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Gun linked to Keyes murder sold by pawnshop clerk witness
Inspector Smith testifies he saw a revolver sold at Maurice Sonnabend pawnshop on April 4 1916 to a man who used alias Hayden Young and matched the murder weapon serial no 7829. Sonnabend and clerk Sidney Balkan identified the gun as the weapon used. Jackson the defendant is identified in court as the man who purchased it. Miss Varney witnesses tense cross examination as the case unfolds in Providence court.
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Inspector Smith
Doc” Smith
Maurice S. Sonnabend
Columbus Avenue
David F. O'Connell
Mr. O’connell
Jackson
Sonnabend
Sidney Balkan
Smith & Wesson
Keyes
Miss Varney
Smith
Clark ;Goodchild
Westminster Street
Providence
Varney
Willard Street
Belmont
Court House
O’connell
Liffe
Mr. Sonnabend
O'Connell
Hayden Young
Massachusetts Avenue
Balkan
Eell
Balkans
Mitchell Woodbury Company
Sergeant Rutherford
Brookline Police
Wittle
Mr. Balkan
Mr. Katzmann
Tie
Young
Mr. Jackson
George H. Keyes
Magrath
Suffolk County
Rutherford
Kenwood Street
Brookline
Robert J. Evans
West Waton
Miss Varrey
Carne
Evans
West Upton
Mr. O'Connell
Katzmann
Pelham
Back Bay Station
Green Street
Emile Leclair
Mattapan
Upton
Boston
Morrisons
Adelaide Rogers
Mildred
Morris Sonnabend
Dock Smith