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Arsenic and Ambition in a Newark Poison Case
District Attorney John O. Bigelow uncovered a pattern of murder by arsenic tied to Mary Creighton and her brother in law in Newark. Exhumations confirmed arsenic in the elderly Creighton and in Raymond Avery, leading to indictments and acquittals amid shifting public sympathy.
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Mary Creighton
John O. Bigelow
Newark
N. J
Raymond Avery
Mary
John Creighton
N. 7Th St
Doyle
Bigelow
Ray Avery
Avey
Avery
Creightons
Creighton
Mary Creighton Purchas
John
Bryant Pl
Baldwin
L. I. John
American Legion
Ruth
Bryant Place
Everett Appelgate
Legion Post
Ada Appelgate