. Blaisdell, Mrs. F. M. Johnson, 
s. Charlotte E. Brown, Mrs. E. 
. Knight, Mrs. Mary Bennett, Miss 
| : Jessie M. Hoare and Mrs. F. P. Ten- 
pres. ; 
_ pres.; Miss May 
‘oN ee eee ee ee eee 
Arbella Club to Meet. 
The first meeting of Manchester’s 
"newest girls club—The Arbella Club 
_ —will be held next Tuesday after- 
‘noon at the chapel at 4 o’clock. The 
officers are: Miss Mildred Peart, 
Miss Fannie Knight, vice 
L. Rogers, secy.; 
Miss Margaret Gillis, treas. The ob- 
ject of the club as stated in its 
constitution is ‘‘to promote the de- 
sire for simple, useful, happy lives.’’ 
The program for the year is not yet 
“mapped out, but meetings will be 
‘held regularly on the second and 
fourth Tuesdays of 
each month. 
Some interesting lectures and talks 
will be arranged. The club is non- 
sectarian. 
In Aid of District Nurse Fund. 
Under the auspices of the North 
Shore Horticultural society a stere- 
opticon lecture will be given in the 
Town hall, Manchester, this evening 
at 8 o’clock, by J. K. M. L. Farqu- 
har of Boston, on ‘‘Holland, and the 
growing of the Tulip and other 
Dutch Bulbs.’’ Lantern slides will 
also be shown of the International 
Flower show of London, England. 
The proceeds of the affair will be 
donated to the District Nurse Fund. 
As the admission is only 15 cents 
it is hoped the attendance will be 
large. 
She Likes California 
Mrs. Harriet Perkins of Manches- 
ter, who went to Los Angeles as a 
delegate to the national encamp- 
ment of the ladies of the GAR, 
writes that she is having a most de- 
lightful trip. Among other things 
she says: 
‘“‘We were late leaving Montreal 
and did not arrive until the follow- 
ing Monday. The climate is delight- 
ful, the wealth of flowers, fruit and 
palms is a sight to see. On our train 
was a soldier from Salt Lake City 
who was 92 years of age and he 
had an Indian woman for a wife 
who attended him very carefully. 
He lead the grand parade in an 
automobile. The Illinois delegation 
entertained me royally at a dinner 
party and a drive to one of the large 
cattle ranches. Various states were 
represented in our party, comrades 
and friends coming from Oregon, 
Pennsylvania, Illinois and_ other 
states. The palm trees are very large 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MRS. ROBERTS’ DEATH PROBED TODAY 
To the Editor of The Breeze, 
Dear Sir: 
District Attorney Attwill of Essex 
County is today holding, at Salem, 
an inquest into the death of Mrs. 
Benjamin H. Roberts, whose body 
was found floating in Manchester 
harbor on the afternoon of Sept. 
16th. The companions of the dead 
woman on the night she was killed, 
members of the Manchester police, 
newspapermen who have become in- 
terested in the case, as well as 
several others who do not believe 
Mrs. Roberts met her death at the 
drawbridge, are to testify and, 
from the burden of the testimony, 
it will be decided whether or not 
arrests should be made. Should the 
inquest show that Mrs. Roberts 
was probably murdered, arrests will 
follow immediately. 
During the last week, there has 
continued to come in evidence in 
support of the theory that Mrs. 
Roberts met her death on the marsh 
back of Masconomo Park, rather 
than at the drawbridge. Last Fri- 
day afternoon, soon after The 
Breeze had gone to press, a fisher- 
man found, on the marsh, a heavy, 
steel screwdriver such as might 
have dealt the blow which killed 
Mrs. Roberts. It was an instrument 
for heavy work, such as might be 
needed about a boat-yard. It was 
found quite near the spot where 
Mrs. Roberts’ hat was picked up. 
Still later in the day, a man’s 
shirt, covered with blood, was 
found not far from White’s boat- 
house at the foot of Ashland avenue. 
The shirt was rolled up in a news- 
paper and hidden under a _ board 
at one end of the platform of the 
grain-house that runs parallel to the 
railroad track at that point. 
and beautiful. The Japanese morn- 
ing glories of a blue hue and the 
roses make a beautiful sight. An- 
other pleasure was the attending of 
a celebration given in honor to a 
lady from Concord Junction who 
celebrated her 74th birthday. I was 
requested to act as ‘‘master of cere; 
monies’’ at the evening celebration. 
There were readings by comrades, 
singing and speeches. The decora- 
tions were of an electrical nature, 
the lamp posts decorated with palm 
leaf out of which shot a light of 
brillianey. One must visit this part 
of the country to see its beauties as 
they really are.”’ 
At the same time it has become 
known that, on the night of the 
tragedy, Mrs. Roberts was one par- 
ticipant in a violent quarrel at the 
home of that woman with whom 
she was visiting. Mrs. Roberts, 
and the husband and wife of the 
home at which she was staying en- 
gaged in a _ bitter quarrel about 
eight o’clock. Three and _ a-lialf 
hours later (at 11.28 o’clock) Mrs. 
Roberts’ dead body was placed in 
the waters of Manchester harbor. 
Yet, so far as I know, the police 
have made no effort to ascertain the 
cause of the quarrel or the reason 
why Mrs. Roberts figured so pron- 
inently in it. All these points, how- 
ever, will be brought to the atten- 
tion of the District Attorney. 
The inquest today has _ been 
brought about by Deputy Superin- 
tendent Neal of the State Police. 
When Chief Converse of the Man- 
chester police called a halt to the 
investigation and insisted that lie 
was satisfied that the death was 
‘“aceidental,’’ a local newspaperman 
took the matter before Deputy Neat. 
Deputy Neal assigned two detee- 
tives to the case and, on the basis 
of their findings, recommended to 
Dist. Atty. Attwill that an inquest 
be held as early as possible. This 
would have been held early last 
week but for the fact that the Dis- 
trict Attorney and his entire staff ot 
assistants and officers were fully en- 
gaged with the Ettor case. 
The inquest was set to be heard 
before Judge George B. Sears at 
Salem. Judge Sears placed the mat- 
ter of summoning witnesses in the 
hands of Chief of Police Converse 
of Manchester. With time it be- 
came evident that no one but those 
who believed the death of Mrs. 
Roberts was ‘‘accidental’’ was to be 
summonsed. Up to three o’clock 
Thursday afternoon, no one but the 
actual principals in the death of 
Mrs. Roberts and the finding of her 
body had been summoned, although 
the papers had been out two days. 
This fact was made known to the 
‘ 
District Attorney, with the result 
that Asst. Dist. Attorney Burke 
came to Manehester at once and, 
within an hour, nearly a dozen ad- 
ditional witnesses had been sum- 
moned. All of the latter are strong 
in the belief that Mrs. Roberts’ death 
was other than accidental. 
Yours very truly, 
JAMES SWEINHART. 
