Massachusetts, E-F, 1730-1989, Undated

16
EMERSON GENEALOGY

. an, George Corly, Peter
aie ah to his oldest son, Joh
x ba which we find a
mee as been presumed

as never been openly

present writi
deed. riting. We quote

Kno |
w all men by these presents that I Mich

town of Haverhill in Essex cou

El IVA
eventh yeare of His Majties Reign (17
mn. 13
Michael Emerson
marke & seal

Witnessed b
y Nathaniel A
yer and Josiah Ga
ge, who made

oath in court t
sex Deeds, 29, a ie same February y* 16 Day 1715-6
-6. (Es-

Michael E :
m
Jonathan — “ ee.
a 99, ten acres that
avis, and his Spj
i picket mead
tend: 5 use of his sulted  Decee Pe a
wainer,” sri o:8) I 715, “Michael si
Michael Einarson description, conveyed to imerson, cord-
own son Joshua fine about six years of a my grandson
land he had b ou ht merson,” 44 acres of fe d son of my
ght of Robert Swan, and some ‘ fcjoining
other lands;

wreen and Thomas Davis
aa sien of land in the con-
*s a _ plece of evidence
ae than one historian
he m print before the

essential portions of the

FIRST GENERATION 17

and he ‘personally appeared” before Justice Woodbridge
November 24, 1715. This is

and attested his signature
the latest date at which we know of his activities; it would

appear that he died soon after. He had been in active
business life, as our records show, since 1651, — 64 years,
and must have been upwards of eighty-five years of

age when he bestowed this gift upon his namesake

grandson.
Michael Emerson married April 1, 1657, Hannah,
daughter of John and Mary (Satchwell) Webster. Her

t Ipswich and a valuable

father was an early settler a
his death Mrs. Webster married second,
She had three brothers, Satchwells, who

citizen; after
ame plantation and proved worthy men.

John Emery.
came to the s
had no holiday life;

Mrs. Hannah Webster) Emerson

what with the cares of a large family, the waywardness of

one child, another daughter’s dreadful experiences, and
she had heavy

ficulties of pioneer life,
for worthy

burdens; but she bore all well and left a name
living. She survived her husband, but the time of her

death is not known to us.

We present a verbatim copy of Michael Emerson’s will;
he did not write it, for his sight had failed:so that he could
as we have good

not even see to write his name at its close,
proof he had been able to do up to middle life; it was a day
” and many a man of

of very imperfect ‘“‘helps to read,
during his active years

that period whose writing is extant
with a mark because he could not see to

date of the proving of the will
do we find any other record of

the inevitable di

y inferred
’s death) near the

year 1715.
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF:

Michael Emerson of Haverhill in y* county of Essex in
New England: calling To mind y* mortality of this Life: being
of a perfect memory and of good Compas mentus un

derstanding

14 EMERSON GENEALOGY

lack Oak by y* s* Pond & two white °

hree Parcells of Second Division of Monto oro Peat ra
Seed sacle a cee . y® East End of Merrie’s ‘Creek
or one parcell upon wam ing i i

i ae Division of Upland — All which Patt wre bound. a ree
vi upland & y* other Peell of it lying upon a R a ich
une into Merrie s Creek Pond near to y* West E; id Yes
hird Division of Upland and bounded round with Uplaed ny

[Essex Deeds, 30, 85.]

After this transfer the town gave him a tract adjoining

iis farm and aft i i
als erward permitted him to exchange some

“Laid out to Michaell Emerson F

. . ° e e t

ane adjoining to his other land which, i a me Robert ¢ au,

pe . ss : a pes oak between Thomas Lillford aad him and
oak at the pond. One acre of Meadow in that

ind that is laid out to M :
Date not given in town on bounded with upland.”

Hee “ 1663. Michael Emerson and Robert E
eeecrce ie iberty to lay down twenty or thirt ns of
nd en is Le of he they bought of Robert Be on the
. a o take up as much am

uth west side of said land; George Brows any Rebate Sua

re chosen & appointed for t
ow granted to the two ean and lay out the land

greene Seaton way in which lands were surveyed
net ie tmeergra pase! misunderstandings; not
s of the Emerson farm ,
efined that question arose | Sine ain
as to whether their li i
ot. include some of the “co as iene
. mmon” land; and th
bliged to pay for some which was found so f noel th
ecidentally. make
Michael Emerson was a 1
man of decision ili
le W as elected constable in 1659 and one sees tie
riting has come down in the files of Essex County silt:
. warrant had been placed in his hands and he endorsed

* Tt in certain, i ar as
ain, therefore, that his maki i

| | wort ; } Q k : “ ~~?) 2 :

aused by infirmity, not ignorance. —— ae ee

FIRST GENERATION 1d

on the back the following memorandum in clear chirog-
raphy:

Besides the work of the court a constable had to collect
‘srates” or taxes and keep close personal accounts with
the town. Michael Emerson filled other positions of
responsibility. He had learned the trade of “ cordwainer”’
or shoemaker, which then included a knowledge and skill
covering all materials and work that entered into the
trade. So he was chosen “sealer of leather,” the officer
who had authority to see that all sales of leather were
made honestly, as to quality and quantity. He was ap-
pointed to “ join with Newbury men to lay out and state
the way between them and us” November 19, 1662.
Was one of the surveyors of highways in 1695, his portion
being that ‘between the Saw Mill river and the Great
Plain.’ At that same town meeting he was elected one
of the ‘tithing men,” appointed to keep order in the place
of worship, — pretty good evidence that he was a member
of the church. The church records for the period of his
residence in Haverhill have been lost, so that we cannot

gay with positiveness who were members, but this office is —

enough to base a strong presumption upon. He was once
rosecuted for severel unishi is chi ternly_ did
e oppose what he believed_t rong; all his children
rd credit to the family except Elizabeth, who again and
again fell j e. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson, however,
enjoyed the respect of their neighbors, and were valuable
helpers in promoting the advancement of the community
in all good ways.
In addition to the lands which fell to him as a proprietor
in the town’s distributions, he bought lands of Robert


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18 EMERSON GENEALOGY

but Considering my Later End drawi i
make this my last will and testament & bequest: my Badong
Comit after Death unto y* Earth by a Desant burjal &
Spirit to return to god who gave it. In trusting to a sibtioas
Resarection at y* last day & an inheritance among the saints j
Light: Threw Jesus Christ: ouer alone Redeemer for

besides aseutabel and comfortabel maintenanc sewtabel for my
Eastat acording to y° Quantity thear of to be

my two above s‘ sons Jonathan Emerson & Jo

y is to say firstly my homestead and also my on
orty fouer acres and my Spicet medow and allso my Strong
a medow. I do hear by give and bequeath to & Equel
vetwen Jonathan & Joshua: and all my Commonages and all :
aney fa wrights : ings or Intrests in lands. vd
© me belonging. 0 give unto The

Joshua I. give the above named land & oeow eee
their heiars after them to be by them disposed of to their heiars
as they shall think most fit and shal see caus to dispose it:

to kee house with in y* End of y* house which i
heir whear she shal live all y® dayes of her vie be

—-

ESSE PTT he 7 eee renmegeree

4

FIRST GENERATION 19

Equely given by Jonathan & Joshua my two Excutors: I: do
all so will and order these my two sons Excutors to my will to
pay out as Leageseys for this my Eastat which I have given
them these several leageseys hear after menshoned unto &
among my hear after named Childern: viz: to John Emerson:
my wearing apparil as above & unto Samuel Emerson the sum
of twenty pounds as a bove and unto my Dafter hannah Duston -
the sum of twenty pounds besids what they have alredy had
allso unto my Dafter Abagail: now Smith the sum of sixten
besids what thay have had alredy given them: and unto my
son in Law hew Mathews I do give the sum of forty shillings
besids what I have formerly given him allso I: do give to hew
Mathewses Children as foloeath to his son John Mathews and
his dafter Johannah Mathews I give thirty shillings apice If:
they be living & Come for it and to mary mathews my gran-
dafter. I give the sum of fiveten pownds if she shal live unto the
time of payment or be maried & have a Child: and I do consti-
tute these my two sons Jonathan Emerson & Joshua Emerson
to be the sole and Jont Excutors of This my Last will & Testi-
ment To pay the legaseys hear in wiled and given in all Respects
as it is hear seat downe and wiled but I do not bind & order my
sons to pay these leagiseis in money but in good pay at money
pric and I do give them Three years time after my Deceas for
to fulfill and Compleat all ye Several bequethments that I
have hear in Expresed and given unto my Children & Gran
Children: in Confirmation of what is hear writen in this my
Last will & testament I have hear unto set to my hand and seal
this eightenth day of July in y* year one thousand seven hun-
dred and nine in y* 8th year of her majs' Reign Queen Anne of
great britain Michael Emerson

Marke & seal (seal)

Sined & sealed in presents of
these witneses
Timothy Kezer
Nathan N Simon
his marke
James Jorden

The foregoing will shows that Hannah, wife of Michael
Emerson, was living in July, 1709; we have no record of
her death.

Children:

i. Hannah?, one of the most famous women of early

New England, was b. at Haverhill Dec. 23, 1657;
m. Dec 3, 1677, Thomas Duston. She was cap-

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ii.

iii.

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EMERSON GENEALOGY

oe Sree. ene :
tured by the Indians in one of their attacks on the
settlement, March 15, 1697, taken from her bed
with her infant of 6 days, and compelled to march
with her captors. Seeing her child dashed to
death against a tree; worn with long marching and
cruelties, after going with the Indians for two
weeks she and Mrs. Neff and a boy, Samuel Len-
nerson, rose in the night, killed and scalped ten

_ Indians and made their way home through intol- :
erable hardships. She carried the scalps to Boston
and was paid the regular bounty. Her deed was
one of the chief means of checking the cruelties of
the Indians, showing them that “weak women”’
would meet their atrocities in kind. She was at
no other time in her life found lacking in the
gentleness and peaceful character of woman; this
deed was the product of maddening erience.
Mr. Duston, who first tried unsuccessfully to in-
duce Hannah to let him carry her to a place of
safety when he saw the savages approaching, bent —
his energies to the saving of their nine children;
and by keeping them running and firing back at :
the pursuing Indians, managed to get them alltoa ~~ {
place of safety.

Children:
1. Hannah Duston, b. Aug. 22, 1678; m.
Daniel Cheney, of Newbury.. :
2. Elizabeth Duston, b. May 7, 1680; m. Dec.
27, 1698, Stephen Emerson.

areata, b. Nov. 4, 1681; d. Oct. 18,
Thomas Duston, b. Jan. 5, 1683.
Nathaniel Duston, b. May 16, 1685.

1689-90.

<
Fee eee oe

Abigail Duston, b. Oct., 1690; m. Samuel
Watts. cog Hes

9. Jonathan Duston, b. Jan. 15, 1691-2. ‘l
ee f

10. Timothy Duston,’b, Sept. 14,:1694....-..
11. Mehitabel Duston (twin with Timothy)... 9:
~ 12, Martha Duston, b: March 9, 1696-7; slain ©.)
by the Indians, VE LGEe PERE AMADA NS ‘
John, b. July 30, 1659; d. Aug. 15, 1659,

Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1660; m. at Newbury Aug. 28, 1683, ee Me

Hugh Matthews. ©

John Duston, b. Feb. 2, 1686-7; d. Jan. 28, | t

Sarah Duston, b. July 4, 1688. © foaghee

FIRST GENERATION ~~ 21

Children: he ac, eey
1. A daughter, b. July 18, 1685. 7%

- 2. Judith Matthews, b. April ult. 1689. .
3. Hugh Matthews, b. May 15, 1691. .
4. Mary Matthews, bapt. May 18,1701. \,

3: iv. John, b. March 18, 1662-2.
4, v. Samuel, b. Feb. 2, 1663-4.

@ Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 1665. Let the “mantle of
charity cover j

vii. Abigail, b. Dec. 17, 1667; d. Dec. 31, 1667.
5. viii. Jonathan, b. Mar. 9, 1669-1670.
ix. Abigail, b. Nov. 20, 1671; m. Nov. 30, 1693, Samuel
Smith of Newbury. bet leer

Children:

Hannah Smith, b. Aug. 17, 1694.
Samuel Smith, b. May 1, 1696.
Jonathan Smith, b. Aug. 22, 1698.
Abigail Smith, b. May 8, 1700.
Mehitabel Smith, b. Feb. 22, 1701-2.
Mary Smith, b. May 18, 1704.

Sarah Smith, bapt. June 2, 1706.
Nathaniel Smith, bapt. July 18, 1708.
Timothy Smith, bapt. June 10, 1711.
. Susanna Smith, bapt. May 10, 1713.

x. Judith, b. July 2, 1673; d. Sept. 8, 1673.
xi. Joshua, b. Mar. 2, 1675-6; d. Mar. 26, 1676.
xii, Ruth, b. May 8, 1676; d. Aug. 28, 1677.
xiii. Judith, b. Nov. 7, 1677.

6. xiv. Joshua, b. Nov. 17, 1678.
xv. Susanna,.b. Apr. 30, 1680; d. May 8, 1680.

2. Rosert Emerson, born in England probably about
the year 1630; came’ to this country at a time not on
record here, but before January 4, 1658, when he was
married at Rowley, Massachusetts, to Ann (Anne),
daughter of Thomas and Jane Grant. It is known that
Thomas Grant came from England to this country before
the year 1638, as a fellow passenger testified (Essex Pro-
bate Court, July 20, 1698). He died about 1643 and his
widow had an allotment of land in Rowley; on the death
of her son John Grant in 1700, Anne Emerson, as a sister
of John, received a share of that land. i

Robert Emerson joined with his brother Michael in

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hh WILLIVW PRANALIN.

ee

Ot twee eeses- ss rescee

catise death, and the gx ene SEEN tote aii Saher! pt
stther ts a inurderer: from whence “ rll, Caledousetly:
Mie teas what Mey many “ ge sits nist
: . eet, at as teateder ‘
eine Fda ob Wenn W Hive Ta wae pidvew
a proton feo poremetige tain dower. whereof haa chied. :
Was, therefore, adjudsed sritiy of pare ones
This course of reasommg would Hardly very fureible
Clusive atthe present day, theunt ese cune : eis meal
to the qmembers of the Quarter Court, * 6s isd
forsot that the Jewish code fied been ic = fil dlinpris
wathority, wud bad given place te a mere aa ei riot
aka, They found him seedy. and seater . ; 2
heii refermiug lis ease. however, to he pata erie
“who might, if they saw eause, allow lain a cho
for his life at the next Quarter ¢ wrt. ae * Fo
persons held aimecting before the stings of th Paes seott
and agreed to send their scutenece te eet ere — ned
cott, who signed : though there were some
red the proceeding.
re aeabs of Roxbury, who, it sige apie
vd excommunicated Mrankloe a month he tor . ‘They
he was tedie, agreed to have nerey on - - nEE y
therefore procured permission for hum to “i oroae
Roxbury, tend to receive him oe in ‘ Mais —
iton. a they found ham pemitent. rice os Bee
his condeimation. he judged himself, mined ine a ee
the prstiee ot dats sentences: Derat — ci r, W . istic
hateiral mesons: Henney, he eo, ne “ cies ‘< is
' ser ad eromiating thew att anenn, ’ a
ii alin i Vie cdeebared Naas be diet’ Ve a plies,
never hey thee deeod et the Boy tee Fess pg ee Be =
eda strong wsstunatace ot salventy oe Ore thee " pip Piet:
fires, Was Somecwlin stealer. sented hie expe sate - he
th it his faecane Was igen ra Cok tlot see
: este lecht that others dp :
he ee tous that Gough the @uaarter emart pacin
fren wrong premises, they arrived wt * bea r conclusion,
wud hat William Praukla suffered justly.

AccounrT or THE TRray,

JASON FAIRBANKS

WHO WAS Dey PRU pea pang, TUR DER op

MISS E LIZABE TY FALES,

Jason Parris Was a native of Prelims in Massachu-
Betts, His parents were Het wealthy, but Jason being of
a weak Constitution, and his hes

alth se peor, his parents
determined pen sending him to school, hoping that he

might ie & means of support, which would be

better
suited to his Constitution than farming; and he Was ace
cordingly Sent toa school in Wrentham, but his coustitu.
tional infirmities Prevented him

' from Prosecuting his
studies, and he was compelled to return again to his

parents. We was most o the time after this Unable to
perform any labor, and his life previous to the fatal deed
which cost him his life, does not Present any incidents
whieh wonld he interesting or Important enough to relate,
At the ‘time he was trraizned for the murder of Mixs
Fales he was about Wwenty-two yours of nge,

fe was tried before the Supreme Judicial Conrt of
Massachusetts, at Dethom on the Oth of August, Esog.

‘he jury presented. that Jason Mairbanks did on the
eighteenth of May, one thonsand eit hundred and one,
assaul) Elizabeth Mates with a knife: and eave her a
morta’ wound in the throat, two inehes deep: that he
UVe fer another mortal Wonnd in the back, Fae Mehes
deep: that he eaye hee four mortal Wounds in her hack,
eaeh four inehes deep: another Mortal we

tnd inher left
side. three Inehes deep: MX mortal Wounds on leg left


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62 JASON FAIRBANKS,

ween eens ceces resetee

' j cs at the
Las she was going away, stopped seme minut
ON as she e aae * ld
rplay with a ehild. came effeet, and added,
sonic Cuil testified to the scune ye ileus ae he
ae iny, she heard Jason ties , t toll
that, ih the a“ aTy | , eleetion \ person pres nN ie]
should not tive tll the Sizabeth Bales toa ball, to whieh
him thathe must take Bhizabeth Fi ee ae 9
Dane tase 1 “Pam not sure of it. Tam:
he replied, © Van from 11
Ta ‘leetion. ile from the
live ull lee - spapeetersy Viargeed a (peter of a rile 4 1 sad
egiartae the <s one found. On the day, = L
ace Where the body wit ardial voice, which she
tia of the murder, shie ean sot Odear!’
si tebe that of Blizabeth Pales, hey tween the house
Tt appearea Sain - Fas tna On hearing it,
: ‘ ve Where the body was for ee ale
yng a“ ice wecehal it Was sang / iale "
j sSosuid to her sas : ‘re. She here
the witness sia id ans he thee 3
: : dae tH Son . j
; rand that she wa hein Often: utes, ane
Keanuschaitay, ries or three times, within: fifteen ps ition
the voice Lhike that of a person in distress, icc
At appearer r \ elit Miss Fales and Fairbauks hee’ she
ad always thou: ag ges : gether. She
np sce tohe and had often seen th 29 one weakly.
ctoided Fairbanks had ai ee ed to the house,”
sap ota 2 ing he had been e¢ pe are
During the last spring hie hi i seed ares was entirely suf
and spat bland. Aeside, Kt t use it. He had) spent
4 »caould te ae . 5
‘lbow and he con ately been at an acad-
an ae Ms time at home, but had fately been ati
mos i
>in Wrentham. om » prisoner and
emy in Wee . ee igton had always seen the prisoner “d]
enon want home together, and they always eI,
"eUSCd Walt HO Be sad a om Shie he ot doubte
ea — oa company of each other. Slit h vd hot
o desire ane f
. r ‘ .
P *"y were coarling. , , tae thess, in
that wider Marrington agreed with the oi Polis act at
K ais ) Fairbanks and Miss F ales hhaac is
i) ° ‘ chit.
> : een it appeared to her, by achpueniy eighteenth of
= ‘ill nm Maxon met the prisoner on the eig ‘sins be
- ‘ Pe ere oe here 3
MW ‘ ‘ laud twelve and one, who asked him w
May. be ‘

‘ , : ree them
i | u There Was some staal talk + aah ‘
all weed). b shes vik SE
ca l Maurbantks demeaned lrimasi lt as Ustl
rye ‘ ‘ :

“ "| : Inoue the
Is hiting TA conversed with the prise wer d
sae Vb bitin KF irbauks troll thee wathess that he
December betore, il : ldre ine Miss Males, as her
found one ditlieulty fh QUUPeSSTNS SS

( Ss be

JASON FAIRBANKS. 63

COS SA Cnn Comets weeenee tenes «.

Poe sene

friends were Opposed to it, At wnother time. he told
Whiting, that he MUSE SaCritice her character by Violating
her chastity: bat added, that he * sometimes thonezhe at
foo bad.” He frequently told this Witness he thought he
should never marry her, because the Cumilies were at Vie
Fiance. Onee Whiting had heard him say, that) seme
one had informed him that Miss Bales trad beew sublresse
ed by another person, and if that was the case, he would
have nothing more to do With her. We had said te
Whiting that he did not think he should ever enter her
father’s house ign. but if he should, the difficulty conte
be settled ina fow MEE Lees:, Whittie then understood that
the difliculty was removed, and saw then together often,
The Saturday before her death, Fairbanks spoke as if he
expected to sce her soon, and bis COUVeESAtON Was Light
and jocular.  'Ihis Witness also confirmed the account of
the prisoner's debility.
Abner Whiting testified, that being one

“a

e in Mr. Bates?
shop with Fairbanks, he saw Mrs. Fides going by. "his
was two or three years before. Pairhanks cursed and
Swore, and said he would have satisfaction of Mrs. Fates,

fe would not explain his meaning: but Bates said, that
one evening he went home with Miss Fales, and the door
Was slint against: him, Mairbanks replied, © Well, you
know something about its” and then repeated that he
would have Siulisfietion. Phe Withess again saw the
Prisoner, in the same place, "They went out lozether, and
saw Miss Males coming towards them, on whieh Whiting
tsked Fairbauks if he had obtained sulistiction yet He
answered that he had not. wud that he had ne such inten.
Hon, Ele added, © Betsey is a nice curl, but dan it, for
all that, Ddon't know Whattode. 2 don't Know butt
Must be the death of her.’

The next time the Witness saw Fairbanks, he (Whiting)
wes sttnding in the door of Bates: Shop. Bairbauks was
coming toward the shop with another Youre nan. oa
Strancer to Whiting. A youns woman, Whown Whiting
helieved to he Miss Bales, was Upprovching atthe same
ine. Ele heard: some Person, apparently Fairbanks, ex-


60 JASON FAIRBANKS,

Fales, after the murder, dead, in the pasture. She ver-
ified the evidence touching the wounds. When she
assisted to lay out the deceased, she took several trifles
from her pockets, but no knife, or other sharp instrument.

Doctor AMbijah Draper, deseribing the wounds, stated
that the one on her Saal appeared to have heen made
with teeth, two of whieh had pierced the skin, so as near-
ly tomeet. He did not examine them.

The knife taken from Fairbanks was then exhibited to
Ephraim Handy, who swore it was his, and that he had
lent it to the prisoner, in the morning of the day of the
murder, Fairbanks borrowed it to make a pen, as he
said, and the witness commonly used it) for the same
purpose, "Phe point was broken off atthe time. He saw
the prisoner again, between twelve and one o'clock, at
his fither's house, when he was calm and cheerful:
nothing strange appeared in his conduct. Witness heard
him ask his brother for his pocketbook. When Handy
saw his knife again, it was in the hands of Dr. Ames.
He did not know that any intimacy existed between
Fairbanks and Mlizabeth Fates, thongh he had lived in
the prisoner's father’s house almost a year.

Sarah Fules, We mother of the murdered girl, deposed,
that after the murder she first: saw Jason Fairbanks, at
about three o'clock, coming into the yard of her house,
with a bloody knife in his hand, which he gave to her.
She gave the knife to her other daughter, and asked
Fairbanks what horrid thing he had been doing. Eliza-
beth Fales had gone from home between twelve and one
welock ta borrow a beck at Mr. Guild's. There was
nothing singutee inher conduct: she had been washing,
and was gay ane cheerful. She had attended church the
day before. Mes. Bales never knew that her daughter
wae attached to the prisoner, When she saw her again,
was in Mason's pasture, mortally wounded, as before
deseribed. She did not know that ‘lizabeth carried any
Rharp instrument with hee.

Pally Bales, sister of Elizabeth, testified that she hae
boon. in comnany with the deceased, a week before the
murder, to the house of the prisoner's father, and that

INSON FURBANKS. 61
PO erence care oe -
Jason let them In, Ny. fet
Prisoner abvorgy un
and Others home
-
ae Wiltbess WAS det Wire of any
them, end did ayes breTieeqces Meeps :
OP Sister, Maicbanks Was an
the deceased.
Wherman Mann Divel footnnye

Ot OS O86 S46 ehs cwec esc’, .
a eT

Vier Sintep opt ihe
steko we thy tags
eerie. Wtsou tad etd pyep gi ter
Pom ecbrtredy thes ots: fea es her eanh
Ot veb ener gg Det Wreeopy
Was Gy on tlhe part of
t Prrteertarly AlMentive ty

x A ab ] SOMO Dopergeges of vy.
the body of Mlizatet) Biles, ate ne iH Heed on
en

Joined, these trite
# ; ‘ Sent, une wren) ! a : é 36
Whlient a Ppeared to te the COTE Me ate ap
taba . bans, between the pttvoue er a ih "i :
ts , "ohS Ciereae, . ‘ oe.
bint ner j WOS Stened with the ez0t0w* oof” thes tows oft
Not in his hand-writine OWN clerk
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the dead body of Bliaabeth Bales was janes , ; ae ~~
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FERNANDEZ, Sylvester N., wh, elec. MA (Barnstable) August 12, 1932

‘Whipped to frenzy when pov-

erty threatened his greatest pos-
session, a greed-erazed youth
eommitted hideous murder.
But justice claimed his life after
a shrewd detective read the
story behind a strange clue.
By LOW)
NOI
* ULE decorat |
ss cheerfully int
es stable and ne:
me Cod, Mass., laug
e. crowded the stor¢

= purchases. Chris
bil two days away.
a Far from the
lonely shadow crot
e+. ness of the bushe
© Barnstable road,
fastness behind the
Cod bay. Only th
_ broke the thick sik
A twig snapped
The waiting figur
» the shadows as a
. tling and walking b
‘the door of an is
 serted a key and w
_ the rays of a lar
» through the kitche
John Alves, one
the younger eligib
~ Cod’s Brava—Po1
returned home.
oe ie separ ei Kip ‘ Outside, the wat
av iadinine Vie tier ete Rit 4 cealment and ap;
% * 1 glancing warily th:
~window as the
walked to the kitct
cup in the water-bi
self to a Jong drink
shadows, the uns:
-Taised a hand and

With only the
broken gun sto
top of the page
tracked down a
the pant is the b]
in e home

‘where he was

‘after being sho

Swaggering in the bright light of notori-

ety, the grinning man above brutall

murdered his neighbor in Cape Cod,

Mass. At the right is the broken mechan-

ism of the gun with which he clubbed
his victim to death.

DARING DETECTIVE, February, 1938

Sah ch aa

tue}

frenzy when pov-
1ed his greatest pos-
reed-ecrazed youth
hideous murder.
laimed his life after
etective read the
id a strange clue.

sais ae

Pent

By LOWELL AMES
NORRIS

ULE decorations and lights glowed
YY heertuy into the night. In Barn-

stable and nearby Hyannis, on Cape
Cod, Mass., laughing holiday throngs
crowded the stores making last-minute
purchases. Christmas, 1931, was but
two days away.

Far from the Christmas throngs, a
lonely shadow crouched in the deep dark-
ness of the bushes on the lonely West
Barnstable road, deep in the wooded
fastness behind the bleak dunes of Cape
Cod bay. Only the pounding of the surf
broke the thick silence.

A twig snapped on the unlighted road.
The waiting figure slipped deeper into
the shadows as a man appeared, whis-

} tling and walking briskly. He approached

the door of an isolated farmhouse, in-
serted a key and went inside, Presently
the rays of a lamp flashed cheerfully
through the kitchen window,

John Alves, one of the most popular of
the younger eligible bachelors in Cape
Cod’s Brava—Portuguese colony—had
returned home.

Outside, the watcher broke from con-
cealment and approached the house,

- glancing warily through an uncurtained

window as the unsuspecting Alves
walked to the kitchen sink, dipped a tin
cup in the water-bucket and helped him-
self to a long drink, Keeping well in the
shadows, the unseen figure stealthily
raised a hand and tapped lightly upon

With only the gplinter from the
broken stock, shown at the
top of the page, as a clue, police
tracked down a wanton killer. At
the right is the bloodstained kitchen
in e home of John Alves,
where he was clubbed to death
after being shot in an ambush.

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FENNISON, Morgan, white female, executed Cambridge, Mass., on
April 14, XBARX 1743. :

"This day the poor woman who was convicted at the last Assizes
held at Charlestown (Mass.) of murdering her Spurious infant,
is to be executed at Cambridge." BOSTON NEWSLETTER, April 14,
1743.

"Last Thursday Morgan Fennison was executed at Cambridge for
the murder of her spurious infant." BOSTON GAZETTE, April

19, 1743.

"We hear that -----— KEKKXSBK Fennisy, the husband of Morgan
Fennisy, was struck overboard by the boom of the vessel he
was in at sea the 14th of April last and was drowned. Its
remarkable this accident happened the same day and about the
Same hour that the sd. Morgan was executed at Cambridge for
the murder of her bastard child." BOSTON NEWSLETTER, July
14, 1743.

procure the jewels he carried. Falzone

attacked Albertson with the stiletto

when he entered the shack, and Mo-
rella slipped the noose around their
victim’s neck. As previously stated,
Grassidonio had gone to Lawrence to
contact Albertson for Falzone and
Morella, The motive was robbery, and
murder hadn’t been included in the
plans..The men were unemployed and
needed money. They met secretly in
Grassidonio’s house and split the j jew-
els, They were going to pawn the
jewelry.

“Where is Falzone?” Grassidonio
was asked. °

“T haven’t the least idea. He disap-

' peared right after the murder, taking

his share of the jewelry. Morella has
the rest.”

Grassidonio’s share of. the loot was
found along with Morella’s. When
Morella was confronted with Grassi-

donio’s confession, he broke. He con-'

fessed that he had slipped the noose
around Albertson’s throat in one of
the most brutal and atrocious mur-
ders ever perpetrated in New Eng-
land. He revealed -where he had

the hunt for Biagio Falzone was on.

ibe: ort-waved to. “our, fightin
‘forces’ all over ‘the world, : ‘an honor:

Family? skit: for more; Shan

‘program: was ‘so realistic: that he ‘was
‘voted. the most true to life father.on |

Comrnities last J une...

two'slovely children’: by’ “Seren ‘Hill

Jostyn, whom’he met during his West

‘hidden his share of the jewelry. Then a

four ‘years. In fact, his ‘work. on this Z

radio by the National. Father's. 5 Dey. ~

* eB. seriously. He _spends: much of ‘his .
Jeisure time in courtrooms listening =
» attract a big audience, This. program _

~~», books and handled so many legal

Falzone, in the neighborhood, Vose
and Pollard learned the man was hid-
ing out in Manchester, a little seacoast
town of Massachusetts. They hurried
there, and soon were accosted by a
man acquainted with Chief Pollard.
-- They. were -told that Falzone could be
located at a boarding house on the
edge of the town.
‘'. Upon arriving at their destination,
their guns ready for instant action,
they met with acute disappointment.
The crabby old proprietor of the
boarding house told them that Fal-
zone had skipped out the previous
day. There the trail seemed ,to end,
and as the days sped by and no Fal-
zone, the case reached an alarming
standstill.

But Inspector Vose delved into Fal-
zone’s life, and found that the fugitive
killer was in love with a beautiful
girl. For obvious reasons, her name
is withheld. Vose knew that many a
smart criminal had been trapped by
trying to contact a wife or sweet-
heart through the mail. So he made
arrangements with the Post Office de-
partment to intercept any letters
addressed ‘to Falzone’s sweetheart.
There did come a letter that proved to
‘be. Falzone’s Waterloo, Vose, disre-

“for the’ past eight years, playing the
“visor tothe sometimes sorely beset

“are in demand. can best be proven by

Mencken show af “Second Husband” »
*role' of Ben Porter, the friendly ad-~
: Cummings. family. That’ his talents~

.

the fact he once appeared as 48 dif-~

- ferent characters in 36 shows in one -
wreck! tenes
_ Jostyn takes his role as the “chief”

to trials and in poring over musty
~law~ books, He. calls: it” “getting at-
Ape esr He has digested so many

SRT, “was Hi vowed those ceported miss--
ing “and” “police thought this might ©

prove to be.the long-sought break.

»&>Her«mother had mailed her a letter
‘calls sbouk missing iris bear- ==.

> which -lay’ unopened on ‘the daugh-
presemblance to the: dead f a

ter’s dresser, After several days of

intensive investigation the Fall River . -
_ police. issued a startling statement in‘

garding the intimacy. of the letter,
made a note of the address in Fitch-
burg, Massachusetts, The missive was
relayed to the girl. Vose and Mulhare
were off for Fitchburg and there they
nabbed the most surprised man in the
world, Biagio Falzone.

“I can’t figure how you guys found
me,” snarled Falzone.

“Just a trick,” Mulhare said sourly.
“Now shut up!”

Falzone, Morella and Grassidonio
were quickly arraigned and_ they
pleaded not guilty to the charge of
first degree murder. Grassidonio, the
finger man, was indicted as an acces-
sory: before the fact.

The trial took place in the Middle-
sex Superior Court at East. Cam-
bridge. Morella, under legal advice,
changed his plea to that of second
degree murder. Upon this plea, he
was sentenced to prison for life. Gras-
sidonio was given five to eight years.
And Falzone, the killer, electing to
stand trial for first degree murder,
was found guilty by jury and sen-

\ tenced to death in the electric chair.

On December 20th, 1915, exactly on
the stroke of midnight, Biagio Falzone
walked through the liste Sake door
» into sessed ,

“twinkling, “Don’t tell nobody, but it’s

= because I peek at. the last page." pF
| Walter: Winchell recently. wrote in ©

“his column: “Mr, District “Attorney

provides vigorous rebuttal against the .
argument that.-radio drama must

flounder: among. cliches ‘in =order to

“= takes a forthright. stand on many cur-

: "that connection.

|The ‘investigation revealed ‘that she
had been last seen boarding a trolley
- car for Fall? River.

‘ \ reputed to._have been her sweetheart,

= could not be found in the city.; And
- the police’ believed: they had the tie-

wee

M aked him facetiously, “How do you —
manage to know who the criminal. is”
>jevery week?” Jay. replied, his- eyes

; rent issues and is ‘the “Hriost: pornaias
- dramatic air show... 4.”

