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In 1919, shortly after his withdrawal from law school, Sidis was arrested for participating in a socialist May Day parade in Boston that turned violent. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison under the Sedition Act of 1918 by Roxbury Municipal Court Judge Albert F. Hayden .
Boston Herald, May 3, 1919----- "Riot" = peaceful protest. Arrest 102 In Roxbury Boston Transcript, May 3, 1919 . Four Boston Radicals Get Prison Sentences New York Times, May 3, 1919 . Boston Rioters' Cases Disposed Of Bangor [Maine] Commercial, May 3, 1919 . Sidis Gets Year And Half In Jail Boston Herald, May 14, 1919.
Sidis went to Harvard Law School at age 18. Harvard Transcript. New York Times, July 18, 1944. "The best study of his character was written by Jared L. Manley for The New Yorker." In his lawsuit against The New Yorker, Sidis said that nearly all of the article was untrue and so listed only the few actual facts.
Aug 9, 2021 · THE PRODIGY: A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM SIDIS. By Chicago Tribune. PUBLISHED: July 13, 1986 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 9, 2021 at 6:24 a.m. In 1909 and 1910 one could scarcely pick up a newspaper ...
Dec 6, 2013 · On a freezing Boston January evening in 1910, hundreds gathered to hear the boy genius William Sidis in his first public speaking engagement, a talk about fourth dimensional bodies. His speech, and the fact that it was over most of the audiences’ heads, became national news. Reporters followed William everywhere on campus.
Jan 23, 2011 · Born in Boston in 1898, William James Sidis made the headlines in the early 20th century as a child prodigy with an amazing intellect. His IQ was estimated to be 50 to 100 points higher...
The Herald 's history traces back through two lineages, the Daily Advertiser and the old Boston Herald, and two media moguls, William Randolph Hearst and Rupert Murdoch. Founding. The original Boston Herald was founded in 1846 by a group of Boston printers jointly under the name of John A. French & Company. The paper was published as a single ...
