson's drug store on Little Appleton street at 2:30 pm and dies shortly after. Dr. McAdams pronounces death, ambulance drives to St. John's hospital where life is deemed extinct. Body moved to O'Donnell's undertakers. Clothing reveals envelope addressed to George Brown, 1083 Gorham street. Directory lists George M. Brown, boarding at 1088 Gorham street, works at the tannery.
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Pearson’s Drug Store
Appleton Street
McAdams
St. John's Hospital
Dr. McAdams
Bastien
Odonnell
Cooper
Essex Street
Lawrence
Mass
George Brown
Gorham Street
George M. Brown
Fatal Fall From Toboggan Slide In Fort George Park
In New York on March 27 a 64 year old man named Jacob Kentor died after falling from the top of a 65 foot high toboggan slide in Fort George park when a brace gave way. A second worker was seriously injured and a third escaped harm in the same incident.
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New York
Fort George Park
Jacob Kentor
Tunnel blast shoots laborer 20 feet into air in East River work site
Richard Creedon and three companions were in the forward compartment of a railroad tunnel under the East River when a roof failure and blast from high pressure air hurled Creedon to the surface. He was rescued unharmed beyond superficial bruises. 22 men were at work, with a bulkhead protecting the rear compartment.
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New York
East River
Richard Creedon
Hast River
Brooklyn
The
Battery
Manhattan Subway
New York Tunnel Company
Pier
Joralemon
Creedon
Varnum Avenue
Nebraska boodle fund inquiry seeks arrest power
Lincoln March 27 a Nebraska state senate special committee probing a $5000 boodle fund raised by county officers to back a two year extension for current county officers has asked for arrest authority. It is said an Omaha official will be arrested and brought before the senate bar as a go between.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska State Senate
Nebraska
Omaha
Senate
Nantucket Gas Company Sold at Auction
The Nantucket Gas and Electric Company, supplier of gas and electric service in Nantucket, was sold at public auction today to Leslie M. Storrs for 26000 dollars. The company had been under receivers and the bid was the lowest acceptable to the receivers.
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Boston
Nantucket Gas and Electric Company
Nantucket
Leslie M. Storrs
Mr. Storrs
Town Meeting Discusses Precinct Voting Retention in Billerica
Voters gathered at the annual town meeting in Billerica as two nearly identical slates contest offices including road surveyor. The gathering, with many women present, selected a moderator, set the number of town officials for the year, and kept polls open until 4 PM while voting on the license question and Bowers fund committee. The jury box roster was approved with minor adjustments.
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Billerica
Messrs
Twombly
Spaulding
Victor J. Hosmer
William H. Sexton
Board of Selectmen
Chas. H. Kohlrausch
E. S. Wiers
Delbert M. Staley
Arthur W. Holden
Alfred Brown
Herbert A. King
Ned M. Simonds
Bowers Fund Committee
Joseph S. Holt
F. A. D. Singhe
Wm. H. Sexton
William A. Cowles
Sidney A. Bull
George E. Simonds
Thomas Spaulding
Fred L. Mason
Joseph H. Call
Fred H. Parker
John H. Foster
Dick J. Folsom
Albert H. Jones
Wm. Balmforth
George F. Harlow
Josiah B. Robinson
Alberts Dawson
William Chambers
Albert Stearns
H. W. Essex
George Harnden
Walter E. Morris
Fred L. Gannon
Geo. F. Colson
Christopher Walker
John Harrington
Charles E. Nuttall
Alden
Funeral attendance at Silcox service in Merrimack cited
A terse local note reports Silcox funeral services in Merrimack with limited attendance details and a brief mention of related weather-impacted events and activities near Pawtucket.
Freight Cars Run Wild In Crash Near Clarksville
A line of freight cars ran wild on the Louisville and Nashville line near Clarksville Tennessee crashed into a freight train killing four men including engineer John Murray of Bowling Green Kentucky and fireman Patrick Fox of Nashville along with two unknown Negroes. The locomotive and ten loaded cars were wrecked and officials suspect a deliberate switch for wrecking a passenger train.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Here
John Murray
Bowling Green
Patrick Fox
Nashville
Hargis Family Figures in Cockrill Murder Case
Lexington Ky March 27 Judge Parker held Judge James Hargis his nephew Elbert Hargis and Sheriff Edward Callahan Breathitt county without bail on charges of complicity in the feud that led to the murder of James Cockrill at Jackson three years ago. State Senator Alexander Hargis was released on fifteen thousand dollars bail. Trial set for this term.