A. fisherman, ~

p. A fisherman would naturally be -

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FROST, Samuel J., Worcester, Mass., May 26,°1876 - Continued.

out all night. The tread of the oxen in the silent midnight hours was heard
on the farm and the next day the grave under the barn was empty. Frost re~
moved.the body and buried it in a grave a& the.edge of a swamp. Two large
pegs, one at the head and one at the foot, marked this second resting place
of Towne. The body was traced there by hairs similar to those of Towne and
by marks of dragging. The grave in the swamp emitted a terrible odor and soor
attraéted a multitude of flies and carrion beetles, Four days after this

Was gone, Hearing something drop they followed a trial with kanterns and
found the remnants of a decayed human body, terribly mangled.and hid in
sacks, the frtghtened party keeping guard over the remains. The sheriff was
sent for and the home of Frost was entered and he was at once arrested, A

fied in the Supreme Judicial Court and he was arraigned before Justice Dev-
ens and pleaded not guilty. Messrs, John Hopkins and George H. Ball were
dewignated & counsel and when Frost was tried at the Odbober .
term of court, they did everything in their power to ave him from an ignomi-
nious death, by trying to convince the jury it was a case of manslatghter,
The court were four days in trying the case, and the jury returned a verdict
of guilty of murder in the first degree, Justices Colt and Devens presided |
at the trial and Judge Coly pronounced the death sentence. A motion for a
new trial was overruled and the Governor and Council fixed today as the one-
' in which the sentence of the law.should be carried into execution,
"An old fellow workman;:of Frost, who was at the next bench to him in a shoe
shop for a year or two, describes him as at first a quiet, inoffensive man
who minded his'wwn.business and was not gitten to bad language. Later, under |
new influences, ‘his conversatioy .was less unobjectionable, He regards Frost
as a very detemined man, and some days ago said he thought Frost would go
through the ordeal calmiy, Frost has recently .sat for his photograph, copies
of which he placed in the hatids of Rev. Mr. Lamson, with a list of those to
ance he wished them sent, and extracted a promise that no one else should
ave one, ‘ ;

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the story which he told in court, that the homicide was unpremeditated, the
result ‘of a4 sudden marrel, and in self defense, There was.a continual throng
of visitors at the jail yesterday, drawn thither by a morbid curiosity to
see the fatal room and the dread engine of death. Some few ere admitted,

but many were denied, as the necessary work could ‘not go on if all comers
were gratified, At about 6 o'clock last evening all outsiders were exclu-
ded and the last touches in the arrangement of the room, and the necessary
tests of the s tructure were given by the SHerhff and his deputies,

| When all was completed, no one was allowed to approach the scaffold, that

no careless handling should displace its furniture, and cause ny unfortunate
happing at the last moment, During the interview with Rev. Mr. Lamson, be-
fore his counsel arrived, Frost dictated letters to his wife and children,
Those to his children were of advice and direction for their conduct in

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eo hnialioniehntiinenet oral serene rin viene . co pagumenireeieettptatamramen

center of the neck, Frost was a man of no especial muscular development, and
though he weighed but 180,pounds, the drop was enough not only to MMMM break

the neck, in the ommon acceptance .of the expression, but to sever the spinal

column entirely. The muscles and integuments of the forward part of the neck
could not withstand the suddensstrain brought upon them now that their

(?) aid was gone, and parted, leaving the body hanging by the integuments of

the rear portion only. The body was allowed to hang a few minutes after

the examination by the doctors, when it was lowered upon a bier and carried -
from beneath the gallows; the rope was pulled up to the beam; the spectators

at the Sheriffs re-uest, withdrew, and in.12 minutes from the time they first
heard the tread of the execution party, ‘the ey«s of the murderer were closed

and the fearful crime of that.quiet Sunday morning hag been fearfully expiated."2

EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Masse, May 26, 1876.

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FROST, Samuel J. - Worcester, Mass. - 5-26-1876 - Continued.

", eeTHE EXECUTION, | :

" The number of cards of admission issued was 257, and nearly all were used.
The available space in the guard room was all occupied, and the arrangements
were such as to secure comfortable position without crowding, fir all who
were present, All were in place, the officers in position-and everything
was in readiness promptly. The doors were closed at 10:30 o'clock and the

. last act began. When the hands on the dial of the clock against the wall
under the gallows indicated exactly 10:30 o'clock, Sheriff Sprague stepped
in front of the scaffold and said: 'Gentlemen, I have to respectfully re-
quest that you will remain as quiet as possibie during the time that you are
in the guard room.' A deep jhush fell over ,the entire body of spectators,
only broken hy the solemn tread of the execution party wo were ina few
instants heard ascending the stairs and passing along the stone floor of the
passage leading to the door at the left of the gallows. Passing round in
front of the scaffold the party mounted the stairs leading to the platform
the doomed man taking each of the 12 steps without resting on the arms of

the conducting officer. As the party ascended the waffold, Sheriff Sprague
HRKRKKAXKRKE walked first, followed by Deputy Earle, conducting the condemnad ,
Rev. Mr. Lamson and Deputies Keene and Bothwell, in single file. Frost's
face betokened no emotion. He kept his eyes fixed before him, casting no
glance at the spectators, and none at the gallows, till he turned to ascend
the steps, when he raised his eyes to the beam and rope for an instant, drop-
igg them upon the stairs as he took the first step forward. As soon as

Frost was seated upon the fatal platform, Rev] Mr. Lamson offered a short
prayer, his petition containing hardly a half dozen sentences. During the
offering of the prayer, the Sheriff and the clergyman stood at the front,
with Frost seated near the drop, Deputy Earle behind him and Deputies

Keene and Bothwell at his right and left hand. Immedtately at its close,
Sheriff Sprague read the death warrant rapidly yet distinctly and when he had

EXREEMMMER ubtered its closing words, he added: 'I now proceed to do execu-~
tion,' and pressed firmly upon the spring releasing the flrope Frost had
risen from his chair when the reading of the death warrant was begun, and the
deputy behind him had fastened the traps around his legs and arms, and before
the reading was finished had shut out the light from him forevery by drawing
the black cap over his head. There was not an instant's delay, and less
time than 5 minutes passed between the time the doomed man took his first

step upon the gallows stairs and that in which his body was thrown downward
by the release of the drop. The drop fell with hardly an audible sound,
and the light body of the murderer brought the rope to a strong tension.

he first thrill of a shudder ahd not run the more sensitive of the pecta-=
tors when the body was seen spinning at the end of the rope, almost headless,
a fearful tear extending over the front of the throat, and fhe blood gushing
out in streams. Every eye was rivited upon the startiing and unexpected
spectacle. As the body turned round first disclosing and then concealing the
gash, the blood forced upward by the arterial movements spmrted fountain like
upward several inches, then the stream falling to the floor in a circle arounc
the hanging body. This circle extended even to the frame work of the gallows,
which as in many places flecked with blood gouts, and the welling life flood
poyring from the gaping woun down the front of the body, trickled from its
feet, forming a central pool directly beneath the body. This account doubt-
less seems full of horrors to the reader, but if falls far short of the re-
alities of the scene, Still the spectators did not waver from the sight.
The man was dead. No one could doubt but that his soul, declared guilty by
mortal judges and jurors, was already at the bar of another tribunal. here
was a real feeling of relief that there had been no slow-coming death, no
terrible throes of muscular agony, and so all watched with bated breath the
final scenes of the great tragedy. For some 2 miyjutes the rterial gushings
of blood continued, and then the slow dropping of drops from the body don-
tinued for a little before Drs. Woodward and Jewett sstepped under the gallows
and made their examination of the body - a mere formality in this case. The
knot of the rope had been placed behind Frost's left ear almost roud to the

their future lives, and expressing his feeling of sadness at the manner of
his parting with them and with life. His,letter.to his wife.began in his
usual tone, severe and vindictive, but right in the middle of if Frost broke
entirely down, hiding his head with his arms and sobbing violently. These
were the first tears which he is known to have shed since his incarceration,
After recovering self-control, hé resumed the dictation of this létter
changing its whole tone and character. The man in him had at last obtained
the ascendancy, and he dictated in direct tg@rms his kindly feeling and sym-
pathy for his wife in what she had to suffer, and his free forgiveness for
any wrong which he though.she might have done him. In KESKK this connection
it is proper to state that D&strict Attorney Staples, Sheriff Sprague, and
Rev. Mr. Lamson, all unite in expressing their confide nee in Mrs. Frost's
conscientiousness and affection, and their respec*t rer her motive in appear-
ing at the trial. They believe that what she did not tell, rather than what
she did tell, would cause comment and unfavorable criticism.
",.elHE PUBLIC INTEREST,
"There is a anéat deal of interest and curiosity manifested by persons not
holding tickets, and crowds are gathering around the grounds on Summer and
East Central Streets. Last evening the crowd numbered at keast 200. There
has been a constant stream of people passing and repassing since sunrise,
this morning. At 9:30 o'clock there were about 100 present. At that hour
all of the streets leading towards the jail were lined with people going in
that direction, The gates to the enclosure outside of the grounds are
ciosed and guarded by police officers on the inside. Police officers are al-
so stationed on East Bentral Street near.Summer St. and also on East Central
St., east of the entrance, The tickets of admission are examined by the po-
lice at the outer gate and also at ‘the entrance to the reception room,
"HIS LAST HOURS,
"The condemned man spent last night much as those which immediately preceded
it. He retired at his usual hour, and slept, with occasional manifestations
of restlessness, untib mifinight, when he awoke, and for a short time con-
versed on indifferent subjects, when he went to sleep again, and slept till
after 4 o'clock. He woke with cheerfulness, and seemed to hake no account —
of the fact that he was to sleep in this life no more. So firm was his de-
meanor that while dressing his attendant remarked to him: 'You've got the
most nerve of any man I ever saw,' to which Frost replied: 'I'm not afraid.
I've never been afraid to die,'! Soon after, he remarked: 'I'm the happiest
men in the prison this morning.' He ate his breakfast of brown bread, milk
and cheese, his own selection, with his usual apetite. After breakfast he
wrote farewell letters to his children, and while doing so appeared some-
what melancholy, but he soon reallied ’ and chatted and laughed with his
usual unconcern. Rev. C. M. Lamson of the Salem St. Congregational -Church
who had attended Frost during his imprisonment arrived at the jail at 8
o'clock and went at once to the cell accompanied by the hushand of a
sister of Frost. Messrs. Ball of this city and Hopkins of Millbury, Frost's
counsel arrived at 9:30 o'clock.and were also admitted to his cell,
"HIS DYING STATEMENT,
"During this interview, Frost dictated the following statement to Reve Mr.
Lamson for publication’ after his death: - After speaking of the killing of
Towne he said: 'I SX¥XKA placed the limbs as I have affirmed, in the corn
field, I did not know, neither do I know now, who moved them. I took them’
from under the barn with my own hands to the: corn field and never carried
them to the swamp. On the night of the'22nd of July I dié not take the oxen
from the barn, nor on any other night to drag the body to the swamp. I
make the same ’ statement as to the whole matter that Mr. Hall has in his
book (this refers to Frost's statement at the trial) I declare to all men
that I die innocent of willful murder, ‘I die cherishing no feeling of
resentment towards any man. I die forgiving all the world for any wrong
I have received. It is hard, “but I freely do it, I desire to express my
kindest feelings to Gen. Sprague, his deputies, and all the prison officers, !
To his counsel, he said 'try and "keep. track of thes matter, I i that in
time and am assured that it will be cleared. up; I-feel that in & 6 months —
men will say: "If we come hid hung that man, we wouldn't ."'

rhe. EMMERSON, Elizabeth, white, hanged at Boston, Masse, 6-8-1693 wi
~~

ie:

, \
| At the court of Assistants sitting in Boston by adjournment
from the first of September to the 22nd of September 1691.
The jurors for our Lord and Lady King William and Queene *

_Mary of England, ye defenders of the faith Doo present that
Elizabeth Emmorsoh a single woman Daughter to Michael Enorson

of Haverhill in the county of essex in New England, being with
Child with two living Bastard Children or Infants, on thursday
night the 7th of May 1691 before Day of Friday morning att
Havoril aforsed in the House of Michael Emerson afosed, by the
Providence of God two 3astard Children alive
did bring forth.

And the said Elizabeth Emmorson not having the Feare of God
before her eyes, butt being led by the Instigation of the Divil
of her malice aforethought, the said Two Infants did fellonoiusly
Kill and Murther and them in a small Bagg or Cloth Sewed up and
conceale and hide in a Chest in the said Emorsons house until
afterwards that is to say, on Sabbathday May the tenth 1691, the
said Two Infants in the yard of the said Emorson in havorill
aforesaid, did Secretly bring, contrary to the peace of our Sovoreign
Lord and Lady the King and Queene their crowne and Dignity, the
Laws of God, and the Lawes and Statutes in that case made and
Provided, BROCCO HOL EO ROO ELE DEO

Bye enn a

in obedience te a warrent regained (?) of Maigen (magistrate?)
Saltonstall May the tenth in nintty onée) Lt. John Honson and
Nathaniel Smith Sner. with Hannah Browne, Captin Brouns wife and
Judith the wife of Steven Webster and goodwif Hannah Swan and the
widdow Mary Neff come to the house of Mikkel Emmerson in haverhil
his dafter elisabeth being at hom to whom we said betty how do you
do and she said Betty said I thank you I am not well then we did
signify to her our bisnese in coming to her at this time and she
said we were welcome then we red the warant to her and all so
tould her thes women were apointed and requiered to examin you
and serch you and she said elisabeth replied and said if they must
then they must then one of us asked her and said betty it may be you
may save us a great dele of truble and pray now tell us plainly
how the case is with you whether you are now with child as it is

Bg commonly reported and found~( she would not own ) or whether
*. it were so with you since the first child which was standing by
fi ( was become of the child) whereuppon she replyed I never murdered
e any child in my lyf and after a few words more she said I never

committed murder that I know of and so being Desiered to go into
the other rome with the women she did seme to go willingly with
them; :

found or placed now look on we hd,

Hav. sd Nath. went oubAsuspected a place where the children
were buried and Lt. Johnson to go with him to see ye place
where we both found ye two children and before they were taken from
ye place gott some afors(ed) women to go and see the place,

Nath: Smith further (?) saith that sd. Elisabeth told him ye truckle
was in open at ye foot of her fathers bed was the very place where
she in ye night time delivered her father and mother being then in
bed,

om

At the court of Assistants sitting in Boston by adjournment
from the first of September to the 22nd of September 1691,

The jurors for our Lord and Lady Kirg “illiam snd jueene
Mary of England, ye defenders of the faith Doo present that
flizaveth umeorson a single woman Daughter to Michael smorsor
of Haverhill in the county of essex in New sngland, being with
Child with two iiving Bastard Children or Infants, on thursday
nicht the 7th of Nay 1691 before Day of Friday mornings att
Havoril aforsed in the House of iiichael smerson afosed, by the
Providence of God two ‘astard Children alive
did bring forth.

And the said #lizabetna Emmorson not having the feare of God
before her eyes, butt being led by the Instizgation of the Divil
of her malice aforethourht, the said Two Infants did fellonoiusly
Kill and Murther and them in a small 3age< or Cloth Sewed up and
conceale and hide in a Chest in the said mw -orsons house until
aiterwards *het is to say, on Sabbathday tay the tenth 1691, the
said Two Infants in the yard of the said Smmorson in havoril)
aforesaid, did Secretly bring, contrary to the peace cf our Sovoreign
Lord and Lady the King and wueene their crowne and Vignity, the
Laws of God, and the Laives and Statutes in that case made end
rrovided, Terrrrrre rere rr rie

in obedience to a warrent regained (?) of haicen (magistrate?
Saltonstall May the tenth in nintty onée) Lt. John Honson and
Nathaniel Smith oner, with Hannah Browne, Captir sSrouns wife and
Judith the wite of Steven vebstscr and goodwif Hannah Swan and the
widdow Mary Neff come to the house of Mikkel. Smeerson in haverhil
his dafter elisabeth being ut hom to whom we said betty how do you
do and she ssid tetty said I thank yeu I am not well then we did
signify to her cur bisness in coming to her at this time and she
said we were welcome then we red the warant to her :nd all so
tould her thes women were anointed and resguiered to examin you
and serch you and she said elisabeth replied and said if they must
then they must then one of us asked her and said betty it may be you
may save us a creat dele of truble and cray now tell us plainly
how the case is with you whether you are now with child as it is
commonly reported and found4( she would not ow ) or whether
it were so with you since the first child which was standing by~-\
( was become of the child) whereuppon she revlyed I never murdered
any child in my lyf and after a few words more she said I never
cormitted murder that I know of and so being Desiered to ro into
the other rome with the women she did seme to vo willingly with
thems

found or placed no. look on we hd,

Hav. sd Nath. went outAsuspected a place where the children
were ouried and Lt. Johnson to go with him to see ye place
where we both found ye two children and before they were taken from
ye place gott some afors(ed) women to vo and see !ne vlace,

Nath: Smith further (?) saith that sd. slisabeth told him ye truckle
was in oven at ve foot of her fathers bed was the very vlace where
she in ye night time delivered her father ani mother »eing then in
bed,

e eR,

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144 HISTORY OF HAVERHILL.

part of it which is within Haverhill line, they may have it at a reasonable

rate, or if they please to accept it now, before it be otherwise disposed of,
or if they will buy that which is granted to particular men and laid out
to them; If the Town will buy the whole tract of land they shall have it
for 2 shillings per acre, or if they will give acre for acre of land and

meadow where they and I shall agree, it shall content me.
. Robert Swan, sen.”

The Recorder adds, that, —

“Considerable discourse was had about Robt Swan’s motion, which wag
unanimously opposed with manifestation of great dislike of R Swan's pro.
eccdings and because he showed no original title, but only a blank, pretended
to be Mr Endicot’s title: and because of the Town’s present being in pos.
session, and having so been according to the law of possession. The town
declares that till they be dispossessed by law they will not buy of R Swan
or of any other, but will hold what they account their own.”

Upon this, Swan desired the town to have laid out to him those lands
which he could make appear to be legally due him, but which he declared
had been kept from him twenty-three or twenty-four years by George
Browne.? He further declared, that he had often labored to have it done,
but could neither have the lands laid out, or any satisfactory answer con. §,
cerning the same, and that he was much reproached, and also impoverished *
by the malignity of Lieutenant Browne’s spirit towards him.

In reply to this, the town directed Swan “to make his right appear, &
then justice should be done to him as to other men.”

Swan then asked that the town “ would call Licut Browne, James Davis,
and himself, to an account for their actions since they were appointed to
lay out and rectify lands,” at the same time delaring that there had been
“guch irregular actions done as may cause the children yet unborn to
curse us hereafter,” ‘This “ was spoken to, but no vote passed by the Town
to do anything in it.”

Licutenant Browne’s turn now came, and he plumply charged Goodmag
Swan with having told him a wrong story about a certain brook, on ag.
count of which Browne had laid out more land to Swan than he was entitled
to. Upon this, the Recorder adds, “ several words, and some of them hard,
passed, but there was no further proceed in order to further enquiry,
and it being late and past time for a vote, the Moderator declared that the

mecting was at an end, or dissolved, with respect to the present session,” -

‘At the next meeting, Swan asked the town to confirm to him a picce of
meadow land, and his fourth division of land, “ which he had laid out fog

@ Browne was one of the town's “lot layers.”

HISTORY OF HAVERIILY. “145

himself.” The town rejected his proposal, and protested against this, and
all such acts, by whomsocver done. ,
Notwithstanding these matters of dispute, Swan evidently had the con
flence of the town, for the very nexé vote, at the same meeting laced
him on a committee to run disputed and uncertain bounds, —a ce ft om
portant office. ‘Browne, however, “openly declared that ke wad Sct ;
longer stand as @ lot-layer,” and Thomas Whittier was chosen in hi any
Swan was evidently too much for him. ere
Ae find the following among the _recoyds_of births, marriages and
deaths, for 1686:— “Elizabeth Emerson, single-woman, had Dorothy
Best April 10—86 ; and _a sccond time, though never married, Tyins, be
May S—91, who were both made sway with peivately, and fusend.dend.3 oe
jno—9l.” The Recorder then says: —“ The Mother lay Jong j . ay
but at the long run, in the year 1691, as I take it, was executed at Boston.

—

for the murthering of the two babes, or one of them,’
About this time, a rule was adopted requiring all petitions to: the town
to be in writing.

_ A law of the General Court required all swine running at as e¢ to b
yoked, and also to have two rings in their snout, but allowed pecs adi :
cretion in the matter of yoking. ‘This town decided that they might a
anyoked, if their owners would be responsible for damages. 2 :

‘At the annual mecting for 1687, Joseph Peasely, being chosen constable
for the ensuing year, “ by bringing in of paper votes,”} ‘made his plea
for freedom,” which not being granted, he moved that a second Fictshis
be chosen, — “ because the ‘Town was large and many lived remote so that
one man could not well do the work of warning mcectings and gathering of
rates alone.” ‘This last request was granted, and John Ayer fai
chosen second constable. It was left to them to divide ey oan ce
their work, as they might theinsclves agree. It seems, however that a
could not agree, and the town released Ayer, and thus aeavelicd Peasely
to do all the work alone. A few ycars later, two constables were scaahedy
ehosen, and from that time, two continucd to be chosen annually for shes

ears.
The following shows the great value the town at this time placed upon

its fisheries : —
«In answer to the proposition of some, and the universal desire of the
porrle. that care, by an order, might be taken that fish might not, by Dams

- The Recorder was correct. The father of the children

. . 7 J » was Samucl Ladd arri
phe tsther of eizht children by his lawful wife, —the two youngest twins _ shaeeehiene oe and then
of Michael Emerson, and the one he kicked and beat so shamefully in 1674 4 was the daughter

¢ This was the first time any oflicers, except Moderator and Selectmen, were chosen by written ballot.

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IN 1820.

VIEW OF NAVERHILL, MASS.

a i lk a Li nt

THE

ISTORY OF HAVERHILL,

MASGACHUSETTS,

FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1640,
TO TEE YEAR 1860,

BY GEORGE WINGATE CILASE,

Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society; Cor. Mem. of the Wisconsin Wistorica]
Society; Author of a Digest of Masonic Law, &c, ‘

‘Home of my fathers! ** #9 ©
O never may a son of thine, —~
Where’er his wandering steps incline, —~
Forget the sky that bent above
His boyhood, like a dream of Jove.
— WuittierR.

HAVERITLI:

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
1861

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FALZONE, Biago, whe, elec, Mass (Middlesex Co.) on May 11, 1915

When Ignazio Morella (above)
was picked up by the police, he
had a difficult time explaining
the meeh scratches on mis tate:

LARA ‘OTIS ight" have over-
looked the unusual delay of her’
‘employer, ‘Morris’ A. Albertson,
but for one’ troublesome point,” .
Invariably. on “Monday ‘mornings he —
was at the office at eight o’clock sharp.
When he hadn’t arrived. at quarter to"
* nine, she dispatched a boy to his home ‘
*to check, The boy’s subsequent return .
nd story: left Miss Otis, the jeweler’s
lump atid: comely bookkeeper, more:
**anxious than ever. °° <> 2’ -
- Albertson’s bed hadn't been slept fh in ©
uring the past night. He hadn’t beeps
‘seen around the neighborhood by any”:
. _ of, his friends, Then, Miss Otis made
‘di hich disturbed

OR

eae ey

=< On opening: the massive, pate: ‘she.
‘found that the most costly .items of »
Ae welry” handled by Albertson were

‘ ssing.. Her explores ugually carried

she called the Lawrence, Massachu- —
__ setts, police, and explained the situa- ~

an inexpensive line for demonstration
and sales purposes, leaving the finer
pieces in the safe.

Miss Otis tackled her bookkeeping,
trying to concentrate. She kept
watching the clock. There really was
no sense in attempting to straighten
the books, she knew. Mr. Albertson
had all the figures on the week-end
sales and the amount of money he
collected from his time-payment cus-
tomers on Sunday. - :

The hours dragged, and around tase es
thirty, unable to stand’ the suspense, —

me,

“tion to Inspector Charles R. Vose.'
Inspector -Vose was a big man;
keen, shrewd — his rugged: face
stamped with dogged determination, ©
his eyes ‘inscrutable, At the jeweler’s . -
office, Vose looked over the premises © -
carefully.. Nothing showed any signs
of tampering. ‘There were no indica- ‘
‘tions of robbery: alt ee
' Albertson’s business was founded on
the installment plan,.and along with
~~ himself, he, usually had» four or five
salesmen on: the road, Thus it might

“have been that he had taken his best
‘pieces ‘of jewelry for ‘a’ special cus- s

tomer’s approval over the. week-end, :

Vose explained this theory” to. lars,

* Otiset Gah ||
‘“T can ‘see’ ‘your point, Inspector.

_ But why hasn’t Mr, Albertson shown ae

up? He’s never Jate on Monday morn-

~ ings, There’s $9 much: work. to do,

* Why -didn’t he sleep in his room. all.

of Sunday night? I can’t shake off the

feeling something is terribly wrong.

He always notifies me when. he ex-

pects to be away, no matter the cir-

- cumstances.” |

“Vose, at that stage, oie hay

angen sae pre

SMASH DETECT

LVE CASES,

! December 19th, prior’ to his leaving —

Number 3, 1945.

Luigi Grassidonio hod ‘known
the missing jeweler quite well;
in fact, they had been business
associates:

“accept. hor implication: that. ihe man
had met-foul play. A hundred and one
_ things could . detain’ him. “Albertson
-‘was a big’ man, physically;: weighed) ~
© 220 pounds—with a ‘reputation of be-.
“ing able to take care of himself in a
“brawl. Another’ possible theory was
‘that he might have “flown’ the coop.”

’ However, there: was: no ‘motive oa
this. The jeweler had nothing to gain
“by running’ out, ‘everything to lose.
‘His installment-plan jewelry business, ”
netted him a profitable income.

“4 Questioning Miss Otis further, Vose.
was informed that she. had last seen
her employer ‘on Saturday morning,

for Haverhill to collect weekly pay-
ments due. She further asserted that
he had a habit of making these col-
- lection trips on Saturdays and Sun-
‘days. Haverhill eet thowens, vad,


:

Stes

. well liked and respected. I’ll have the

yes on his way to Albertson's

Albertson’ hadn’t slept in his! room

_* Saturday morning. We'll assume that \,—

-. had. been contacted by a° responsible

wag the place to look for Albertson if.
e failed to: show up in Lawrence, «::

*-“Can you tell me if this is the firs
time he failed to show up?”. grea
oh“ Yes rustic. ey
“All right. You prepare a list of all-
his installment customers for me. I'll: |
go back to Albertson’s house: and," ;
check, I'll be back shortly. I'd also |.
advise you not to discuss his absence. |
with any one. It may.,be due to a’ Hs
legitimate reason. One more thing, has" (
he ever argued with any.of-his cus- . .
tomers?” , Sets i

“No, Inspector, Mr. ‘Albertson. is ae

oe Cy ae! ee years ee:

residence’ at 203 Haverhill Street,
‘picked up Inspector Joseph H. Mul-
- hare. They found the residence. to be
a boarding house. The landlady cor-
roborated Miss Otis’ story. Morris A.

Sunday night. On further questioning,
the landlady said that he was sepa-
--vated from his wife. That was all she
knew. Vose and Mulhare checked *
checked: throughout the -neighbor- |
hood, attempting to place the jeweler -
on any given spot on Sunday, >>
“To ‘sum things up, Joe,” Vose said;
to Mulhare, “when Albertson left his >”
office on Saturday morning, he was | > —
headed for Haverhill for collections, =
: That, on the surface, isn’t unusual,
But according to Miss’ Otis, Albertson’
always returned to his lodgings at ~
night. He didn’t return here, so where
did he. go?” Hy
Mulhare stroked his jaw. “Well,” he | ~
said thoughtfully, “you've established .
the fact that Albertson was well on }

wngwinie bs

> BIR

he made his collections and returned /_
to the city that’ night. There’s a pos-»
“sibility that he was slugged and. \
* sobbed eae iio I Se cas
. -“Tf he was,” Vose said grimly, “you:
can bet your bottom dollar. that we'd.
-- have got wind of it. All we can do}.
is theorize, Joe. Supposing Albertson

}

* party to “bring along: his best stock.;
‘I say a responsible party because al
“shrewd ‘business man like Albertson
“wouldn’t venture out with his. best

tock for a stranger. For. a’ friend,

work from.” :

“Yes” Vose said. “Come on.” But
much to Mulhare’s surprise, they ie a Tih amelie ee fies : Ree er
didn’t head back for Albertson’s office Si tek ee hii ome i a ie ery uy
in the Central Building at 316 Essex ie URES aaa tan es puwieg 4 eRe oa
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The cella
the body of
Albertson was

r pit in which §
i Morris nf
buried.

I
J
}
}
was valued in excess of two thousand
-.+ dollars. . iN eas, © pea
© “Pd like to know,” Vose said to the
railroad station, =~ _- girl, “why Albertson and his wife are
=> “Say!” exclaimed M t's separated.” RS Petes UPB
‘the angle, now?” ee ~~ I'm afraid I can’t help-you much,” 2"!
=< = “I want,” explai Clara Otis said frankly. “He never ried to Albertson’s lodgings at Haver-.
= .and'see if he really went, to Haver-j, confided in me, From what I’ve gath- ., hill Street, and interviewed the land-
Sits en See ie ee “ered, they. had no serious quarrel— lady. * ACRES eee MOH Sep 1D
* simply couldn't get along. She left the “Frankly, I. don’t ;know,” she said.
Eee Oh ear . _- “A dear friend was sick Saturday and
”* mused Vose. “How about “I spent the night with here
day,’ Dece yo In-**'. relatives?” ©. .. We 8. Mose’s eyes narrowed. “T'd like to
© spectors checked around the railroad =. “A brother, Inspector. I called him ~ examine his room,” he said..The land-:
tion. | Yet,’ up. He said not to worry. He remarked lady led him_ upstairs, ushered him ~
r .that Mr, Albertson might be detained into Albertson's room. Vose examined ©
’- because of a big sale, But I just can’t. it' minutely, found nothing to arouse
«believe it. He would have: notified _ his suspicions. His interest centered
‘Same i PERO: 2s |.’ on the bed, It was made, with no‘in- .
-- Vose smiled wryly. “Young lady,” ~ dication of having been slept in. He F&F
- he chuckled, “when you decide to get ‘ turned to the landlady, said pointedly, [>
married, send me an invitation; I'd © ““By the way, ‘Mr. Albertson never [i --
like to see the lucky boy. You get in made his own bed, did he?” Be
“through ] touch with Albertson’s - brother | and ~The landlady bristled indignantly. —R
Vose informed the officer. tell him I want to see him at Head- “I ‘should say not, sir, My boarders :
Ro cpa esta ere ‘pay me for rooms, ‘not to make beds,

-Albe

5; a

Back at the office,

hecked. the list.

cember 21, 1914, passed I take, care of ‘that every morning. By
ill police had noti- “ Only, when I saw Mr. Albertson’s bed Ri
made this morning, I assumed he had fe
_ + ‘left the city on business.”" "9 Y
rr. Vose nodded. “You say ‘that’ you
‘don’t know whether, or not he slept
“in his room: on Saturday night - be-
cause you were away, You claim you
.. make the -beds every~- morning, If J
__. that’s the. case then, didn’t you make [i -
his. bed on.Sunday morning?” * pe

»An»| expression “of ~ bewilderment >

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IPE gata = SAS te


“landlady’s face: Sudden ~
did come |
: she cried,
|. “but his i
“= What ha
- the. moment.
out of Haverhill? — es
= He checked the railroad schedule.
‘The 9:15 train the jeweler had taken
made stops at Lawrence, Wakefield,
~ and finally Boston. Had Albertson got
» off. at one of these stations? Vose im-
mediately notified the police depart-
cities, apprizing them’-
of de a description of Albert-.
son, He had“évery available member:
of the Lawrence police scour the cit,
man

sect

to his customers.

ee A call from Miss
4° Vose that the missing man’s brother,

4 ~ had been called out of the city on an
4 = unexpected business” trip. _He’d © b
» back in a day or so.
know why Myér H. Albertson’ ha
dropped in at Headquarters before’
“leaving. Miss Otis replied that’ when
ay (Continued on page -62)

a anceee ahecon sean anastn ieee nae ae tn mn :

make

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WILLIAM FRANKLIN,

passed very
a few hours

William Fra
Court on a cha
above relate

near it at several places,
after he reache

Nathaniel Sewell died

ght before the Quarter
he facts were proved, as

magistrate;
to constitute
~ ‘To this it wa

his end by d

conduct was evil, arisin

plification of the

23 follows: if a man shoul

pox, and should
him into t

master would be guil
_. Another case was

Ww

which is a lawful action

, and the sery
(as was the c

») he was to
€ another wit
death, and t

TE alti Spat i PR sn iactt

ant die of th
die for it.
h his hand, or with

he person gs
a@ murderer: from

at they may,

Reais

ase with Sewell
€ authority, if a man strik
Weapon that may cause
of the blow, the striker
M appears, that be the means wh if they be ap

wags Oe

WILLIAM FRANKLIN, 13
itis murder. To support
f a woman who had given
ve, whereof he died, and

plied, volunt
this conclusi
aman a

hardly be thought conclu-

sive at the present day, though it seemed very forcible to the
members of the Quarter Court, who a

pparently forgot that the
Jewish code had been Superseded by divine authority, and had
given place toa more merciful dispensation, They found him
guilty, and sentenced him to death; referring his case, how-
ever, to the magistrates, “ who might, if th

low him a second trial for his life at the next Quarter Court.”
Yet the same persons held a i i

said court, and agreed to
John Endecott, who signed it, though
ng.

excommunicated Frank]
to die, agreed to hay

soon after, wit

: we or) , ncy, he retracted
this admission, justifying himself and criminati
nesses, i

ion. On the scaf.

» and he expressed a

ear that his heart was hardened, since he could not see his
guilt in the same light that othe d

It seems to-us that though the

|! ( Quarter Court argued from
Wrong premises they arrived at a proper conclusion, and that
illiam Franklj

d, his firmness


Pi Teena. ors WEF in Lhe Care! aes d log evo.
Oy Ps OF, arty - digfenec Y Cri Seni Garters ?
"A degharet Qut Mew Yat hh diy : : yl of C Ya

mest Ain atid fimo: Lay Sy pa Sips.

FROST, Samuel, white, 29, hanged at Worcester, Masse, on 10-31-1793.
Mass Spy 6 Nov. 1793 p.3

On Thursday last, Samuel Frost was executed in this town, pursuant to his
sentence for the murder of Capt. Elisha Allen, of Princeton, on the 16th day of
July last. This man, just 10 years before he murdered Capt. Allen, killed his
father, for which horridcrime he was tried , but acquitted by the jury, who
supposed him insane. Before execution, a Sermon was preached by the Rev. Aaron
Bancroft, to a very large audience. The criminal was present. After which he was
carried to the place of execution. He shewed few or no signs of penitence. On
being asked by the High Sheriff if he wished to say anything to the spectators, he

"answered that he had not much to say = he would not have them follow him. ‘The
High Sheriff repeatedly asked him if he wished his execution delayed? Ne. answered,
as often as asked, No! - as he was to go (that was his expression) it had better
be soon over. The scaffold dropped, and this uncommon murderer was launched into

eternity.--It is thought the number of spectators present were about 2000.

Ad for Bancroft's sermon ad. sold by L Thomas

Mass Spy July 18, 1792

On Tuesday last Capt. E$lisha Allen, of Princeton was most inhumanely murdered
by Samuel Frost, ‘the person who was tried in this town, some years ago, for the
murder of his father. The particulars we have received, are as follows: Capt. Allen
had left his house to set out some cabbage plants at a little distance, and ordered
Frost, who had lived with him several years, to go with him. Having proceeded ao
little way, he recollected that he wanted a hoe, sent Frost back to get one, and
himself went on, and began his work. Frost returned with the hoe and, as is supposed,
got over the fence behind the Captain, who was probably stooping down, struck him on
the head with the edge of the hoe, which knocked him down; after which he continued
his blows until he had bruised his head to pieces in the most shocking manner. The
"murderer immediately made his escape into the woods, and had not been taken yesterday
morning, not with standing every exertion had been made. It is presumed every

person will feel himself under obligation to use his utmost endeavors to bring him

to justice, and it is thought proper to add’ the following description of him, that

he may be known. He is a short man, of a dark complex:ion, short black hair, twenty-
@ight years of age. He had on a striped woollen shirt, dark coloured trowsers, and

a light coloured jacket, thought he was once seen after he escaped, and it was thought
he had then no jecket on. He will easily be known by his constantly shrugging up

his shoulders, stretching out his arms, and shaking his head.

Captured on Sat. July 19, 1973


rs FROST, Samuel, hanged at Worcester, Mass,, on Oct. 3hg 449 36
Mass Spy 6 Nov. 1793 p.3

Me On Thursday last, Samuel Frost was executed in this town, pursuant to his
sentence for the murder of Capt. Elisha Allen, of Princeton, on the 16th day of

July last. This man, just 10 years before he murdered Capt. Allen, killed his

Pe ee:

father, for which horridcrime he was tried , but acquitted by the jury, who

: supposed him insane. Before execution, a Sermon was preached by the Rev. Aaron

to a very large attdience. The criminal was present. After whic

4 L

1 Bancroft, h he was

carried to the place of execution. [e shewed few or no signs of penitence. On
being asked by the High Sheriff if he wished to say anything to the spectators, he

_answered that he had not much to say =- he would not have them follow him. The

High Sheriff repeatedly asked him if he wished his execution delayed? He answered,
as often as asked, Not - as he was to go (that was his expression) it had better
be soon over. The scaffold dropped, and this uncommon murderer was launched into

eternity.--It is thought the number of spectators present were about 2000.

