Mystery of the Matamoras Murder Unfurls in Skeleton and Ring
In Matamoras a 1860s oil prospecting tale ends in murder. Ward and West plotted with butcher Kirkbride to kill a New York prospector after he carried about $30,000 and a gold ring. The body was hidden, later found in a well with the ring, sparking townwide uproar and Kirkbride’s arrest.
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Matamoras
Unio
New York
Matamaras
Archer's Fork
Ward
Lake Berea
Fand
James West
West
Kirkbride
Matamoros
Tell
Wheeling
W. Va
N, Y
Shapira's Moabite Manuscripts Dividing Old Testament Claims
A Jerusalem book dealer, Shapira, deposits in the British Museum fifteen leather leaves with Deuteronomy portions in Moabite-like script dated 9th century BCE, claimed 16 centuries older than known manuscripts. Scholar Ginsburg works on deciphering and authenticity amid bids of 5 to 65 million pounds. Times notes debate over genuineness and forgeries amid expert scrutiny.
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Mr. Shapira
Jerusalem
British Museum
Shapira
Egypt
Vorale
God
Tam God
Ginsburg
Gladstone
the Times
Genesberg
Jetups Jem
Ginsberg
Coenery
The
Times
Lon
Dom
Jon
Sugy
Hideous Trade in Egypt's Dead Bodies Exposed
The Contemporary Review condemns the unitarian spirit in Egypt for selling human remains to ships and farmers as manure. It notes bones and relics from Memphis and near Alexandria were hauled to ships, shipped to England for £103 per ton, and mixed with Peruvian guano, a practice seen as vile and irreverent.
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Egypt
Alexandria
Bargo Hoata
England
Peru
London
National Gallery
Kensington Gardens
Hunting a Wild Man in Willows Valley Tragedy
Deputy Sheriff Williamson and two deputies besieged Odeer at his cabin in Willows Valley on a warrant dated last month. Odeer opened fire with a Henry rifle as he approached sixty yards from the cabin, and a fatal shot near Barton ended his life. The man, once named J. R. Johnson, was said to be armed and previously elusive, with letters suggesting past crimes.
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Williamson
Willows Valley
Odeer
Otcer
L . Cole
J. W. Barton
Henry
Sam
Barton
Colo Med
Ias
J. R. Johnson
Idaho Mountain
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Monroe
T Luiss Srav
Cure
Ellie
Jane Horses
Acon
Fam
Drial Top Pais
Heaven
Paticulans
Ellis Spavin Cure CO
Sudbury *T
Boston
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Fourth Ave
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Ww. E. Mae
Center Street
Dunkirk, N. Y
Farmer and Observer Publishing Company
Buffalo
Milton H. Smith
Rochester
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Masonic
ODD Fellows
Templa
S. K
Schumacher & Ettlinger
Speer
Oporto
Spica
Board of Health
Speer’s Burgundy
Speer's
P. J. Sherry
Speer’s P. J. Frandy
Alfred “Veer
Lyon Bros
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