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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1885

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Was It Murder Carrying a Burden of a Crime Not Committed

A dying confession reported from Dayton Ohio sparks questions in Waltham Massachusetts about a murder years earlier. The tale centers on John Goodwin alias John Custer who allegedly killed Patrick McNamee in Waltham and fled west, with relationships to local families, the Cullen tragedy, and a linked assault on McEnaney in Watertown. The piece weighs whether Goodwin's claimed crime matches a real 30 year old Waltham murder and how evidence point toward or away from that conclusion.

West Waltham Mays Johnson John Custer Dayton Youngstown Mass John Goodwin McNamee Cullen Barney New England House Thornton Goodwin Custer David H. Goodwin Newton Chemical Chemistry John N.goodwin Boston Yves Thomas Rhodes Charles Street John N. Goodwin John Providence Patrick McEneany Watertown Burton Roxbury Brighton John Willets McEneany Henry Ritchie McEnneany Thomas Mullin Reservoir House Market Street Arsenal MecEneany Logan Mareu Coec Ritchie Scotty” Haggerty Haggerty

Silver Circulation Scheme and Treasury Actions

Secretary Manning met bankers to show administration unity on abolishing the silver coinage law at the next Congress session. Treasury reports indicate strong silver circulation in August with $1,677,444 in standard dollars and $1,495,902 in fractional coin issued. Withdrawal of $1 and $2 notes reduces silver buildup, while demand for small notes remains. officials predict improved business. Also: timber theft on public lands by land grant railroads prompts new regulations limiting timber cutting to railroad sections and five-year time limits. Treasury gold and silver holdings listed. internal revenue up, customs up, and national bank note redemptions reported. Ohio Democrats invite Rosecrans to speak. he cites duties preventing immediate commitment.

New York Manning Treasury Jordan Treasury Department Interior Department Lamar Parson Downs Cottage City Higgins Boston Mr. Downs Committee On Entertainments Crane W. W. Downs Entertainments Mass Coleman

Knights of Labor Elects Texas Officers in Dallas Fusion Talk

In Dallas on September 3, Knights of Labor complete grand assembly officer slate led by Henry Golden of Galveston. A five member Farmers Union committee proposed fusion, accepted. Knights grew to about 10 000 in Texas since March, Farmers 35 000, with 50 percent potential control in two years. Fusion aims to subordinate corporations and destroy syndicates while avoiding strikes through arbitration. Membership open to all but bankers and certain professions. assembly to convene in Hamilton Ontario next month with 13 delegates, 1 likely colored.

Lone Star Dallas Tex Knights of Labor Grand Assembly Henry Golden Galveston Farmers’ Union Dunlap Texas General Assembly Hamilton Ont

Maine Fair Opens With 12000 at Bangor Exhibition

Governor Hobie and Senator Hale address the New England Fair in Bangor. The day features premium awards for dairy and livestock displays, a 12,000-strong crowd, and races on a fast half mile track with Sontag and Birdie 8 winning heats. Maine State College beats Yarmouth 10 to 5 in the baseball game.

Bangor Maplewood Queen Citys Yarmouths George B. Loring Robie Maine Hale Loring Eastern Maine Agricultural Society New England Society New England State of Turner Centre Dairy Association J. O. Winslow Francis Barnes Houston A. C. Carr Winthrop G. M. Gowell Orono Maine State College Bangonr Sontag Birdie Fanny Knox H. Nelson B. m Jersey Lily H. J. Tibbets Lizzie L J. A. Leeman G. B. Lograhaui Ganymende G. Hastings Gray Boy B. Hezeltine G.m G. J. Shaw D. M. Stella C. H. Nelson Nelson W. H. Beam G. M. G. Lane W. G. Morrill Bik G. Plumed Knight J. A. Pierce B. G. James H Mudgett Bros M. Nellie A. L. Slipp Bis S. Bisok Puiot Leonard G.m. M Haines B. G. Musar U, Hopkins B.m New England Fair C. C. Shaw Milford N. H C. E. Grosvenor Canterbury N. B D. W. Clements Lowell Mass

Murder in East Cambridge Ends in Regret and Flight

Charles Hayes a mulatto, living with Tilly Robinson in East Cambridge, killed his partner by slitting her throat in their Brewery street tenement after a quarrel over jealousy. He kissed the victim and said he would kill himself, then fled as police pursued him. description circulated citywide. The victim, wife of Daniel Robinson, left four years earlier, left behind three children now in foster care. Medical examiners documented the scene before authorities began an inquest scheduled for 10 o'clock today.

Boston Charles Hayes Tilly Robinson Brewery Street East Cambridge Henry Jones Hayes Mrs. Robinson Mrs. Jones Folsom Eastern Railroad West End Daniel Robinson Robinson Mary Hamilton No. 31 Garden Street Mead Watertown Litchfield Sergt. Brady Rock Springs RawLins Wyo Green River Chinatown Carbon Laramie Wyoming Railroad Company Green River City Gov. Warren Dickinson Warren Western Division Union Pacific Railroad San Francisco Col. Bee Evanston Cheyenne Union Pacific Road Evans Omaha Uintah County

Parnell's Course Banquet Speech by Mr Phelps

London reports at Sheffield cutlers banquet Mr Phelps responded to the toast to the American minister being cheered. He welcomed English sentiment toward America and urged a continued brotherly feeling between English and American peoples fostering peaceful, enlightened civilization.