Ad for Bancroft's sermon ad. sold by L Thomas

Mass Spy July 18, 1792

On Tuesday last Capt. E%lisha Allen, of Princeton was most inhumanely murdered

by Samuel Frost, ‘the person who was tried in this town, some years ago, for the
murder of his father. The particulars we have received, are as follows: Capt. Allen
had left his house to set out some cabbage plants at a little distance, and ordered
Frost, who had lived with him several years, to go with him. Having proceeded ao
little way, he recollected that he wanted a hoe, sent Prosk back to get one, and
himself went on, and began his work, Frost returned with the hoe and, as is supposed,
got over the fence behind the Captain, who was probably stooping down, struck him on
the head with the edge of the hoe, which knocked him down; after which he continued
his blows until he had bruised his head to pieces in the most shocking manner. The
‘murderer immediately made his escape into the woods, and had not been taken yesterday
morning, not with standing every exertion had been made. It is presumed every

person will feel himself under obligation to use His tinost endeavors to bring him

to justice, and it is thought proper to add’ the following description of him, that

he may be known. He is a short man, of a dark complexion, short black hair, twenty-
Right years of age. He had on a striped woollen shirt, dark coloured trowsers, and

a light coloured jacket, thought he was once seen after he escaped, and it was thought
he had then no jacket on. He will easily be known by his constantly shrugging up

his shoulders, stretching out his arms, and shaking his head.

Captured on sat. July 29, <3973




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A JS TOe


FULLER, Joseph, white, hanged Barnstable, Mass., May 20, 1730,
for the murder of Martha Fuller. (Fuller was a ferryman).
The following from Case number 29483, Mass. State Archives.

-_ "l..?.... of the Massachusetts George the Second,
Bay, Barnstable: By the Grace of God of Great
Britain, France & Ireland,
King, Defender of the Faith, etc

To the Sheriff of Our County of Barnstable, Greetings;

Joseph Fuller of Falmouth in Our County of Barnstable,
Ferryman or Labourer, at out Court of Assize & General Gaol
Delivery began & held at Barnstable for our Countys of Barnstable
and Duke's County for the third Thursday of April current was
convicted by the Verdict of Twelve good and lawful men of
willfully and feloniously killing and murdering Martha Fuller,
his late wife, at Falmouth aforesaid on the 27th day of November
last past. And whereas the said Joseph Fuller by the considra-

| tion of Our said court was adjudged to suffer the pains of
Death as to us appears of Record Execution of which said sentence
yet remains to be done,

We Command you therefore that on Wednesday, the 20th day
of May next, Between the hours of Twelve & Four of the Clock in
the Daytime, you cause the said Joseph Fuller to be carried
from the Goal in Barnstable where he now is to the place of
Execution within the aforesaid Barnstable and there to be hanged
up by the neck until his body be dead. Herein fail not & make
return of this writ with your doings therein unto Clerk's Office
of Our said Court so soon as you shall have executed the same.
Witness Benj. Lyons, Jr. at Barnstable the 25th day of April
1730 A. D. in the Third Year Our Reign.

By Order of the Court,
Samuel Lyley(?), Clerk"

Sheriff's Return:
"Barnstable
On the day within named the within named Joseph Fuller was brought
out of the goal and hanged by the neck until he was dead
By me, Shubal Graham, Sherrif."

0 Re a =

IN 1820.

MASS.

VIEW OF ITAVERHILL.

HW:
THE

ISTORY OF HAVERHILL,

MASSACHUS ETTSs,

FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1640,

TO TEE YEAR 1s60,

BY GEORGE WINGATE CHASE,

Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society; Cor. Mem. of the Wisconsin Historical
Society; Author of a Digest of Masonic Law, &e. ‘

Home of my fathers! * * # ®
O never may a son of thine, —
Where’er his wandering steps ineline,
Forget the sky that bent above
His boyhood, like a dream of Jove.
— WHITTIER.

HAVERHILL, $
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
1861

e °


122 HISTORY OF HAVERHILL.

surveyor, to finish the work

Jonathan Danforth, a somewhat distinguished
ssion of the General Court

begun in 1667. He did so, and at the May se
in 1675, presented the following report:

« Att the request of the Selectmen of Hauerill, the bounds of the sajd
toune were perfected as followeth: From Hoults Rocks wee ran due north
west, according to the compasse, not allowing any variations, allowing
Amesbury their full and just bounds, as hath binn determined by the
honoured Generall Court; all the other Ijncs on the west side of the plan-
tation wee ran from Merremacke Riuer due north, vntill it cut with the
first ljne, where wee erected a great pillar of stones; this last ljne was sett
out and begun to run, by Ensigne Noyes and Sarjant Jno. Parker, at eight
miles distance from Hauerill meetting house, vpon a due west ljne, which

is according to the grant of the Generall Court; the running ]jnes on

both sides of the plantation were well bounded by markt trees, & heapes

of stones. Lajed out
By Jonathan Danforth, Survejer.”

and thus, to use the language of the

The Court approved of the return,
according to its order

selectmen, “ perfected” the bounds of the town,

of 1667.
As proof that the early inhabit
and error,” we cite the following,
‘‘ Nathaniel Emerson was admonishe
pany with Peter Cross, and others, at
stolen wine.”?
« Robert Swan was fined 20s
«« Michael Emerson was fined 58 for h ting of
his daughter with a fla le swingel icki

Michael had reason to congratulate himself on getting off so easily for his

~~ prutal_conduct,

Two daughters of Hannicl Bosworth were fined ten shillings each for
wearing silk.g This was contrary to the law,
of life. .“ Bravery in dress ” was strictly forbidden.

Hannah Button was sentenced py the Court to be whipped, or pay a
fine of forty shillings, for misdemeanors.

Daniel Ela was made an example of, for swearing, in the amount of ten
shillings ; and two shillings were added for his “ reviling speeches.” We
may charitably suppose that Daniel was by this not only convinced of the
wickedness, but of the expensiveness of such conduct, and became & Wiser

and better man.
©1073. t674, pUbid. § 1675.

ants of the town were “ subject to frailty
from the records of the County Court :—
d by the Court for being in com.
Jonas Gregory’s, and drinking of

for persons in their station

CHAPTER X.

INDIAN TROUBLES.—FROM 1675 vo 1678

In the preceding chapters, we have

town, year by year, through their first ae bpatrsiel mers of our
of a generation, — and, except the privations and hardships in - lifetime
new settlements at that early period, we find their histo sila “ ent to all
peace and prosperity. They had increased in p paeeeh an 0 oe
a small pioneer company of twelve men, until their town he th from
twenty-fifth of the forty-nine towns in the Colony. The ranked as the
we can judge, a happy, prosperous, and peaceful community. ‘The i a .
gious teacher was @ man distinguished for his upright Christian - eal
and, influenced by his example, his people prided themselves a .
of their moral conduct, and the extreme exactness of their _ e purity
tions. We have no hesitation in saying that there was * igious devo-
in the Colony, containing a less number of idle and vicious settlement
proportion to the population, than Haverhill. The small asin in
prosecutions for immoral conduct, to be found on the Court a mber of
the truth of our declaration. Would that the record of the 1l€s, attest
third of a century were equally pleasant to contemplate; that ie
happy homes of Pentucket, were, for another peneraiien is oh Pasig
turbed and prosperous. But it is otherwise. , to rest undis-

The year 1675, is memorable for a war with the Indians, called Ki:
Pale War, which was the most general and destructive av natn
by the infant colonies. Phillip, king of the Wampanoa: . sustained
Mount Hope, in Rhode Island, and was the grandson ick resided at
Massasoit, with whom the Plymouth colonists had made pea of
years before. For a long time he had been jealous of the white ees, fty
used every effort to induce all the Indian tribes to unite and 7 mi ar
them, and thus preserve their hunting grounds and. their inde erminate
The immediate cause of the war, was the execution of three I recent
English for the murder of one Sausaman, a Christian I = ians by the
informed the whites of the plot Phillip was forming a _ i who had
ing incited them to the murder, Phillip determined to see es ; Hav-
and commenced hostilities, and by his influence drew into ha eir deaths,
the tribes of New England. Through their intercourse with «war most of
Indians had acquired the use of fire-arms, and notwithstanding ‘the .

HISTORY OF HAVERHILL. 123


red awe ry ev. t | rea Diesen | he a
a oD: ea ‘, Syposces Z he af

HISTORY OF HAVERHILL.

they may have it at a reasonable
it be otherwise disposed of,
men and laid out

part of it which is within Haverhill line,
rate, or if they please to accept it now, before
that which is granted to particular
buy the whole tract of land they shall have it
for acre of land and

or if they will buy
to them; If the Town will
for 2 shillings per acre,
meadow where they and I shall agree,

or if they will give acre
it shall content me.
Robert Swan, sen.”
The Recorder adds, that, —
«Considerable discourse was had
unanimously opposed with manifestation of
use he showed no original title,

about Robt Swan’s motion, which wag

great dislike of R Swan's pro.

but only a blank, pretended

the Town’s present being in pos.

the law of possession. The town

aw they will not buy of R Swan
hat they account their own.”

ave laid out to him those lands
but which he declared
-four years by George
at he had often labored to have it done,
out, or any satisfactory answer con.
reproached, and also impoverished
irit towards him.

«to make his right appear, &
done to him as to other men.”

would call Licut Browne, James Davis,
e they were appointed to
ot the same time delaring that there had been
done as may cause the children yet unborn to
but no vote passed by the Town

Ge gre ne ae Spe RS a one ‘ie
DP EE PRR AR Ces ofl Ee pa oi Peete ee NNN cer ota A ee

ecedingsand beca
to be Mr Endicot’s title: and because of
session, and having so been according to
declares that till they be dispossessed by }
or of any other, but will hold w

Upon this, Swan desired the town to h
which he could make appear to be legally due him,
had been kept from him twenty
Browne.? He further declared, th
put could neither have the lands laid
cerning the same, and that he was much
by the malignity of Lieutenant Browne’s sp

In reply to this, the town directed Swan
then justice should be

Swan then asked that the town “
account for their actions sine

-three or twenty

and himself, to an
lay out and rectify 1
‘such irregular actions
curse us hereafter,” ‘This “ was spoken to,
to do anything in it.”

Lieutenant Browne’s turn now came, an
Swan with having told
count of which Browne ha
Upon this,
passed, but there was n
and it being late and past time fo
meeting was at an end, or dissolv

At the next meeting, Swan ask
land, and his fourth division of land,

d he plumply charged Goodmay
him a wrong story about a ccrtain brook, on ag.
d laid out more land to Swan than he was entitled
the Recorder adds, “ several words, and some of them hard,
o further proceed in order to further enquiry,
ravote, the Moderator declared that the
d, with respect to the present session,” - :
ed the town to confirm to him a piece of
«which he had laid out for

© Browne was one of the town’s “ lot layers."

HISTORY OF HAVERIILY. 145

himself.” The town rejected his , F .
all such acts, by whom nil ada see and protested against this, and
Notwithstanding these matters of dispute, Swan evidently had the con
fidence of the town, for the very nex vote, at the same meeting, pla 1
him on a committee to run disputed and uncertain bounds, —a aie oa
portant office. “ Browne, however, “ openly declared that hie would is t ny
longer stand as a lot-layer,” and Thomas Whittier was chosen in his ‘i
Swan was evidently too much for him. place.
We find the following among the records ; .
deaths, for 1686: — “ Elizabeth Gee, gieliwoek Sad Dothy,

porn April 10—86 ; and a second tim 2 aa
May S—91, who were both fe a
10-91 — ent then says: — ‘The Mother lay long in and
put at the long run, in the year 1691 : I
For the murthering of the = SES PE = executed at Boston
A i, a rule was adopted requiring all petitions to: the town
A law of the General Court required all swine running at large to b
oked, and also to have two rings in their snout, but allowed towns a ai .
eretion in the matter of yoking. This town decided that they might is-
anyoked, if their owners would be responsible for damages > mers G9
At the annual meeting for 1687, Joseph Peascly, being dholan constabl
for the ensuing year, “ by bringing in of paper votes,”} “made his pl :
for freedom,” which not being granted, he moved that a second beh es
be chosen, — “‘ because the ‘Town was large and many lived remote so th :
one man could not well do the work of warning mectings and gatherin of
rates alone.” “his last request was granted, and John Ayer aie °
chosen second constable. Tt was left to them to divide pr a rh -
their work, as they might themselves agree. It scems, however, that the
could not agree, and the town released Ayer, and thus compelled Pea sly
to do all the work alone. A few years later, two constables were re ed
ehosen, and from that time, two continued to be chosen annually a

years. :

The following shows the great value the town at this time placed upon
its fisheries : — ;

« In answer to the proposition of some, and the universal desire of the
pevrle, that care, by an order, might be taken that fish might not, by Dams
_ ee .

@ The Recorder was correct. The father of the children, was Sam
9 Da 1 °
ti» father of cizht children by his lawful wife, — the two youngest Sic? ideiwecns ‘a ' rt
é y e daughter

of Michael Emerson, and the one he kicked and beat so shamefully in 1674.
¢ This was the first time any oflicers, except Moderator and Selectmen, were chosen by written ballot
en ballot.

19


EMMERSON, Elizabeth, white, 28, hanged in Massachusetts _on June 0, 1f736

pees she ~
3 > l.

me eee
At the court of Assistants sitting in Boston by adjournment
from the first of September to the 22nd of September 1691.
The jurors for our Lord and Lady King William and Queene °

_Mary of England, ye defenders of the faith Doo present that

Elizabeth Emmorsoh a single woman Daughter to Michael Emorson
of Haverhill in the county of essex in New England, being with
Child with two living Bastard Children jor Infants, on thursday
night the 7th of May 1691 before Day of.Friday morning att
Havoril aforsed in the House of Michael Emerson afosed, by the
Providence of God two Bastard Children alive
did bring forth.

And the said Elizabeth Emmorson not having the Feare of God
before her eyes, butt being led by the Instigation of the Divil
of her malice aforethought, the said Two Infants did fellonoiusly
Kill and Murther and them in a small Bagg or Cloth Sewed up and
conceale and hide in a Chest in the said Imorsons house until
afterwards that is to say, on Sabbathday May the tenth 1691, the
said Two Infants in the yard of the said Emmorson in havorill
aforesaid, did Secretly bring, contrary to the peace of our Sovoreign
Lord and Lady the King and Queene their crowne and Dignity, the
Laws of God, and the Lawes and Statutes in that case made and
Provided, 1066000600000 09 00%

In obedience to a warrent regained (?) of Maigen (magistrate?)
Saltonstall May the tenth in nintty onée) Lt. John Honson and
Nathaniel Smith Sner. with Hannah Browne, Captin Brouns wife and
Judith the wife of Steven Webster and goodwif Hannah Swan and the
widdow Mary Neff come to the house ofMikkel Emmerson in haverhil
his dafter elisabeth being at hom to whom we said betty how do you
do and she said Betty said I thank you I am not well then we did
Signify to her our bisness in coming to her at this time and she
said we were welcome then we red the warant to her and all so
tould her thes women were apointed and requiered to examin you
and serch you and she said elisabeth replied and said if they must
then they must then one of us asked her and said betty it may be you
may save us a great dele of truble and pray now tell us plainly
how the case is with you whether you are now with child as it is
commonly reported and found+( = she would not own ) or whether
it were so with you since the first child which was standing byy
( was become of the child) whereuppon she replyed I never murdered
any child in my lyf and after a few words more she said I never
committed murder that I know of and so being Desiered to go into
the other rome with the women she did seme to go willingly with
them; -

found or placed now look on we hd,

Hav. sd Nath. went outAsuspected a place’where the children
were buried and Lt. Johnson to go with him to see ye place
where we both found ye two children and before they were taken from
ye place gott some afors(ed) women to go and see the place,

Nath: Smith further (?) saith that sd. Elisabeth told him ye truckle
was in open at ye foot of her fathers bed was the very place where /
she in ye night time delivered her father and mother being then in
bed,

farts! -clbetiaieen Cheats “4
64 JASON FAIRBANKS.
ee ee ee ee eee oe eee eee ee eee ee ee eee eee
cham. Doyen. bane sthave yeu nthe bushes” He

went tow.erd thy tie cited Listened. bout could hear no more,

Atanother tune. White westn Mr Daa Ps shop. and
sow Bourbons and anether song tian; cd oat the sage
tine Miss Bales. apprevehams One of them exelumed,
“+E Vat, Powall bee the death of yous Tn this case,
alo dhe preenays eampanten was unknown te the
Wialtiess,

\Wtitue ohated al this te dice ocenrred a long tine be-
oie. porhieps Tween three years. He ssid tie did) told
Hees wate what die dreuedls Dut) Stee aerwered that) dre tiv
Love tethe shea gael alid not fnew wheat he dil hear’
Pe diadbiatse, de saad. gafermed: dostvac Bide: of the threats
of Baarbatihs,

dasha utes positively deni Hever havi had sucha
cCommimention trom Atavee Whatua. fe ssid that) mais-
fortune aod law died seme years before unsettled: tis
utelleets, for atime, bat he huew uothing agamst his
cliatracter, with respeet to trath, er any thing else.

The wife of Abner Whiting was tot) permitted to tes-
tify, with regan to the communications sworn to have
been made to her,

Willian Diaper had hnewn Abner Whiting te be
“troubled tn mand several years before. He tad) ap-
peared before a ceourt as a wittess, aud was feartul of
having seiel something aaaiss. Dis Cather teok tian home
Heconsequence. Diaper lie alse been told by Whiting in
onecot the couversutious ailegad fo dhave token j hace nt
fa a ecerversation whieh took place relative
Draper thencht he behaved
pacely te the scaee teatier as whe troubled aa tind.
Pe eppeated te ter intesiented. and atterward del uot
permet ber what le fied sad. He adse teld) Draper © he
dad not hiow brit he did saad semethiag wrong before
nied feared that he gacht be bhuned

Bates’ shop,
to the death of Mies bide:

the Cieand Jugs
aeoe tt,

Neenah Bales the attheted: parent of the deceased,
testified that, (we or tree years betore her death, she baad
received the attentions ata Mr. Sprague, who went to

New York and was micned. Pe thought that this had

allected! ;
lected her niet, Feat ces te ot seeeceges Ih:
ited ies icf. - } Ore aa She liad bine
Oner Paps Theory he Me Frond Hever feorbordels + thas pris
J “ i? ent eof = nee <.
are protnits |"! reed dn feore ‘9 evilenee only Went to
¢ tthe in ree. a
before thi: ee, As a ttend. thar the Stuuday even ng
OEE Ins Binde- | ee, ‘
chiich ow ; ’ Wes Te walked Dome gj
Moppes| ‘: gf ini anbanks, Wd eters ope nhac
cee led I é ae oe Veottser, While Vc \ 7 KS
‘ beotyye Wop yO ; . stlers pro.
‘ rhsomer cas oud
SUpper. sep 3s. ! ene Peter |
ait ec er Mee way tell Perey. ie tee eck ones to
he eiesht I, US neorder te serif: the bacstter,: " ! to
i teak ' i Wer Violate her ehastre oreuwrry h : t WW, ud
TUT tty tier fy y. arry her te Wren.
E>. “re . r Fae TAY | oa
the injury " UE Weotedl fone
~ \ af bit . e bag Chotuch, to
he ment bores — Actas lvushed at him
om? . yd AMPS ea . 7
said ‘ . ee ee TS sacs
oelick ok Beene ool thee nanationr. Ube ests a but
wn, errine: e ' ar aes 0 | °
hives ' the ] Ure tae taony ashe hin ter assist t t tn
ans. but he excused himself. caving f me planting
fe sud he was comine ; ge saying he was too weak
tion, as M ° = fO Farrington’s frotse + ,
: 7 SS “e : ; , ’ ™ nt "TOR «
conversation de> had invited hin. Much inet ak
Bre: putssed, by NO MEANS import wile
{rrtogton thenehe he pated. is | leg to relate.
xe cg 4 d ° avine o . P .
Me tese i the same jocular manner, en heard him
a ‘ zi . a : >
Pave Ser scin Was of opinion that the
Tecathes i ere very intimate. kul °
w e “, :
ater ! a Pairbanks was liked by the Gunite or Vi
‘ Ss. osiues TAT | often met Fairbanks a ia. of Miss

h tine a | ofte ° > roa Srey 8
a as Orritnert
® Huts tw Oo or threes Citties a Wee k 2

venie tines tarries] ; “Re nel the y

ese they wonhd oiled ih ean wrlock. He
the sake of teins Sve Carentety fire sonel w:
pear ie bine aoe I hear Maeetines hha
Rular Panchinxsg, : te result of previ
hlisket incu ec, en » thie theont tive mpenttys betiore the
observed that te one Where watly Psirtonts. Ri aoe
sate Atos Sins ae tle. uml Ves. Woaate: Vacael Proety tile
td cea but ue had thought ofc better way —the e
Hens ao WAYS to erie ro wel people, besides talk; re
Magee tal the: physica had toll hin he

might live many years -
s oe Years ; but he did uot himself think he

, Prisoner and the
Mronely attached. De

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wbrsorsteD bauer thoaee peasctatins.  Pber scuued oak fae tema ebat bee

plecoteted tive: se vege, Pree <Paeeebed seeot eager.”

Several watnesses testified that the chore ster et the
the ere sneered, oote thee thay pote stones tee Peers cheats, woos coop coed
Cheon ful.

Dhetor Nuns Neng ain ealbad, testithed that he saw
Frist beonsbs sovencel Guanes cebteg thier passsncber, Ve terve bie wars
cementite) too peruse, Phe weossted enn tise ue vabpeagpe: had
Bret poersneteseteed ther ecovaty, sensed thee tdeneteos tooled fern dee
preesh poet Uwe sotecened, fer at woonlel geet ball be Phe exe
Chaesseseed O08 “ Frog OD peay Beecegt Spe shane ef the

opesamt, Ver sconel Peer Vecacd rears thre havate: ae fo

weotsteeds bis Isis
* >, 1.
Dsieanks

Hee: Bocntt, Vorst thors GPr. Vavsees ebecd tne Decdie ver.
wasbeeel tacet bee marched net tive. as bees life was a borden to
Hate “Whe withtess described the prseners sight ann as
pracell, conned steel cat the elleow, but belewed tee sacle raise
wey Uhevree Coenen thee eereotsned weaile at, boy stem opines.

Phat Chacha Kitteridee saved that the wounds of
te prisoner were very dangerous. One, ne the alalomets,
beware to mertily. and the mecttication was arrested with
preatdiiliculty. Ut brought om a tetanus, or locked jaw,
Ariat bested sevens oon evhet clays.

The witness hid alse examined the weands of the de-
consedd: ated cas theese wien seme comteadhetion which
theetate was werner, satistied hamseif that ot was the
Heft. Bhs msuned Boer claed aveot seer three wreotereed ate thee beaeck.

bagels WD Astisee soned OC Sethe rene forerst totu swore
prosstivedy: thot Bde, Rattenadse efeed see the sand weed, anal
Qloset copy nerernense at, Bee Scud at wees thee stremuesd evelence
aust Eusbonke. "Phe dhocteor was sagan ealed, and
nwo as pomitively tee the contrary. “The others sisted
Viet thee ssamination toch place after the pury were calted
cont of the elisnber.  dbechen Perrinuton, who was a

Witiress on this eecasien. went wath the jury. and did net
meres theee ebeoeteng, whaee efter weserels tooled Veseen thecet lee wars sorry
Hoes Vasoed aveot serenn thee weotttel,  Dlene ser Bairhanks, Ir.
three Poneatteere eof Seaseta, abepmaseed thet fee wees te thee reaconn
with Dr Natterihue and bas brother, while the jury wer
examining the wound, aad the deetor did net leave the

tuoti.

eee

Kew ra bers J a-p set

ried “ey $5 User 5 Were Bess ae ‘hor Nin rid
t he ree Wootarel. soon Det, oe 9). EN tVET NE co Lactal
ehire df | ee, Pr OWUUS treet papain then

SWeapes tfpat Poot
Dotsan thscet fies ad yet Named et x Nitterbee hud tord
mh Were on Cpe tree.

Ww il. 4 Va roe 2
ON istetiee el con — - PEt span or festitindd 4 ]
three es ‘ , . WCU teen? bee Uwe rey Be ve evel ‘i othe
tsetse ‘ . ¢ : : "
“ vd that Biicabeorh ‘int Pathe i S sated
Os horse on the erctith ot VW ~ pai me
es en)

Visited bree
thesis the [ : 1
ers bad been lege Heorethen, cnol thit cay !
: -* TD att he *.
Ta | wl etpen tlely Nissenl nine

onl get — Bales

ecaaned. way ne I ig?

Wakes. card bP hokie Moshe ects with Dually ope .. ete

Moot lat tis . Went to bed gad lett fee h i al

. . ON Teta ins JS thes . Wilt Boasen
; . ° * erlelages t- * . .

Bess Oat sda TAT | stem levasie et stneel tooled the wate

Tat hare porte tee ere
opty red not, test Bolly: aerated OVverhear tn oe
“ : ern.

er Walp as . .
sickly saad wel ae nigtiaion Met the Pthoner was
ble te force ae hitle al wesustenn., Vee Und decegy ark
fle] with lye Withess, .. nine Tle TRY | Ghee sent.
Me eral 4 ad he was se fiatis nice ue tee roll him
bia . pa : eR bee wet ee eka
aetiies a th ley " t eee it fur Several tina oi Pig ch,
ee dea wr, oT) a tich Blizabeth Poate. Wars siciaihouc
atboagh ti , tausie, for tus brother, ant was | eres
Loe if a We spirits, VW lien Jae Nett thre ress a on conn
hen, a "Pane fer see Dlizabe dh Pgh : Rees
- : aie : . ; :
health at Neds bsp vied Sr. festifiond ter ty Ceetiringeed ill
himaclt. th has it rand that he we, Wiebe tee alrees
eornninse eof acy ter Primes the hayes fs ne ee he
avd Pocety Caer wane. ter Tne Wreed as oy } ubnifte He
ie 3 ah inte be “— Iason, for Te ee ee eT tie ie
ete of a. fae >. Ihe Kroes the dey onsen he ca
a i Riise ~~ ery tial ate sae Pea oe, prerheienle
“athe " x Seppe: . Wek | ets ee | es A fi Vie Male
of Rie ete So cbecotle. Wine tet hres hint dae ios
eyed Satie : us the getter wade thes Heeensed. bug
May Nei: hun a “ nag SY Pee bearce to the prisoner
sUlstianece as tilse fen . Wile ot Ebene ger Jr. testitical m
f the. : rotates aed Nace theorne, teotecDabenee the es
” pttsoner a fl ie alth

John Chait Wl once seen J

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68 JASON FAIRBANKS.

eee ee ren seme
panes ueserse- +

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before, and thought
roung nian tamed Ryan. two years eae respecting
at full AY miateh for Ryan. Ile Kane W
’ wk
the prisoner s health.
doseph Bilis Wad seen ¢*hcins
active young man, naumed Ca :
ster of him. . isoner, who
oer mes hid settled with a a his
ig ie of dime and put tit on the
att ° WEY . oa
happened the preceding dS? igs dk had. ined the
. e MJ os ay] +: ‘ ‘ : ,
Mrs. Abigail Ging testiti he prisoner, and that they
seutle between Atherton wed he the time, that she
xem hoth se omuel intexieated a of them.
lena she could have inanteged eit " itn of the evi-
. Vihiathas been given eontins the sab: : aie aa
iy rere nore Wwithesses, whe gal?
Tener | here were on 7 the whole partic-
sharin material We have not given here thets
et ceo of each, excepting Mb eases sary. We
Viar festh ; f 5 ts . be dinmecessary.
j raneervinne tb te } cu
ras contradietion, eanceiving . prinkbaite’ of the
s es e tecoffer noe epiiitan en the es Hi it appears,
pr aceite exeept thatof Abner Whiting. wit ne taaly
" ie ad, and contriadieted himself on the se ‘dak rai
peer: i siti nee of mental derangement.
eonset . om ai On. :
ees Ret dain sheild a ‘i ie a fk Hiee
wy in > ae a PS OMFS, jury
a8 z theration bedi kOe ® ence o
pen "1 ss et oe GUTLPY : and he ree o d ete dee
. -_ ane ecliaim.
Set ee was remanded to the county yu bai h strong
ie ‘ pes . ~ it seems. thotreh s g,
Bis seoest fim was. if seems, th ; _
The evidenee ag: tii beersectee ane there were
' are? t! W tersees . : ; é
. rely oof a emenpastan : aH Hoe
entire a hn dad trot parterpate we the oe pee te
nav w eis ke onilty Cty ptrese, si}
elieve Jason Fairbanks ¢ \ - a Gah auld,
elie 4 Vpn af eseape, whieh acres une The
' eves “i? ‘ eee a ry
rie oh Misch of the seventecens of > this inter
‘ we oy ; Ame ay :
ate ityoat barge were tightly ait nant a RSE
oe ne Seorupe of iw: ee most of the rahe: :
fecyerpere WH Tye

ihe ssen tle with an
Jo-on Fattbanks senile ghigee:
Pairbanks, and ge

ive an account of
Ped feted a paper. qereeniee To give an dees
et Pdecd bit ste :

elves sd the damates of ther hatises, 65 co
themselves : ‘hed. cod to comet ome enertror to oe five
premises pears mat ie gecamplices AC reward of Aa
Peles aillavtean piered We dee eeeculiveltet. Wi

JASON FAIRBANKS. 69

OCR O tO eereccececes

sae TOO ee ewew nce cece ce OAT OM RO nee heen es eeneetesenne

apprehension, Which was SOOU ce retsea hy “ubseriptions,
Principally im Boston. to x Mietascuned
J

Pairbanks, and Henry Duken
his exec pe ane

am, the teeomplice jin
partner of tas Mitt, an the meanwhile,
took the road te Cunsadsa, They Were pursied by three
Inhabitants of Vilages near Boston, 4 Milford they first
obtained information respectiie the fucitives, and then
Pirsned their roite to Conneetiont River. They came up
with Pairbauks ane Dukeham, onthe 'Wenty-third of
August, at Skeenboroneh on Like Champlain, and made
them prisoners, Previous to this. Dukeham had hired a
boat te eury Pairbanks to sp Johiavs in Canada. At the
tine his PUrsters overtook lin. Mairbanks was ready to
embark. aud was only waiting for his breakfast,

Dukehian and Paubeuks had travelled feisurely, though
they were well mounted, not ex eCctNeE to be pursued,
When taken, Fairbanks Cx pirenwed his surprise, and ssid
that if he had expected to be followed his ¢
have ridden some hundreds of miles farther. He had
manifested much indifference during his trial, nor was
his courage shaken by his detection,

On the twenty-ninth of August, Fairbanks and Duke.
haw were committed to Boston jail On the sume day,
the Governor, With the advice of the eouneil, Signed a
Warrant for the exeeution of Fairbanks on the tenth of
September, and he was executed accordingly. He died
With the vreatest firmness, denying his guilt to the last.

There is, to this diy. doubt in the minds of inany, res
specting the guilt of Parbauks. Bor the murder of
Mizabeth Pales there “Uppers to have been ne adequate
motive, vet it seems alinost impossible that she could
have given herself the veunds of which she died.

aptors should

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FAIRBANKS, Jason, white, 21, hanged Dedham, Masse, 9-10-1801.

"We learn that Jason F,irbanks, under sentence of death for the murder of Miss
Elizabeth Fales and confined in Dedham jail, was liberated therefrom on B6AGES>
G@GGHECEG Monday night 17th ult. by a banditti of that part of the country, The
daring and infamous act, we are told, was threatened before and since the todat
trial, Said Fairbanks is rather of a light comlexion, marked a little with
the @h Small-Pox, near six feet high, slender make, dark hair, a stiff right
arm, scarred near the elbow, down-cast eyes; had on a dark blue coat and overe
alls. 1,000 dollars reward are offered Gecuascappe for his apprehension,"
REGISTER, Raleigh, NC, 9-8-1801 G:l).)

Account of trial: REGISTER, Raleigh, NC, 9-1-1801 (1:l). Did not copy because
of length and availability of other sources on small card.

FERNANDES, Sylvester Ne, white, elec

F WORK ON . . . WOULD IT TRAP

the Massachusetts State Police braked his car to a
sloshing stop in the sandy driveway of John Alvez’
yw. farmhouse, Trooper Orville Wesley materialized out of the

- storm-drenched darkness.

“This way, lieutenant,” the trooper called out, above the
whipping deluge of snow and rain which had battered Cape
Cod throughout that day of December 24. “Chief Pratt and
the medical examiner should be along any minute now. I
‘phoned ’em right after I called you. Conrad Fernandez came
to the barracks around 9 o’clock, and reported the murder. He
said the body was in the kitchen.”

“Where’s Fernandez now?” Bradford asked.

“At the barracks. The poor fellow took it rather badly.
Alvez and he were good friends.” ~.

The side door leading into the kitchen was open. As Brad-
ford and Wesley entered, Police Chief William H. Pratt of
. Hyannis arrived with Officer Harry Lawes and Medical

’ Examiner Ernest F. Curry. The interior of the one-story
farmhouse was gloomy as only can bé an abode where grisly
murder has climaxed a man’s life. |

The otherwise immaculate kitchen linoleum was spattered
with congealed pools of blood and crimson tracks. In the
center of the floor was the sprawled, battered body that had
once been handsome John Alvez.

The top of John Alvez’ head had been crushed open like an
egg shell from repeated bludgeoning. His face, shoulders and
chest had almost been ripped asunder by a terrific shotgun
blast.

These were the instrumental factors of death, the medical
examiner said after his examination. He also asserted that
Alvez had been dead for at least 24 hours, bringing the time
of death to around 9 o’clock the evening of the 23rd.

“Who would want to murder John Alvez,” Chief Pratt
mused, “and for what motive? Why, he was one of the most
popular men in the Cape’s Portuguese colony—”

“And also one of the wealthiest,” interposed Officer Lawes,
“and the target of every unmarried girl in the county.”

Bradford digested this information as he examined the
corpse of the young man whom he knew as a hard-working
farmer with a profitable yearly crop. Bradford’s eyes narrowed
as he suddenly noticed the heels and soles of Alvez’s shoes
were filmed with dried blood. He flashed a glance at the
crimson tracks. They were bloody shoe imprints. Bradford
eyed this macabre evidence speculatively as he moved about
the kitchen. Finally he skirted back to the corpse and ex-
amined its clothing minutely.

“Alvez wasn’t murdered in this kitchen,’ Bradford said
suddenly. “He was shot outside, then brought inside and
bludgeoned to death.”

Chief Pratt admitted he didn’t quite follow _ Bradford’s
deduction. ;

_ Bradford then proceeded to reconstruct the murder, accord-
ing to the evidence. He pointed out that Alvez’ clothing
_. showed quite a few fabric tears and an accumulation of dried
‘mud and sand, Then Bradford took off Alvez’s shoes, fitted
them perfectly into the bloody tracks on the floor.

“There’s the picture,” Bradford concluded. ‘The killer am-
bushed Alvez outside as‘ the evidence of the clothes indicates.
But when he brought him inside, Alvez wasn’t dead. He re-

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INSIDE DETECTIVE, December,

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covered consciousness, and must have given the surprised
killer a fight. In the fight, Alvez was battered again and
again on the head by a heavy bludgeon.”