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Lexington
Parker
James Hargis
Elbert Hargis
Edward Callahan
Breathitt County
James Cockrill
Jackson
Alexander Hargis
Czar Bids Farewell to American Ambassador
In St Petersburg on March 27 the emperor and empress hosted retiring American ambassador Mr McCormick in a farewell audience at Tsarskoe Selo. The dowager empress also received him as portraits of the imperial family were presented to McCormick.
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St. Petersburg
Mr. McCormick
Tsarskoe-Selo
McCormick
Unlimited License Bill Favored by Lowell Committee
The unlimited license bill in Lowell was favorably reported by the license law committee in the state house in Boston. The 8 to 3 vote followed introduction by Rep. Cecil Adams of the 26th district. The bill keeps the price the same while allowing unlimited license numbers, though it may still be stalled.
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Lowell
Committee On
State House
Boston
Cecil Adams
Man Kills Young Bride in Jasper. Sheriff’s posse in pursuit
A Jasper Georgia report says Glazier, about 20, fatally shot his bride of four years while returning to their home after she agreed to go back. A sheriff's posse searches for him to avenge the act. the couple had separated for an unspecified reason and she was living with her mother.
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Atlanta
The
Constitution
Jasper
Glazier
Missing French Despatch Bags Alarm Paris Officials
Paris March 27 authorities are concerned by the disappearance of two official despatch bags that held orders to the French squadron in the Indian Ocean. The bags, sent to captains of the warships Infernet and Kersaint, vanished between Port Said and Jibatil French Somaliland. No trace remains and fears grow they reached parties seeking the Russian second Pacific squadron plans.
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Paris
Indian Ocean
Infernet
Kersaint
Port Said
Jibatil
Somaliland
Starved to Death for Baby's Sake
New York report recalls Ida Fletcher a young mother found near death with her seven months old infant in a squalid tenement room. She died at St Josephs hospital due to self denial to feed the child, having only condensed milk for 20 days. The infant was sent to a foundling asylum after the mothers death.
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New York
Ida Fletcher
St. Joseph's Hospital
Beef Trust Inquiry Resumes Before Federal Grand Jury
Chicago March 27 Investigation of the beef trust is resumed by the federal grand jury with District Attorney Baxter of Omaha and Assistant District Attorney Godman of Chicago added as advisers. The probe may extend two months. After packing industry review the panel plans to examine railroads and private car lines.
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Chicago
Beef Trust
Federal Grand Jury
Baxter
Omaha
Godman
Grand
Ayer's for Colds Promoted by House Ad
An advertisement promotes Ayer's for colds from J.C. Ayer Co. in Lowell Massachusetts, highlighting a tonic remedy. The snippet emphasizes household use and familiar branding in a period newspaper style.
Funeral Attended Only by Relatives in Meningitis Case
A Pawtucketville funeral for Allan P. Silcox, who died of cerebro spinal meningitis at 68 Mts Grove street, was limited to close relatives and friends by request of the board of health and with Rev E R Smith urging protection of the public. Michael Sullivan of Collinsville died from the disease, prompting authorities and church leaders to advise restraint to prevent contagion.
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Pawtucket Congregational Church
E. R. Smith
Allan P. Silcox
Mts
Grove Street
Board of Health
Lowell
Knapp
Pawtucketville
Meningitis Claims Michael Sullivan in Lowell Area
Cerebro spinal meningitis takes Michael Sullivan of Collinsville at his sister’s 236 Suffolk Street home after a three day illness. Doctors diagnosed on symptoms, authorities report, with health inspectors noting crowded filthy tenements in the Greek quarter and promising city cleanup and police action to curb spread.
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Michael Sullivan
Collinsville
Suffolk Street
Lowell
P. J. Meehan
Ireland
John Sullivan
Mary Sullivan
Catherine Sullivan
Michael Leavitt
Daniel and
Florence Sullivan
Cornelius
Board of Health
New England
Lewis
Fenwick Streets
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Cam
Avings Department
Trader’s National Bank
O’sullivan’s
Methuen Man
Workman
BIG Boodle Fund
Nantucket Gas Company
Caswell Optical Co
Bridge Street
Merrimack Street
DR. Allen
Kohlrausch
Central Street
California
Houston
Vermont
Silcox Funeral
Merrimack
Pawtucket Dam
Pawtucket Falls
Cockrill
Czar
Bridgeport
Conn
Levi
Foundling Asylum
Ayer
J.C. Ayer Co., Lowel
Board of
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