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Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Indiana

17 Mar 1909

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Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel

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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1909

Page

10

Mystery of Chester Athlete Eyre Deepens to Murder Hint

A Newark World article chronicles the 1908 Chester Pa case of George B Eyre, a popular 25 year old club president and heir, who vanished after Christmas duck hunting. Deputed divers failed to find his boat or body as investigators pursue a suspected murder tied to his fortune and a shadowy pursuer named Jim Pierce.

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Newark Werald Co George B. Eyre Chester George Eyre Alpha Boat Club of Chiester Morehan Tiny Eyre Philadelphia Alpin Club Delaware Abirn Tina Sweetheart Mather Elatia Disitler Itacenon Jin Pierce Jim Pierce
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Murderous Christmas of Eyre and Pierce on the Delaware

In a Chester area river tale a hunter George Eyre disappears. Jim Pierce and brother Pinney vanish with a boat and hide a murder. Eyre is shot by Pierce at Raccoon Island and body later resurfaces after a river thaw exposing the guilt of Jim Pierce who is jailed but later dies awaiting trial. The case links love, betrayal, and river crime with a chilling confession by a frightened girlfriend.

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