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Railroad station agent murdered in night attack
The Pittsfield station in New Hampshire was the scene of a fatal shooting as the ticket office keeper Brewster was shot by an unknown assailant. State Detective Silas Smith and District Attorney Saltonstall led the investigation with Boston Medical Examiner Magrath and local physicians mystified by the motive. Brewster, born in Huntington Vermont, aged 26, leaves a wife and three young sons and was a mason with Corinthian Lodge in Pittsfield.
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Silas Smith
Saltonstall
Magrath
Boston
Brewster
Rolla B. Sargent
Highland Street
Woburn
Sargent
Huntington
Pittsfield
N. H
Gertrude Brewster
Bristol, Vt
Joshua Brown
Frank
Paul
Carroll
Corinthian Lodge
Bernard S. Stewart
Smith