Suspect Traced in Subway Pawn Case In Boston
Police pursue a man who bought a deep dress-suit case from Joseph Berkman at 64 Pleasant Street after a woman’s mutilated body was found in a suitcase. The original owner appeared, confirming marks on the case. A South End doctor fitting part of the description is being checked, while further inquiries focus on the purchaser and Berkman’s account.
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Joseph Berkman
Winthrop
Berkman
Somerville
Post
State Police
Subway Loan
Pleasant Street
Tremont Street
Avery
South End
Beckman
Watts
Boston
East Boston
New Hampshire
Yacht Club
Three Blonde Hairs Linked to Winthrop Mystery
Police connect three blonde hairs to the Winthrop case. One hair came from a suitcase with a dismembered woman, another from blood-stained clothing found on a Cottage Park beach, and the third from a mackintosh near the Saratoga Street bridge.
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Winthrop
Cottage Park
Saratoga Street
Mystery Back Bay Dress Suitcase Murder Clue Emerges
Police report a Back Bay lead linking a renowned West End physician and a nurse to a torso found in Winthrop. An officer observed the pair entering a nearby house on Sept 16 or the preceding Saturday, prompting renewed pursuit by Chief Watts and detectives.
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Back Bay
Winthrop
West End
West Newton
Huntington Avenue
Watts
John J Carr Named Salem Police Sergeant
Salem officials promote John J. Carr to sergeant of police by Board of Aldermen vote to fill a vacancy. The move is not tied to the liquor law enforcement agitation.
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Salem
John J. Carr
Board of Aldermen
Wrapping Paper Ties Winthrop Death Case To Dalton Street
Post reporters traced the blood stained wrapping paper from 2 Dalton Street to Winthrop Beach near the yacht club where a body was found. Miss Hartnett recalled receiving the package from Salter Silk Company on Thursday morning, tying the paper to the silk shipment. Police seek who discarded the bundle and how the dress suitcase entered the water as canvassing of the area continues.
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Cottage Park
Winthrop Crest
Winthrop Yacht Club
Snake Island
Post
Winthrop
Rebecca Burnham
Dalton Street
Winthrop Beach
Miss Hartnett
Salter Silk Company
Mrs. Burnham
Mary Palfrey
Express Company
Pleasant Street
Excited man visits Dalton Street store seeking revolver
Edward Weddall, harness shop owner on Dalton Street in Back Bay, says a highly excited man matching the Pleasant Street pawnshop suspect description entered Friday or Saturday seeking a revolver. The man carried a Winthrop mystery newspaper and appeared incoherent. Police view Weddall’s clue as valuable.
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Edward. Weddall
Dalton Street
Back Bay
Pleasant Street
Weddall
Wolf's Splendid Readiness for Fall and Winter Wear
Neverfore's Wolf's Clothier offers a vast display at the corner of Port land and Hanover streets. Men women and children find fall and winter wearables in styles and price ranges to satisfy rich and modest budgets alike.
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Wolf's
Portland and
Hanover Streets
California Oregon and Washington Colonist Tickets on Sale
Colonist tickets on sale daily Sept 15 to Oct 31 for travel to California Oregon and Washington with rates rising about 17 after the last date. Service includes Boston to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and Pacific coast points with reduced rates from New England. Pullman tourist sleeping cars offered at half the standard berth price via direct line or via Colorado scenic route. Contact A Hutchinson manager tourist department Union Pacific and Northwestern line 300 Washington street Boston.
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Boston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Pacific Coast
New England
Man downplays significance of recovered quilt and coat
At police headquarters yesterday the man said the quilt and coat discovery may have some meaning but he does not place much stock in the find. He noted that near yacht harbors owners discard old clothing and supplies when summer ends, suggesting the items could be ordinary debris rather than evidence.
Police stakeout near Winthrop Beach station
Officers under Deputy Chief George C. Neal surveilled a fashionable residence yesterday afternoon while Inspector Douglas liaised with Winthrop headquarters. Police sought evidence against a suspect, with a woman or resident man as the focus, as private detectives Green and Jenkins visited headquarters.
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Winthrop Beach
George C. Neal
Douglas
Winthrop Police
Winthrop
Watts
Neal
Green and Jenkins
Insurance probes seek huge sums in trust company deals
Mr. Winthrop described profits from syndicates including a $100 000 and a $500 000 stake in tours run by Kuhn Loeb & Co with two participants. The Equitable contributed $218 100 with no interest or return. He said Mor ton is preparing a participant list and denied definite information on Jagges H Hyde associates though expecting details.
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Winthrop
Morton
Jagges H. Hyde and Associates
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Police activity report at Winthrop area
Inspector Douglas conducted a two part afternoon sequence visiting Winthrop Beach station and Winthrop Yacht Club house. He reported to Boston headquarters by telephone and later accompanied Chief Neal of Winthrop to the Boston Suburban Express and Parcel Company on Batterymarch Street.
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Douglas
Winthrop Beach
Boston
Winthrop Police Station
Winthrop Yacht Club
Neal
Winthrop
Boston Suburban Express and Parcel Company
Batterymarch Street
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Mr. Berkman
James Molloy
Buckler
Arthur Molloy
Winthrop Waters
R. O. Burnham
N. K. Fairbank Company
Chicago
UNION
Hargedon
Lyngh
Washington
Globe Theatre
Hanover
Blackstone
Dalton ST
Saratoga Street Bridge
California
Oregon
ALL America Shoe Shops
Tremont
Daadeaamn
Pve
Iggy Go
Willsond Charlton
Dugan
Miles
Nervine
Mes
Maud B. Oplinger
Adelphia
Winthrop House
Tonia
Lowney
Walter M. Lowney CO
BOSS
Puritan
Puritan Dental Co
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