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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
3
In LaPorte Indiana on May 14 bones believed to be the missing Mrs Guinness head were recovered from the burned country house ruins. Sheriff Smutser unearthed part of the lower jaw upper jaw and a scalp fragment amid the ashes indicating the head rested on it during the blaze.
Authorities and coroner’s medical commissioners dispute the final identification of Mrs Guinness as the coroner admits uncertainty. Rings found on the body are confirmed as hers, with a magnified photo matching rings in the coroner’s possession.
Cambridge and Arlington police seek a passenger who rode with Conductor Shea the night of the Mullins murder. The witness reportedly noted the suspect’s peculiar exit from the car.
Inspectors Hooley and Neilon revisited the boarding house of a suspect while withholding mission details. A noon conference at Cambridge police HQ with Captain Hurley discussed the suspect alibi. Authorities plan a North Cambridge visit as they seek the mysterious passenger who may reveal crucial information.
Miss Manley testified that about ten years ago Harvard professor Marcou funded her living in Boston with monthly payments of around 150 dollars and gifted jewelry totaling roughly two thousand dollars. She described ongoing meetings, a planned Paris home, and letters from Marcou promising marriage and money, while asserting no other suitors.
The testimony describes that the person in question was not her husband but simply ran errands when he was not "busy" during the eventful summer of 1996.
Witnesses describe a police raid on a Saratoga residence where Annie Manley and Solomon G. Davis were living. Annie Manley, 28, was arrested at 4 17 a m August 30 1906. records note she had never been convicted before and briefly mention earlier conviction for vagrancy in 1894. The report also mentions temperance remarks and surrounding testimony.
Patrolman Hebblethwaite saw flames inside the building while no nearby structures burned. Ferdinand Wood testified three men exited the rag shop with one carrying an object. William Williams saw Lewvitsky chase and deny arson after the fire, while Lewvitsky claimed innocence and no insurance. State Officer Silas P. Smith described rag and cotton hazards and Lewvitsky’s inconsistent statements amid business losses prior to the blaze.
During the hearing Lewintsky admitted previous fires after Smith recalled them. The government argued the fire was suspicious with heavy insurance and little stock, noting the rag shop lay 600 feet from the nearest other blaze. Feeney urged discharge as the government had not made a case.
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