Winthrop Mystery Heightens Fugitive Drug Clerk Search
News mentions Chief Watts men dragging for the Winthrop mystery suspect as Mrs Shapiro remains missing. Miss Nathan travels from Boston to seek word, expressing fear over dismemberment rumors and awaiting a body confirmation. Relatives fear further clues may emerge.
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Mrs. Shapiro
Winthrop
Miss Nathan
Boston
Post
Quincy House
Mr. Rubin
North End
Suspect Sought in Tremont Street Drug Clerk Case
Boston detectives from Chief Watts staff scoured the South End seeking a man once employed at a Tremont street drugstore and linked to the Winthrop mystery. They questioned residents, followed tips, and described a 35 year old, 5 foot 11 inch, 180 pound man with a dark complexion. A blonde woman who knew him vanished earlier, and the suspect’s headquarters were in Tremont street.
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Watts
South End
Tremont Street
Winthrop
Winthrop Yacht Club
Early Arrest Expected, Captain Dugan Says
Captain Dugan tells the Post that authorities hold a clue for an early arrest. The diver was withdrawn from Winthrop harbor to search for a second dress suitcase, a move made after extensive ground had been covered without success.
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Captain Dugan
Winthrop
Auto party linked to Marlboro man in Winthrop mystery
Worcester police chase leads as they search hotels garages and towns from Worcester to Boston for the missing auto and two women alleged to be with Charles C. Beckwith who says he repaired a famous suitcase. Marlboro Chief Pope corroborates seeing the car with two women in Lawin street.
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Worcester
Post
Charles C. Beckwith
Here
Boston
Winthrop
Beckwith
Marlboro
Frederick Pope
Lawin Street
Becketwith Identification Key to Boston Case
Worcester police rely on Beckwith identification and prepared to summon him to Boston. Rigid cross examination found no discrepancy in his story, while investigators seek the stopping place and the mysterious party. Beckwith clarifies that suit case straps are inside, not outside.
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Beckwith
Boston
Worcester
Suburban Loan Clerk Describes Purchases in Bundles
A Subway Loan office clerk recounts a stranger buying a dress suitcase and carrying two heavy bundles, about 35 pounds total, toward Tremont Street then turning south. The wrapping paper, Manila twine, and weight suggest hardware store purchases of heavy small metal objects.
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Subway Loan Office
Tremont Street
Poison theory in Winthrop case unsettles investigators
The Winthrop victim’s possible poisoning after surgery is debated as detectives and a physician discuss why the stomach and intestines were removed. Professor Whitney’s chemical analyses may alter police conclusions, while Medical Examiner Harris refuses to reveal details before trial.
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Whitney
Harris
Post Men Drag Channel for Clues in Winthrop Case
Reporters and assistants scoured the harbor near Point Shirley and the old railroad pier for eight hours at dead low tide hunting for items tied to the Winthrop victim. Grapnels surfaced several objects but no decisive clue or useful clothing was found in the channel or dredged areas.
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Post
Point Shirley
Winthrop
Diver Donovan Hints Find Near Old Steamboat Wharf
Diver Donovan told a Post reporter after another day of searching for the missing Winthrop victim that nothing in the channel from the clubhouse to the entrance is likely to yield. He suggested the possible bundle or suitcase could lie near the head of the channel by the old steamboat wharf.
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Donovan
Post
Winthrop
Missing Brooklyn girl linked to Winthrop mystery
Mrs. Frank Dixon fears her 18 year old daughter Nonie may be the Winthrop victim. Nonie disappeared on Sept. 18 with her stepfather after taking a trip from Montreal to New York and Boston. Police are investigating possible flight to Boston with a friend of Nonie.
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New York
N. Y
Nonie
Norah
Winthrop
Frank Dixon
Henry
Dixons
Montreal
East Twenty-sixth Street
Captain Dugan’s Discovery in Winthrop Case Unfolds
Captain Dugan traced a two strapped case from Shawmut Loan Company to a second similar case. State Officer Fred Rhoades and Detective Rhoades matched straps on the smaller case and the one found with the Winthrop victim. They conclude the criminal swapped a strap from the smaller case to the larger one.
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Winthrop
Shawmut Loan Company
Berkman
Beckwith
Marlboro
Little Comforters Travel Aid Pills Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a delightful traveling companion. It claims they soothe nerves of the brain and stomach to prevent dizziness nausea and headache and aid car sickness during travel.
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Beecham
Dr. Miles
Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills Promise Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a harmless cure for all pains and nerves relief. The copy claims a traveling salesman endorses them for chronic headaches and promises money back if not useful. Pack contains 25 doses costing 25 cents and not sold in bulk.
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M. H. Chartus
St. Louis
Quicklime Aids Hideout Theory In Winthrop Case
Police experts noted that quicklime could destroy facial features and hinder identification of the Winthrop victim. Detectives questioned vendors of lime while medical men called the method plausible, though head and limb identification remains possible with further clues.
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Police Department
Post
Harris
Winthrop Police Dragging Piers for Suitcase Victim
At 4 o clock this morning Winthrop police began a new search for the head and limbs of the suitcase victim. They operated near the government and Winthrop steamboat piers and will drag the channel toward the Winthrop Yacht Club. Officers will use a water telescope in the search vicinity.
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Winthrop
Winthrop Yacht Club
Neal Satisfied With Berkman Identification In Case
Harnessmaker Boyd seen the suitcase at the State police HQ but could not positively confirm it matched the item he repaired Aug 7. Deputy Neal said Berkman's description is the only valuable detail in the case.
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Boyd
Neal
Berkman
Diver Donovan Stops Search in Dress Suitcase Mystery
The diver concluded work in Winthrop Bay after finding no further evidence. Other search lines for the missing head and limbs were started yesterday.
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Winthrop Bay
Donovan
Millionaire figures in New York bank securities theft
In New York, Pearl & Co. securities valued at 360000 vanish from National City Bank amid forged checks. Bank officials note heavy weekly lending while small uniformed messengers handle securities and loans, suggesting insider access and large potential losses.
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New York
Pearl & Co
National City Bank
Death of Armenian man in Chelsea lodging house
Police probe a death at 149 Walnut Street Chelsea where Nigoglios Bidrassian lived with his wife. He fell ill after receiving a drug from a young Armenian, later found to be Roach salts not Epsom salts. Doctor Nakhargian found death and autopsy samples were sent to Harvard Professor Whitney for analysis.
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Walnut Street
Chelsea
Nigoglios Bidrassian
Bidrassian
Karebed Bagraktarian
Nakhargian
Typhoon wrecks vessels and floods Samar coast
Reports from Luzon and southern islands recount heavy loss of life and property as the typhoon devastates coastal shipping. The Leyte coast guard cutters wrecked with Americans and natives drowned. Sorsogon natives drowned. hemp losses about 1 million dollars. Thousands homeless amid destroyed army posts and ongoing relief efforts.
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Luzon
Samar
Coast Guard
Leyte
Allen
Joseph L. Rulon
Company E
Twenty-first Infantry
Hartshorne
Sorsogon
Island
Dorchester Hardware Dealer Burned In Varnish Fire
John W. Rose a Dorchester hardware dealer was badly burned about the head hands and neck when a candle ignited a can of varnish in his cellar. An explosion followed knocking him to the floor and sending flames over his arms neck and face.
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Dorchester
John W. Rose
Bowdoin Street
Rose
Police seize 200 men in University Place pool room
Police with axes cut through walls at a University Place pool room and captured 200 men in a dramatic raid. The operation occurred on September 29 as officers cleared the room amid unspecified disturbances.
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New York
University Place
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