Tewksbury Investigation Deepens Across Examinations
Fifty six session of the Tewksbury inquiry featured cross examinations of Francis Nourse and witnesses including Marsh and Dixwell. Details covered delivery of poultry, book entries, erasures, and alleged illicit shipments from the institution, with party clashes over production of records and admissibility of evidence.
Witnesses Testify In Tewksbury Investigation On Body Disposal
At the sixty second session of the Tewksbury inquiry James Rowen seeks access to his wife Sarah's body died June 24, 1882 and later burial issues are debated. Wendell Phillips defends Dr Dixwell's character while Agnes Calder and other witnesses discuss abuses, hospital records, and dissection practices at Harvard Medical School and Tewksbury. The hearing adjourned after testimony on book entries and burial initials.
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Tewkesbury
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Tewksbur
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Mave
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Mount Auburn
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Dixwell
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Lathrop
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Thomas J. Marsh, Jr
State House
Tremont Temple Church
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Sam Dean
Boston University School of Medicine
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Bartlett
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Charles J. Eklund
Eklund
Governor Buller
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A. T. Andrews
Andrews
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Henry ©. Bira
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Fitchburg
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Harvard
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Mursti
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Sargent
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Grown
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Bradford
Hamilton
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Lynn
Dr. Bowditch
Frothingham
John Carver
Mark Heathcote
Dr. Tucker
Leome
Joseph Beebe
Last Day of Investigation as Brown Reviews Case
Mr Brown delivers opening remarks outlining charges of mismanagement in the Governor's inaugural and cites extensive testimony, including 78 witnesses. He details Tewksbury management, inmate counts, births, and deaths, and challenges witnesses while praising Marsh and critiquing Butler. The committee adjourns to resume at 2 PM.
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British Empire
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Leonard
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Debates in Tewksbury inquiry reveal family testimony
At the fifty-eighth session Governor Butler led questioning about Charlotte Anderson, her sister Annie Hanson testified of the sister's decline and confinement. The proceedings included objections by Mr Brown and excluded questions about visits to Captain Marsh and related conversations.
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Thomas J. Marsh, Jr
Lowell Road
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Gloucester
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Leonard
Mellen
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Annie M. Hanson
Sweden
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Charlotte
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