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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1912
Page
3
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William De Graff, a seafaring cook, goes on trial for murder in the United States District Court. He is charged in the high seas killing of Captain Charles D. Wyman aboard the coal barge Glendower. Wyman was found with his head crushed in the barge towed off Newburyport on June 8.
The barge crew including captain, cook and two others faced arrest after the captain’s death. William Nelson and Antonio Priskish aided the investigation led by U S District Attorney Asa P French and Mark Sullivan. De Graff is indicted with 100 jurors summoned for trial. Feeney appointed as counsel. The murder weapon remains undiscovered, with circumstantial evidence centering on De Graff’s opportunity. The trial was moved to today for a preview of the barge and captain’s room.
The Daniel Blake Russell identity case, famed in Commonwealth history, may be reopened in Superior Court with Attorney Giles Chase as plaintiff seeking $7000 for services from Attorney Leslie A. Simpson. Chase alleges Simpson owes the sum from the Dakota Dan matter, claiming the Russell estate is Simpson’s debtor. Boston lawyers anticipate a possible immediate retrial before a jury if pursued.
Gloucester February 4. Chief McLaughlin of Hamilton and Bay State Railway employees pursue a 16 year old girl believed to have abandoned a baby boy in a leatherette suitcase near the Hamilton Essex line. The infant, about two weeks old, showed signs of strangulation and was found near car tracks by Nathan Allen. A medical examiner confirmed death about 12 days prior. George Bannister, a street car conductor, provided details to a Post reporter.
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