London Cutlers Sheffield Phelps England America

Protests His Innocence, Crowd Supports Preston’s Hanging

In Aspinwall Panama on August 18 Don Pedro Preston was executed by court martial for an atrocious crime. A priest attended to the condemned man as he declared his innocence to a massive crowd of diverse nationalities. The scaffold sentence was carried out at 12 12 PM with the body later placed in a coffin for transport to a morgue.

Panama Pedro Prestan Aspinwall Preston Phelps London the Times United States Rugby Lowell The Times Paris Link McLean

Cholera tolls rise in Toculon and Cadiz outbreaks

Ten deaths in Toculon with seventeen admissions and 136 patients still under treatment. Four deaths reported in Gibraltar. Cadiz experiences a cholera outbreak with 43 cases and 23 deaths, Madrid confirms the spread.

Toculon Gibraltar Cadiz Madrid

Conservatives Approve Parnell in London Speech

London reports conservatives welcome Mr Parnell's denunciation of agrarian outrages and disunion utterances. Lord Randolph Churchill won over the cabinet to a conciliatory Ireland policy. Parnell can now travel the disturbed districts without escort and has spoken against agrarian outrage, marking a shift after years of restraint.

Parnell London Lord Randolph Churchill Ireland Jord Lietenant Dublin Land League

Hanoverian Wreck Off Cape Mutton After Cape Misplacement

A special correspondent reports the Allan Line steamer Hanoverian struck near Portugal Cove after misidentifying Cape Mutton and Cape Ballard, reversing engines too late. The ship is wrecked, passengers and mails saved. cargo lost. Tenedos carries survivors to Trepassey Bay as a west gale continues.

Ziow Allan Line Jouns N. F Cape Mutton Cape Race Cape Ballard Elock Assengers White House Portugal Cove Hanoveriana Portugal Thompson St. Jonas Tenedos Trepassey Bay

Derelict Schooner Reported Near Grand Banks

Provincetown Mass reports a derelict schooner John M. Ferris abandoned 100 miles east of Cape Sable after a wrecked voyage. 1330 quintals of large trawl codfish arrive on Bucephalus from Grand Banks. Also ships Maud B Witherell and others describe gales, crews lost overboard, and dory recoveries during August and late August on the Banks.

Provincetown Mass Bucephalus McIntosh Grand Banks John M. Ferris Ellsworth Cape Sable Maud B. Witherell Carrigan Graud Banks Willie McKay Clara L. Sparks Freddie Walter Tne Ella F. Long Wenonan

Estate of ex Judge Taylor Faces 419,785 Liabilities

Newburgh N Y Sept 3 The claims against the estate of ex Judge James W Taylor total 419785 John C Adams administrator petitions Surrogate Coleman for a decree to sell the real property assets will be insufficient to pay claims in any sizeable percentage and administrator seeks order to proceed with sale to satisfy creditors.

Newburgh N. Y James W. Taylor John C. Adams Coleman

Daylight Robbery Strikes Bangor Printery

A bold daytime burglary occurred at the S. Smith & Son printing works in Bangor Maine. Thieves forced entry and opened an office safe, taking valuables in a brazen ceiling crack today. Police investigate leads and review nearby surveillance for clues.

Bangor S. Smith & Son Acre Obaine

Veterans Return to Point of Pines for First Reunion

Veterans spent a cold night in tents east of the Pines hotel with straw bedding and limited blankets. A big campfire kept off the chill as drummers and fifers paraded, while police restrained unruly veterans. Governor Robinson attended Thursday’s events with speeches by Maj. Merrill and others, ending with a dress parade marred by a Boston post dispute.

Point of Pines Neal Lynn Thayer Charlestown C. H. Haskell South Boston W. J. Blake Fayville A. P. Greenough J. Mills Franklin W.E. Nason Marblehead Hotel Pines Department John W. Hersey Post 5 Maj George 8. Merrill Grand Army Gov. Robinson Massachusetts Ocean American Union Hersey William Coggswell Salem N. P. Banks Ben Pitman Perry George W. Creasy Newhall Boston

Strike Ends On Gulf Colorado And Santa Fe Railroad

In Galveston Texas on September 3 the Knights of Labor strike against the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railroad ended with mutual articles of agreement. Rates are regulated and immunity guaranteed for striking workers. Freight business halted for four days, with limited work resuming by noon today. The railroad company suffered heavy losses in the dispute.

Galveston Tex Knights of Labor Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Company

Striking moulders resume work at major Philadelphia foundries

The striking moulders of Liebrandt & McDowell and Thomas Roberts Stevenson & Co returned to work today after firms agreed to pay the 10 percent advance demanded. Five firms have granted the 10 percent increase. Moulders feel encouraged and expect all establishments to resume operations soon.

Puimladelphia Liebrandt & McDowell Thomas Roberts, Stevenson & Co

Frost Destroys Crops Across Minnesota Farmland

Frost last night damaged crops near Moorhead and Willmar with corn ruined, oats badly damaged, and gardens destroyed. Brainerd faced severe, long lasting frost while Wilmar reported ice formation.

St. Paul Minn Moorehead Willmar Brainerd Wilimur

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