By this time newspapermen had arrived with scores of
questions which Bradford shrugged asidé temporarily, While
Chief Pratt, Officer Lawes and Trooper Wesley searched the
house for the lethal weapon, Bradford was on his hands and °
knees, examining the kitchen linoleum. At the base of the
stove, almost hidden by the slain man’s head, Bradford picked
up a small’crimson-tainted wooden splinter which he carefully
pocketed. An eagle-eyed reporter didn’t miss this. move.

“What was it, lieutenant?” he asked. i

“Nothing to get excited about,” Bradford replied tersely. ~~~

Alvez’ personal effects brought to light only an empty® ~
wallet. And on the slain man’s third finger, left hand, was ©
a glittering diamond ring. It was generally known that Alvez ~~
usually carried money for business transactions. Trooper .
Wesley came forth with a bank book showing Alvez had con-.
siderable money in a Hyannis bank. :

Chief Pratt and Officer Lawes then called Bradford’s at-%  —
tention to four 2-gauge shotgun pellets they had found near
the kitchen sink. ’

“There’s plenty more in Alvez’ hide,” Bradford declared, »
walking outside to continue his investigation. In a straight
line from the side door stood a group of oak trees. Here
Bradford found trampled footprints still visible in the damp
earth. Almost crusted in a layer of mud were two green-. ©
jacketed shotgun shells.

“I doubt if the shells will help much,” Bradford said to
Chief Pratt. “They’re a make which can be bought at any hard-
ware store on the Cape. But we do know one important thing.
This is the spot from where the killer ambushed Alvez.”

The police scattered in their search for further clues. The
pounding surf of the Atlantic was a dull rumble as Bradford

.

CAPE COD’S CHRISTMA

and Chief Pratt skirted by a cranberry bog and followed an

indistinct trail of footprints which fizzled into thin air when
they reached the roadway.

Although soggy with rain and snow, tire marks were dis-
cernible in the roadway. They led off the road onto a large
flat rock situated about a hundred yards from John Alvez’,.
farmhouse. On the rock were the faintest impressions of tire.


. second time.”
1e store, Brad-
Rose.

se hailed.
dford replied.
o recall whom
t it.”

Rose heartily.
sre’s one thing
-, Meant to tell
ped my mind.
off that black

1e stock?” the

ver right hand
rd,” Rose ex-
some months
k and I guess
the gun should
treatment.”

lriving back to
ung Fernandes
ie car. He had
starting on the

loesn’t it?” he

egan sternly. “I
: that gun. You
le borrowed it!

nitted. “I drove
some wood and
ne to do some
» running board,
ack the car out
yped off and fell
could stop the
ent over it and

the pieces?”
woods.”
‘t them,” Brad-
to see them.”
they’ve gone,”
» there the other
them.”
en,” said Brad-
p of Boy Scouts
ere you say you

50d,” Fernandes
d when I saw I
threw the barrel
urnt the stock.”
ie barrel,” Brad-
s can find any-

ere,” Sylvester’s
riek. “I couldn’t
< to look. Some-
t up.” He moist-
orth on rambling

rt.
said. “I shall be
lay, but I plan to
inis at 6 o’clock.
vn and bring me
1 have left. If it
yu haven’t found
» come down just
haven’t got the
yaven’t found the
one thing.” He
were now deadly
» youth. “I shall
f the murder of

ned livid.
!” he stammered.
; heel and strode

e flung over his

At 6 that night, Sylvester Fernandes
entered the office of Detective Bradford.

He came empty-handed.

In a prominent position on Bradford’s
desk stood the blood-spattered black
walnut splinter.

“Here’s one part of that broken gun
you overlooked,” Bradford said sig-
nificantly, and Sylvester became very
quiet. ‘

Later the detective drove him up to the
police barracks in Barnstable where De-
tective Brouillard waited. That afternoon
the two detectives, discussing the an-
ticipated interview, had decided that
Brouillard should assume the part of a
hard-boiled police official while Bradford
remained kindly and soft-spoken. As-
sisting the detectives in their examination
were Chief Pratt and Police Officer

. Lawes.

The interview proceeded as_ pre-
arranged.- Sylvester grew more and
more uneasy as the questioning con-
tinued. Asked about the gun splinter, he
denied ever having seen it before. Brou-
illard flashed the two green-jacketed 12-
gauge shotgun shells found beneath the
tree in the rear of Alves’ home.

“I don’t know anything about them,”
Fernandes cried. “I borrowed the gun
but I had no shells.”

* HINK back a moment, Sylvester,”
warned Bradford. “I’m sure you're
mistaken. Mrs. Collins, down at Mashpee,
said you came into her store and bought
four shells of this same identical brand.”
“Tt’s a lie!” he said, but he became
more and more agitated. He asked for a
drink. Bradford had a large pitcher of
ice water placed beside him, and also
furnished him with a package of cigar-
ettes. He told him to light up and the
questioning was resumed. Brouillard
asked where he secured the money he
spent so lavishly the day before Christ-
mas. Fernandes replied he had borrowed
it from a bank. Again Bradford reminded
him to think carefully. Records of all
Hyannis banks revealed no loans to Syl-
vester Fernandes.

As midnight came and the hands of the
clock crept slowly towards 1, Sylvester’s
confusion increased as he became trapped
in one lie after another. Water, an empty
stomach and incessant smoking were
crumbling his morale. Sweat poured
from his body and trickled down his fore-
head. Between questions, he tried to
wipe it away with his greasy cap or the
sleeve of his coat.

At 2 o’clock, the prisoner stared wildly
about him.

“Tf it hadn’t been for that splinter
which I didn’t see, everything would have
been all right,” he suddenly cried. Turn-
ing to Bradford, he pointed a shaking
finger at Brouillard.

“Get that man out of here,” he
screamed, “and I’ll tell you all I know.”

Brouillard withdrew. The youth
waited until the door closed behind the
burly detective, then the words fairly
tumbled from his mouth.

“I had to have money,” he cried over
and over again. “I couldn’t lose my wife.
She is the most beautiful thing in the
world and I love her. I realized I
couldn’t keep her if I didn’t pay my way.
Every fellow who ever saw her wanted
her for his own. But she was mine! I
killed that no one else would have the
chance to take her away.”

Bradford interrupted, and said Syl-

vester was talking so fast his words
might be misunderstood. The detective
offered to put the story down on paper
so that there would be no mistake. The
prisoner agreed, and then continued.

He said the fear of losing his wife be-
came an obsession. He could think of
nothing else. Christmas was near and he
had no money to buy her even the least
expensive of presents. Then on the night
of December 23, he went with his wife to
the home of his father. There they met
John Alves. During the evening he
showed them the money he had received
for his potatoes and cranberries.

“I always keep it with me,” he said.
“Then I know where it is.”

Those words signed Alves’ death
warrant,

Soon after, Sylvester said he drove
his beautiful bride home. He left her
there, saying he had forgotten some-
thing at his father’s and would soon re-
turn. Sylvester drove to the home of his
father but did not go inside. He parked
his car some distance away and made
certain Alves was still there. Then,
creeping back to his car, he sped over
lonely roads té Alves’ farm. He put his
car out of sight and hid in some bushes
behind the house and waited.

“Finally I heard him coming along,”
he said. “I watched him get the key from
underneath a brick, unlock the door and
go inside. I waited until he lit the lamp,
then I stole to the window and watched
him take a drink. It was then I decided
to kill him outside. I tapped on the
window. Then I stood behind the tree,
my gun resting on the limb. He opened
the door just as I knew he would, stepped
outside and asked who was there.

“IT let him have it and he dropped. I
thought him dead and dragged the body
into the house. But he came to when I
got him in the kitchen and began to
struggle. My gun was empty so I hit
him, over the head with the stock. It
went to pieces in my hands but he fell
back and this time I made sure he was
dead.

“Then I picked up all the splinters of
gun stock, took the money and ran away.
1 didn’t want it for myself,” he sobbed.
“Tt was all for her.”

“Did your wife know anything about
this?” Bradford asked.

“Of course not,” Sylvester replied.
“She would have left me if she did.”

“What did you finally do with the
gun?”

“T burned up the stock as I told you.
I kept the barrel. Back in my room I
punched a hole through the wallboard
and let the barrel drop out of sight.”

Trooper Wesley was immediately dis-
patched to check upon the prisoner’s
story. He found’ the barrel where
Fernandes hid it and returned with it to
the barracks. Bradford saw some spots
of rust which he remarked looked like
blood. The youth cringed.

Sylvester Fernandes went on trial be-
fore Judge Joseph Walsh in Barnstable
on April 11, 1932, accused of first degree
murder. District Attorney William C.
Crossley presented the case for the com-
monwealth while Paul M. Swift and J.
Frank Kiernan appeared for the defense.
During the trial it was definitely proven
that the borrowed gun was the one from
which the death shell was fired. The jury
found the youth guilty of murder in the
first degree, which in Massachusetts
means death in the chair.

So he died with the mark of Cain
seared deep upon him by burning
electrodes.

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he walked up
ame to a well
establishment.
un experts, he
inter upon the

vay of identify-
vy a piece of its
1a few minutes

me,” the clerk
* He examined
hook his head.
he said regret-
e more than a
shotguns manu-
panies. Now if

, but Bradford
nd walked out.
iped the streets,
sporting goods
He was told he
yle, but he per-
en he reached
1 street below
Scollay square.
took the splinter
onged scrutiny.
ed.
m the stock of
‘the expert said
lis Same narrow
eger guard, but
this particu-
walnut and
manner.”

s: asked Brad-
‘the gun expert

1!

a collossal task,
in narrowing his
of two possible
gh assigned De-
t in the investi-

ly guarded lead,
idstill. Bradford
pent the evening
iome of a friend.
mentioned that
able money that
potatoes from a
ler. A check-up
been paid almost
December 23.
ian’s farm failed
cash; nor could
es had made any
mn December 24.
it no further.
st another dead
elp of Brouillard
1 the clue of the
sts of owners of
tguns were pre-
estigation elimi-
of these possible
iber yet to be
suragingly large.
}rava, bolder than
night to Brad-

‘tective’s promise
idential, the man
a young fellow
something about
\lves. This chap
t trouble with his

yn to say that the
irincess of the
who lived in a
e outside Fal-
{e said the couple
short time.

“The husband hasn’t been doing so
good and has been unable to get any kind
of steady work. In fact, I understand he’s
been hard put to buy gasoline for his
automobile, let alone support a wife, and
they’ve been living with her relatives.
Lately there’s been trouble between them.
Other men did their best to win her away
but she paid no attention to them. How-
ever, this young husband has known it
would only be a question of time before
the two would separate.”

“What has all this to do with the mur-
der of John Alves?” Bradford broke in
impatiently,

| _™ COMING to that,” the informant
said. “Up to December 23, I know
these two were destitute. Didn’t have
enough money for Christmas presents. Yet,
early on the morning of December 24, the
princess’ husband took her over to New
Bedford with her mother and sister. Al-
though out of a job, he bought a new
suit and overcoat for himself, a brand
new outfit for his wife, new clothing and
toys for his wife’s sister’s children and
gave his wife $20 for Christmas presents.
Afterwards he took them all to a res-
taurant and treated them to a chicken
dinner. Then he bought himself a new
pair of skates and since then he’s seemed
to have plenty of money.”

“What did you say this man’s name
was?” Bradford asked. '

“IT didn’t say,” the informant replied,
glancing fearfully around. “He’s tough
when he gets angry and if he knew I
came to you there’s no telling what might
happen.”

“You've told me his wife’s name,”
Bradford reminded him. “You might as
well tell the rest.”

The man was badly frightened but ad-
ditional promises of secrecy encouraged
him to give the name of the young hus-
band. Bradford seemed surprised.

“T’ve known him for years,” he said.
“He’s never had the reputation of being
a bad actor. And his father is a respected
member of the community.”

“You know, then, his father isn’t
rich?”

“T know,” Bradford answered thought-
fully. ‘But perhaps the son may have be-
come desperate at his inability to find
work and turned ‘to bootlegging.”

“T never thought of that,” the infor-
mant confessed. “It may all be a coin-
cidence, but when a fellow begins to spend
all that money when he’s out of work
and unable to support either his wife or
himself, I think it’s a matter to be looked
into.”

woman did not associate his call with
anything serious,

Anxious to continue his secret in-
vestigation, he stopped some distance
from the house and_ consulted | his
list. The next name to be checked was
that of Manuel Rose who owned a
double-barreled shogun and was_em-
ployed as an engineer by the West
Barnstable Brick Company.

Bradford found Rose at his home on
Kings highway in Barnstable.

“Sure, I’ve got a double-barreled shot-
gun,” he said in response to the detec-
tive’s inquiry.

“Mind if I look at it?” Bradford asked.

“Glad to let you see it if I had it,” Rose
said, “but to tell the truth I haven’t got
it. Loaned it early in December and it
hasn’t been returned.”

“Who borrowed it?”

“A young chap who wanted to do some
hunting,” Rose said. “His name is Syl-
vester Fernandes.”

YLVESTER FERNANDES?” the
detective exclaimed. Sylvester Fer-
nandes was the husband of the beautiful
Indian princess. “Do you mind if I go
over to see young Fernandes and borrow
this gun?” he asked. “I want to do some
hunting myself.”

“Go as far as you like,” Rose assured
him heartily. “Keep it as long as you
want. I never use it.”

For the rest of the afternoon, Brad-
ford was very busy. He made several
other calls in Barnstable, stopped at the
home of Fernandes’ father and then drove
down to Mashpee where he spent some
time in a store operated by Mrs. Irene
Collins.

When he called on Fernandes the next
morning, he found the youth in the back
yard polishing his car.

“T was over to see Manuel Rose yes-
terday afternoon,” Bradford said conver-
sationally. “I wanted to borrow that 12-
gauge double-barreled shotgun of his to
do some shooting with. He told me you
borrowed it on December 7, and have not
returned it. May I have it?”

“I’m sorry,” Fernandes replied. “I
understood Rose was in no hurry for the
gun so I let a fellow over in Onset take
it.”

“Folks have been talking about you
since Christmas,” Bradford remarked
casually. “They say you’re in the money.”

“T had some,” the youth admitted cau-
tiously. ““What’s wrong with that? Is it
a crime to have dough?”

“Not if it’s honestly come by,” the de-
tective said. “I thought you were broke.

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hope you’re not mistaken a second time.”

On the way back from the store, Brad-
ford encountered Manuel Rose.

“Got that gun yet?” Rose hailed.

“No, I haven’t,” Bradford replied.
“Fernandes doesn’t seem to recall whom
he loaned it to. But I’ll get it.”

“Sure you will,” agreed Rose heartily.
“And whén you get it, there’s one thing
I wish you’d watch out for. Meant to tell
you yesterday but it slipped my mind.
There’s a piece broken off that black
walnut stock.”

“A piece broken off the stock?” the
detective repeated slowly.

“Yes, down by the lower right hand
side of the trigger guard,’ Rose ex-
plained. “Smashed it off some months
ago but I’ve glued it back and I guess
t’will stay. That is, unless the gun should
get some unusually hard treatment.”

Bradford lost no time driving back to
the Fernandes place. Young Fernandes
was still working over the car. He had
finished the hood and was starting on the
fenders.

“Looks pretty good, doesn’t it?” he
admitted.

“QEE here,” Bradford began sternly. “I

want the truth about that gun. You
know neither of those people borrowed it!
You lied. Where is it?”

“T lost it,” Sylvester admitted. “I drove
up into the pine lot to get some wood and
took the gun up with me to do some
shooting. Carried it on the running board,
and when I started to back the car out
of the woods, the gun slipped off and fell
on the ground. Before I could stop the
car, one of the wheels went over it and
smashed it to bits.”

“What did you do with the pieces?”

“Threw them into the woods.”

“Then let’s go and get them,” Brad-
ford suggested. “I want to see them.”

“I don’t know where théy’ve gone,”
Sylvester said. ‘I was up there the other
day and couldn’t locate them.”

“Tl look for them then,” said Brad-
ford. “I’ll bring up a troop of Boy Scouts
and if you threw them where you say you
did, we'll find them.”

“That won’t do any good,” Fernandes
replied. “I got frightened when I saw I
had broken Rose’s gun. I threw the barrel
into some bushes and burnt the stock.”

“Then we’ll look for the barrel,” Brad-
ford stated. “Boy Scouts can find any-
thing.”

“T tell you it’s not there,” Sylvester’s
voice rose to a shrill shriek. “I couldn’t
find it when I went back to look. Some-
body must have picked it up.” He moist-
ened his dry lips and set forth on rambling
incoherent explanations,

Bradford cut him short.

“It’s now 11:30,” he said. “I shall be
busy for the rest of the day, but I plan to
be in my office in Hyannis at 6 o’clock.
I want you to come down and bring me
the parts of the gun you have left. If it
comes 6 o’clock and you haven’t found
the barrel, I want you to come down just
the same. But if you haven’t got the
gun with you and you haven’t found the
barrel, I shall know one thing.” He
paused. His sharp eyes were now deadly
cold as he stared at the youth. “TI shall
know you are guilty of the murder of
John Alves!”

The youth’s face turned livid.

“You can’t mean that!” he stammered.
Bradford swung on his heel and strode
to his machine.

“T’ll be waiting,” he flung over his
shoulder and drove off.

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In a prominent px
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“Here’s one part
you overlooked,”
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quiet.

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the two detectives,
ticipated interview,
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sisting the detective
were Chief Pratt

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arranged.- Sylveste
more uneasy as t
tinued. Asked abou
denied ever having +
illard flashed the tv
gauge shotgun shel
tree in the rear of A

“T don’t know an
Fernandes cried. “
but I had no shells

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warned Bradfo
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said you came into
four shells of this s:

“It’s a lie!” he ;
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vester Fernandes.

As midnight came
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confusion increased :;
in one lie after anoth
stomach and_ inces
crumbling his mo
from his body and tr
head. Between qu
wipe it away with |
sleeve of his coat.

At 2 o'clock, the 7
about him.

“If it hadn’t be
which I didn’t see, e
been all right,” he s
ing to Bradford, h
finger at Brouillard

“Get that man
screamed, “and I'll

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waited until the do
burly detective, th:
tumbled from his m:

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and over again. “I «
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world and I love
couldn’t keep her if
Every fellow who «
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killed that no one
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Bradford interru;

Whitehouse and had hired an adjoining farm so that the two could be easily

connected. The farm inquestion, the scene of the tragedy, is known in
Petersham as the Nathaniel Cook farm. It is situated in a lonely
spot, quite a distance from any dwelling house, about 3 miles from the center
| of Petersham on the road leading to Hardwick, The howase on the farm is of
but one story, quite antique in its appearance and much dilapidated. The
barn, the scene of the murder is a very large one, quite old and badly out
of repair. The occupants of the farm were Samuel ty Frost, his wife, and 4
children, the eldest of whom was about ‘10 years, Frank P, Towne, the mur-
dered man John Mr. Rathbone, who worked for Mrs. Frost and George H. Joslyn,
who worked for Frost on the baige farm. On Thursday, before July 4, Joslyn
| and Rathbone were given a vacation but were to return on the BHAREXLBLIRHAKES
Monday following.
"A little trouble arose between Towne and Frost during Friday and Saturday
preceding the murder in regard to milking a white faced heifer which had re- ’
cently calved and which had tender teats. This difficulty was not so serious
as to prevent them from riding together to Dana on Saturday afternoon, though
Frost says it was the primary cause of the death of Towne, They returned
in the evening. Frost retired early but Towne went to Petersham and returned ;
with a letter for Frost from Mr. Whithouse. On Sunday morning Towne arose °
early and went to the barn with a milk pail. Frost shortly afterward follow-
ed him. WK Of the transactions in that barn, Frost only survived to tell the
story. He said that an altercation ensued and that Towne became his assail-
ant. In order to defend himself he hit Towne on the head with a piece of
broken iron, the remnants of a hammer which had been broken in fastening the
brass tips onthe horn of a bull. It was the theory of the government that
the murder was committed with a hammer which was used for pounding up bones
for the hogs.
"Frost was next seen to enter the hous @, carry ing an empty milk pail spotted
with drops of blood. He told his wife that Frank and he had had a fight
and that Frank had gone into the field with a black eye. Frost said that he
then went into the parlor and read the fifth chapter of Job, which treatsof
the harm of inconsideration and declares the end of. the wicked ihn miserye
It is also recorded in that chapter that Wrath killeth the foolish man,'
Frost came into the house at about 7 o'clock and, after eating a hearty
breakfast, he despatched his wife and 2 children to church. Though it was
not. his otistom yet never more had she greater need of the consolations of
religion. On fhe day previous Towne had made arrangements to go with her and
the children to the Baptist Churth. During the absence of his wife Frost tore
up the flooring of the barn and with a pair of reins let the body of Towne
into the cellar of the barn and buried it in a ghallow grave in the northeast
corner, imagining that his secret was at rest. Never did he make such a
terribie mistake. F
Mirse Frost. on her return from church inquired, for Frank and Frost told her
he had returned to the house and in a freak of chagrin at the transaction,
declared he should 1 ave, for California. On the following Wednesday, Frost ro
went to Worcester and on his. return gave out the story that he had met Frank . oe

ina saloon on Front Street; that he had givemnhim a note and Frank had

started West, Frost wasnot ” slow to avail himself of the benefit of the mur~

der, .On July 8th, he mortgaged the stock owned by Towne. to John Paige for

$125 and on the same day he paid Mr. Stephen D. Goddard the sum of $115

interest money due on the mortgage on the farm. Frost also appropriated to
himself the watch and knife of Towné and had the audacity to also appear clad
pa some of the garments of the murdered man, though this was probably for

ef CCe

"The lads employed on the farm, who came. back to work (John Rathbone bringing
his brother with him to make up the time lost in the holidays) early suspected
that the sudden disappearance of Towne was not all right. When they went to
feed the pigs in the cellar of the barn they were watched by Frost on the K
north side. In about a week the boys observed a spot that had the appearance
of a grave; subsequently as the body decompesed it assumed more definite pro-
portions, and they probed it. The iron bar bounded back and a terrible odor
arose. In consequence of what was said, others visited the barn on Wednesday,
July 2ist, and made similar probings. bn the night of July 22nd, Frost was |

holding tickets, and crowds are gathering around the grounds on Summer and

their future lives, and expressing his: feeling of sadness at the manner of
'his parting with them and with life. His.letter.to his wife.began in his

' were the firs

usual tone, severe and vindictive, but right in the middle of if Frost broke
entirely down, hiding his head with his arms and sobbing violently. These

i tears which he is known to have shed since his incarceration,
After recovering self-control, he resumed the dictation of this letter
changing its whole tone and character, The man in him had at last obtained
the ascendancy, and he dictated in direct térms his kindly feeling and sym-
pathy for his wife in what she had to suffer, and his free forgiveness for
any wrong which he though.she might have done him. In ESKK this connection
it is proper to state that D&strict Attorney Staples, Sheriff Sprague, and
Rev. Mr. Lamson, all unite in expressing their confidence in Mrs. Frost's
conscientiousness and affection, and their respectt for her motive in appear-
ing at the trial. Tey believe that what she did not tell, rather than what
she did tell, would cause comment and unfavorable criticism.

"..elHH PUBLIC INTEREST,

"There is a great deal of interest and curiosity manifested by persons not

Kast Central Streets. Last evening the crowd numbered at keast 200. There F
has been a constant stream of people passing and repassing since sunrise, |
this morning. At 9:30 o'clock there were about 100 present. At that hour
all of the streets leading towards the jail were lined with people going in y
that direction, The gates to the enclosure outside of the grounds are
closed and guarded by police officers on the inside, Police officers are al-
so stationed on East Bentral Street near-Summer St. and also on East Central
St., east of the entrance. The tickets of admission are examined by the po-
lice at the outer gate and also at the entrance to the reception room,
"HIS LAST HOURS,
"The condemned man spent last night much as those which immediately preceded
it. He retired at his usual hour, and slept, with occasional manifestations
of restlessness, untib mifnight, when he awoke, and for a short time con-

'versed on indifferent subjects, when he went to sleep again, and slept till
_after 4 o'clock, He woke with Chee ee and seemed to make no account ~
e

of the fact that he was to sleep in this life no more. So firm was his de-

| meanor that while dressing his attendant remarked to him: 'You've got the

most nerve of any man I ever saw,' to which Frost replied: 'I'm not afraid.
I've never been afraid to die.' Soon after, he remarked: 'I'm the happiest
man in the prison this morning.' He ate his breakfast of brown bread, milk
and cheese, his own selection, with his usual apetite. After breakfast he
wrote farewell letters to his children, and while doing so appeared some-

what melancholy, but he goon reallied, and chatted and laughed with his

usual unconcern. Rev. C. Me Lamson of the Salem St. Congregational .Church

who had attended Frost during his imprisonment, arrived at the jail at 8

o'clock and went at once to the cell, accompanied by the hushand of a

sister of Frost. Messrs. Ball of this city and Hopkins of Millbury, Frost's

counsel arrived at 9:30 o'clock and were also admitted to his cell. t
. "HIS DYING STATEMENT, :

"During this interview, Frost dictated the following statement to Rev. Mr.

Lamson for publication after his death: - After speaking of the killing of . :

Towne he said: 'I BAS#BA placed the limbs as I have affirmed, in the corn
field, I did not know, neither do I know now, who moved them. I took them
from under the barn with my own hands to the corn field and never carried
them to the swamp. On the night of the 22nd of July I did not take the oxen
from the barn, nor on any other night to drag the body to the swamp. I |
make the same statement as to the whole matter that Mr. Hall has in his ~
book (this refers to Frost's statement at the trial) I declare to all men

that I die innocent of willful murder, I die cherishing no feeling of

resentment towards any man. I die forgiving all the world for any wrong
I have received. It is hard, but I freely do it. I desire to express my

kindest feelings to Gen. Sprague, his deputies, and all the prison officers, !

To his counsel, he said 'try and keep track of ths matter. I hope that in

time and am assured that it will be cleared up; I feel that in M& 6 months

men will say: "If we hadn't hung that man, we wouldn't,"'!

FROST, Samuel J., Worcester, Mass., May 26, 1876 - Continued,

out all night. The tread of the oxen in the 54 Tent midnight hours was heard
on the farm and the next day the grave under the barn was empty. Frost re-
moved .the body and buried it in a grave at the edge of a swamp. Two large
pegs, one at the head and one at the foot, marked this second resting place
of Towne. The body was traced there by hairs similar to those of Towne and
by marks of dragging. The grave in the swamp emitted a terrible odor and soo
attraéted a multitude of Tlies and carrion beetles. Four days after this
Frost was out again all-night and from the farm was missing a large knife and
: a pail. He.had again removed the body of Towne and cutting it into pieces
placed it in sacks and buried them in a field. In the hole at the swamp was
subsequently found a shirt of Towné. Samuel Upton, a colored man observed
Frost digging in.the corn field and as part of the. sacking protruded from the
ground, he marked the.spot. With others he went at night to find it but it
was ZONE Hearing something drop they followed a trial with kanterns and
found the remmants of a decayed human body, terribly mangled and hid in
‘ sacks, the frrghtened party keeping guard over the remains, The sheriff was
sent for and the home of Frost was entered and he was at once arrested, A
coroner's jury found him guilty of the murder, and waiving a preliminary ex-
' amination he was held to answer before the Grand Jury. Frost was indicted at
the August term of the Superior Court for murders the indictment was certi-
fied in the Supreme Judicial Court and he was arraigned before Justice Dev-=
ens and pleaded not guilty. Messrs. John Hopkins and George He Ball were
KREEXKMMEKT depignated & counsel and when Frost was tried at the Odbober
term of court, they did everything in their power to ave him from an ignomi-
nious death, by trying to convince the jury it was a case of manslatighter.
The court were four days in trying the case, and the jury returned a verdict
of guilty of murder in the first degree. Justices Colt and Devens presided
at the trial and Judge Coly pronounced the death sentence, A motion for a
| new trial was overruled and the Governor and Council fixed today as the one
in which the sentence of the law should be carried into execution.
"An old fellow workman.of Frost, who was at the next bench to him in a shoe
shop for a year or two describes him as at first a quiet, inoffensive man
who minded his'wwn.business and was not giten to bad language. Later, under
new influences, his conversatiogi was less unobjectionable, He regards Frost
as a very detemined man, and some days ago said he thought Frost would Zo
through the ordeal calmly, Frost has recently .sat for his photograph, copies
of which he placed in the harids of Rev. Mr. Lamson, with a list of those to
whom he wished them sent, and extracted a oe that no one else should
have one.
"YESTERDAY'S EVENTS,
"Yesterday afternoon Frost was visited by his mother and one of his sisters,
and notwithstanding the affecting nature of the circumstances of the visit,
' he manifested the same serious unconcern which has all along marked his con-

. duct. During the day, his.last of life, he was quiet and reserved, but gav e.

no indication of any change of mind, He conversed freely with Reve Mr. Lam=
son, who has been faithful in his attendance and counsel to him, but in none
of his conversations did Frost indicate any purpose to make a further con-=
fession. He entered upon his last night apparently intending to adhere to
| the story which he told in court, that the homicide was unpremeditated, the
i result of a suddenmarrel, and in self defense. There was.a continual throng
of visitors at the jail yesterday, drawn thither by a morbid curiosity to
see the fatal room and the dread éneine of death. Some few ere admitted,
but many were denied, as the necessary work could ‘not go on if all comers
were gratified. At about 6 o'clock last evening all outsiders were exclu-
ded and the last touches in the arrangement of the room, and the necessary
tests of the s tructure were given by the Sheriff and his deputies.
When all was completed, no one was allowed to approach the scaffold, that
no careless handling should displace its furniture, and cause any unfortunate
happing at the last moment. During the interview with Rev. Mr. Lamson, be-
fore his counsel arrived, Frost dictated letters to his wife and children,
Those to his children were of advice and direction for their conduct in

\


FROST, Samuel J, - Worcester, Mass. ~ 5-26-1876 - Continued.

“,.eTHE EXECUTION,

" The number of cards of admission issued was 257, and nearly all were used,
The available space in the guard room was all occupied, and the arrangements
were such as to secure comfortable position without crowding, far all who
were present. All were in place, the officers in position and everything
was in readiness promptly. The doors were closed at 10:30 o'clock and the
last act began. When the hands on the dial of the clock against the wall
under the gallows indicated exactly 10:30 o'clock, Sheriff Sprague stepped

in front of the scaffold and said: ‘Gentlemen, I have to respectfully re-
quest that you will remain as quiet as possible during the time that you are
in the guard room.' A deep bush fell over ,the entire body of spectators,
only broken hy the solemn tread of the execution party wo were in a few
instants heard ascending the stairs and passing along the stone floor of the
passage leading to the door at the left of the gallows. Passing round in
front of the scaffold the party mounted the stairs leading to the platform
the doomed man taking each of the 12 steps without resting on the arms of
the conducting officer. As the party ascended the waffold, Sheriff Sprague
WHEKRAXKARE walked first, followed by Deputy Earle, conducting the condemmad,
Rev. Mr. Lamson and Deputies Keene and Bothwell, in single file. Frost's
face betokened no emotion. He kept his eyes fixed before him, casting no
glance at the spectators, and none at the gallows, till he turned to ascend
the steps, when he raised his eyes to the beam and rope for an instant, drop-
igg them upon the stairs as he took the first step forward. As soon as
Frost was seated upon the fatal platform, Revi Mr. Lamson offered a short
prayer, his petition containing hardly a half dozen sentences. During the
offering of the prayer, the Sheriff and the clergyman stood at the front,
with Frost seated near the drop, Deputy Earle behind him and Deputies
Keene and Bothwell at his right and left hand. Immediately at its close,
Sheriff Sprague read the death warrant rapidly yet distinctly and when he had
AMAMEMMMER uttered its closing words, he added: 'I now proceed to do execu-
tion,' and pressed firmly upon the spring releasing the frop. Frost had
risen from his chair when the reading of the death warrant was begun, and the
deputy behind him had fastened the traps around his legs and arms, and before
the reading was finished had shut out the light from him forevery by drawing
the black cap over his head. There was not an instant's delay, and less
time than 5 minutes passed between the time the doomed man took his first
step upon the gallows stairs and that in which his body was thrown downward
by the release of the drop. The drop fell with hardly an audible sound,
and the light body of the murderer brought the rope to a strong tension,

he first thrill of a shudder ahd not run the more sensitive of the pecta-
tors when the body was seen spinning at the end of the rope, almost headlegs,
a fearful tear extending over the front of the throat, and fre blood gushing
out in streams. Every eye was rivited upon the startling and unexpected
spectacle, As the body turned round first disclosing and then concealing the
gash, the blood forced upward by the arterial movements spmrted fountain like
upward several inches, then the stream falling to the floor in a circle aroun
the hanging body. This circle extended even to the frame work of the gallows,
which was in many places flecked with blood gouts, and the welling life flood
pouring from the gaping woun down the front of the body, trickled from its
feet, forming a central pool directly beneath the body. This account doubt-
less seems full of horrors to the reader, but if falls far short of the re-
alities of the scene. Still the spectators did not waver from the sight.
The man was dead. No one could doubt but that his soul, declared guiley by
mortal judges and jurors, was already at the bar of another tribunal, -+here
was a real feeling of relief that there had been no slow-coming death, no
terrible throes of muscular agony, and so all watched with bated breath the
final scenes of the great tragedy. For some 2 miygutes the aterial gushings |
of blood continued, and then the slow dropping of drops from the body don-
tinued for a little before Drs. Voodward and Jewett sstepped under the gallows
and made their examination of the body - a mere formality in this case. The ©
knot of the rope had been placeé behind Frost's left ear almost round to the !


Q.

Q.

Unon my asking of her, whose ( hole in paper) of May, She before
Us, my wife & many others, affirmed that Sam'll Lad & no one else
was the father of them,

Did you not know or suspect that yr. Daught, Eliz. was at times
ve Child & in Ptic (7) : this May, 1691,

No; I told her I ( ) it because she was big; but she wld not _
own anything to me, .

Did none long since or before her Delivery tell you she was judged
to be with child or ( )

It was reported so to be, but I could not get her at any time to
own it

Did you not know of Her being Delivered this May 91: ye last week,
No: not till noon yesterday as I was going home from Meeting

Did she not tell you of it before yoha went to Meeting yesterday
No: I had not a word from ( hole in- paper) nor any acct of it on

( hole in paper) |

Why did you sew them uy in a cloth for burial

I did not; nor did I Inow of it

Did you not contrive or Imow of ye buriall of them: or ye ye

were to be buried,

No: I never heard anything of it till I came almost home from the
Meeting yesterday ab't noon.

Whom Doth She charge to be ye Father of ye children

Sam'll Lad of Haverhil; & none else,

@eeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeoeesee

Elizabeth Emmerson the Prisoner at the Barr at the time off her Tryall

September 25,1691 being asked if she were delivered of two children

answered that she was deliveréd of two children and that they were female
children,

Did you call for any help at the time of yor Travell?


foe

le

Answered She Did not call for any, She could not,

Did you take the infants & hide them & sew them in a cloth or bag
‘answered she I did, Did you do it by yourselfe or help, Said she I
had no help Did you bury them yourself or had any help answered she
.buried them herself and had no help, Did you acquaint yore father or
mother of this fact (?) you were with child, answered she no one told
anyone but he that begat them, Did ever your mother or any friend
while you were with child ever ask you if you were with child answered her
mother did ask how but never acquainted her with it,

How long did you lett yr infants lie in ye bed before that you put
them into ye clost answered not very ( ) cannot tell well how
long it was in ye night, answer in ye morning when father & mother were -
gone forth,

They were upon the bed when father & mother arose in the ( . ie
( ) some clothes upon them,

Was Samll Ladd a Single man or marryed man
Answered a marryed man

This examination after it was then taken was aginn read unto
Elizabeth Ammorson the Prisoner at ye barr and Shown the
Examination

Attest. Joseph Webb cler,

G@eeeeeeeseeoevneevee eee

May the tenth on being Called and Chosen to be a Jury to Judg of
the Children that was fond ded in ical Emorsons lot find that
the Children was at ther full time as children ust to be when they are
born & upon our examination of their bodies could not find unon them any

mark of blows, or signs of being violently rut to Death; or ( )

other ways might be used to effect, & we cannot find out,

Witness ye hands,

Danl! Lad Jr, Hannah Brown
James Pecker Hannah Swan
Mathew Clark Jud&ith Webster
Jno, Kayzar Hannah Johnson
Jno, Ayer Mary Neff

Jno, Stevens Sarah Franklin

( ) written was ( ) ye persons mentioned &

a

FIRST GENERATION

1. Micuar. Emerson, born in England at a date not
recorded here, but probably as early as 1625, is mentioned
first in this country in any record yet found, on ‘‘the last
day of the first month” (March) “1651,” in a “ Present-
ment,” as a witness who might be called in a case reported
by the Grand Jury of Essex County court. His residence
is not mentioned. The next item is in the records of the
town of Haverhill, March 3, 1655, when he received from

.the town one of the allotments of land that were made to

inhabitants:

“Voted and granted that Michael Emerson shall have two
cow commons and four acres of meadow to be laid out after the
second division of meadow is all laid out.”

