Confesses to Killing Child in Luxury Apartment Basement
Lawrence Stone, 24, signed a confession admitting he killed five year old Nancy Costigan in the basement of a fashionable apartment house. He stuffed the body in the furnace firebox and it was found charred. Stone, a relief worker, claimed the child struck her head during play. Police guard Stone after a brutal crime described by investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molad Vernon
N.Y
Lawrence Stone
Nancy Dean Costigan
Carl Hutchinson
Nancy
Stowe
Stone
Paulie
M. J. Silverstein
Richard J. Costigan
Woreat Hills
Russell Newhouse
Coatigan
Costigan
Plan Class In Hygiene And Sick Care Plan Class In Hygiene And Sick Care
A class in home hygiene and care of the sick is proposed by the local chapter of the American Red Cross and Elypian WCLA. Guided by a Red Cross trained nurse, the course targets women, aiming to enroll about twenty by November 1 and uses the National Red Cross book Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick as a textbook. Contact WLC A or the local Red Cross office for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Elypian Wcla
Red Cross
National Red Cross
WLC. A
Four year old boy asks for his mother in Chicago
In Chicago a sobering scene unfolds as four year old Robert Shannahan wanders, asking a passing officer and bystanders if they know where his mother is. Tearful yet stubborn, the red-haired boy insists he is not crying while seeking contact as police lack clues to his mother's whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vother
Chicago
Shannahan
Robert
Sonny
Humorous Teletype Errors From Washington Police
A Washington police teletype mix up produced funny misreads like Missing parson meaning missing person and Upper front door read as upper jaw. Officials note such errors reveal how language and shorthand can create unsafe miscommunications in law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Police Department
Solomon Baskerville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lersch
SILK
New Shipment Boys’ Knee
O. K
Niss
Louisa Alcott
THE
John Lersch
Castle’s
Castle's Wallpaper and Paint Store
Second Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!