Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-11

pened in room of the Wear mine
No. 90 and when the deadly air was
noticed a dozen men rushed for safe
ty. At the entry Kennedy found that
his son, Joe. was missing The father
seized a cart and re- entered the room
and. with the assistance of two or
three volunteers, placed his uncon-
scious son on the cart and pushed
him to the door. There the father
fell dead, overcome by the poisonous
air. Soon afterwards the boy revived
and walked home TO bear the news to
his mother
Nina Coates alias Sarah Coates,
was held for the county court at
Burlington, We, in $1,000 bail, Satur-
day. by Judge Palmer on a charge of
procuring two young Richmond girls
or the so-called White Slave traffic.
Mrs. Coates son. Alden Emery, was
llso held for county court on charges
If statutory offence and furnishing
liquor in connection with the same
:ase. The bail in Emerys case
mounts TO $500. Neither the Coates
woman nor her son could furnish bail
and they We're remanded to Jail. The
girls in the case, Laura Whitcomb
md Marguerite Aldrich testified that
Mrs. Coates had induced them to leave
heir home town To go to Boston.
They said they were to go from Bes-
| ton to Woodsville, y. Fl.
Abdenar Joseph was arraigned in
| the district court. at Quincy, Mass,
| Saturday morning. charged with abb
| Quoting Mary Michael, who it was
| claimed, was only IA years old The
| two are Syrians and 1t is alleged that
| Joseph abducted the girl for the pur-
| pose of clandestine marriage. In
| court, Saturday, it was said that Miss
| Michael was is years old, or would
| be in a few days, and that the couple
| had just come from the Syrian church,
| where they had been married, when
| Constable Nahas found them. There
| was another continuance till Dec. 30,
after Judge Avery had been assured
that the girl would be Is by that time
| and also with the understanding that
Joseph and the girl should be married
if the ceremony had not been per-
| formed.
| Negotiations were reported to have
been concluded, Saturday by which
jewels valued at $4,000, stolen from
the residence of Mrs. William Thaw,
Jr, 1T Pittsburg, Penn, the evening
| n January "A, last, while the family
| was at dinner. were returned The
] robbery was committed by thieves of
| International reputation, who FASTENED
20 Chicago from Pittsburg and at once
| offered to return the jewels il Mrs
| Fhaw paid the price demanded, about
| 100000 Negotiations Jagged while the
| police attempted to run down the
gang, but they succeeded in hiding
| their tracks, and only when 1t became
known that a number of valuable
heirlooms were about to be broken up
and sold separately was the money
| paid and the valuabies returned.
| While the suite of Maude Daniels on
the third floor at las Hemenway street,
| Boston. was unoccupied, Saturday af-
| ternoon sneak thief forced a door
with a chisel and stole jewelry and
of three women dodgers Inspectors
Conboy and Pierce of police headquar-
tiers and Special officer Murphy of the
Back Bay station started an investi-
cation, but no clew has been uncov-
cred. Miss Margaret Hogan lost a
| $50 muff, Mary Gerrick- leather suit
L
and Rose Smith gold crescent pin
| containing "A diamonds, valued at
$3.50 a gold ring set with three dia-
| monds. valued at $50, and gold ring
set with single diamond, worth $50.
| The police are certain that the theft
| was not the work of the person that
stole the handbag containing jewelry
valued at $500 from Miss Ellen T.
Brigham at the Hotel Brunswick, Fri
| day afternoon
| Thomas j. Boyne of Lee, Mass, su-
perintendent of the mills of the Smith
Paper Co. died at the office of the
Valley mill at LenoXdale, Saturday
morning He had just finished an in
spection o the mill and was eating
an orange, when ne suddenly died
| Mr. Boyne was 81 years old He was
| born in Bloomfield, n. j.. and came to
| Lee when Is years old. He entered the
| employ of the company when he was
| Is and had continuously been in it's
service since. He was foreman of the
Eagle Paper mill until the retirement
of Capt. A. V. Shannon, whom he sue
ceeded as superintendent of the Valley,
Niagara, Centennial, Columbia and
Eagle Mills. His first wife, who was
Miss Mary Tyler of Lee. died. About
year ago he married Miss Marion
Merrill of Lee. The wife and six chill
1dren, Misses Mary, Florence, Jose
phine, Gertrude and EVELYN Boyne: 4
son. Thomas. and two brothers Pat
rick and John Royne, all Of Lee. sur
yive. He was member of Berkshire
Hills Council, X. of c., of Lee. and
Pittslield Lodge, p. p. o. r..