These “cow commons” he was allowed to exchange for
two ox commons in 1661. The grant shows that he was a
resident of the town and had two cows at that date.

He was one of those who had a share in certain meadow
lands which the town gave out to inhabitants a little later.

“January 17, 1658. Michaell Emerson’s third division of
meadow being a quarter of an acre, shall be laid. out together

with his four acres of meadow which was formerly granted to
him.”

He also had a portion in the fourth division of meadow,
February 28, 1661.

Meantime he and his brother Robert had made a pur-
chase of a farm in the southwestern part of the town.
The deed was dated January 6, 1662; the price was eighty-
five pounds, and the condition that they should “pay for
two acres and a half of accommodations upon y° s‘ land.”

“Six score acres of third Division of Upland more or less
North East from Merrie’s Pond Bounded with a white Oak & 2

13


‘The
Haverhill Emersons

PART FIRST

COMPILED BY a
CHARLES HENRY POPE

Boston, Mass.

MURRAY AND EMERY COMPANY
287 ATLANTIC AVENUE

1913


sthe, three. Cities. Not
l “Disraeli,” thi
Ider ‘b secre maintain hi

Ibertson. van like’ @ ‘broad high
ay through ‘the: Italian quarter:
if Wakefield | and, ‘by “‘mid-after-
noon. the; three police’ “officers had.
‘questioned: "some fifteen or :twent:

forty-five Sund afternoon after +:
~ making @ brief visit and collecting ©
an installment of twelve dollars, ©
No, they did ‘not notice ‘whether.
“he went up: or down the. Street
“-when‘he left the house. :
ore in. Lawrence. Now. jit should: be easy to:
ether: Sari: under. fe trace.a large, well-dressed |
of Di “sman. carrying “a black
A bag on as ‘Ropulous
j street. such, as Co~<~.
‘dumbia- Road’ in-:
ales’ among the mid- afternoon” <4
p factories’ and “ota § aay,


INTREPID: Smart
Inspector Charles
R. Vose missed
death by a shade
before he finally

solved the fantas- but
tic riddle of the
slaughtered corpse

‘officers visited
every home in the
neighborhood, no
oné had seen “Dis-
raeli” Albertson.

The three. officers were not quite so
friendly when they returned to the tene-

‘ment occupied, by Albertson’s customers.

Rigid questioning -of other: families in the

house elicited no:information. A re-ques-

tioning ‘of each member of each family did

not change the original story. A careful

‘search. .of:-the premises: disclosed nothing

until they reached -the cellar, where earth

in a dark corner showed evidence of having
been disturbed.

“What's buried there!” Inspector Mul-
hare asked, pointing. ;

“Bruno,” said. the. tenant. “We all love

Bruno. So when he die I bury him here.”

Patrolman Preston grabbed a shovel
and in a few minutes unearthed the body
of a large black dog.

“Bruno!” said the tenant.

‘although the -

THOROUGH: Ex-
haustive, painstak-
ing operations by
Police Chief James
J. Pollard brought
the case to a tri-
umphant solution

“Well,” sighed Inspector. Mulhare when they were again
upon the street, “we must be somewhere near where ‘Dis-
raeli’ Albertson got his. It was one forty-five when he left
this house and that left just fifteen minutes for him to meet

the men who were going to buy the jewelry.”

“Anything could happen in this neighborhood,” observed
Wakefield, Patrolman Preston. “We had a factory superin-

tendent’s house dynamited a few weeks ago.

We haven’t

pinned it on anybody yet but some of the suspects live on

Columbia Road.”

Inspector Vose had been deep in: thought while the others

talked. “Albertson never brought two thousand dollars’

worth of jewelry into this neighborhood to meet someone he
didn’t know. _Somewhere in back of this is a person he

40

knew and trusted.”

Inspector Mulhare nodded. “What say we
have another talk with his brother in Law-
rence,” he suggested.

Samuel Albertson was not in the store
when Inspectors Vose and Mulhare re-en-
tered but a surprising piece of information
was supplied by the bookkeeper.

invitation to death

“I was in my office, just off the salesroom,
when the two men came in to see Mr.
Albertson last Thursday afternoon.”

“Would you recognize them if you.:saw
them again?” Mulhare interrupted. _

“I don’t know,” she replied. “I had but a
glimpse of them. They looked prosperous
and well dressed.’ au

“Did you overhear any. of the conversa-
tion?” Vose wanted to know.

“Some,” she replied. “The men could not
talk English very well and Mr. Albertson
had difficulty in understanding them. I think

_they had a letter of introduction from some-
one because they handed a paper to Mr.
Albertson. ‘Oh yes,’ Mr. Albertson said
‘after he read the note, ‘So Luigi sent you.’
“Then the older man explained they

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FALZONE, Biago, wh, elec. Mass, (Middlesex) Mey 11, 1915
’ vs

EX. bose Detrecnve
Tawvary, 1942 Wel HD

WH

ey :
“WHO KNOWS? Which of
the hundreds employed in

“the Evans Shoe . factory. wis!

where Albertson made his,
rounds knew more than he”
would tell? Who was forced
to tell when enterprising
trackers span a subtle net?

STRANGE IT WAS
+ o + but Blaglo
Falzone was pay-
ing a bright lad
to get him-a bot-
tle of milk daily. °

wanted to look at some jewelry because the younger one’s
fiancee was on the way from Italy and they were going to
be marriéd.as soon as she arrived. ;

“Mr. Albertson. produced a great number of pieces for
the two:men to look at.. At the time it occurred to me they

must have been very nice appearing men or Mr. Albertson’.

wouldn’t have put so much jewelry on the counter at once.
He was very cautious with strangers.”
‘Didn’t you at’any time hear him address either of these
, men by name?” insisted Mulhare,
“I don’t remember hearing any names.”
“And what happened after the men looked
at the jewelry?” Inspector Vose asked.
- “IT couldn’t see, of course,” replied the
bookkeeper. “But I gather the. two men
designated the articles they were interested
in. And then the man who did all the talk-
ing asked Mr. Albertson if he would bring
the jewelry to a certain address so that the
bridegroom’s father could see it before they
paid the money.”
“Did you catch the address?” blurted Vose
and Mulhare together.
“No. There seemed to be some difficulty
in making Mr. Albertson understand just
where they would meet him. I heard. the

name Wakefield and Columbia Road several -

times. And something about a small shack
in the field. At last Mr. Albertson seemed
to understand and he said he would be there
with the jewelry at two o’clock Sunday
afternoon.”
“Isn’t it likely that Albertson woubt write the names and addresses
down somewhere?” Mulhare asked hopefully.
“Oh yes,” she replied. ‘Mr. Albertson had a little pocket notebook
to write such things in.”
“And the notebook .. .?”
“Is in Mr. Albertson’s pocket, I suppose,” ihe anticipated.
“How about the note of introduction you mentioned a while ago—
Wouldn’t Mr. Albertson file that somewhere?” Inspector Vose queried.
“Probably he would,” replied the bookkeeper, hopefully. “If it was
from ‘one of his commission agents he would (Continued on page 62)


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STATE TROOPER

marks, strengthening Bradford's suspicions that here was
the spot where the killer had parked his car.
“Clever, all right,” Bradford said. “The killer wasn’t taking
any chances of having his car spotted.”
“No stranger would know ‘about this rock, ” Chief Pratt
declared.’ “The killer must be a Cape man.”
ae

RADFORD was in a thoughtful frame of mind as they re-

turned to the farmhouse. The body of John Alvez had
been removed to nearby Hyannis for the autopsy. Again
Alvez’ farmhouse was scoured inch by inch for additional
clues which failed to materialize. me

Chief Pratt remarked soberly: “Alvez’ empty wallet cer-
tainly is an indication that robbery was the motive. I can't
believe Alvez would be without funds for the Christmas
holidays.” ;

It was with a jolt that police and reporters realized it was
Christmas Eve. This made the murder of John Alvez all the
more tragic. The pile of Christmas gifts stacked on the slain
man’s bed showed he had been filled with the Yuletide spirit.
“We're up against a clever killer,” Bradford said. “The whole
<. setup shows clever planning. The. only bad break for the
killer occurred when Alvez came unexpectedly back to life.
That, I believe, was the only flaw in the murder.” ’

One of the reporters popped up, drawled: “You say that as
though it were a major clue. Give out, lieutenant.”

: Bradford shook his head. ‘I wouldn’t be so positive about it,
_ boys. As for robbery being the motive, then why wasn't ‘the
' diamond ring taken? For all we know, the appearance of
_?” robbery may. be camouflage to screen the real motive.”

- Despite a lengthy search, the murder weapon failed to turn
up. The storm had died down as Bradford walked to his car,
turning the.case over in his mind. John Alvez had been ex-
tremely well liked in Barnstable, and his murder was bound to
' shed gloom over the Christmas festivities of the townsfolks.
Bradford’s plans to spend a quiet Christmas had ceased the
moment Trooper Wesley phoned him of the murder at his home
in Hyannis..

Bradford drove to the state police barracks at West Barn-
_ Stable. Conrad Fernandez’s
- as he greeted Bradford. The chair opposite to where Fernandez
sat was piled with multi-colored paper wrapped packages
adorned with silver and.red ribbons. The inscription on the
- top package caught Bradford’s eye. It said:

“To my pal, Johnny Alvez.”

“Well, Conrad,” Bradford said kindly,

~ me how you came to find the body?”

- Fernandez nodded, rubbing the back of his hand across his
eyes, which misted with tears. “All right, lieutenant, ” he said

_brokenly, gesturing to his Christmas gifts. “J set out on my

bicycle to deliver gifts to my, friends. I thought I’d stop at

“supposing you tell

Orville Wesley
(left) wainly questioned the victim's
many friends, in search of a lead.

face was the color of parchment.

N

‘around the side and tried the side door——

be traced through hunting. licenses,

THE GUILTY MAN burned the stock. but he couldn't bum
the metal parts of the murder gun, one of which is shown
after it was found in his room’ by = investigators

Johnny's farm first. When 1 got there, the place was. in’
darkness. [I knocked on the front door, but there was no
answer. I couldn’t imagine where Johnny could have gone
I hollered his name, and all I could hear was the rain, I wen

9?

“Why didn’t you try the kitchen door?” Bradford asked.

“T forgot,” Fernandez explained. “The front door was locked,
But the side door opened. I stepped inside and struck a
match——"’ :

The expression on the man’s face left nothing to conjecture
in Bradford’s mind. Seeing Alvez dead in a welter of blood:
sent Fernandez scurrying away. ©

“There’s one thing I’d like to know, Conrad,” Bradford said. '
“Can you tell me if Alvez carried much money with him the .
last few days ?”

“You betcha,” Fernandez exclaimed. “Johnny - had plenty
of money from the sale of his fall crop. Over $200, I think.” *

Bradford stood up. “Thanks, Conrad. If there’s anything
else I may happen to think of, I'll get in touch with you.”

In the privacy of his office, Bradford examined the crimson-.
tainted splinter of wood he had picked up near Alvez’ head
Offhand, he couldn’t place its origin. But the fact that it
had something to do with Alvez’ death was obvious. It wa
still sticky with blood and imbedded with human hairs.

The splinter was prong-shaped at one end. and about two-
inches long. The minutes ticked by as Bradford studied it:
intently. Then with a piece of dry cloth, he wiped clear’
a fractional space. The light from the lamp on his desk re-*
flected off the highly polished brown walnut surface of th
wood. It suddenly clicked in Bradford’s mind. The splinte
obviously belonged to the lower portion of a gun stock, with
out doubt the shotgun used by the killer.

The picture was now clear to Bradford. The iiller had firs
shot Alvez, then bludgeoned him to death with the stock of.
his shotgun. And the vicious nature of the clubbing was testi
fied to by the splintered piece. Bradford was convinced the
splinter had broken off during the bludgeoning, and the Bue é
crafty as he was, had overlooked it.

The problem now was to find the shotgun with a miésing
splinter !

But at the same time, Bradford realized the obstacle con
fronting him. Cape Cod residents owned*hundreds of shot-
guns of various makes, and while many of these guns could
the task was neither

simple nor sure.

However, there was one important factor in Lieutenant
Bradford’s favor. No one had seen him pick up the splinter
and Bradford had no intention of making public this valuable
clue. If he did, it would be giving the killer a warning to
destroy the murder shotgun.

Chrisemas morning found Bradford and Teo Wesley

a


busy checking the slain man’s numerous friends. They found
no evidence of any love affair. Although Alvez had been
friendly and genial, he had no “‘steady” woman friend, and a
possible jealousy motive seemed ruled out.

Further inquiry revealed that John Alvez apparently had
‘no enemies. Later in the day, Bradford drove to Hyannis where
Medical Examiner Curry, with the assistance of Dr. William
D. Kinney, had performed the autopsy.

“We found over 45 pellets,” Medical Examiner Curry re-
ported. “The bulk were in the chest and shoulders with death
as the result of the pellets penetrating the heart lining.”

Bradford shook his head, It seemed incredible that John
‘ Alvez could have recovered consciousness after such a wound
to combat his murderous assailant.

“What size were the pellets?” Bradford asked. | —
‘S “No. 4, chilled shot, 12-gauge.”

HILE CHIEF PRATT and Trooper Wesley continued
the investigation, Bradford left for Boston the morning

of December 26. At state police headquarters in the State
House, Bradford explained the startling possibilities of the
splinter to his superior officer, Captain Thomas EX Bligh.

“I’m going to check all hardware and sporting goods stores,”

“Bradford declared. “I want to know what make of shotgun

‘this splinter came from.”

. Captain Bligh nodded. “An excellent idea, Bradford. I’m
» assigning Detective Albert. Brouillard to help you.”

.... Bradford and Brouillard left headquarters together.

» “To start, you’d better drive down to Barnstable and con-

~ tact Trooper Wesley,” Bradford instructed his partner. “Re-
check the Alvez farmhouse. With the let-up in the storm,

yo re liable to uncover almost anything. ‘The weather —
hampered us last night.”

Leaving Brouillard, Bradford walked downtown unt) he
reached a famous sporting goods establishment in Dock
Square. The arms department was on the street floor, and
Bradford asked to see the gun expert. The expert ¢yed the
splinter Bradford gave him. i

“That’s a piece from a shotgun stock,” Bradford informed
him, “Can you tell me the make of the shotgun ?”

The expert looked at Bradford in amazement. “You're
practically asking the impossible,” he said. “What gauge is 7%
the shotgun?” Bradford told him it was a 12-gauge. They =
expert examined the splinter thoroughly, then shook his head...‘

“P’m afraid I can’t help. Very sorry, lieutenant. You see, ©»
there are at least a score of different 12-gauge shotguns <"—
manufactured.” cH oy

Throughout the rest of the afternoon, Bradford tramped ~~

from hardware stores, sporting-goods establishments, and the >

little shops of gunsmiths. His queries were fruitless. At every” a
place he called the sight of the splinter drew negative replies. >
Around 5 o'clock he-was about to call it quits. He had ex-
hausted all his possibilities in Boston. There wasn't another
place he could think of. ae
He stood on the corner of Court and Washington Streets, <_
wondering about his next move. Suddenly he thought about «__

a certain Italian gunsmith in the North End. This man,”

Bradford understood, had devoted his life to the study of tA
guns. Bradford walked quickly down Washington Street, y
turned into Hanover in the heart of the Italian district, then
into the little shop of the gunsmith on Richmond Street. Pac

To the gunsmith, Bradford explained who he was. and»
what he wanted. Bradford waited patiently while the man me
examined the splinter. Finally the expert looked up. — OS

“Yes,” he said, “I think I can help you.”

Bradford’s fatigue disappeared as he leaned excitedly over

-the counter. “Shoot,” he said.

The gunsmith tapped the splinter with his index finger.
“This is part of the stock near the trigger guard. In the ~~
country today, there are only three makes of shotgun which.
have the same narrow line tapering to the trigger guard. This
splinter came from one of those three guns. Another factor, ©
lieutenant, is that two of these three manufacturers use this «
particular grade of walnut to finish off the stock along the ¢
lines of this splinter.” em

Bradford was jubilant. The gunsmith supplied him with the |
names of the three manufacturers of that particular kind of —
shotgun, The lieutenant’s task was now greatly simplied. In-.—
stead of facing the colossal job of checking every shotgun on _
the Cape, all Bradford had to do was check the hunting -.
licenses issued throughout the Cape whereon the owner’s shot-+ ~
gun was registered. ve

Back at Barnstable, Detective Brouillard and Trooper™ «
Wesley informed Bradford they had been unable to find any \
new evidence at the murder farmhouse. Bradford then ex-' ;
plained the significance of the splinter, cautioning them not to-~
breathe a word about it. - are

“It’s the clue that’s going to crack the case,” Bradford said. | .
“Now before I start a check on the shotguns, I want a detailed.”
picture of Alvez’ movements on December 23.” ;

A backtrack in the interrogation of Alvez’ friends brought
to light that the slain man had spent most of the 23rd with op
friends in Barnstable, These friends told Lieutenant Bradford — +
that Alvez had sold a crop of cranberries and potatoes on that)».
day to a Barnstable produce dealer for $225. Alvez, it was”
further stated, had left for his farmhouse around 8 o'clock.

“Conrad Fernandez was right,” Bradford said to Brouillard.*.
“Alvez had over $200 on him when he was niurdered, and the, ~~
killer took the money.” ea

The lieutenant scratched the back of his head, a thoughtful. 4
look on his ruddy face. “Somebody in this neck of the woods,”
he mused, “has a lot of spending money. Brouillard—here’s “he
a job for you and Wesley. Better get in touch with Chief Soe,
Pratt, too. I want you men to circulate throughout Barnstable ~~
and Hyannis. Try to find out who has been spending money ~~
freely the last few days. In the interim, I'll start a check_on*®
the shotguns.” eae

Bradford's first step was to prepare a list of owners of the <4
two makes of shotguns which the North End gunsmith de-"
clared used the same grade of walnut finish as the fatal splinter...
The number of owners amazed Bradford. He listed over 60...
names ! (Continued on page:65) >.

wat

37

~ daid. “He's a bad egg, Now on parole from

Sing Sing, What's the rap?" ,
“Murder!” Fowler told them, “Keep hin
mother’s place under surveillance and ar-
rest him if he shows up. Detective O'Hara
will be right down to give you help.”

It was almost daylight on the following

day before John Palm, driving his mother’s
‘. gun-metal sedan, came home. O'Hara per-
-sonally made the arrest.
») At’ Mount) Vernon headquarters — the
youth: stoutly denied having killed Peter
Kaminsky. In fact, he called the Milford
_ detective a bungler and meddler and readily
agreed to go back to Connecticut.
' But in New Haven Lillian Del Grego
and Neta Shaw unhesitatingly picked him
out as the killer. John Miller was not
quite certain, saying, “The voice sounds
similar.” —
~~ The label inside the cap was a definite
clue. A Mount Vernon dealer identified
~ Palm as the purchaser. Neighbors at Gulf
Beach identified the gun-metal car as
similar to one parked behind the rented
“bungalow during the summer.
_ Thus it was explained why Kaminsky’s
_ killer had evaded the police dragnet on the
~“<morning of the crime. He had only a few
_iblocks to drive. > '
--<* Palm lost some of his cockiness when
~*jbail was fixed at $50,000 until the investi-
~ gation, was complete. Then State’s At-
_jtorney Samuel A. Hoyt convened the
- grand jury and obtained a first degree
_murder indictment against him.

HE NEW YORK GUNMAN fought
~~ * vigorously when he went to trial before
Judges E. A. Inglis, E. J. Quinlan and
. .Kenneth Wynne—the latter being the same

~ divorce.
Palm tried to blame the crime on Joseph
Del Grego, but Schatzman and Lenzi had
found the ex-husband by this time and
the produced an unshatterable alibi in court
_for the early hours of October 3. Del Grego,
hough suspicion had pointed toward him,
was innocent. © ;
= Next Palm sprang a,surprise by intro-
ducing a pretty young waitress, who
claimed she was with the gunman at the
“time ‘of the crime—and this was miles
“away from Gulf Beach.
But overnight the state police riddled
ier story, and the next day two rebuttal
~ witnesses for the prosecution declared she
“was with them on the fatal morning. The
/waitress immediately drew a indeterminate
perjury term in the State Farm for Women
‘at Niantic, from which she later escaped.
Despite his frantic plea that he was be-
ing “railroaded” because the police could
‘find no other goat, John Palm was found
guilty as charged. The three judges
sentenced him to be executed in the elec-
tric chair at Wethersfield Prison the week
‘of September 27, 1937.
Palm's attorneys carried an appeal to the
$tate supreme court, which unanimously
“confirmed the verdict and the date of éxe-
cution of sentence.
~~ But John Palm was not destined to die.
>”. Prison keepers began to observe that the
© < death house prisoner was’ acting strangely.
© As result of their observation, Warden
Ralph H. "Walker appointed two physicians,
who, after an intensive examindtion, de-
clared that Palm was rapidly going mad.
~. Governor Wilbur L. Cross then, inter-
vened. He ordered Palm removed to the
»- Norwich State Hospital, where the man
ve ey is still under. treatment.

_* Should he ever recover his sanity, the
verdict of death will be carried out.

~The name Paddy Donahue, as used in
this narrative, is not real but fictitious in
order’to. protect an innocent person.—
Eviror,

“pts Rn ERO og
DECEMBER, 1949

“jurist who had granted Lillian Del Grego's"

Splintered Stock |

(Continued from page 37)

But that was hetter than checking over
hundreds of other registered shotgun
owners, Bradford began a systematic check
of the owners, and right from the start
he realized that) only lJong-drawn and
patient investigation would net results.

The check-up meant jumping around the
county, not finding the owners in, and
doubling back with a great loss of time.
Bradford brought more troopers into the
investigation and supplied them with five

. names apiece to check.

Brouillard and Wesley were unable to
get a lead on any free spenders following
Alvez’ murder. As’ several more. days
elapsed, the 1931 Christmas Eve murder

had reached an alarming checkmate. The’

check of the shotguns was the sole re-
maining clue. upon which Bradford hinged
his entire investigation.

THE MORNING of January 3, Bradford
had a visitor, a young Portuguese. The
youth mentioned his name somewhat re-
luctantly and seemed extremely nervous.

“What can I do for you?” Bradford
asked cordially.

“I'm here about Johnny. Alvez’ murder,”
the youth said abruptly. “But before I say
anything, I want your promise that my
name ‘and .what I tell you will be kept
strictly confidential.”

The lieutenant eyed his visitor keenly.
“Okay, son,” he said. “I promise.”

“Understand one thing,” the youth ex-
plained, “I.don’t care to accuse anybody of
murder, But after you hear my story, you
can draw your own conclusions. [ came
here to see you about a man who has been
having a lot of trouble with his wife.”

Bradford sat up straighter in his chair.
“I don’t get you,” he said softly. “What
has a man’s domestic affairs. to do with
Johnny Alvez’ murder ?”

“If I'm. right,” was the enigmatic reply,
“then the answer is plenty. This man is
married to a beautiful Indian princess of
the Mashpee tribe. As you know, there’s a
village of that name near Falmouth, about
twenty miles from here. This fellow and his
princess wife have been married a very
short time. The first month or so they got
along okay, but then trouble started. He's
the kind of a man who can’t seem to stick
to one job. Most of the time he isn’t work-
ing. ° .

“Things got so bad he couldn’t even buy
gas for his car. They have been living
with their relatives. The princess wasn’t
at all satisfied. I told you she was beauti-
ful, lieutenant.
that. I can't find words to describe her.
Many of her own race had courted her. And
although she married, she is still sought
after.
turned them all down.

“But what I’m driving at is that the
princess told her husband she’d leave him
if he did not support her. The husband is
desperately in love with her. I know that
as sure as [ sit here.”

Bradford leaned across his desk. “Is it
possible,” he asked, “that Alvez fitted into
this picture?”

“No, lieutenant. Johnny Alvez didn’t
know the Indian princess at all.”

“In that case, what are you driving at?”

“Well,” replied the informant, “up to
December 23, I know that the princess
and her husband were penniless. They had
no money whatsoever for the holidays. Yet
on the 24th, the day after Johnny’s murder,
this guy went to New Bedford with his
wife and her mother and sister. He out-

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18 EMERSON GENEALOGY

but Considering my Later End drawi i
make this my last will and testament ois ta ret ay oe
Comit after Death unto y* Earth by a Desant burial & “
Spirit to return to god who gave it. In trusting to a ploricas
Resarection at y° last day & an inheritanc among the saints in
Light: Threw Jesus Christ: ouer alone Redeemer. And for
those few things of this world which it hath Pleased God to
bestow upon me I do will and bestowe and despos of as
foloeath I will y* all my Just Debts be payed: and y* Rest
of my Eastat I bequeath & give in mannor foloing: viz: unto
my beloved wife Hannah Emerson I give the youse of the
east end of my dweling house all the Dayes of her life that
she shal Remain my widow. I all so give hir my best bed
and all y beding their unto belonging and two cows & a
smal bras kitel and a belmetel. skilet. this. I give to m wife
besides aseutabel and comfortabel maintenanc sewtabel for m
widow out of my Eastat acording to y° Quantity thear of to be
found her by my two Excutors of this my will I Do allso give
unto my Eldest son John Emerson all my waring aparell besids
what I have all Redy given him by Dead & no more: and unto
my Son Samuel Emerson I give the sum of twenty pownds:
and all my lands & medows in haverhill which I have not before
this day disposed of by Dead. I: give be tween my two yongest

last mentioned hous land & medow I give unto my son Joshua
Emerson in y {... ]land hear to fore unto Jonathan Emerson
and all y* Rest & Remainer of my [ ... ] whear I now Live
and all my out lands and medows. I: give Equely between
my two above s* sons Jonathan Emerson & Joshua Emerson
y' 1s to say firstly my homestead and also my farm land about
forty fouer acres and my Spicet medow and allso my Stron

water medow. I do hear by give and bequeath to & E cel
betwen Jonathan & Joshua: and all my Commonages and an pd
aney other wrights or titels or Intrests in lands. or: medows
to me belonging, I do give unto Them ys Jonathan &
Joshua I. give the above named land & medow To them ond

I: allsg will and order my s* two sons The FE i

my will Jointly & Equely to give in and ei eg ‘hee
Mother or Carey in unto heir a good and sufficient quantity of
provision & Things nesesery for heir suport «& maintainenc
boath Comforting & Conveniant for heir maintainan & for her
to kee house with in y° End of y* house which I have willed to
heir whear she shal live all y* dayes of her widowwhed to be

FIRST GENERATION 19

Equely given by Jonathan & Joshua my two Excutors: I: do
all so will and order these my two sons Excutors to my will to
pay out as Leageseys for this my Eastat which I have given
them these several leageseys hear after menshoned unto &
among my hear after named Childern: viz: to John Emerson:
my wearing apparil as above & unto Samuel Emerson the sum
of twenty pounds as a bove and unto my Dafter hannah Duston
the sum of twenty pounds besids what they have alredy had
allso unto my Dafter Abagail: now Smith the sum of sixten
besids what thay have had alredy given them: and unto my
son in Law hew Mathews I do give the sum of forty shillings
besids what I have formerly given him allso I: do give to hew
Mathewses Children as foloeath to his son John Mathews and
his dafter Johannah Mathews I give thirty shillings apice If:

- they be living & Come for it and to mary mathews my gran-

dafter. I give the sum of fiveten pownds if she shal live unto the
time of payment or be maried & have a Child: and I do consti-
tute these my two sons Jonathan Emerson & Joshua Emerson
to be the sole and Jont Excutors of This my Last will & Testi-
ment To pay the legaseys hear in wiled and given in all Respects
as it is hear seat downe and wiled but I do not bind & order my
sons to pay these leagiseis in money but in good pay at money
pric and I do give them Three years time after my Deceas for
to fulfill and Compleat all ye Several bequethments that I
have hear in Expresed and given unto my Children & Gran
Children: in Confirmation of what is hear writen in this my
Last will & testament I have hear unto set to my hand and seal
this eightenth day of July in y* year one thousand seven hun-
dred and nine in y* 8th year of her majs' Reign Queen Anne of
great britain Michael Emerson
Marke & seal (seal)

Sined & sealed in presents of
these witneses
Timothy Kezer
Nathan N Simon
his marke
James Jorden

The foregoing will shows that Hannah, wife of Michael
Emerson, was living in July, 1709; we have no record of

her death.
Children:

i. Hannah?, one of the most famous women of early
New England, was b. at Haverhill Dec. 23, 1657,
m. Dec 3, 1677, Thomas Duston. She was cap-

20

no other time in her life found lacking in the

- gentleness and peaceful character of woman; this
deed was the product of maddening experience.
Mr. Duston, who first tried unsuccessfully to in-
duce Hannah to let him carry her to a place of
safety when he saw the savages approaching, bent
his energies to the saving of their nine children;
and by keeping them running and firing back at_
the pursuing Indians, managed to get them all to a
place of safety. hs

Children: . oe
1. Hannah Duston, b. Aug. 22, 1678; m.
- Daniel Cheney, of Newbury. - |
_ 2, Elizabeth Duston, b. May 7, 1680; m. Dec.
27, 1698, Stephen Emerson. on ee

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4, Thomas Duston, b. Jan. 5, 1683. «<-> -
5. Nathaniel Duston, b. May 16, 1685. °°
vy 6. John Duston, b. Feb. 2, 1686-7; d. Jan. 28,
83 1689-90. 6 + see es sane ae
7
8

. Sarah Duston, b. July 4, 1688.

. Abigail Duston, b. Oct., 1690; m.

“Samuel
Watts. yuh ie)

-- 9, Jonathan Duston, b. Jan. 15, 1691-20000
-.10. Timothy Duston,*b. Sept. 14,:1694..0°0. 558. Sse th

11. Mehitabel Duston (twin with Timothy)... .: :....) {|}
~ 12. Martha Duston, b: March 9, 1696-7; slain -s)}:o%

. yo: 4 bythe Indians.) ee PLE ae
ii + Oe - 1659; d. Aug. 15, 1659. © 2"
iii. ary, b. Oct. 5, 1660; m. at Newbury Aug. 28, 1
| Hugh Matthews. " Sieur y eit

- Mary Duston, b. Nov. 4, 1681; d. Oct. 18, _ =

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FIRST GENERATION "21

Children: -° spikes PEER:
1. A daughter, b. July 18, 1685. 7 4!»

, 2. Judith Matthews, b. April ult. 1689. -°.
3. Hugh Matthews, b. May 15, 1691.
4. Mary Matthews, bapt. May 18, 1701. .

- 3-4y. John, b. March 18, 1661-2.
ALY, Samuel, b. Feb. 2, 1663-4.

Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 1665. Let the “mantle of

& Charity cover” bh
vii. Abigail, b. Dec. 17, 1667; d. Dec. 31, 1667.

5. viii. Jonathan, b. Mar. 9, 1669-1670.
ix. Abigail, b. Nov. 20, 1671; m. Nov. 30, 1693, Samuel
‘ ~ §mith of Newbury. tees feante ;
Children: ‘ "Ea.
Hannah Smith, b. Aug. 17, 1694.
Samuel Smith, b. May 1, 1696.
Jonathan Smith, b. Aug. 22, 1698.
Abigail Smith, b. May 8, 1700.
Mehitabel Smith, b. Feb. 22, 1701-2.
Mary Smith, b. May 18, 1704.
Sarah Smith, bapt. June 2, 1706.
Nathaniel Smith, bapt. July 18, 1708.
Timothy Smith, bapt. June 10, 1711.
. Susanna Smith, bapt. May 10, 1713.

x. Judith, b. July 2, 1673; d. Sept. 8, 1673.
xi. Joshua, b. Mar. 2, 1675-6; d. Mar. 26, 1676.
xii. Ruth, b. May 8, 1676; d. Aug. 28, 1677.
xiii. Judith, b. Nov. 7, 1677. Rae

6. xiv. Joshua, b. Nov. 17, 1678. .
xv. Susanna, b. Apr. 30, 1680; d. May 8, 1680.

2. Ropert Emerson, born in England probably about
the year 1630; came’ to this country at a time not on
record here, but before January 4, 1658, when he was
married at Rowley, Massachusetts, to Ann (Anne),
daughter of Thomas and Jane Grant. It is known that

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_

Thomas Grant came from England to this country before

the year 1638, as a fellow passenger testified (Essex Pro-
bate Court, July 20, 1698). He died about 1643 and his

- widow had an allotment of land in Rowley; on the death
of her son John Grant in 1700, Anne Emerson, as a sister

of John, received a share of that land.
Robert Emerson joined with his brother Michael in

- %

16
EMERSON GENEALOGY

iets George Corly
e gave to his oldest :

present writing. We

ne quote the essential portions of the

Kk
now all men by these presents

town of Haverhill j th :
1 P a /
setts Bay in N aa Engi fra. county in . Lea at x erson of y®
and on y* C . vince o Massachu-

love which I doe

erie third part of th
in a meadow
and meadow above maid Le Strong water meadow which |

é ich land

freely give y°

tac e: y° same &

singular y* priviledges Shoe. part and parcel thercof with all &
a

belonging or any wise app

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ign. (1713

Michael Emerson
. marke « se:

Witnessed by Nathaniel Ayer au

sex Deeds, 29, 86) ) ne Febru

and Josiah Ga
e 7 age,
ary y* 16 Day 1715-6, (Es.

Michael E !
Tondthan nae also conveyed lands we
May 21. 1695) Mres Most of it an appl ue
; to sons Jonathan and Fohoe ne or
a, May 21,

1699, ten ac

Davis, and his rey a bought of Peter Green and

himself life use of his mn meadow, eight acres mae Car

upland: then. J mansion house and fou, rving to

a , une 3, 1715, “Mi our acres of th

Wainer,” hi , y A020, Michael E : e

Michadl E s usual description, conveyed t meron, cord-

own son Joshua Ena, about six years of eter erandson

land he had bau h merson,” 44 acres of land — of my
ght of Robert Swan, and some ot adioining

, other lands;

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and he ‘personally appeare
and attested his sign

the latest date a
appear that he died soon after.

business life, as ©
—and must hav

- John Emery. She had three

FIRST GENERATION 17

d” before Justice Woodbridge

ature November 24, 1715. This is
t which we know of his activities; it would
He had been in active
ur records show, since 1651, — 64 years,

e been upwards of eighty-five years of

age when he bestowed this gift upon his namesake

grandson. :
Michael Icmerson married April 1, 1657, Hannah,

daughter of J ohn and Mary (Satchwell) Webster. Her
father was an early settler at Ipswich and a valuable

citizen; after his death Mrs. Webster married second,
brothers, Satchwells, who

came to the same plantation and proved worthy men.

