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Article: Trial of the century's end was talk of town in 1899.
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- The Boston Herald
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- February 22, 1999
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Today, the Boston Herald continues its weekly flashback to this month in 1899. Each week we explore the news and gossip from the turn of the last century.
A scandal in Hull, a Boston murder trial and a slap on the wrist of a local priest by the Vatican for being too "Americanized," topped the news this week in 1899.
Someone was selling illegal liquor and gambling was rampant in the Nantasket section of Hull. When the smoke had cleared, Police Chief John Mitchell, Patrolman Eugene Mitchell and Selectman John Smith had taken the fall and were facing a variety of charges.
Also very unhappy were the jurors in the John Chance murder trial in Suffolk ...