Inquest Probes Murder of Mrs Fanny Sprague in South Berwick
Eben Simpson, suspected killer, testifies at the South Berwick inquest as the coroner crowds gather at Locke home to inspect wood cutting and alibi claims. Autopsy confirms fatal blow from eye injury while county officials face criticism for apathy and delayed action.
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South Berwick
Eben Simpson
Fannie Sprague
Sprague
Fanny Sprague
Samuel Locke
Locke
Matthews
McIintire
Jacques
Post
Simpson
Joseph C. Dodson
Lewis B. Manson
Nathaniel Snow
Eliot
Ham
George Warren
Lawrence J. Knight
Fremont Littlefield
No Wife No Life Mark Shepard a Victim of Mock Marriage
Attleboro May 2 Mark Shepard an 8 year old man with heart disease fell dead after learning a mock marriage he attended was a joke. Deputy Sheriff Briggs said autopsy found heart failure as the cause. The pranksters moved the body to a barn and awaited morning police notice.
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Attleboro
Mark Shepard
Briggs
Shepard
Miner’s
Miner
N. Y
Adapata
C. 8. Holden
Quiet Vermont town tarred and feathered home intruder
Albert Fish explains why Thomas Penniman was tarred and feathered by a village mob led by A. L. Farnsworth and Albert Tovey after Penniman allegedly pursued Mrs Fish and interfered with the couple. Penniman fled to Cambridgeport and was left in a battered, sore condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Albert Fish
Thomas Penniman
Penniman
Fish
A. L. Farnsworth
Committee of Justice
Albert Tovey
Ex U S Senator Wiley Dead In West Virginia
Morgantown West Virginia May 2 Ex United States Senator Waitman Wiley died today He was born in 1812 and wrote the constitution of West Virginia
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Morgantown
W. Va
United States
Waitman Wiley
West Virginia
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Marie Magnery in Love for Married Man
New York May 2 Marie Magnery the infatuated girl who drank carbolic acid at the threshold of Camille Clauden's home on Sunday is recovering. She remains pale and tearful and still seeks the married man she would die for. The wife, aware of the情 affair, allowed Marie to visit but warns she cannot be responsible if further scandal follows.
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New York
Marile Magnery
Camille Clauden
Marie
Elmer Maxwell Trial Features Self Defence Claims
In Portland Maine May 2 Elmer Maxwell defense cross examines First Mate Campbell in the murder case of Captain Baisley aboard the schooner J B Van Dusen. Steward S Snowden testifies about the fatal quarrel. Awaiting opening argument by Mr Anthoine with speculation that wounds may have been inflicted in self defence.
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Portland
Elmer Maxwell
Baisley
J. B. van Dusen
Campbell
S. Snowden
Anthoine
Georg A. Baisley
B. Vandusen
Wilfred A. French Testifies in Probate Court Will Case
Wilfred A. French testified in the Probate Court hearing about his status as son and adopted son of Benjamin French. He described cordial relations with his mother until his 1892 marriage and noted her threats to disinherit him. He said his father was frail before death and that he had kept partnership funds hidden from Mrs. French.
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Eliot
Sprague
Simpson
Ham
Post
John EB. Simpson
Daniel B. Stacy
Charles Stacy
Stacy
Cyrus Goodwin
Fremont Littlefield
South Berwick Junction
Fannie
Eben Simpson
Lebanon
Wilfred A. French
French
Dorchester
Moran
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