Mrs. Hannah (Webster) Emerson had no holiday life;
what with the cares of a large family, the waywardness of

one child, another_daughter’s dreadful experiences, and
the inevitable difficulties of pioneer life, she had heavy
burdens; but she bore all well and left a name for worthy
living. She survived her husband, but the time of her

death is not known to us.

We present a verbatim copy ©
he did not write it, for his sight had failed
not even see to write his name at its close,
proof he had been able to do up to middle life; it was a day
of very imperfect ‘helps to read,” and many @ man of
that period whose writing is extant during his active years
left a will signed with a mark because he could not see to
pen his autograph. The date of the proving of the will
‘s not endorsed on it nor do we find any other record of
the fact; but from references to him as deceased a little

later it may be properly inferred that it was taken into
court (after Mr. Emerson’s death) near the close of the

year 1715.

f Michael Emerson’s will;
so that he could

as we have good

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF:

on of Haverhill in y° county of Essex in
tality of this Life: being
tus understanding

Michael Emers
New England: calling To mind y* mor
of a perfect memory and of good Compas men

14 EMERSON GENEALOGY

lack Oak by y* s‘ Pond & two white

ree Pareals of Second Division of pees al gr tn
sie g unto Merrie’s Creek at y* East End of Merrie’s Cr i
fan one areal upon Stump ying in John Chine
ie upland & y° other Peell of it lying ne mg ey whi a
n os tie Merrie’s Creek Pond near to y® West E d if _
hird Division of Upland and bounded round with Upland id

{Essex Deeds, 30, 85.]

After this transfer the town gave him a tract adjoining

us farm and after ; :
aa: ward permitted him to exchange some

“Laid out to Michaell Emers

pete : on Fort

= acpainite to his other land which Be had a Robert a a

reg ih 1a waite oak between Thomas Lillford and him and

ind that is Iai q at ithe Pow acre of Meadow in that

a not given in town record.] ard, bounded with upland.”

sn seiiy aed i aoe Michael Emerson and Robert E

sn ane vich te pare hee oe own twenty or thirty a iS of

uth side ahd to sb they bought of Robert Swan ‘on the
: , and to take up as much aay 8

vuth west side of said land; George Browne fe Robet, at

re chosen & appointed for t
)
ow granted to the two pa Rdlen and lay out the land

i tae ain heed in which lands were surveyed
that period resulted in many misunderstandi
trangely the bonds of the En wera ey eae
1erson farm were so
racine ere arose as to whether their line a
‘tude some of the “common” land:
ed i cop Geek and; and they were
e whi y ;
dental. ch was found so fenced in
Michael Emerson was a n
> aman of decision an ili

le W as elected constable in 1659 and one a poanr ET
riting has come down in the files of Essex County soar,
© warrant had been placed in his hands and he endorsed

* Tt in eortain, ther i
ain, therefore, that his maki i
; ; ) vki 44 io 92 4 .
aused by infirmity, not ignorance. ng bis “mark” to his will was

FIRST GENERATION 15

on the back the following memorandum in clear chirog-
raphy:

oo hes ahach -
Cy & bin Grp, Gta T
Ix chraskt Gin Ensiabe of hanbshill
apill 161 bo

Besides the work of the court a constable had to collect
“rates” or taxes and keep close personal accounts with
the town. Michael Emerson filled other positions of
responsibility. He had learned the trade of “‘cordwainer”’
or shoemaker, which then included a knowledge and skill
covering all materials and work that entered into the
trade. So he was chosen “‘sealer of leather,” the officer
who had authority to see that all sales of leather were
made honestly, as to quality and quantity. He was ap-
pointed to “join with Newbury men to lay out and state
the way between them and us” November 19, 1662.
Was one of the surveyors of highways in 1695, his portion
being that ‘between the Saw Mill river and the Great
Plain.” At that same town mecting he was elected one
of the “tithing men,” appointed to keep order in the place
of worship, — pretty good evidence that he was a member
of the church. The church records for the period of his
residence in Haverhill have been lost, so that we cannot

_ say with positiveness who were members, but this office is

enough to base a strong presumption upon. He was once
prosecuted for severely punishing his child, so sternly did
he oppose what he believed to be wrong; all his children
did_credit to the family except Elizabeth, who again and
again fell into disgrace. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson, however,
enjoyed the respect of their neighbors, and were valuable
helpers in promoting the advancement of the community
in all good ways. |

In addition to the lands which fell to him as a proprietor
in the town’s distributions, he bought lands of Robert


scoop of the shovel and wove but a
short thread into the life atterns of
these policemen, for even ate did not
know in what instant the four came
close to death.

“What's the trouble down there!”
Chief Pollard shouted when the
shovel strokes ceased. :

The only sound from the darkness
below was the sound of a heavy body
movin, Suddenly a very white face
popped'. up through the trap door.

“Gawd, sir, look what I found!”

Three faces blanched -and eyes
widened with terror as they stared at
the object in Preston’s hands. Rever-
ently two of the men made the sign
of the cross and the other two sent
up silent prayers.

“My Gawd what a fiendish plot!”
gasped the Wakefield Chief of Police,
taking the object from Preston’s
trembling hands.

Rarely is it given to men to come
quite this close to sudden death and
escape unscatched, for had the shovel
of Patrolman Preston struck this
bundle of dynamite a. fair blow they

all would have been blown to atoms. °

The three sticks were tied together
with clothes line. Two wires led to
a detonating cap in one of the sticks.

“How did they expect to set this
off. without a battery?” Inspector
- Mulhare wondered.

Chief Pollard had made a study of
dynamite during a strike in Wake-
field. “It’s really one of the most
clever dynamite plantings I’ve ever
heard of,” he said. “If the candle had
ignited the excelsior. as planned the
heat from the burning building would
have made the wires red hot, ex-
ploding the detonating cap and blow-
ing the blazing structure _all over
the landscape. Or, failing this, the
chances were about a hundred to one
that anyone digging would set off this
charge by striking the dynamite with
the shovel.” !

“I guess,” observed Inspector Vose.
dryly, “there must be something: well
worth digging for here!”

It was extremely difficult digging
beneath the floor and the four men.
took turns in the arduous work. It
was necessary to work carefully for

‘none knew when more dynamite
might be found.

Slowly the sweating men sunk a
hole three feet wide by about six
and a half feet long. At a depth of
three feet they came to another layer
of oil-soaked excelsior. And, horror
of horrors, a pair of hands, clenched
as if in agony, thrust up through the
dirt beneath. :

Furiously now the shovel worked ..

in the murder tomb. Caution was
thrown to the winds in the haste to\

uncover the body. And once againi-

the stage was set for disaster.
Something almost supernatural
there was in the luck of Patrolman
James Preston that day before Christ-
mas, for once again he missed death
by a fraction of an inch when his
shovel scooped out a stick of dyna-
mite that had been planted deep in

the. hole just above the dead man’s

head.

Tt was a stout task for the four
husky officers to haul and tug the
body of big “Disraeli” Albertson up
through the hole in the floor. ‘That it
was Albertson there could be no
doubt. The clothing and general
description fitted perfectly that of the
missing jeweler.

About the neck was drawn a noose
of clothesline, with the knot behind.

_of the murdered

TRUE CRIME CASES

¢

The face was a mass of welts and
bruises from many blows. There were
twenty-one deep stiletto wounds in
the chest and stomach to attest to the
extreme ferocity of the killer. Every-
thing had been removed from the

ockets of the clothing. There was no
Black bag in the grave—nor any clue
whatsoever ‘to the identity of the
killers.

One more touch of horror was
added when the medical examiner
announced that in spite of his in-
juries, Albertson was alive when
buried. ‘This man must have put up
a terriffic fight for his life,” the medico
said. “There is human flesh beneath
his fingernails. I have no doubt the
killer was marked up considerably.”

So far the officers had been work-
ing in the dark but now they hada
murder case. Pussy-footing tactics
were no longer necessary. An arrest
was made before, hardly, the body
man was in the
morgue.

It was a long and trying session .

Luigi Grassidonio had in the office of
Chief Pollard. Grassidonio emphati-
cally denied any knowledge of or
complicity in the murder of “Disraeli”
Albertson. There were no scratches
upon his face or body. Reluctantly,
the officers released this, their chief
suspect.

“We work like dogs and we almost
get blown to bits and what do we
get?” complained Inspector Mulhare.

“Nothing!” : ;

“Well, we know that ‘Disraeli’
Albertson was lured to Factory Field
and murdered by twa Italians who
were introduced by someone he

-knew. And I, personally, think that

someone was Luigi Grassidonio.
only we could find that note he wrote
to introduce the two Italians...” said

Vose.

“The trouble is,” growled Mulhare,
“the people in this neighborhood are
regular Chinese monkeys. Here’s a
violent murder of a Sunday after-
noon and yet nobody sees anything,
hears anything, or will say anything!”

“Italians are often close mouthed
as far as police are concerned,” ob-
served Chief Pollard. “But I know a
way...”

“you mean an. undercover man?”

“No,” replied Chie Pollard. “A
woman!”

And so for two days no men in
uniform visited .the Factory. Field
neighborhood. With no policemen
around to ask embarrassing questions
Italian tongues clacked and rumors
flew thick and fast. Even to this day
the persons involved wonder how
their words reached the ears of the
Wakefield Chief of Police.

great, big revolver

But reach them they did, these
words that were whispered in a dozen
kitchens and backyards, and that is

paste


just as bad as the murderers them-
selves,” said Fairbairn severely. * |

But they said they’d kill me if I said
anything!” protested the prisoner.

“Well,” the Sheriff was bored, “we
don’t need your story now. But if you
have anything to say you might as
“well spill it.”

In a rush of words Luigi Grassi-
donio told how Morella had come to
him with a proposal for the robbery
of Albertson. It was to be just a rob-
bery, nothing more. All he would
have to do was write a note to the
jeweler, and he would get a share of
the .spoils.

“And then they come to me Sunday
night, after they kill him. Falzone
put a stiletto at my throat and he say,
we have taste Albertson’s blood and
it is sweet. We'll taste yours and
your wife’s too, if you mention us!’
And then they give me a watch and
they take me out to the shack and
they give me a bunch of keys they
say belongs to Disraeli and they make
me bury them in the field. Then they
make me hide the stiletto and_ they

TRUE CRIME CASES

Grassidonio, shackled to the Sheriff,
was taken to Factory Field where he
dug up a bunch of keys and retrieved
a blood-stained stiletto from a hiding
place above the door of the murder
shack.

Confronted by this evidence Morella’
turned State’s evidence. He, too, had
understood the affair was to consist of
robbery only, he said. But Falzone,
infuriated by some’ remark Albertson
made, had leaped upon the defense-
less jeweler and stabbed him again
and again.

District Attorney Cochrane was
elated over the confessions. “How did
you get in contact with the man who
found Grassidonio’s note?” he wanted
to know. :

“There never was any such man,”
chuckled Chief Pollard. “It was just
a build up to make one of those
birds confess!”

After a short trial Biagio Falzone
was sentenced to die in the electric
chair, Morella was sentenced to life-
imprisonment, and Grassidonio was
convicted of being an accessory and

1S PAROLE THE
ANSWER?

(Continued ‘from page 2)

the parolee realizes this, his officer
can render real and effective service
in helping him make a_ successful
comeback. -

Second, the ex-convict must accept
parole with an attitude of common
sense. It is a practical business. H
he makes good for the required length
of time on parole, he will be rewarded
by a final release from prison _and
restoration to full citizenship. There
are restrictions involved that he may
not like, but if he is determined to
make good, he will not suffer as a re-
sult of them. If he fails on parole,
he’ must go back to prison to “pull
time” again. The decision must rest
with him. Unless he takes the initia- ,
tive in these matters, the parole offi-

sentenced to from five to eight years.

say, ‘that makes you just as guilty as ‘4
ND

cer’s task assumes herculean propor- {
tions. |
Third is the’ matter of gainful em-
ployment. We should like to require ,
that every parolee. have definite em-
ployment before he is releasd from
prison. Our .problem of supervision
would be greatly simplified if that
were possible but often this is not
feasible and the situation is not im- mae
proved by keeping the man locked u Piel
until a job materializes. After a Fak
we cannot turn penal institutions into
“boarding houses” maintained by the
taxpayers. But any job is not enough.
We do not want parolees working in
places of doubtful reputation. Nor 4
do we recommend jobs at “slavery” |
wages. Naturally, the parolee is not 3
in a position to make demands regard- 3
ing salary but work that does not pay
enough for a decent living, gradually |
fosters discontent, and makes “easy- :
i

us in the eyes of the police’.” i THE

ee eC nd

money” schemes look very attractive
to the man who finds his position in
life little improved from that endured
in jail.

‘At the present time, the employ-
ment problem has eased somewhat. 1
Industry and business seem to be
adopting a more lenient, broad- i |
minded attitude toward the ex-convict }
who demonstrates that he really wants |
to make good. This is especially true ] |

, oy
|
{

o

D1 earn

a<xoiSe

o

.of parolees who are skilled in the type
of work so badly needed in defense in-
~dustries. We are hopeful that this
situation -will continue to improve
long after the National emergency is
over. Former prisoners who make
good now on their jobs will do much
to. create a proper psychology among
employers and thus create opportun-
ities for those parolees who follow in
the years to come. ey
' Yes, the road back to respectability }
is ‘steep and hard and very often
rough going, but it is the only high- 4
way the man with a prison record can
travel to reach the plane of-satisfac-
tory living and worthwhile American i
citizenship... It is an objective which 4
can only be achieved by a concerted, _
cooperative effort on the part of both
parolee and the authorities augmented }
by a constructive, humanitarian atti-
i” tude on the part of law enforcement
hi . 4 ine
HEADWORK: When Essex County Sheriff John R. Fairbairn worked out a trick to officials all along the line.
is &. make the murderers talk, the case was ready for the closed files. The End

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file it in the sales folder as a memo to
credit the agent with the commission.”
The alert bookkeeper ruffled ‘quick
fingers through a: sheaf of papers.
“Sdrry, it isn’t here.” -

At the behest of the officers the
bookkeeper ransacked the office
without finding the piece. of paper.
Samuel Albertson, returning uring
the search, could offer no suggestions
as to who might have written the

note.

Although it was far past closing
time, Inspector Vose requested further
help from the bookkeeper. “It’s clearly
evident that the two strangers came
very well recommended or Albertson
never would have consented to bring
all that -jewelry to the rendezvous.
And that means that the note intro-
ducing the strangers was written by a
customer of good standing, a commis~
sion agent, or a friend or acquaintance
whom Albertson trusted. Can you
furnish me with a complete list of
customers and agents?”

The two inspectors sighed. when the
list, neatly typed, was handed to them
next morning. “Whew!” gasped _In-
spector Mulhare. “J had no idea Dis-

raeli and Albertson . did such a
business!” eg
“Yeah,”. agreed Ins ector Vose.°

“td take a month of Sundays to go
through that list from A to Z. But
we'll pick out the Wakefield agents
first and see if there is one whose
first name is Luigi.”

And so it came about that the two

-- Lawrence inspectors and Patrolman
themselves at 34.
“Is Luigi at home?” © |

-Preston asked of the woman who
‘came to the door.

Preston presented
Columbia Road.

Luigi Grassidonio was at work in
the Evans factory, the woman an-

-swered. Si, si, she knew Signor.
Albertson very well.

ery V He was the man
who sometimes gave Luigi Grassi-

- donio money when jewelry was sold.

Si, si, Signor Albertson had been to
the house Sunday afternoon. She
related that Albertson called at the
house and had asked: “Is Luigi here?”
“Luigi is not here,
replied the Signora.

And then the woman directed

* Albertson to a shack which stood be-

hind the Grassidonio house in what
is known as Factory Field. Albertson
started down the path in the direction
of the shack, and she did not see him
again.

Tt was a mean little room the officers

_ entered through the unlocked door of

the shack. A cot with dirty rumpled
blankets stood in One corner and .a
rusty stove in another. There was a
crude table upon which stood dirty
dishes where, apparently, one man
had eaten, and a few rickety chairs.

The single room bore no evidence
of a struggle and there was no hiding
place for a small black bag, let alone
the body of a large man like “Dis-
raeli” Aibertson. Grimly the Lawrence
inspectors continued the-search of the
shack while Officer Preston went on

62

. dressed and had

“weeks,

I am sorry,” |

an errand.
In the dirt outside the door the
inspectors picked up a handful of .44
calibre cartridge cases. When Preston
returned with a padlock they locked
the door and went in search of the
owner. ‘
. The owner was not very informa-
tive concerning the last resident of
her property. He was a young man
from Boston. She did not know his
name. He _ was handsome, well
a black mustache.
He hired the shack for one week, pay-
ing in advance. The week ended
Sunday night. And that was all the
Signora could tell. ‘
‘And the neighbors could tell little
more. Many _ transients lived for a
day or a week in the little shack in
Factory Field.
from or where they went, who could

say? ;
During the past week there had

been sounds of revolver fire in Fac-
tory Field. The new tenant was
shooting tin cans.
It was not until after many persons
had been questioned that the investi-
ators found a young neighborhood
oy who had some worthwhile in-
formation.. The boy, attracted by the

shooting, had become friendly with :

the new tenant who said his name was
Biagio Falzone, of Boston.

At once the Inspectors notified
Boston and Massachusetts State Po-
lice to apprehend Biagio Falzone.

At the Evans factory in Wakefield,
Luigi Grassidonio was anything but
pleased when taken from his bench
to answer the questions of the officers.
Suddenly he admitted that he was an
agent for “Disraeli” Albertson.

He had not seen Disraeli for some

he said. He. was not aware
that the jeweler had disappeared. He
had not written to Albertson or had
any bag oF with him for a long
time. He did not know Biagio Fal-
zone. In short, he knew absolutely
nothing that the. officers wanted to
know.

And, please, he had to work hard
to make a living and couldn’t he go
back to his machine?

It was a long conference the
Lawrence inspectors had with Chief
Pollard of Wakefield that night. “We

feel certain that Albertson was lured

to Columbia Road Sunday with the
promise of a large sale of jewelry,
robbed, and probably murdered.
seems a strange thing a man as well
known as Albertson could disappear
so completely in’ the middle of the
afternoon and yet if any of the neigh-
bors know anything they will not
talk,” complained Vose.

“What about the wedding angle?”
asked Chief Pollard. “Didn’t the two
men say they wanted the jewelry for
wedding presents?” ,

“Yeah,” said Mulhare. “We've in-
Petes about an Italian wedding but

ere’s none scheduled for that terri-
tory, apparently. We've also wired
immigration officials at every port of
entry to hold any young women en-
tering the United States from Italy
to be married.”

Where they came.

“We think the wedding was just a
stall,”’explained Inspector Vose, “but
we aren't overlooking any bets.”
“Y’d like to have a look inside that
shack in Factory Field,” said Chief .
Pollard. :

“And I would, too, if you please,
sir,” added Patrolman Preston. “
didn’t have much chance to look
around when we were there before.”

killer’s plant

It was a cold, cold day, that day’
before Christmas when the padlock
was removed to admit the four police-
men to the shack. The cheerless, un-
tidy interior was just as Inspectors
Vose and Mulhare had last seen it.
Chief. Pollard, after a quick survey,
readily agreed there were not. many

: hiding places in the bare little room.

pare had the words been spoken
when the three men‘ turned at an
exclamation from Patrolman Preston.
“This pickaxe and spade in the corner
—they seem to be unusually clean!”

Preston picked up the shovel and
held it to his nose. - “Kerosene!” he
said.

The eyes of the four men met ina
look of perplexity. Why had the last
tenant cleaned the spade and pickaxe
with *kerosene? There had been no
digging outside the shack. Vose and
Mulhare could attest to that.

The others watched as Patrolman
Preston dropped to hands and knees.
Nose close to the floor, like a blood-
hound on a man trail, the man in
uniform moved toward the center of
the floor. It was not given to these

- men to know it, but each sniff of the

man in blue was bringing them nearer
to possible death— eir own death.

“Trail of kerosene stops at this
point, sir,” Patrolman Preston came
to a halt in the center of the floor.
“Tf you could find a screw driver or~
something . .°.” ‘

One of the men ‘handed him a
heavy bread knife from the table and
in a twinkling Preston had opened a
trap door so cleverly fitted into the
floor it had escaped detection.

Nothing could be seen in the
gloomy hole beneath the floor, but a
strong odor of kerosene came up
through the three-foot square. Officer
Preston threw his flashlight beam into
the murk, disclosing a pile of ex-
celsior on the dirt two feet beneath
the floor. Gingerly Preston lowered

-himself through the floor.

In a moment he handed up a stub
of candle. “This was right in the
middle of the kerosene-soaked ex-
celsior,” he exclaimed. “If the wind
hadn’t blown it out this shack would
have burned to the ground!” |

“What else do you find?” Chief
Pollard asked.

There was a sound of scraping and
puffing as the burly policeman
crawled about in the narrow quar-
ters. He returned to the trap door.
“I don’t see anything, sir, but it looks
as if there had been digging beneath
the excelsior. If you would hand me
the shovel...”

Fate cackled hysterically at each


“why a squad of blue coats led by
‘State Detective Silas Smith swooped

suddenly upon a rooming house just
across the street from. Factory Field.

Ignazio Morella protested vigor-
ously during the process of being
dragged off to the Wakefield Police
Station. He didn’t know Luigi Gras-
sidonio nor Biagio Falzone. He didn’t
know “Disraeli” Albertson. He didn’t
know anything.

He didn’t even know how he had
come by the severe scratches on his
face! :

But the police knew that Morella
knew Luigi Grassidonio and that he

‘had been a ew of Biagio Falzone in

many a small crime in Boston. And
the police had a pretty good idea of
how Signor Mgrella came by those
now almost healed scratches on his
swarthy face. And so they booked
him for the murder of the Lawrence
jeweler!

The authorities were convinced they
had one of the slayers of Albertson,
but there were many links missing in
the chain of evidence which would
convict him. Though the rooming
house was’searched from top to bot-
tom not a trace could be found of the
missing jewelry. Every pawn shop
and every known fence in Massachu-
setts was contacted without success.

’ And Morella just wouldn’t talk.

The law forces of Massachusetts
concentrated upon an intensive search
for Biagio Falzone. Lightning raids
and searches were made upon the
houses of friends and relatives in a
dozen New England cities. But the
wanted man had disappeared as com-
pletely as if he had existed only in
an evil dream. eur

And then in Fitchburg, a distant
Massachusetts city, there came to In-

spector B. H. Flaherty a young boy

with a startling story to tell. The boy,
only twelve years old, was consider-
ably frightened but the big detective
soon put him at ease.

“The man said he’d kill me if I
mentioned this even to my mother,”
the little fellow said. “But I am
scared and I’ve got to tell somebody.”

“You tell me, sonny, and I’ll see
that nobody hurts you,” the detective
placed a reassuring hand. upon the
youngster’s head. :

“Well, one night a week ago when
I was on an errand for my mother a
man stopped me on the street and
asked me if I wanted to earn fifty
cents. Z

“I said, ‘yes.’ And he gave me a

five-dollar bill and told me to buy:

some bread and cheese and a bottle
of milk and bring it back to him.
When I gave him the groceries and
change he gave me ‘the fifty cents.
He told me to be at the same place
on tHe street the next night and I
could eatn-another fifty cents. He
knew my name. ~He showed me a
great big revolver and he said if I
did not show up or if I told ‘anyone
he would kill me.” :

“And what did you do?” asked the
detective. ;

“I went back. I met him there at
eight o’clock slong! A night for a week
and he gave me fifty cents for doing
his errands. But every night he

showed me the great big revolver and ©

he threatened to kill me and I got
so scared I came to you.” se

“You did just right, sonny,”

Flaherty nodded thoughtfully. Why
would an: armed man seek a child's

aid in a simple matter such as the’

EXPOSE DETECTIVE
® ;

purchase of groceries? And why
would he swear the child to secrecy
under threat of death?

There was only one answer. The
man was a_ fugitive’ from justice.
“What does this man look like?” In-
spector Flaherty asked.

The boy described a young, well-
dressed Italian. Flaherty tried to re-
member the descriptions on the
wanted circulars he had seen. “Did
the man have a mustache?” he asked.

“No, sir,” replied the boy.

“Probably he would have shaved
it off,” Inspector Flaherty mused. And
then, aloud, “Do you know where
this man lives?”

“No, sir. After I give him the
groceries he stays right there and
watches me out of sight around the
corner.”

“Are you supposed to meet him
tonight?”

“He told me to. But I am afraid.”

“You go right ahead and meet him
just like you’ve been doing. Only
don’t you be afraid because I'll be
there. You won’t see me, but I'll
be there and there’ll be other officers
with me.” .

all night grilling

The See had chosen well his
meeting place, Inspector Flaherty had
to admit, when he visited an unsavory
district on the outskirts of the city
that afternoon. The meeting place as
described by the boy was in the
middle of a block. Wretched tene-
ments crowded one side of the street
and there was a vacant field upon
the other side. The doorways opened
directly upon the sidewalk, offering
no place of concealment. There was
no place to hide in the field across
the street.

At precisely eight o’clock that night
a man crept furtively along a side-
walk in Fitchburg, pausing often to
glance behind him. His hat was
pues down and the collar of his

rown overcoat turried up, leaving
little of his face visible. In the middle
of the block he handed a coin to a
small boy and watched him depart
around the cornér. He cast quick,
nervous glances up and down the
Street while waiting for the boy’s
return. ,

He seemed annoyed at an old Model
T Ford touring car with side curtains
at which a burly man in laborer’s
clothes worked at changing a tire.
He started to walk toward the ve-
hicle, some twenty-five yards: down
the street, when the boy returned.
Quickly he took the bundle from the
boy, spoke to him briefly, and walked
away.

Inspector Flaherty . continued his
hammering until the fugitive was
almost out of sight in the loom.
Then two men dressed as laborers
crawled from the rear of the car and
the three set out after their quarry,

Biagio Falzone did not have a
chance to use his .44 because one state
trooper covered him through a rear
window while Inspector Fla erty and
the other § state trooper entered

-through the door after they had

trailed him to a watchman’s shant
in a defunct-contractor’s yard, white
was his hideout. . .

He denied, of course, that he ‘was
Biagio Falzone. The three watches in
his possession he .claimed to have

stolen from a drunk in Manchester,

N. H. The detective could find no

other jewelry in the shack, nothing to
connect the, suspect with “Disraeli”
Albertson. :

Nor were the Lawrence Inspectors
and the Wakefield Police ~ more
successful when Falzone was brought
back to Wakefield.

District Attorney John Cochrane
snorted with disgust after an all night
grilling had failed to break one of
the three charged with murder;
Grassidonio,: Morella, Falzone.

“I couldn’t convict these men of
stealing a cat on the evidence we
have!” he complained. “Sure, sure, I
know,” he interrupted Chief Pollard,
“we know Albertson was killed in the
shack in Factory Field. We know he
was lured there by two Italians who
stole the jewelry they had KA to
buy. We know a man named uigi in-
troduced them to Albertson by letter.
And we know Falzone lived in the
shack prior to the murder: that Fal-
zone, Morella and Luigi Grassidonio
were thick as thieves, and that both
Falzone and Morella had scratched
faces the day after the murder.

“But what have we got to go toa
jury, with?”

“The bookkeeper in Albertson’s
store can’t identify Morella or Fal-

» zone. We have no witnesses to con-
poet them with Albertson in anyway.

e couldn’t find any of Albertson’s
jewelry on them. He 1, we can’t even
find the letter Luigi Grassidonio wrote
to introduce Morella and Flazone to
Albertson!”

It was plain as the nose on your
face that something would have to
be done or the perpetrators would go
free for lack of evidence. . ,

It was very careless of Sheriff John
R. Fairbairn to leave the door of his
office slightly ajar. For the door led
directly into the cell block where
three men awaited trial on a charge
of murder. The accused could not
help over-hearing the loud voices in
the Sheriff's office. And the conversa-
tion might have been important.

The- man in the Sheriff’s office
sounded as if he was frightened half
out of his wits, Tearfully he begged
for mercy. Fear of his life was all
that aa him from telling Chief Pol-
lard what he had seen through the
window of the little shack in actory

‘Field, he insisted. And terror had re-

frained him from handing over to the
police a piece of paper signed by
Luigi Grassidonio, for which the
police had searched so long in vain,
and which he had found near: the
shack the morning after the murder,
_ “Don’t you realize that this evidence
is enough to electrocute the three men

.who killed ‘Disraeli’ Albertson!” de-

manded Chief Pollard sternly.

“And don’t you realize: that with-
holding it from the image makes you
an accessory after the fact of mur-
der!” intoned Inspector Vose.

» The protestations of the man were
cut short by Sheriff Fairbairn, who

‘demanded that he be held as a ma-

terial witness and then, after he had
Sworn away the lives of the three
murderers from the witness stand he
be prosecuted to the full extent of
the law.

Sheriff Fairbairn ‘appeared sur-
rised when, a half hour later a turn-
ey announced that Luigi Grassidonio

would like to see him right away
about a matter of extreme import-
ance, ' ph
“Please sir, I didn’t have anythin

to do with the murder of “Disraeli”

Albertson!” he wailed.
“A man who shields murderers is

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fitted himself with a new suit and coat,
bought new clothes for his wife and scads
of Christmas presents, He spent plenty of
money that day. He even gave his wife
$20 to spend as she pleased. What do you
think, lieutenant ?”

“What is this man’s name?” Bradford
asked.

The informant shook his head, said: “I
can’t tell you that.”

“Don't be foolish! You've told me he is
married to an Indian princess. All I have to
do is pick up the telephone to find out. You
may as well tell me, son.”

After a-moment the informant told Brad-
ford the’ husband of the beautiful princess
was Sylvester Fernandes (no relation to
Conrad Fernandez, who found the body).
Fernandes’ father was a highly respected
member of West Barnstable community.

“Of course,” Bradford mused, “Fernandes
might have earned all this money he spent.
Maybe through the illegal sale of boot-
leg liquor. A lot of shiprffents are being
smuggled along the Cape. But, on second
thought, the coincidence is too startling. Of
all the days in the year, Fernandes comes
nto money the day after Alvez is mur-
dered. By the way, son, do you know if
Fernandes owns a shotgun?” —.

The youthful informant shook his head.
“Nope. I know he doesn’t.”

‘“Then thanks, son.
‘about is between ourselves.”

Bradford went straight to some of Fer-

“nandes’ relatives ‘in Falmouth. But neither
Fernandes nor his wife was home. Brad-
ford was told they had gone to Brockton
. for the day. On his way back, Bradford
stopped at the home of Manuel Rose on
~. King’s Highway. Rose was on Bradford's
~* shotgun’s list, and hadn't been Checked off.
“You own a shotgun, don’t you, Rose?”
Bradford asked. _~ ~-
“Sure,” Rose Teplied. “A 12-gauge,
double-barrelled job which I’ve registered.”
“Can I see it?”

right now. Last December I loaned it to
a friend of mine. Said he wanted it to go
> hunting.” :
“Who was your friend?”
“Sylvester Fernasiies, You know who
‘I mean. The chap who married the Indian
princess from Mashpee.”

BRADFORD FINGERED the splinter
in his pocket as he said: “You don’t
mind if 1 borrow the gun, do you, Rose?
‘]’'d like to do a little hunting myself.”
“Go right ahead, Mr. Bradford.
Fernandes I said for him to give you the
gun.”
“With the murder <splinter practically
‘burning a hole in his coat pocket, Bradford
spent the remainder of the day checking up
on Sylvester Fernandes. He went to the
- home of Fernandes’ father and was in-
‘formed by the latter that he had given no
+ ‘money to his son for the Christmas holi-
days. Further, the elder Fernandes hadn't
the remotest idea where his son acquired
-all the cash he had been spending.
Bradford’s last call that day was at
the general store of Mrs. Irene Collins in
- Mashpee. It was 20 minutes later when
he emerged, and upon his face was a look
- of utter satisfaction.
The following morning Bradford found
Sylvester Fernandes working on his car

’ Fernandes was a tall, powerfully built

eyes. Bradford’s genial friendliness was

disarming. er

_ “Manuel Rose told me you had his shot-

“gun, Fernandes,” Bradford said. “He said

it was okay for me to borrow it.”

' Fernandes studied Bradford with in-
. gcrutable eyes. “I’m sorry, mister, but I

=» loaned the gun to a guy over in Onset. I

What we talked,

“Shucks, Mr. Bradford, I haven't it here

Tell ;

’ in the back yard of his relative’s home.-_

young man with a swarthy face and black

know I kept the gun longer than I should
have, but Rose said it was bkay as he hard-
ly ever used it.”

“L see,” murmured Bradford. “I've heard
that you're in the chips. How come ?”

Fernandes deliberately wiped the grease
off his hands on a rag. His eyes were
smoky now. “What about itX’ ue grunted.
“Ts it a crime for a man to earn money?”

“No, Fernandes, it isn't a crime for a
man to earn money. That’s the best way
to acquire money—to earn it. To whom
did you loan Rose’s gun?”

Fernandes named a man in Onset. With-
out a single further word, Bradford got in
his car and drove to Onset. As he ex-
pected, Fernandes hadn’t loaned the gun
to the man he named. On the drive back to
a Fernandes again, Bradford met Manuel

ose.
~« “Did you get the gun?” Rose asked.

“No,” Bradford said. “Your friend Fer-
nandes seems to have loaned it out, but the
party he named disclaims any knowledge
of receiving it.”

“I don’t like that at all,” Rose said
angrily. “If you get the gun, Mr. Brad-
ford, there’s one thing I want you to watch
out for. There was a piece broken off the
stock, near the trigger guard. By accident,

I smashed it around September, and I glued .

it back on.”

Bradford’s ruddy face set in grim lines
of elation. At last the fatal splinter had
talked! Promising Rose that he'd take care
of the gun, he drove straight to the home
where Fernandes was still working on his
car., He accosted Fernandes with ac-
cusing eyes.

“I don’t like running around, Fernandes,”
he snapped. “You've got Rose’s shotgun
and I want it. Come across, and make it
fast. I’m not fooling!”

“T haven't got the gun,” Fernandes said
nervously, “I'll tell you what happened. I
drove into the woods to cut down a few
trees and took the gun with me. I had left
it on the running board, so when I started
up it fell and one of the wheels went over
it. It was all smashed to pieces. I knew
if I told Rose he'd get sore.”

“What happened to the pieces?”

“T threw them away. Why?”

“Because we're going to find them,”
Bradford said acidly.

“But you can’t find them,” protested
Fernandes. '

“Why a

“I threw away all the parts of the barrel
and burned the stock .. .”

Bradford snapped: “Look here, Fernan-
des. If you burned Rose’s gun, I want you
to find and bring any or all parts to my
office at the West Barnstable barracks by
6 o'clock tonight. Regardless of whether
you find the parts, I want you to be there
at that time. I'll tell you one thing right
now. If you don’t come through with the
parts or the whole shotgun itself, I’ll know
one thing.”

-the hands of the clock on the wall moved,

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haven't got the gun,” he said defiantly.” “=

“So I see,” Bradford said, holding up the :
splinter for Fernandes to see. “But I've 237.
got this splinter from Rose’s gun.” He ex-
plained where the splinter came from and*
what it meant. “Another thing, Fernandes; 97)
—outside of Alvez’s farmhouse, near’ a yc)
group of trees, we found two green shot-)
gun shells. I found out that you bought a
box of such shells at Mrs. Collins’ general
store in Mashpee.” a ame

“And how about the money you've been >=
spending,” Detective Brouillard “asked.
“Where did you get it?” tig

“I borrowed it from a bank in Hyannis.” 2

“Oh, no you didn't,” Brouillard®
countered. “As a precaution, I checked that?
angle and find no records of a loan to you.

