Marlboro Man They Think Repaired Another Suit Case
A new development in the Winthrop mystery emerged as Dr. B Beckwith of Marlboro identified a patched suitcase as his work from August 14 for a man claiming to be a Winthrop physician. Police doubt Beckwith's claim while weighing pawnshop and repair evidence and seeking a second expert identification.
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Charles B. Beckwith
Marlboro
Winthrop
B. Beckwith
State Police
Beckwith
Joseph Berkman
Pleasant Street
Neal
The
Post
Berkman
Blanketing Found Near Snake Island Linked to Winthrop Case
A strip of white woolen blanketing 31¼ inches long and 3¼ inches wide was found in the channel near Snake Island by Diver Donovan and turned over to police as evidence in the Winthrop murder case. Guarded by Superintendent Pierce and State Officer Smith, the blanket with a dark red border and cut edge will be tested for bloodstains at Station 8.
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Snake Island
Donovan
Winthrop
Pierce
Smith
Guardian
Station 8
Father of Mrs Chase fears she may be the victim
Alvin Janvrin of Seabrook New Hampshire reports his missing daughter Mrs Fannie F Chase to Newburyport police matching the description of a dead woman linked to the suit case mystery. Chase last seen in Boston two weeks earlier and details list light complexion blue eyes blonde hair and five foot three to four inch frame with 140 pounds. An Italian man allegedly threatened to kill her.
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Newburyport
Fannie F. Chase
Alvin Janvrin
Seabrook
N. H
Mathilda Eaton
Police seek links between Boston suitcase murder and missing milliner
Barre Vermont Sept 28 police pursue possible connection between the so called suitcase murder in Boston and the three week disappearance of milliner C Blonde a near by town. Blonde matched the dead woman's description and vanished recently prompting the inquiry.
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Barre
Boston
Williams Pink Pills Advertised Cure for Stomach Distress
A 1890s letter from Mrs. L O Law of Horton Kansas endorses Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic that builds up weakened organs after indigestion and distress after meals. She notes rapid improvement after three boxes and urges readers to buy from druggists or by mail from Schenectady New York.
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L.O. Law
Fine Screens Placed to Catch Parts of Crime Victim in Suitcase Mystery
Deputy Superintendent Phillips at the Cow Pasture pumping station states no flesh has been found since the Winthrop suitcase discovery. Workers installed fine screens to catch fragments of internal organs and directed extra staff to watch for debris linked to the Winthrop case. The goal is to see if the dismembered body parts were dumped into the sewer system and to identify the perpetrator.
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Phillips
Winthrop
Mystery impostor claimed Winthrop physician
A description mismatch in Winthrop prompts inquiries into a man who spoke as a local physician to C. B. Beckwith of Marlboro. Dr W J Porter of Shirley avenue confirms no Winthrop physician matches the account, stating none resemble the impostor’s depicted features.
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W. J. Porter
Shirley Avenue
Winthrop
Beckwith
Wedded white woman given ten year sentence in Mississippi
Therese Perkins, a white woman, was sentenced in Magnolia Mississippi to 10 years in the penitentiary for marrying and living with a negro, Robert Brown. Judge Wilkinson regretted he could not impose a harsher punishment. Brown has left the country.
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Magnolia
Miss
Therese Perkins
Robert Brown
Wilkinson
Brown
Withdraw Injunction Against City of Lynn
Petitioners who sought an injunction to stop enlarging the City Hall lawn and square have withdrawn proceedings and will drop the matter. They say their action stemmed from an assumption that a granted injunction would force restoration of the lawn, but many petitioners have since endorsed the current work and oppose reversing it.
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Lynn
City Hall
Freight Agent Ramsey Weds Providence Bride
Walter Reid Ramsey of Boston, special freight agent for the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad, married Miss Sara Emily White at St. Mark's Church Riverside Providence. Ushers were Edwin T Harrall John Browning Howard Smith and Henry N Hedderly with Bernard Gardner as best man.
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Providence
R. I
St. Mark’s Church
Riverside
Walter Reid Ramsey
Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Sara Emily White
Lewis B. White
Edwin T. Harrall
John Browning
Howard Smith
Henry N. Hedderly
Bernard Gardner
Boston Crime Thinks Neal Dismemberment Case
Deputy Chief George Co. Neal asserts the dismemberment occurred in Boston not Winthrop. He states the conviction rests on late developments in the case.
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Boston Crime
George Co. Neal
Boston
Winthrop
Farewell Service for Rev C B Harrington in Waltham
A large congregation gathered in Waltham for the farewell service of Reverend Charles B Harrington D D pastor of the Congregational Church. Attendees included representatives from Newton Watertown Waverley and Weston Congregational churches as well as city pastors. Harrington resigned his pastorate last June and no reconsideration occurred.
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Waltham
Charles B. Harrington
Newton
Watertown
Waverley
Weston
Harrington
Marblehead Post Office Corner Stone Laid
Marblehead on September 28 marked the laying of the corner stone of the new government building. M. W. Banks Sanford grand master of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Massachusetts performed the ceremony. Rev. W. H. Rogers D D of Gloucester gave the address.
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Marblehead
M. W. Banks Sanford
Grand Lodge of Masons of
Massachusetts
W. H. Rogers
Gloucester
Drunkards Cured In One Day By Simple Remedy
An odorless tasteless treatment supposedly ends liquor desire after a single day. The letters claim rapid cures for drinkers from Lola Pendleton and others in Virginia Minnesota Kentucky North Carolina Oregon and Ohio. Free trial packages are offered by Dr J W Haines in Cincinnati Ohio to prove its effects.
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Lola Pendleton
Rocky Mountain
J. W. Haines
Glenn Building
Cincinnati
Ohio
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