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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1898
Page
5
The Bridgeport Gulden supppe mystery persists with police contending a physician may have used an autopsy approach to conceal a crime. The morgue case involves severed body parts found near Seaview avenue bridge, with detectives watching physicians and midwives as clues are pursued. no definitive suspect yet.
Police pursue clues in the Yellow Mill Pond case as Governor seeks a reward. Dr Nancy Guilford, nicknamed Old Nance, is sought with detectives watching 61 Gilbert Street. Medical examiner describes the victim as a well nourished woman with a faint forehead bruise and no signs of manual labor.
Captain William A. Ross and Charles A. Harnden, both of Boston, died in the Klondike region after seeking fortune. Ross was 32 and Harnden 29. both left comfortable homes and good positions for the venture, pushed by ambition and belief in a fortune at the edge of the north. Harnden joined May 4 with the Klondike Mining and Exportation Company in Boston.
The Norse ship America wrecked off St Michaels with heavy deck timbers washing loose in a squall. Captain Hans Dahl and 16 sailors clung to rigging for 16 hours until the Marengo rescued them. First Mate Coleman praised for cool leadership. Dahl last to leave ship as the crew was saved.
The Hon. Frederick W. Lincoln former Boston mayor died at his Dorchester home on Tuesday night at age 51. He served as mayor from 1858 to 1865 and held subsequent legislative roles including a 1907 43 term in the lower house and a 1853 constitutional convention delegate. His lineage traces to Amos Lincoln and Paul Revere.
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