The questioning grew hotter. Fernande
denied all accusations hurled at him, A

Fernandes was trapped in one lie after at
other. Several times he stared wildly
around, as though seeking an avenue of@=
escape. Finally he pointed to the splin
on Bradford’s desk and screamed:”  —~
“Get:it out of my sight, do you hear!
If it hadn’t been for ‘that.
splinter, I wouldn’t be going through: all?
this!” ie sale
With a grim smile, Bradford put away ?=
the splinter. “Okay, Fernandes,” he said,@
“we're listening.” rapes
“I couldn't stand losing my wife,” Ferre
nandes muttered. “I loved her more than
anything on earth. ¢3
her go. But J had to have money to hold *~
her. I murdered pes Alvez to get money
so my wife wouldn’t leave me. With.
Christmas so near, I grew desperate.” ~~
“On December 23 I was with so

meet John Alvez. He had just sold a crop 27
of cranberries and potatoes for $200 or so.2

‘We started kidding him about the money.
Johnny said he wasn’t afraid of being held’.
up. He'd shoot any man who tried to take2™
away his r.oney, he said. It was when) i:
mentioned he wasn’t putting the money in,
the bank until after the holidays that-1 des" 4
cided to kill him for that money,”°° °°

Fernandes’ version of the murder matche
Bradford’s reconstruction of the affair~ ta
the last.detail. Fernandes said he decided:
to kill Alvez: from the outside. He-at-
tracted Alvez’ attention by rapping on the
kitchen door. When Alvez came out to in=
vestigate, Fernandes shot him with bo
barrels. Rule ay.

“T thought-he was dead,” Fernandes said
dully. “I dragged him ‘into the kitchen
where he came to life. I battered him over
the head with the stock of Rose’s shot-
gun. When I got home that night, I saw:
the piece was missing from the stock. Butts
I didn't dare go back to look for it.) Inev
stead, I burned the stock and hid the bar

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“Your wife doesn’t know about” this.)
does she?” Bradford asked. Ee
“No. If she did, she would have le
me. I did it all for her.”  e
After his indictment by grand jury, Sylo.”
vester Fernandes went on trial pe
Judge Joseph Walsh in Barnstable on April
11, 1932. J. Frank Kiernan and Paul. Mo
Swift appeared as defense counsel, whiles>
District Attorney William C. Crossleya#
prosecuted. Fernandes was speedily. found?’
guilty of murder in the first degree.)
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death. The electric chair at the state: prison
in Charlestown blasted any last hope «Fef-

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murder. From the testimony it seems that it was not provéd
that any murder had been committed, far less that it was com-
mitted by Schooler. In modern times, to prove a delinquen-
cy, it is thought essential that time, place, and circumstance
should be specified. Our ancestors were not so scrupulous,
and Schooler was condemned to death, though several cler-
gymen, and others, thought that the testimony ought not to
affect his life.

i himself: He was of the same opinion himself, but the court thought
had landed in a otherwise, They decided that a man who should take charge
ice it was of a helpless woman, and then leave her to perish, when’ he

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her, he had not
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might do otherwise, ought to die, and, perhaps, in this view of
-the case, they were right. He was hanged accordingly, at
Boston, denying the murder to the last.

WILLIAM FRANKLIN.

It only appears from the accounts of this man that he was
a resident of some place in the immediate vicinity of Boston,
and that he had becn a member of the church of Roxbur
from which he was excommunicated. The events of his life,
previous to the commission of the offence for which he laid it
down, have passed into oblivion,

In the year 1644, he took'to apprentice Nathaniel Sewell,
& young pauper who had been sent from England. This boy

had the scurvy, and was very offensive inhis person. Frank- -

lin treated him with small consideration, and chastised him un-
mercifully for trifling faults, He was also in the habit of hang-
ing him up in his chimney, for anything and everything,

- The boy fell sick, even unto death, whether from rigorous
treatment or some natural cause we are unable to say,

Finding the boy of no use to ‘him, he determined to return

him to the magistrates of Boston, from whom, it seems, he
had receiyed him. His place of residence was five miles from
Boston, and to convey the lad this distance, he tied him, though
very ill and weak, upon a horse, and set off with him, The
boy was unable to sit upright, and frequently begged for wa-
ter, but his inhuman master would give him none, though they


FULLER, » White, hanged Barnstable, Mass., on May 20, 1730,

DANIEL ALLEN HEARN

March 2nd 1989

Mr. M. Watt Espy

Capital Punishment Research Project
P.O. Box 277

Headland, AL 36345

Dear Watt:

Below are notations on the recently discovered Massachusetts case
which seems to have hitherto escaped the notice of every chronicler.’

It bears noting that the executed party was almost certainly a member
of the Fuller family of Mayflower fame, they having settled at Barn-
stable, (the place of execution), sometime previously. Also as I told
you, the court records for this case are lost and it seems highly prob-
able that they were deliberately done away with in the 19th or early
20th century by Fuller family genealogists. It is also an intriguing
thought that said records were purposefully destroyed by Governor Alvin
T. Fuller himself in order to spare him a potential embarassment after
his position on Sacco & Vanzetti. Of course that is impossible to prove
but it seems fishy in the extreme that the below noted case appears to
be the only one that is missing from the 18th century court records at
the Massachusetts State Archives.

While I really don't expect an answer, I am currently negotiating
with the present-day Fuller family, (through the Mayflower Society),
for a genealogical identification of both the murderer and victim.

Methinks we have stumbled upon a very well-kept secret here!

From The New England Weekly Journal issue of Dec. 8th 1729:

"We hear that a man is if custody at Barnstable
for killing his wife. Tis said he has for some
time been disordered in his senses."

From The New England Weekly Journal issue of May 11th 1730:

"We are informed that at the Superior Court
lately held at Barnstable one 'Fuller' formerly
mentioned in this paper, received sentence of
death for murdering his wife."

From The New England Weekly Journal issue of June lst 1730:
"We are informed that on Wednesday the 20th of May
last was executed at Barnstable one 'Fuller' for

the murder of his wife as formerly mentioned in
this paper."

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From The Pennsylvanta Gazette issue of June 11th 1730:

"We are informed that on Wednesday the 20th of May
past was executed at Barnstable one '!:) !er' for
the murder of his wife. Tis said he chopped her

into small pieces in order to prevent discovery."

A couple of after-thoughts: This makes the fourth execution to turn up
at Barnstable, Mass. between the years 1720 and 1734. The historians of
the area have persisted in admitting to only-one. ,

This may offer some extremely rare insight as to what was in Governor
Fuller's mind in 1927. Was he haunted by the family skeleton? And did he
discreetly do away with the record thereof. Did he really fear that some-
one would be smart enough to dig into his own genealogy? And what did
the Honorable Melville W. Fuller know about this? Was it he and not Alvin
that destroyed the records? There are a lot of unanswered questions.

bac
es:

FULLER, Joseph, white, hanged Barnstable, Mass., on May 20, 1730.
Bruce Campbell MacGunnigle

80 Rector Street, East Greenwich, RI 02818

May 2, 1989

Daniel Allen Hearn, Esq.
11 Fresh Meadow Rd.
Monroe, CT 06468

Dear Mr. Hearn,

Your letter of February 24, 1989, regarding the 1730 Fuller
murder was recieved with interest. Sorry it has taken so
long to get back to you, but your letter has logged several
thousfiais of miles in the past 2 months. The Florida address
is the home of the Five Generation Project Chairman, she sent it on
F to me, as the Edward Fuller Prime Researcher. As I could't find

an appropriate fuller, I sent it off to a friend in Utah who is
a legal scholar.

My friend in Utah, Neil Thompson, was able to identify the
Fuller involved in this case, but was not able to pin-point
his ancestry.

Enclosed is a copy of Dr. Thompson's letter for your records,
I'm pleased that we were able to provide this information.

Very truly yours,

ee oman

Bruce C. MacGunnigle, C.G.
Prime Reasearcher
Edward Fuller Family

President, Rhode Island Genealogical Society (1980-1983)
Governor, Society of Mayflower Descendants in Rhode Island (1986-1989)

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N. Saltonstall Assist.
Boston September 25th 1691

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Those whose names are suffered being upon the 20th Instant by
Lt. Johnson called together to make inquiry into the state & condition
of the body of Elizabeth Daughter of Mich. Emerson of Haverkill upon
suspetion that was declared that ye’ said Elizabeth had newly been
brought to bed that never married & that the child was murdered and
to be suer no robir given of it or what was done with the Infant we
went to ye house of Michal Emerson with Lt. Johnson and Nath: Smith
Jee ox (?) he and his wife being gone to the publique meeting in the
morning we fond Elizabeth att home washing dise cloes. Shee appeared
‘very il] in her look, she was asked abouth the birth siposed to be:
she would not tery as we remember, but besuer would not owne any such
thing. Then we made further enquiry Uhon her as requested and found
she had been newly d@livered of a child. In the meantime one of the
men went out behind the house and found where he did suspect the
hiding of itt might be and took itt up and when the Cloth was opened
there were two young babes in itt which we tow(?) of this being midwife
and the other tow(?) acquainted among women ~ Judge according to our
experience (7?) to be Children born at thear full time I cannot but
believe them to be born alive for one of them had the navell string
twisted about the neck and of all ahands Claspt upon the same which
was apprehended to not be if the Child had been born dead or still
born, & the other had the Navell string wrapt abour ttts thigh waht was
the absolute means of the Death we cannot learn wheather itt was a
willful act of Murder by the Mother or any else but if not so we do
certainly believe ye ye Children perished for want of help & care at
the time of travell which she owned to be ye 8th May '91 in the near
morning upon a truckell bed att the feet or her fathers ved in the
same room where her father and mothere- were in bed we cont gett nothinge
Brom her as to charge any on(e) for the father of them all we could
have att that present we remember was that her father & mother knew
nothing of itt & that she did not murder them nor had any hand therin.

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May 11: 91 Mary Neff signed to all the declarations except only
that she did not see ye childs hand clasped upon Navell string (7?)
it was about the neck of it ( piece ripped out ) ,

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N. Saltonstall Assist.

This 11 of May Elizabeth Emorson the dafter of Micall
Emorson did own (?) and say that Samuell Lad was the father of
those two children which she was delivered off(this month of
May) and nobody others before us John Stephens, Thomas
Silver Master (?) Clerk. and John Ayer witness (?) to all
above written & to add that she said the place of his begetting
them was at Rob't Clement inn House.

May 11:91 Sworn by Stevens, Silver & Ayer before me

N.Saltonstall Assist.

The Examination of Elizabeth
Emerson as She lay upon her bed

May 11: 91
Q. What is ye Husbands name?
A. I have never an one |
Q. Were you ever married?
A. Nos never
Q. Have you not been a second time delivered, & had two children
or Twins this month? | |
A, Yes, I have |
Q. Wn were they born

A. On Thursday night Last, day towards Friday morning but I am

not certain of the time of the night
Q. Wheare were they born

A. On the bed at my fathers beds foot, whence I now am

Qe Did you call for help in your travell
A. There was nobody Id call byt my father & mother, & I was
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afraid to call my Mothere for fear of killing of her,

Q.

Q.
A,

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I did nothing to it, & I did not cry

How long did you keep them before ye were ( )

I kepe them but two Days ( |

Who is the Father of ye Babes

Sam'l Lad & no body else

Wn was it he begot them

Iam not cartain of ye ( | ) month

Why? Was he wih you mord ye once

Tee, He hath been with me several (?) times. So I am not certain.
Was not Sam'l Lad Lately wth you |

Yes, The evening before ye birth

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Examination of Michael Emmerson May 11,1691
Did you not know of yr Daughter “liz. going wth child this
second time, this Instant May 1691
No, never did suspect such a thing
Did you know nothing at the time or afterward of her delivery
No, not till after I was seazed by you on May 10:91 at noon as
I came out of ye heeting House
Did not She tell you of it

No: not ye least word

Q. Did you not know of the buriall of them

Q.

No: I know nothing of it, or of anything abt it, an I shall
answer for it before God

Did she say, since yesterday noon, who is ye father of ye children

Q.

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Did you acquaint your father or mother afterwards
No not a word, I was afraid .
Did not they then before that.know of your being with child

Not as I. know of, no more than you did, because not by me

‘Did neither of them know of your being delivered before

they. went to the.meeting the l0th of May 1691

No, no hare than you. did

Did they.not know. of the: burial of them

No, no more than ye child unborn

Wn did you bury them

On Sabbath Day, abt 1/2 and houre before ye people sent came to
me on the fore noon.

Who was with you

No body
Where did you bury them er

A hill (?) behind my fathers house

Were they or anyone of them born alive

Johnson not but hhat they were born alive upon (unreadable)

Did you not do them.to death by reclining or sittin down upon
them, smothering then or by any other means
No by no means at all

Where did you hide them before burial

_ In the chest, close by my bed

Who helped you sew them up in ye bag, thy were found in
No body

Whn did you sew them up in the cloth thy were buried in
On Saturday night. (.-.  -)

Where were yor father & Mother

My Mother was gone to Milking & My Father was abroad

How did you stop ye crying at birth

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Unon my asking of her, whose ( hole in paper) of May, She before
Us, my wife & many others, affirmed that Sam'll Lad & no one else
was the father of them.

Did you not know or suspect that yr. Daught. Eliz. was at times

p MEA TAO 4a Bens (2) + this May, 1691, |

No; I told her I ( ) it because she was big; but she wld not
own anything to me,

Did none long since or before her Delivery tell you she was judged
to be with child or ( )

It was reported so to be, but I could not get her at any time to
own it

Did you not know of her being Delivered this May 91: ye last week,
No: not till noon yesterday as I was going home from Meeting

Did she not tell you of it before pba went to Meeting yesterday
No: I had not a word from ( hole in paper) nor any acct of it on

( hole in paper)

Why did you sew them up in a cloth for burial

I did not; nor did I know of it

Did you not contrive or know of ye buriall of them: or ye ye

vere to be buried, |

No: I never heard anything of it till I came almost home from the
Meeting yesterday ab't noon,

Whom Doth She charge to be ye Father of ye children

Sam'll Lad of Haverhil; & none else,

Elizabeth Emmerson the Prisoner at the Barr at the time of her Tryall

September 25,1691 being asked if she were delivered of two children
answered that she was deliveréd of two children and that they were female
children,

Did you call for any help at the time of yor Travell?

nee ee
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fmswered She Did not call for any, She could not,

Did you take the infants & hide them & sew them in a cloth or bag
ranswered she I did, Did you do it by yourselfe or help, Said she I

had no help Did you bury them yourself or had any help answered she
.buried them herself and had no help, Did you acquaint yore father or
mother of this fact (?) you were with child, answered she no one told
anyone but he that begat them, Did ever your mother or any friend

while you were with child ever ask you if you were with child answered her
mother did ask how but never acquainted her with it.

How long did you lett yr infants lie in ye bed before that you put
them into ye clost answered not very ( ) cannot tell well how
long it was in ye night, answer in ye morning when father & mother were |
gone forth,

They were upon the bed when father & mother arose in the ( } );
( ) some clothes upon them,

Was Samll Ladd a Single man or marryed man
Answered a marryed man

This examination after it was then taken was aginn read unto
Elizabeth Ammorson the Prisoner at ye barr and Shown the
Examination

Attest, Joseph Webb cler,

SGeeeeeceeeeseoveeeeeevees

May the tenth on being Called and Chosen to be a Jury to Judg of
the Children that was fond ded in Mieall Emorsons lot find that
the Children was at ther full time as children ust to be when they are
born & upon our examination of their. bodies could not find upon them any
mark of blows, or signs of being violently put to Death; or ( )

other ways might be used to effect, & we cannot find out,

Witness ye hands,

Danll Lad Jr, Hannah Brown
James Pecker Hannah Swan
Mathew Clark Judéth Webster
Jno, Kayzar Hannah Johnson
Jno, Ayer Mary Neff

Jno, Stevens Sarah Franklin

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SKETCIOF THN LIrk AND TRIAL OF
WILLTAM FRANKLIN,

Wo WAS CUOSPEWALD FUR THe MeRoER OF

NATHANIEL SEWED.

. { the church in
ym. Braskcis was once a member
Satis. nt previons to thre ee crime we
» about to record he was exconamntatie a :
y Nathatsiet Rewell was boend tt him in the or
ar an apprentice by the overseers of the ae
Whis boy was afflicted with a heutherme — ’ -
any thing bat agteeatte im fis person fe ~~ eae
by his master tnost uninercifally, and severely pariehe
faults.
Oye er finally FeAl sick, aed was wert —— oe
to bas master than — mig + ane Ore sy
retren bie to those from when he —? a
} cy Wt aret weak, his nester
Although the lad was very Ff » Sepgeming
a horse and treed hem, te carey
— een cake tithes, Olay fo thes eT i:
severe fever setin. Tis gaaster woewkd by a. seh
tis dlaess, theuch be was wnabde to one ~ ,
hore, not even toa draught ef water @ — eee te
wliinte WA HOW tetetese ‘ — deny died a ort
ached bis place of destinrtions |
Me W lisaon rcekien was ret leetaght beGape the —
Court on a charge: of murder. The tacts ag ge:
above related, but duulas canted whether they mpfersed

WHEE rasp, 54
Hood oniltin: NG TE Wee arlred that ag dud Hot appecnt
that I: reek lin liad Ititenedeal tr mpire ave ofily fer reforerg
His servant. and Wiad fy

Treatine ut which find cctges tits

death neeurred int thre Purstat of sy fawrnad PIrpese : viz. te
Nringing Sewell before the PE rfe sw he peds the set
and intention mist bot teoevil te COM STEItS fitirder

To this it was Auswered. that sews lM ltd heen lpeitrte
1 PES erp by deetens. MY constants OMT oe Of ¢ relty, of
which this last aet was but the COPSTID Atte.
suid that this vet Was performed ata tine
shontd Biv Bee heptane ded.
forth for correction, As for the Intention. theteh: ow miele
have Deen the first Intention of Mianktin te refer the
ey, Yet he mteartion of his Ultimate combitet wor.
tertsing fron distemper of pubssion.

Th exemgiification of the first Position. a ease arg Nps
Hesed, as follows - if a man stouhd heave sy servant sy Ie
of the small Por, ane should, contrary to the WAV tee of
tlie Pliysician, late tim inte the open sip. iy coll weather,
On pretence Mat there WIS A Mata oeession: the
World lie vMmawtil. sd if the SEPVnt Sheol cle th ee
Seatternce of stich Tresatemend, thie ppsastes world he
of mutrier.

Ruother case was Seppesebta apply to the ceed
tion: viz.. if a Wan should oi a sities Potten Kath frig
CHA, or dear friend. Mowenkl De rarter, thesobe fies
Pitan intent were to Wt Teme oor saleavetie Ne bone fe
Was, morcowr, argned. that. He tes atete-teticna: tas Ietoee
Mypiperrs, as. fer Cxammpte, when annie tes. ony Merit oy,
el kiews Jom te te Sa a et Det Pov ge Dany ope

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why mt thie hoy
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if this AX TOTES A may te be ath the eM EOE IS vreadty avg
murder, vied tris sttfeg thee {= iii vit, aE Ter he ‘ puree tha.
ox ms a lawttel wets fart for or re ce tee Wepre

Wehiebe Pee reves te reasenmatty fe Nprotes! tp prerone the
man wos adjuderd a nmderer be it, Hoty Secriptipes,
Aeszere, sme Mveredtax. Ham xai. Fi tase, Cos teette Pipe
Sere t with a red whet) sy Foweteal ve tseopy Ob thee cope
vat die of the Idew, (8 was ther ecesee wathy Sewell » bree
Was te die fort. (im the Ike authority of a oman orike
shother with las hand, of woth any Weapon that may


or in the Cape Cod
barrel of the broken
»m, shown at the left.

e ran to his bicycle
re, where he phoned

acks of the Massa-

\lves farm as soon
‘cd. “Something

ER ORVILLE R
ved the call and im-
Lieutenant Detec-
tord in Hyannis
over back roads to
Vest Barnstable and
clearing that over-
hog half hidden by

DARING

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Sra — ert

oak trees. Parking his car in the sandy
yard, he hurried toward the house. He
paused by the rear door, his gaze at-
tracted to a rain-soaked piece of burlap
that covered the stone step. Even the
heavy downpour had not been able to
wash away sinsiter marks that looked
like blood. :

More cars drew up. Chief of Police
William H. Pratt, then head of the
Hyannis department, arrived with Po-
liceman Harry P. Lawes. Medical Ex-
aminer Ernest F. Curry stepped from a
second car. Behind the officials came
newspapermen drawn by the report of
trouble in the Brava colony.

Police quickly forced the rear door
and started to burst inside. Bradford
motioned them back as he saw more
crimson smears just over the sill. Brad-
ford stepped gingerly ahead skirting an-
other pool of blood outside the closed
kitchen door. He swung it open. Hard-
ened as the police were to scenes of
violence, none were prepared for the
shambles which greeted them.

John Alves lay beside the kitchen
stove, his bashed head partially sub-

DETECTIVE

|

merged in a large puddle of congealed
crimson. Bloody tracks centering around
an overturned kitchen chair lay thick
about the well-scrubbed floor.

Medical Examiner Curry said the
man had been dead for hours. Part of
his left shoulder had been blown away
by a blast from a double-barreled shot-
gun. Detective Bradford stared down
at the body, noting gaping wounds upon
the head in addition to the gunshot
wounds.

Too, he saw grimy accumulations of
fresh dirt and sand lying thick upon the
badly wrinkled front of the man’s coat
and trousers. Here and there small
fabric tears showed. Then Bradford
looked speculatively toward the dead
man’s overcoat, hanging neat and un-
wrinkled from a nearby wall peg.

“This man was not killed inside the
room,’ he said suddenly. “Somebody
lured him outside, shot him and then
dragged his body back. Look at that
sand upon his clothing, and remember
those bloody smears inside the door.”

Other grisly details became intelligi-
ble to his experienced eyes. “Once in
this room, I believe Alves recovered con-
sciousness and tried to fight off his as-
sailant.” He pointed to the bloody

i

Chief of Police William H.
Pratt of Hyannis, Mass.,
who helped run down the
killer, is pictured at the left.
Below is Detective Ernest H.
Bradford of the Massachu-
setts state police. who made
the gun stock splinter “talk,”
solving what might have been

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tracks about the chair.
made by the shoes of John Alves.
find corresponding stains upon his soles.

The murderer, possibly alarmed at
seeing the ‘dead’ come to life, struck
him down again with some blunt instru-
ment.”

“There’s blood upon the man’s shoes
all right,” one of the policeman replied,
“but how do you know those marks upon
the head and face aren't gunshot
wounds ?”

Bradford did not reply as he moved

[Continued on page 77]

45


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the post
after the
¢ found a

into the
ey Kohen.
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man mys-

account in
arance of
lave some
might be
your town,
along the
uiles from
rest along
yut of the
hway and
hat looked

hidden in
1e body of
eft at once
id told the

ndertaking
ullets had
ad. There
ody. Her
ere was no

fingers,
sr a dia-
e under
were these

‘ight. The
se of Mrs.
ere was a
nan you're

letter and

t,” he said.
din such a

ers needed
: initials on
were proof
they knew
> had been
it her hus-
Hastings.

riff Mundy
id Zimmer-
They im-
vadside vic-
tings.
Dr. W. E.
n who ex-
cers recon-
taken place

terse but it
terror and

’ the phy-

apparently
Two bullets
The woman
- days when
ly was lying
inches from

e brief state-
t a clear pic-
Id see Major
rin with the
ere along
Che major
o the rear

seat, perhaps telling her that she would
be more comfortable there, that she might
try to sleep as they continued their jour-
ney to Washington.

Mrs. Hastings agreed. And in that
moment when her back was turned the
suave major was transformed into a
killer.

There had been a roar and a flash in the
night as a bullet tore its way through the
skull of the defenseless woman. Blood
had gushed from the wound, red blood
that spilled over her clothes and stained
the cushions of the automobile.

But Major Kent was not yet satisfied.
He stood there with his eyes narrowed
to slits and exulted in the sight of blood.
With a grim smile he pulled the trigger
again. Another bullet tore through the
shattered and bleeding head of the
woman.

Then, as he stood there, the passion of
murder wore off.

He licked his dry lips and got into the
car and sat there with his head in his
hands and wondered what hé could pos-
sibly do to cover up his terrible crime.
And while he sat there the body in the
back seat of the car stiffened and the dead
woman became a horrible thing staring at
him.

Then the major had started the car and
driven madly through the night trying to
escape the thing in the back seat. But it
stayed there, staring at him, and the
major didn’t stop when he reached Wash-
ington but kept on driving.

On the lonely highway in Pennsylvania
he had stopped the car and lifted out the
corpse and had thrown it from into a
clump of bushes by the side of the road.

Hurriedly, he bent over the body and
stripped off every identifying mark. But
he had forgotten the rings.

pn Lg i ag

Hurrying back to Virginia the Bote-
tourt officers placed a charge of murder
against Major Kent. Desperately the
major fought to escape punishment
for the crime. He sought to set up an
alibi that he had never been at the spot
where the body was found. . But fate
was against him.

In the major’s former home in Beacon,
N. Y., where he had practiced law, a half
dozen witnesses swore that they had seen
him on the morning after the murder.
And to reach Beacon, a motorist driving
from Washington is compelled to pass
through Stroudsburg, 95 miles away.

Thus the net tightened, and the evi-
dence from Beacon also gave police an-
other clue to the ‘wild ride the major had
taken after disposing of the body of the
woman he killed.

A filling station operator in the New
York town revealed that the major, wild
eyed and disheveled, had driven into the
station that morning and ordered an at-
tendant to remove the crimson blotches
that stained the back seat of his car. The
attendant had scrubbed at the stain for
an hour without removing it, and the
major, cursing, had driven away.

The case of the commonwealth was
complete. On July 21, 1934, a special
Botetourt county grand jury, meeting at
Fincastle, returned two indictments
against Kent, charging him with the kid-
naping and murder of Mary Jane Hast-
ings.

On September 3 the.major was brought
to trial.

On September 8 a verdict was reached.
Major Kent was found guilty and im-
mediately sentenced to prison. Because
much of the evidence against him was
circumstantial, his term was limited to
13 years.

Clue of the Talking Splinter

[Continued from page 45]

about the blood-spattered kitchen. The
rays of his electric torch darted about
like an inquiring finger and suddenly
converged upon a_ blood-stained object
completely hidden from view beneath the
stove near the dead man’s head. Brad-
ford reached down and pocketed his find.

The detective’s movements did not es-
cape the sharp scrutiny of watching news-
papermen,

“What did you find?” one asked
eagerly.

“Nothing of any consequence,” Brad-
ford countered.

Looking through ransacked table
drawers, Chief Pratt came upon a bank
book showing a large sum of money on
deposit in a Hyannis bank in Alves’
name. Near the kitchen sink, Officer
Lawes found several 12-gauge shotgun
pellets. Search of the dead man’s pockets
revealed nothing but an empty billfold.

Bradford continued his investigation
outside. Soon an excited shout drew the
rest to his side. They found him standing
near a tree studying trampled footprints
still visible in the soft damp sand. Just
beyond lay two green jacketed objects
almost completely buried.

“Shotgun. shells!” exclaimed Chief
Pratt, stooping to pick them up. “One
of them is still loaded.”

“T don’t believe they’ll help much,”
Bradford asserted. “This particular make
of shell can be purchased in any hardware
store on the cape.”

But the discoveries gave new life to
the search and the police scattered in the
pouring rain. Behind some bushes over-
looking the bog they found more foot-
prints. No additional facts were un-
covered inside or out to throw light upon
the mysterious killing. There were no
fingerprints and the death weapon re-
mained missing.

Officials knew Alves was prosperous
and frequently carried large sums 0
money. The house obviously had been
ransacked but the robbery theory seemed
partially refuted by the fact that expen-
sive jewelry worn by the dead man re-
mained untouched.

Superficial investigation disclosed no
woman angles. Although Alves had been
popular with feminine members of the
colony, he played no favorites and he
had never been accused of illicit amours.
Inquiry further revealed that the dead
man had no known enemies.

Yet authorities realized whoever killed
Alves had carefully planned the deed
and carried out his intentions with deadly
intent.

As dusk fell upon the cape’s gleaming
Christmas trees, Medical Examiner
Curry, assisted by Dr. William D.
Kinney, began an autopsy in the desolate
farm by the light of a flickering oil lamp.
In Hyannis, behind closed doors and
drawn shades, Bradford sat in his office
studying the unexplained object he had

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saw no one. But he recognized it as a
signal, a possible invitation to some
nocturnal rendezvous. He spruced back
his hair, buttoned his coat, unlocked the
door and stood outside on the burlap
covered step, staring into the darkness.
The loud report of a gun suddenly
shattered the eerie stillness. Some time
later a skulking form stole away from the
darkened farmhouse. The roar of an
automobile engine cut the night...
Rain commenced on Christmas Eve
and continued into the gloomy morning.

44

Soon after 9 o’clock, Conrad Fernandes,
a distant ‘neighbor, pedaled up the road
through the storm and stopped before the
Alves farmhouse. Gaily-tied packages
protruded from his pocket as he swung
off his bicycle and hurried up the drive.
He tried the door, found it locked, and
knocked loudly.

“Open up, John!” he called. “It’s me,
Fernandes, come to wish you a merry
Christmas.”

But the genial, smiling face of young
John Alves did not appear.

Puzzled, Fernandes walked around to
the rear. The back door was locked and
the curtain drawn. He went to the win-
dow and peered in.

After slaying his wealthy neighbor in the Cape Cod
farmhouse above, the killer hid the barrel of the broken
gun behind the wallboard of his room, shown at the left.

His face white, he ran to his bicycle
and rode to a garage, where he phoned
the Barnstable barracks of the Massa-
chusetts state police.

“Come up to the Alves farm as soon
as you can,” he shouted. “Something
terrible has happened!”

TATE TROOPER ORVILLE R.

WESLEY received the call and im-
mediately contacted Lieutenant Detec-
tive Ernest S, Bradford in Hyannis.

Bradford hurried over back roads to
the Alves farm in West Barnstable and
drew up before the clearing that over-
looked a cranberry bog half hidden by

DARING

oak trees. Pa:
yard, he hurri«
paused by the
tracted to a ra
that covered t
heavy downpo:
wash away si)
like blood.
More cars d
William H. ]
Hyannis depa:
liceman Harry
aminer Ernest
second car. !
newspapermen
trouble in the /
Police quick
and started to
motioned then
crimson smear
ford stepped gi
other pool of
kitchen door.
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violence, none
shambles whic]
John Alves
stove, his has

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picked up hours before beneath the stove

near the head of the dead man.

At first glance it appeared to be noth-
ing more than a curiously shaped piece
of freshly splintered wood, but careful
examination revealed a spattered sticky
substance and imbedded human hairs in
addition to the dark stains. Bradford felt
certain that he had a possible clue that
might lead to the identity of the unknown
slayer,

The rounded, highly ‘polished surface
of the splinter, prong-shaped at one end
and several inches in length, flung back
the reflection of the brightly burning desk
lamp. The wood was black walnut and
the detective was certain that he had dis-
covered a portion of the lower part_of a
gun stock near the trigger guard. Fresh
splintered surfaces convinced him that
this gun had been used as a club by the
slayer,

Look as he would, however, Bradford
had been unable to find other fragments.
Had this piece been overlooked, the de-
tective wondered, when it dropped be-
neath the stove? Or had this damaging
bit of evidence been broken off unnoticed
during those exciting moments when
death was triumphant? If this latter sup-
position was true, Bradford figured, the
gun was now safely hidden in some Cape
Cod home.

Sigh hg to locate it would be worse
than seeking the proverbial needle in
a haystack. Bradford knew hundreds of
shotguns of many makes were owned

‘upon the cape. Most of these, he knew,

could be traced by hunting licenses, but
the task involved would be tremendous.

There was a big point in Bradford’s
favor. So far he had kept the existence
of the gun splinter secret and he deter-
mined to continue to do so.

For the present he laid the splinter to
one side, Climbing into his automobile he
drove back to the Alves farm. Medical
Examiner Curry was removing his rub-
ber gloves as the detective entered.

“We found more than 40 pellets in the
body,” Dr. Curry reported. “Most of them
went through the neck and left shoulder
blade; death was caused from hemor-
rhages by shot penetrating the heart
lining.”

“You're positive these are all 12-gauge
shots?” the detective asked.

“Absolutely,” Curry replied. “Why do
you want to know?”

“Just wanted to make sure,” Bradford
replied enigmatically and was gone.

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tion in Dewey square, he walked up
Federal street until he came to a well
known sporting goods establishment.
Asking for one of the gun experts, he
laid the bloodstained splinter upon the
counter and waited.

“Is there any possible way of identify-
ing the make of shotgun by a piece of its
stock?” the detective asked a few minutes
later.

“That’s a new one on me,” the clerk
replied. “Let’s look at it.” He examined
it carefully and finally shook his head.
“T can’t tell you a thing,” he said regret-
fully. “You see there are more than a
dozen different 12-gauge shotguns manu-
factured by various companies. Now if
you had a number... .”

He paused expectantly, but Bradford
picked up the splinter and walked out.
For several hours he tramped the streets,
calling upon first one sporting goods
store and then another. He was told he
was seeking the impossible, but he per-
sisted. It was noon when he reached
a store on Washington street below
Newspaper row near Scollay square.
Here another gun expert took the splinter
and subjected it to prolonged scrutiny.
Again the detective waited.

“This could come from the stock of
three makes of shotguns,” the expert said
finally. “All three have this same narrow
line tapering to the trigger guard, but
only two manufacturers use this particu-
lar shaded grade of black walnut and
finish off the stock in this manner.”

“You're positive of this?” asked Brad-
ford?”

“There is no question,” the gun expert
declared.

The splinter had talked!

Although still facing a collossal task,
Bradford had succeeded in narrowing his
search among owners of two possible
makes of guns. Capt. Bligh assigned De-
tective Brouillard to assist in the investi-
gation.

Except for this carefully guarded lead,
the case stood at a standstill. Bradford
learned that John Alves spent the evening
of December 23, at the home of a friend.
During this visit Alves mentioned that
he had received considerable money that
day for cranberries and potatoes from a
Barnstable produce dealer. A check-up
revealed that Alves had been paid almost
$200 on the morning of December 23.

Search of the dead man’s farm failed
to uncover any hidden cash; nor could
detectives learn that Alves had made any
deposits at the banks on December 24.
Jenkins’ information went no further.

Finding himself against another dead
end, Bradford with the help of Brouillard
again concentrated upon the clue of the
talking gun splinter. Lists of owners of
the two makes of shotguns were pre-
pared, then patient investigation elimi-
nated name after name of these possible
suspects. But the number yet to be
checked was still discouragingly large.

Early in January, one Brava, bolder than
the rest, went late one night to Brad-
ford’s office in Hyannis.

Upon receiving the detective’s promise
to hold his identity confidential, the man
explained, “It’s about a young fellow
whom I think may know something about
the murder of John Alves. This chap
has been having a lot of trouble with his
wife.”

The informant went on to say that the
woman was a beautiful princess of the
Mashpee tribe of Indians who lived in a
village by the same name outside Fal-
mouth, 20 miles away. He said the couple
had been married but a short time.

”

“The husband has
good and has been un
of steady work. In fac
been hard put to bi
automobile, let alone
they’ve been living
Lately there’s been tr:
Other men did their |
but she paid no atten
ever, this young hus
would only be a que
the two would separ

“What has all this
der of John Alves?”
impatiently.

Le COMING to
said. “Up to De
these two were des
enough money for Ch
early on the morning
princess’ husband to
Bedford with her m:
though out of a jo!
suit and overcoat f:
new outfit for his wi
toys for his wife’s

gave his wife $20 for
Afterwards he took
taurant and treated
dinner, Then he bo
pair of skates and si:
to have plenty of m:

“What did you s
was?” Bradford ask:

“T didn’t say,” th
glancing fearfully a
when he gets angry)
came to you there’s 1
happen.”

“You’ve told me
Bradford reminded |
well tell the rest.”

