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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1905
Page
5
A compendium of cold cases from 1692 to early 1900s across Massachusetts Maine and New Hampshire describes the Borden mystery the Brown Ruderhan case and linked killings. It notes arrests exonerations and ongoing police efforts amid a string of unsolved murders including Nellie Sturtevant Emma Brigham Mattie Hackett and Readfield Maine crimes.
May L L Fosburg, daughter of a wealthy Pittsfield contractor, was found murdered in her home. The Fosburg family swore she was shot by burglars, but the national shock followed when her brother Robert was arrested and later proven innocent.
Mrs. Samuel Weingert, known as Mary Myers and Mary Bulterheimer, was found murdered in Reading woods. The case remains unsolved and unresolved to this day.
Nellie A Sturtevant of Medford shot dead on her father's doorstep. A poor Italian suspect is arrested on suspicion but the suspected killer remains uncaught.
Mrs Emma Brigham a frail widow living with her mother was found beaten and killed on a remote Leicester farm. A local tramp suspected Ovida Chapde laine a neighbor's boy but he was released after questioning.
Detectives continue work on the case of Mattie Hackett a young Readfield Maine woman found strangled in the road near her father's home. An arrest is said to be imminent.
A retrospective review outlines seven celebrated New England mysteries yet unsolved. It highlights the Lizzie Borden case in Fall River, the May Fosbury murder in Pittsfield, and the Alice Brown death in Boston, noting trials, arrests, and enduring questions.
Captain Ned Evans of the towboat Confidence reports seeing a muddy, near new suitcase floating low in the water near Deer Island, aligned with theories that a second suitcase carrying body parts sank and drifted with the ebb tide. He could not stop to recover it due to towing a loaded lumber schooner and danger to his crew.
State police broaden Winthrop case into a drive for missing girls amid scarce clues. Chief Shaw records every tale of a girl feared lost as investigators seek a match to a dismembered suitcase victim. A wealthy sister reports her 20 year old sister missing two weeks, fearing a link to the tragedy.
William A. Haynes, detained at Station 3, says he hopes friends are not anxious and thanks Station 8. He blames Wingfield for prompting inquiries into the Winthrop affair and worries about his Richmond family and brother learning of the matter. He notes his family is well connected in Virginia.
A note expresses gratitude to the men at Station 3 for the consideration shown during a recent visit.
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