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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1901
Page
5
Lowell news outlines Jane Toppan suspected in multiple deaths tied to arsenic and Hunyadi water. Report details motive, timing, and evidence from the Brigham household deaths including Mrs. Banister, with officials pursuing the case amid secrecy and public speculation.
In Calumet a nurse Miss Toppan is at the center of a murder investigation as townspeople describe a dangerous lunatic with a possible motive tied to money troubles. Witnesses recount her dominant role in the Davis household and the puzzling deaths of Davis family members and Mrs Gibbs, with Dr Latter's late arrival and Captain Gibbs present at the Gibbs death.
The narrative describes Miss Toppan's alleged estrangements, unpaid debts, and travel plans including moving to Russia to join the Czar's household. It notes Miss Sarah Gordon's disbelief and a family dispute sparked by Deacon Brigham's statements, ending with Gordon seeking explanation.
Dr Cushing and District Attorney Holmes push the probe while Captain Irving Gibbs leans toward Miss Teppan’s guilt in Cataumet. Neighbors defend her moral character despite pressure from local figures. The Freeman tragedy of 1879 colors town views as old wounds resurface.
Dr Ira B. Cushing of Brookline tells how his suspicions led to Miss Jane Tappan's arrest in Bourne poison cases. He cites arsenic as the common factor behind Mrs Davis, Mrs Gordon, Mrs Gibbs, and Mr Davis deaths, detailing symptoms and the quick, deadly progression from nausea to coma.
District Attorney Weir seeks evidence linking Miss Toppan to three Cambridge deaths besides Mrs. Davis. The Dunhams of Cambridge died years ago with May 26, 189, and Sept. 19, 197 as their dates, while Miss Toppan nursed both. Miss Comers, a former associate, died in Cambridge last year under Miss Toppan’s care. exact cause unknown.
In Constantinople the Miss Stone kidnapping nears 110000 dollars as the brigands cling to the full ransom. Negotiations continue with active telegrams from the United States legation. Spencer Eddy conferred with Sir Nicholas R. O Connor as Britain aids in securing the missionary's release.
A first in a series of readings and lectures at Boston University in Jacob Sleeper Hall drew large crowds. Proceeds fund the Old English Library at BU. Professor E Charlton Black leads the effort, with Andrew Carnegie among supporters. Mrs Black, a noted recitalist formerly Agnes Knox, starred with Greta Masson as soloist. Mrs Black is noted as the first woman appointed to a professor’s chair in English institutions in 1891 by the Canadian government.
A pair from East Boston, a young man and a young woman, paused at 251 Bennington Street when water trickled from the doorway, interrupting their chat and drawing attention to an apparent theft of lead pipes nearby. Police and neighbors were alerted as the couple reported the incident and described suspicious activity observed in the doorway area.
A woman recounts events in a hotel room claiming her father is Charles W. Gardiner, a Troy photographer who recently left the city. She alleges abuse by her supposed mother and says Gardiner declared she is not his daughter and that her real father is a Chicago banker.
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