Murder on Shawmut Avenue Unfolds in Boston Case
Police trace the slaying of Mary Myers Weingert from a Shawmut avenue apartment to a woodsy edge near Reading. Pawn tickets link the victim to Shawmut avenue and Northampton street shops in Boston. A rock blow to the skull and five shots ended the life, with a suspect seen fleeing into the woods. investigators press for better identification and motive.
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Lowell
Reading
Burroughs
Cedar Swamp
Post
Bert Jones
Fred Goodridge
Goodridge
Weinberg
Shawmut Avenue
Continental Loan Company
Washington Street
Boston
Jones
Mary Weinberg
Providence Loan Company
Northampton Street
Howard Burroughs
General Whitney
Merrill
Mrs. Myers
Mrs. Weingert
Mary Myers Weingert
Samuel Weingert
Weingert
Prince Street
Baltimore
Murderer in the Swamp Near Reading
A man named Howard Burroughs of 81 Prince Street is suspected after the murder of Mary Myers also called Crazy Mary. Witnesses say a man matched the killer’s description was seen with Mary Myers near Cedar swamp shortly after the crime and the woman was struck with a stone then killed with a revolver.
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Cedar Swamp
Mary Myers
Weingert
Howard Burroughs
Bloodhounds Monte Cristo and Blackwall Ringer Brought In
The Post dispatches two famed English bloodhounds to track a Reading murderer today. Monte Cristo and Blackwall Ringer, owned by Dr. C. A. Longest, arrived from Dr. Lougest in Franklin, Mass, with kennel guards and Dr. Longest at the scene. Monte Cristo previously aided the Wilbur Clarke case. Blackwall Ringer has tracked a killer in Exmoor.
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America
Reading
Monte Cristo
Blackwall Ringer
Dr. C. A
Columbus Avenue
Dr. Lougest
Franklin
Mass
Boston
Dr. Longest
Wilbur Clarke
Beverly
Exmoor
Eng
Chartley Bellman
Fairlight Vanity
Barak
Man Claims Murdered Woman Is His Ex Wife Mary Myers
A man asserts the dead woman is Mary Myers, from whom he divorced in Baltimore twelve years ago. He cites clothing, shared knowledge with his wife, and papers found on the body as identifying evidence. He says his wife also identifies her, noting recent shopping on Prince Street and the woman’s frequent company with men in the North End.
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Shawmut Avenue
Mrs. Sheehan
Trish
Thomas
Dedham Street
Ivanhoe
Prince Street
Weingert
North
Whitney
Mary Myers
Baltimore
Mrs. Myers
North End
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Cassidy
Cassidy Represents Station 5
Boston Police
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Canton Streets
Dennis Daley
Haverhill Street
North Reading
Daly
Walter Locke
Sroren
Shfle
Bed Foon
Fabian ST
Mary Wyner
Blackwell Ringer
Walter E Goodridge
Liatlin
Pedler
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