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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1912
Page
9
A Boston chauffeur reports seeing a small Ford-type car stalled on the boulevard near the Marsh body site around 12:40 to 12:50 Friday. He describes a smooth faced man with a square jaw and no coat, noting he offered help as others observed.
The J. B. L. Cascade at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in New England is promoted as a natural internal bath for constipation and biliousness. Advertisers claim it supports Nature, cleanses the system of poisonous matter, and leaves users more than half efficient, with a booklet titled Why Man of Today Is Only 50% Efficient.
A sensational claim describes Glycol Arbolene a powerful fat burning compound from a major drug firm. It prescribes mixing with Aromatic Elixir and dosing after meals to increase fat combustion while inhibiting fat formation in foods.
The chauffeur recalls a roughly forty year old man with a smooth shave and a prominent jaw. He describes how the man turned his face to peer into the car as the lights shone on him.
Walter H. Barrett an engineer on the Boston Revere Beach Lynn line reports seeing an automobile on the boulevard near where Mr Marsh’s body was found while returning to Lynn from East Boston shortly after 1 am Friday. He noted his train was passing West Lynn station and alerted his fireman. Barrett left East Boston at 12 35 and recalled the vehicle when told of the murder hours later.
John A. Satterwaite of 69 Otis Street Revere drew the Saugus River boulevard duty from 3 PM to 11 PM Friday reporting no shots heard. He was relieved by William J. Murray of 336 Winthrop Avenue Revere who served until 7 AM and also heard nothing unusual.
George Lougee reports leaving Lynn station on a 2 03 Friday morning narrow gauge train. Shortly after a low gray automobile with no rear or headlights swung from Winthrop Crescent junction and sped toward Winthrop, two men inside, car coming from Lynn.
Arthur Marsh of 249 Chestnut Street, nephew of murder victim George E Marsh of Lynn, testified he knows little about Orpha Marsh. He said she was the adopted daughter of the late James Marsh, has not been in Lynn for about 20 years, and he knows no one who knew her or whom she kept company with.
The body found in the Charles River basin near West Boston bridge was identified at North Grove Street morgue as Mary Kupezenko, 19, of 640 Somerville Ave Somerville. Identification was made by her brother. She had suffered a heart condition and a prior illness.
A Lynn man E D Labreux reports a vivid dream of a murder matching the fatal shooting of George F E Marsh the Lynn soap manufacturer. Neighbors and tenants recall Marsh’s kind landlord habits and his regular routines at Chestnut Street properties, with no clear motive or suspect identified in early accounts.
Jasper and Frank W. Marsh of Danvers nephews of George E. Marsh the murdered Lynn man deny any theories on the crime or motive. They defend his bravery and say he would have fought back if attacked. Mrs Caroline Marsh remains with them in Lynn then returned home with her sons.
The two nephews of James M. Marsh spoke openly at his Topsfield home about the shooting. They expressed confidence police will identify the murderer. One nephew suggested the killer may have been insane.
Eugene F. Buhler president of Teutonia Bank and Trust Company and Joseph H. Gomila a director were jailed on charges of false statements to the State bank examiner and concealing the bank’s condition. Former cashier Frank J. Brand was arrested for embezzling 60 000 dollars. Investigated by District Attorney St Clair Adams the bank is a state institution.
Randolph Maxwell eight-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Randolph Maxwell of Dakota street Dorchester appears for the first time in public at Whiton Hall recital under Frank Goulart. He has studied violin for a year and will perform difficult classics.
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