The man was bad!
ditional promises of
him to give the nam
band. Bradford seen

“T’ve known him
“He’s never had the
a bad actor. And his
member of the com

“You know, the:
rich?”

“T know,” Bradfor:
fully. ‘But perhaps t
come desperate at |
work and turned ‘to

“T never thought
mant confessed. “It
cidence, but when a f¢
all that money whe
and unable to suppo
himself, I think it’s a
into.”

“Do you happen :
ever owned a shotgi
tioned. :

“Not to my know
plied. “I feel sure if
with a gun I would:

“Tl look into it,”
ised. “Meanwhile s:
body about coming t

Early the next
drew up before the hx
couple made their
was, the husband w

“He’s gone to Br:
return until late tc
mother-in-law told h
daughter? Can she |

“I don’t believe s«
He asked where th
reached in Brockton
know. Bradford fina
his car and drove o


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68 a Rei wees ct evils
‘ bs peer dag poe. : ation! r eee 0 whe Publ? inte 4 : ga:
fog Aad emtering & store in’ this cits Ml boss vet 4 ocx pevert ails ton : sae ‘ ‘ 2 2 : eter HO
saonguetrernc sens oa MMe tea] oy | tiene cre eat eM ina sie =
‘tao or three strong locks on thetr front aot, hie uafort all culmipating. ig ‘hig } Fost be se eedeneeiieuind Tt en grow 00 fa poet dah eg ee
is det the! back, dgor with; a ezall rane gl the terribfe odor OF i | apedt Summer and Bast Central Streeta. Lust even- . promises to be nai
t * i J ee bey : y

‘The ci ing the crow/t ntimbered at least tuphanarete Tiant snc nambens, and veneers

wif i There haa bem a cofistant sirearr people | The compa: credit to the city on j

uJ é - }
Varuont | nf F. BP. eens and répasaing since sunrise, thit Mom) tire pablid and wide awake) and | ee.
ny

fe one hunt

thoroughly. enjoyable in“ Ite chacecter and fel- H
lowstip.. ‘The ranks shovkl b» filed up to the }
or two, describes him as ut first 'a pple yoin \. maximum at once; and the natforms ordeted By 1k

pan ; : esto.the enclosare outalda of the].
sive who ounded, his ew _ Le ee weanded by puller Of ail who-haye algued the soll.

‘on the Inside. “Police officers are ey pta- |.) The banka in thiecity will pot pde open for
‘allowing year tioned_on Raat Central Street near Summer | pusiness oa Memorial dey. Paper falllag doe! i
wed in Haverhill the sister of ¢ pean: hep ool Spel cast Of | ‘om that day Will require sitention om Monday.’
, | amined by the police at the outer «ate and also “Rover,” the police dog, Ix dead, haylag beea |:
At the entragse to the receptiog room. pat out af the way, as an act of mercy, by the

ar perfpcmier? He thok.t9 breré lon | this time that aa > ; | gathose, which immediately 1 serpjanetlgrat
Jgnd. wes 20 ‘thoroughly succesful that’) tham and Frost being the 4 Sis ee retired at his usual hour,’ and slept, with occa- sets ‘eh
inulated « fortune, Bot he squamiered peste Towse bees Paha ie oeeu! abhi sce = ate; | Sonal manilertations of reaticenneas, until mid- | Yesterday was Moly‘ Thutadey of Ascension (7p

4 a i sot adviser, rhs ‘etter i ke awoke, and fora short time con- | Day and appropriate pervices were heid ia the |e

. rent subjects, when he wea to | neveral Catholic churcties. ‘
after 4 o'clock. “He |" ter Luby, the brakeman, who was bllied

by the cars near Stillwater bridge Wednesday
night, bas been in (the employ of the Norwich
road for aome dozen years, and had many warts
friends among the railroad men.

A Very enjoyable “soctelmas hebi at Trinity
Chureh: inst evening, readings: and singing by
Mre. Bancroft being the leading features of the The
entertalonient, |. yer 3}

_ Messrs. Page & Gooaow,: uf Frichbiuy, sf | %
making one of the largest. pulleys, ever ons ae
structest ia one plese Yor. air. Jerome Wheelock | ee
ofthis city, The pales ls to be 2 feet in, dlam- |
eter with a face af Sfeet, acct will weigh som
20. tomn, HESS I Ay RK Sis ecise eS

Mr, Wm H, Blanchard ‘gare ancther of Lie
acries of interesting descriptions of South Amer-
ican travel'and adreature, at the Wercester Re~ 1
—} ferme fin Ronee, Jeet eyenloy. Mraiocalfeatares
Wis Dying Statement. Were added, and 4 steneopticnn waa successtall
Pal pe this Interview sera dictated be ae pased to ilustrate the letture, *
ing statement to Rev, Mr. Lanusou for ry » ure
‘ication after bis death i : : Pr The contert'to be given at, Piymonth Church
After speaking of the killing of Towne he
said: I placet the limbs aa [ have affirmed, in
the-corn-fietl. F did not. know, neither do 1
know, who Pemoved them. 1 took them from

“| nnder the barn with my own hands te the corn- p ae
flold, and never carried them to the swamp. tettes, quintettea. nod choruses, and two ongan ye

‘ On the nivht of the “22d 0f July [did not selections “to, be “performel by Mr. J. Aster
er Seas ihe ae rt Ne oa thee on any other} Broat, . Py chine Mahe (Cy
aX + Phe . night to draw .t o the BwamMp. is. = ‘ pal ht. i
reasonably accti- Fioake thesame pabement asto The hale |e Members of the: Mororster Reform: Clay’ ate |
prof the guard | matter tint Mfr, Rall has in his book [this refers } to visit Grafton Thuraday evening to hold ay
building. P; is the | to Frost's +tntement nt the trial) I declare to-all’| temperance meting with the view of aayanite |
‘ . Pheriff's | men that J ale lanocent of wilfal murder. -*- |} ing a ein there eR 3S, be
Bherl ence; MP, |. I die chertshing no feeling of redentment. to- ‘ : y
| inale prison 4 We p ; wards ang one. f dle forgiving all the oworld Mry Lyman.J; Tat, the, proprietor. 60 Uy Bi
F, the loratton is Cell - the ce: ‘Yor any wrong L have recelved.” It ts hard, but | Calon Depot restanrant;is expected home trom |e

me appeardd on ; the stags Be tive trades Wa I al ‘The condenined man spent his last ines the oftite for more than eleven years, and was

ets Last Homi’ officersito.end bis sufferings, He had bees. a3 |
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ith: 8. the scaffol® and | J freely deo it. ‘ i his southern trip } fi r His dealt
left of t Y ; tat 1A nlp ca haba ee
ere me nec Tne Iulevire to express my kimtest  (oelings ta. bas bern-greatiy benefit! by the Journey 3
ard seen hep ea ofttcers. a 4 se "SAN applications for tiquyr’ licenses, ramet [pe
atacand ‘accion The scaffold was with | To btw Gorhyol he sald’try and keep track of | Bled with the City, Clerk before’ the clos! pe
weds givens in the'd anette | OF: 9 Known io Ratiod of those present} this iuntter; } hope that tn time and aim essured ees teat, ras ti aie ae Me
er S Yected wirbin a tow | Coe ttn tite stated Inia ely spot, quite : seated. oF | that. It owl be cleared “up ; J feel that ta six : Shatin,
be pablcation pf. the, atteapted auy ee, about three | 4 é, his cell) not thfongh | months mec, wil aay : “If we: hadn't hun that Sexton won new ‘aud greater honors lee.)
ave : ' : t ; jy gp Mend ghe mt man, we siivnhdat. 2 4 fy = [evening jin ‘the Pulladelpiia” tournament <t;
Madege pega man Be i he Asstetants.!> which be neems now the certain winner. He dey | By
saan eopeteol Cea areal di Nican heenke ata Rares ek Waratah ee eal atinegie veal bi Oeteeee |
e1PEE Ate | tema oe Mllfords end Bothwell oC Barre:> The} 80: cee Shwe cue Aes by thecwinare |
be Rivemte.,” | latter le;thy officer who artested Frost. On the} ,0f 267, wever pquaied in the wottd. The resalt |
Frost was visited by hla | oor of the gaard roo were depnties Dren- | doubtless gives Buly the highest Tun and. the! Ba
Sangh notwith- | Dad, Goukl and Russell of this city, and Mall of f pignest average. of the tournhment, as thers?
tare af the circuct- | Grafton. The other .depnties of the Sherif! septate, pretty t
visit, manifested the: same | were generis present, but not: actively -en- are buts few more gaincs to be pls. .S ]
Heian Nyt ca: vor beg apr reese. parked Agee’ om ay eae ponte fans Pood peo The roof of one of the sheds of fhe Wonretet |
is cond ya edays hi to fe, | ent w . Rofas wa rorcester ‘ a treet
. nictiand resorted, but gave no indica: | and Dr. George Jewett of Fitchburg.’ ertet.] and Nashua maliroad, Rear the Mxchange Birest
fsa ; ptard on: the | tion of any change of mind,|; Ue conversed {800 ae Es es | chonaing was pet onsdre by ‘sparks from 8 pass;
ix tele troubles arene bet ward Towne See freely with Rev. Mr. Lemaon,)’ whorhas been ; eed Whe Execution. | ing locomotive yexterday, Gut the: Games weet
‘Prost Selbah Tans damebay ororeding Te ietcnet ntcentersatd counsel to, bia, | The anmber of earls of naminsion tanned was extinguished without the striking of ani alarm’ |
fegerd tomiiking 6 wiite feted | dente any purpon oarersatiogs dla Frowt 0: | 37, .and negrly pil were sed... The avaliable}; Home A217 Desie Mintes ‘ws it recetyed toto thar |i
belies which bad mcentty caifed end which hind | sr fe aay a) further confes- | apace ia the guard: oom was all occupied, and | Bedality of the child J St. Paul's Church”
estas tender.teatr, © The’di sion. Ke etitered npoh dia, Jast night appa- | the arrangements were ench as to secure com- ality of the cldlid Jewus, at St. Paul's Claire
cen : c ‘aaslerédond " when intending to p ealiete. tothe story which | fortable pocition, without crowding, for all who | i evening. The pretty ceremony was “WIC:
‘ds pow onder repairs, It wilt pes : Haturday afternoon, jthough: Frost . cidé Was. un-t were preséal. All were in place, the officers Ia | Nessed by a large numberof their parents and
‘oot three feet and Siied tn with nem He has sold the to: pri ; defeueé. | te position, ead everything was in readiness | friends. A teception of misses Into the Sodalf
LL wpm Tend. '. Pi ae Towne. »;’ = ve prom, ab the doors Were plosed at, 101; o'clock, | by of th, : k. ; 4}
some malicions rascal ot ‘however, both retired Towne went to eT Testi nd the Las 5 of the children of Mary will occur Wednee |
ty

ast uct begad, i
the of Bue be oy Frost fi When the bands on the dial .¢¢ the clock ' % >
ta, apd oat of a epiri - : aha : oa v = cree

Gen. Sptagne, Ma deputies, ‘and all Qe prison

-“¢

to! raat : bonse. rad | ayninst the wall nader | the gallows tadicated
i \f we may be alowed: the ' ; “ 8 , aes few exactly balf-past 10 plclock” Bheriit Sprague
6 om i stepped in front of the scaffold and said ““Uea<
‘ only irvived t/) tell 5 perdmetesrty eae Thare to Veg aga tira leo that.you | )7 7" 75 , ;
| the ert ne paid that an play oer ety lant touc he tine oa erein tne Guard Roomer seater, A er ay YAEL gl Stet ee, F i
h 3 phosh fell aver-the entire boly of specs PO) mp ye 3
Fane “thet 4 *4, | tatore, only iroken by:thesolema tread’ of the Fo | Vhe Best-.in: the Chiy
ken Iron, the remasnta of .a hammer -whloh | to approach the seaifoid, that 0 enrelesa hand- ‘execution purty who, were in,a. few instante | °” ‘ ‘ weet ie!
broken }a fastening the prazt tt hi isplace I's farniture, end causeaay speeeycRett Oe Neh Gane eee ees
i. : nofortnnate contre fempa at the laut nroment. leftot rhe f sft Sed ae “ae EP
hy the Clerk. goveromen' .~ During the loterview with Kev. Me. Lamson, i rou Ne ia Seg cs
. The Preadent padi tbat, ty b was used for pouading. fe ed. Frost dictated jet- th J Ammertmnaal of; 7
es : nae. rey) in sa houses vaty | ant bey rete pin Som, orm, ourte FUavrinnive ae
the (uture the reperiecs the Fi ottad 7 hand yrs b "s >.) ahildven w f tion fur tr by N x :
ond in the Leider . ing ac eoupty sal pall epatred Cat condpet in their future TveK, oad Pipresate tS aS ae ype Ried ary a FR e BA
nto fiers hat per min pte cot oh te ee Petar Mere (bacon deal the ecoftont, ‘herd |< UNDRG MANS I POR MEN Bray
then and + Cee] Rorast nd Gent. fot " poms ep ¥
ie erton tsi wide pies Yt SG A As drab pg ented os a Barley Fie WHITR SRINTS OF BU PRRION QUAL
: severe axl ¥ ve, bot right in the middie ‘ ea Keene ss eheialt 7A blnwle y
which “trvais of oct Front rahe eu OP alee Pram aad Teplice Kecno: and Bothwell iq riagle || FANOY SHIRTS LS DESIRARTE PATTER?
of meee Hi with his meme, and sobbing violently, © These | Frets fede betnkened no emotlon, : od
Iristow men y the w De: Per engineeritix, ih 8s 7h to * gh we wey See he known to haye ita esha fixed ike arent pdiompegs ¢ trae « i _ Prican selibete T} see? 4
Whiting of Hetyo! ton, 041.070 05 7 “Wrath Ailjeth (the foolieh man” pee: 7 Incarcenatioy, the apectators, acd none at the gallows, till he > QkKT Ss & iproM KEE OS
atUrntad, cloctad dele | xtructure, €498,512..56 ; fia After recovering self-control! he resumed the : ? be WO-BUTTON BLD ALOT
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ny thal, boned “ate shout to, Aa : turned to aecead the atepa, when he ratand bh ,
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steIn public epeabing, & nce, nt! Say Fe, 8 aoe ay eube Ss ‘
chs word sd ssable, with sciearcat enue a anh FU Te OR ENE TLER Gls dep or aprile rn acca care of 53 2DO PONE, ea
ie auatenty ecto, bet , } ‘ : i 7 Be a) ‘oe thousand elght }° yp wy Miia Coe, the well'and poplar knowP
+e shane ger; nba & ree ; ig owt x Pesca er, . Siren vi Z So scelis Big Ban gon rawr
their -vietinns; 4 ; io ; F ; Sealey Shh d ov saith : j ( ‘ AB faoete: ; ae pwica. |'m reporter on. the Presa of CAE CIy- 005 1 aie
- gqd-ean bate no gepulne fepe ney F ‘abn x: # a Setore aii t paises : Mt fe he Phe members of the Grand ArDy pot DA
' wedcan bate t ; gram Wis. S298 : nye ist : L = ory ro 4 5 ’ Ysewe and ; cn “partes |
barter: we a, oF te vg, Pu GN oboe tank es ee ee te ++ onset of be CONN ee, ening.) Rev Mt |
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lingu na fpaten. the back fdgor. with <P vaij | arrest. Jn anattle wit aikeeean '¢f Grocers Eociee ato East Central Streets. ning. ‘The organisation
» be Spetthin : ere ete i tharme} house apon bis time and en- the crowd: numbered at ; | ant euccesaboth tn’ 2

* Aaa Ree cee ng Circumstances ‘h}. presal; mS,
» thanks bj the: Vermont, By he kably sees ~ pw bes
que jother dayp in pronoundag, winds pt remit!
Valk: Iitd'down the pinion fat | oooneetion be aninte "
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Woman marrien. 6 mag oF kpowr nem: ‘case, (ths peraonal }: - :
ipipess, proPer- Hea are lm an who , th atalde- of the ,
f Pepa ; gre by police omfl- Wit Sassi
ten, years older : ora on the inde, . Police oficers ‘are aleo bta- |. not be open for By
. igted oe Genre on as Cent! business on Memorial duy. Tepet falling, dite.) A
PL gees 4 treet anid sso ; Monds! "y
ppainsceed, weeded | to rougit aoe tinal nig. | the entrance. « T on that Hag. wilt Fequire: attention Om ve
< tos Soom attert ; 0 =; the police at #! Rover,” the potice dog, Is dead, baying bee’) RR
one casa: beat, . frost Frost haa recently sat. for bia photogrs! amined by the poll
nati, avd at to Calitornie tt _* ¥ sopies of which be placed Io the (Rev. {cat the entragce to the roception room. ; pat ont of the way, a4 an act of mercy, by the 7
a8 cane back to Ste Lamson, witha list of thome os Piha Lavek FResuree oMfieera'to end his entferings. 1

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lige peger gauu ty poy by bacco re boa et ietersban Ne:
sf of for-aitier the moves, |. ), j this trade 4 ® oemaker to

> of Davena peed yethis long time, Could .

: | pee pecti Ay | Wished them sent, and extracted a proming that : ned man spent his lest nightmuch Rips ok ay j
‘an atuatear ime, He took £9 deers maine See that An intimacy pike ‘na.one elas should have one, : ‘ Anger 4 pare a 5 the otfike for more'than eleves pF, so)
: 3 . in ; ‘ y 5 - * 3 2. } é
he accuinaiated a fortune, ; But he aynawiered yao teal - as agai Nortucy: } ‘ “hj. | atonal manifestations of restlessness, until mid- Yesterday was Holy Thursday or Ascension |
; a +f *y : pereral Catholic churebed. ; t
the ptree’ “tne tt , it PEEPS a) a seer :
oxi ft wter | — | Eat hig mph i ed seemed to make | . Peter Luby, the brakeman, "ho was Mile |
hy ‘ ‘of the Norwich |
oe am wad bin domeanor that while dressing night, has beca in the: employ ch

strélay, and ‘so’ thorong tly sucoessfil that | them and Frost being oe ‘pee Guard Hoon. () Petired at his usual boar, and slept, with occa telligent,..

{and jeft big whiow without & pe Day and appropriate nervices wyre Held in We
| ah no account of the fact that he was to sleep 1a.| by the cars near Stillwater bridge Weelnasiay }
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hly attendant remarked to him, “You've gut the road for sume dozen youre, and had 78805 gn
most perve oC any nan T ever saw,” sh | felends among the raliread met ; ares
Proel replied, “ta not. aipatds a bewhal ns oA very enjoyable “gocis} was Bek Mt bahay ;
ey AE eet uid to die.* Soon efter he rent “Ta | gyuret last evening, resdiage aint angio 7
& . 4? £ | oan i a
i =a Be tac happlest man in the prison, thls morning.” ec bpovtee mjetona ha

He ate kis breakfast
1: eso hand cherse, Linown salection, with bis ceoal | ontebtabnmentel Pit Si ap eal
moat nf the live stuck. TR Ge - 3 srpetite After Dreaktnst he wrute farewell | Messrs. Page & Os odanw, of RitebUaunt, Fe)
farov for himself, To th ax ; jettors to hig children, and while «tolag wo AP | ing one of tbe | pueys, ever cone
e ont wale ® prop { i eared somewhat melancholy, bat he goon ral- aking ¢ ‘i
j ais Ba Se Ned. and ctiatted and langhed with ‘his Taaal | structed a one plece for Mr, Jerume Wheeloe
ibid : “+ of thts ctty.. ‘The pallies ja ta be 20 feet tn diem


-against Frost for arrear of wages in the sum of $3

FROST, Samuel J., hanged at Worcester, Masse,.May 26, 1876.

"There is every reason to believe that the murde# for which Samuel J. Frost
of Petersham suffered the extreme penalty of the law this morning was a cold
blooded crime, admitting of neither excuse nor palliation. On the records
of the trial in the State archives at Boston, the Attorney General for the
Commonwealth has recorded the words: 'Of all the capital cases vith which I

was ever connected as counsel or have investigated, this is the most remark-
able.' It is the first .crime on record in which the wife of a man on trial

for murder has ever testified in the case, the common law for centurées de-
claring her to be an incompetent party to testify. Mrs. Frost was allowed
to tell her story, under a recent enactment of the Legislature of this
Commonwealth permitting her to do so, but not rendering it obligatory. In
this case, she was not allowed to repeat conversations between herself and
her husband.
"Amohg the annals of crime in Worcester County, it will long be remembered
in history and tradition for the boldness of its conception, the celerity of
its execution, and the horrible yet ineffecttal methods reported to by Frost
in attempting to secrete the remains of his unfortunate victim, all culmi- |
nating in his arrest in an attic with the terrible odor of the éharnal
pones upon his garments. The circumstances under which the murder of F. P.
Towne was compassed are fresh in the minds of many but a brief summary of
the facts attending the homicide may not in this connection be uninteresting.
In order to fully understand the facts in this case, the personal and pecuni-
ary relations of the parties are important.
"Samuel J. Frost, who was 10 years older than F. P. Towne became acquainted
with him in 1865, and in the following year Frost married in Haverhill the
sister of Towne, now living. Soon after this, both parties went West, Towne
to California and Frast to Wisconsin, Towne came back to Worcester County
and Frost and his wife soon followed, setting to work at their respective
trades in Graftaén in 1872, It was at thistime that an intimacy sprang up
between them and Frost being the elder was looked up to by Towne, who re-
sided in his family, as a kind of adviser, and the relations between them
were amicable, During the residence in Grafton, a brother of Towne came
home from New York and died in their family. Shortly after this, in 1872,
Mrs. Frost on the advice of Frost and Towne bought a farm at Petersham, and
Frost abandoned his trade as a shoemaker to become a farmer. The farm in
Petersham was bought with money belonging to the estate of the father of
Mrs. Frost and Towne, $500 being paid down and the remainder placed on mort-
gage. In 1873 Frost hired Towne to work for him, at a salary of $250 ahd
his board. Towne had purchased and owned most of the livestock. In 1874,
Frost ran the farm for himself, Towne leaving the farm, In March, 1875,
Frost made a proposition to to Towne which was accepted, Frost wasto go
back to his trade and Towne was to carry on the farm, paying rent at #300
a year and the taxes and $3 a week for his board. In the meantime, Frost had
given Towne a note payable on demand for $325 and one for $50 not negotiable.
Frost did not go back to his trade, but in May of the same year leased the
Paige farm adjoining, and during this month made arrangements with a Mr.
Whitehouse to sell to him one half of the Frost farm which Towne had leased,
"It was the theory of the Government on the trial that at the time the
scheme of uniting the farms and getting rid of Towne entered the mind of
Frost, thus converting the quiet Petersham farm into a second Aceldama (?).
This theory of the government was mainly arrived at by declarations made by
Frost to his wife at different times, which in the light of subsequent events
could admit of but one interpretation, though at the time they were uttered
they made but little impression on the mind of Mrs. Frost. Her husband made
one declaration to John M. Rathbone, which was admitted in evidence on the _
trial to the effect that Towne would not be on the farm to trouble them much
longer. It therefore appears that at the time of the murder, Towne was the
lessee of the farm, the owner of most of the stock, and the holder of notes
25. Frost had also made

arrangements.to sell one-half of the farm he had leased to Towne to Mr.

“oy, gatabed 008 tan tne Jetigt Frost bod, PIPE Tne mercer .
4, brought their fate on. sthomstlves: and the from Eastern. . Partie by : He wan the theory of the Govesine On ie ' ,
4 vor is vindicated’ dredging 2 ast. | trial acheme 0 a rushes 2 tate se aa . ? ii
duel tery ee ete ecaveted tliat amber arcers in | farns Tid of Towne entered the |)" 4 bas oo Cae oy aca to Ber, ar, + aM :
: i. ony ; deen in 4 peter we?) Ate p 4 ye mh this evening, auder the direction of Mr. Rosy,
ae 4 ty “blue ent hy” 18 DAE 1 hem ond Acellama.’ This theory } a 4 ; After speak ing o€ Towne he * : ; Hit a
a depoalt ¢dempis for Bory dite mainly argived at by de} - : ? 3 satd: { placed bore affirmed, ta | Pare, pe » be highly enjoyable, oT" ites
phate wad receody’ sank to) olarstio 8 at different |. /¢ ; a the corn-feld. now, neither do 1 | progrepat eolis hy Mr. Parish aed FESR
% dept thet | times, gut ; 4 Saha neeh a keentpegn, | Know, whe temeved khan. T fook thein from } Mies Vin, aynard: -dueta, Aros, quar [Bens
At thd depth of 14 fyet re ae Sab $.Q ey Reg under the arn with ny Gwn hands to the corm } +44, RN y, sk Chor dal two rica ee
nym of “bine earth” } x f : ©} gold, and never carried them to the swatrp. eas quik, _ apd Chertsey ore
the © iat Cexteaty beniet: Og the might of the: 2atof July’ Ldid not | selections to) be performed, by Mtn d Mite i
“ | F:

# take the oxen oa the barn, nor oa apy other | Broad,
i ay t ja 3x ; pight to draw the body to the swanip. a Lf the Wostesker Refer 3; are
pone, rai was aditted. Sok Yhe shove diagram gives.a. feasonablly Reels Fe Ee ee crmeutias 46 tue whole |. Niner c thee, Washer Reform, CNS. AEs
the 116 ne Ce ae thee we > jurate idea of the gelatite posititT of the guard | matter that Mr, Hall has in hie book {this refers to visit Grafton Thureday evening to Hohl. 4)
/ room to the rest’of the jail balling. Tad an! ja Frost's statement at the trial} I declare to-all | temperance meeting with ahe wiew Of etyamzs!
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| He tmpreesion oo x Frost. | Hi ;
was  nucbund made one sléclaration to ohn M, é

FO ns ne Bbert oo ckcs MF T die cherish! fooling of " t
ewes 5 rf f rivatc oe; . a le die che ng no feeling of resen’ ment to- S : ed
a dbah kK te E pri : P. women’s prison; D, doors: | wards any ope. 1 die forgiving all the) world J) Mr. LymaniJo. Tail, the proprietor ef the
I haat ti 4 routia call; jn the eenjge is | for any wrong f hace received. - It ta hard, but Valon Depot pestamrant. ls expected home irom.
é ’ the pens and } 1 freely de jt his sonthern trip in a few days. His health
to‘Tow i the ga rood | Jdesira To expresa tay’ kindest feolings® to Tyas) greatly benefited by the journey. 1°

A, eet Jen. Spragiie,. bia deputies, and all the: prison
ing farm fo that, the 4 ‘do room between the Se erore: f oe ‘ LY “ATi appiications for liquor Deonses, tama, be

ae areca a Giled wee To bie gortheed he sald ‘tery and beep track of | Bled with the City Clerk before’ the clow 60)
chaira.for. accofamoiation of those presen this matter: | hope that in time aod am assured Mice to i t % zt
at the execution, all helny seat ther it, qi be cleared. up I feel that 1a six bosinens at his office townorrom afternaots
teen bat as front bls cell F not through | moaths men «fil say: ‘Tfwe hada't hnay that Reston woo new amd grater: honors tat” 5
door PD, but erat bith en man, we eioubia't.” 7 i i eyening im the Philadelpiix ranrnament <0 [i
ta the Woiner's aon, entering tie : 4 . h t hates
4 F Khe Assistants. which be ‘seems now the certain winber. Houle
Udard | Ronn at the red aie A ‘the ofa: asalsting Sheri Spfactie upod} feated C. Dion 900 to 116, making: as average |
age! og by aed os Moyea ta the avaffold were deputies Earle of Worcestet. | ',
aide, ae SAS Lee pe  o oo} Reene‘of Milford, aad Bothwell of Barte. The of 60,” The guine included # rua by-the ginntes
m% Rvemis. § 5% latter fe the officer who arrested Frost. On the | of 987, ueter equaled ia the work The result '
Frost wha visited by his | Boor of the gnard room were Aepaties Drea- | donbtiess gives Billy the highest ran and. the! BA
and potwith- | Bao, Gould ahd Russell of this city, gad Hall of | highest. average! of the Panis cabariy as there |

men that Idi innocent of wilful murder. ing a clad there,’

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ature’ ni« | Grafton, The other ‘depatics of the Sherif

patare Sted tee: ain were genemuly present, Vat not) actively. et- are bat a few more gancs to be played ‘

‘perions unconrera. vhs along marked gaged, Tye matical gentiemes officially pres The roof of oar af the sheds of fhe ¥ orewetet
his copdnct.) During the: day, tls inst of fe, ent were Tir. Rafas Woodward ‘of Worcestet | apd Nashua rallroad, neat the Pxchangé Stree
he was quiet and reverted, bul gaye po indice- atid Pr. tleorge Jewett of Fitchbarg,
tion mpc change of: mind,|.. Be conversed

crogsing was eet on-ire Dy sparks from & pas
i@ Whe Execution. ts _|-Jng locomotive yesterday, but the dames were
, dwas | extinguished without the striking of an alartt./
lavie Home isty little miawes were recetved Into tt 6
Aodality of the child Jesus, at St. Paul's Church Be
last evening. The'pretty ceremony. Was Wit
premeditated ; neseed by # large namber of thelr parents afl: 6
Mietin set defence friends. A Teceptio of mbases Into the Rodale) He
“There was a con! and the gan ty of the chtidren of Mary, will cent Wedurt:)
pad ae yesterda, When the hands day evening!” Jeg Be aes at
nagar hapten + SHome few were admitted, but ae
y were denied, as the mecepeary work could ete PECIAL NOTICES. :
oa if all comers were ified. At about "1 : Steen SE ae er

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» malt as quiet as possible during the time 1 AS 8 bee rat
RE TG Ger tbe eatire body of ae OS ly LS he
7 A dew eli over the entire body of spec- be,
tators, pays broken by the solema read of the f. The Beat: in the City !
who wer inj few instants ‘ aft aa
the stairé and teatins alooy oo &

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4 j 2 ; iy nines Ms “ls . x
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inqeise ina beam misice ans dapection aoa ig sod selthout resting Upon’ ORNTS FUBNINGING rane rt
wang! Be ime od pees Pat tna Ryne ePID EAE EN Tage Pes oi gee
at Frapk anit he hadi oa eer arty ascended The ecaTold Sor) 2 UNTMEDIO TEINS }OR HOE RER #
ing with Fel ornare walked drut, follows Dy Neputy Earl :
Seine BEG RAM Yt a rani baie tae
and Jieputies “Keene and ‘ “iin. single YANCY SHIRTA 1X DEAIRABLE PATTERNS,
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uM Frost's fate betokened no emotion. “He kept Prices with the Times! o A
the gree is ta have | iss exon fixed befure him, casting no “gisnee a , ‘ : y BEERS
that | chapt Ka ation. | the spectators, aod none st the gallows, th be UANTS THORCTIOW KIO GLOVES.
After recor rhe tnrned to ascead the atepa, when he raised his pia
oe of the ee _ rn ape to the beam and tope for. an inktant, drop- ORNTS TWO-RUTTON KID GEOVES | 0 Og
; bdo ng them mpon the Ktalm aa be took the Orst.) few CMDRELAS, Mee REN CANES,

step up e ; 4
sion as fd Sp feated npon the fatal | NRW COLLARS, | ‘
platform Kev. Mr. samnson © offernd hort dees ?
his petition “containing hardly @ bei tle te ee: RyEST PAE ARENE

fat sabe. that | ft ahaa teria:
inept at Emeka proton” meer clergym he JOHN N. MORSE, JE,
Har ofthe barn on Mra. Frost's. conscientiousness, } y eh $ Pe Wad ap

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Pe Ted Pon hee , “comment. aad unfarorable ‘

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pteased firmly pon , the epring teleasing the} - , eu
F had risen™from his chair, whee ; S Worcester C iy
ponding of the death warrant was. begua, and be é J :
the soyey -teealad had fastened the straps rerrrceriaxr rom RAYETER .
around bid lege and arms, and tore the read- awe 4 WS
ing waa finiahed had shint out the light’ from Ne. # Foster Breet, «+ + 5 W
him forever by drawing the biack cap over Bis \ = ;
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The
Haverhill Emersons

PART FIRST

COMPILED BY ba
CHARLES HENRY POPE

Boston, Mass.

MURRAY AND EMERY COMPANY
287 ATLANTIC AVENUE

1913

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FIRST GENERATION

1. Micuart Emerson, born in England at a date not
recorded here, but probably as early as 1625, is mentioned
first in this country in any record yet found, on “the last
day of the first month” (March) “1651,” in a “ Present-
ment,”’ as a witness who might be called in a case reported
by the Grand Jury of Essex County court. His residence
is not mentioned. The next item is in the records of the
town of Haverhill, March 3, 1655, when he received from

.the town one of the allotments of land that were made to

inhabitants:

“Voted and granted that Michael Emerson shall have two
cow commons and four acres of meadow to be laid out after the
second division of meadow is all laid out.”

These “‘cow commons” he was allowed to exchange for
two ox commons in 1661. The grant shows that he was a
resident of the town and had two cows at that date.

He was one of those who had a share in certain meadow
lands which the town gave out to inhabitants a little later.

“January 17, 1658. Michaell Emerson’s third division of
meadow being a quarter of an acre, shall be laid-out together
with his four acres of meadow which was formerly granted to
him.”

He also had a portion in the fourth division of meadow,
February 28, 1661.

Meantime he and his brother Robert had made a pur-
chase of a farm in the southwestern part of the town.
The deed was dated January 6, 1662; the price was eighty-
five pounds, and the condition that they should “pay for
two acres and a half of accommodations upon y° s* land.”

“Six score acres of third Division of Upland more or less
North East from Merrie’s Pond Bounded with a white Oak & a

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ee ee et ae PS a ae eS

May 113: 91 Mary Neff signed to all the declarations except only
that she did not see ye childs hand clasped upon Navell string (2)
it was about the neck of it ( piece ripped out )

"“@@@GGCCCCHOCeEESEHHLES Dee

N,. Saltonstall Assist.

This ll of May Elizabeth Emorson the dafter of Micall

Emorsen did own (?) and say that Samuell Lad was the father of
those two children which she was delivered off(this month of

May) and nobody others

before us John Stephens, Thomas

above written & to add that she said the place of his begetting
them was at Rob't Clement inn House.

May 11:91 Sworn by Stevens, Silver & Ayer before me

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The Examination of Elizabeth
Emerson as She lay upon her bed

May 11: 91
What is ye Husbands name?
I have never an one |
Were you ever married?
No: never
Have you not been a second time delivered, & had two children
or Twins this month?
Yes, I have
Wn were they born
On Thursday night Last, day towards Friday morning but I am

not certain of the time of the night
Wheare were they born

On the bed at my fathers beds foot, whence I now am

Did you call for help in your travell

There was nobody Id call byt my father & mother, & I was

afraid to call my Mothere for fear of killing of her.

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Did you acquaint your father or mother afterwards

No not a word, I was afraid

Did not they then before thet uned of your being with child
Not as I know of, no more than you did, because not by me
Did neither of them know of your being delivered before
they. went to the meeting the 10th of May 1691

No, no cae than you did

Did they not knew of the burial of them

No, no more than ye child unborn
Q. Wn did you bury them
A. On Sabbath Day, abt 1/2 and houre before ye people sent came to
me on the fore noon.
Q. Who was with you
A. No body
Q. Where did you bury them
A. A hill (?) behind my fathers house
Q. Were they. er anyone of them born alive
A. Johnson not but hhat they were born alive upon (unreadable)
Q. Did you not do them. to death by reclining or sittin down upon
then, smothering them or by any other means |
A. No by no means at all
Q. Where did you hide them before burial
A. In the chest, close by my bed
Q. Who helped you sew them up in ye bag, thy were found in
A. No body
Q. Whn did you sew them up in the cleth thy were buried in
A. On Saturday night ( )

| Q. Where were yor father & Mother
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A. My Mother was gone te Milking & My Father was abread

Q2 How did you stop ye crying at birth


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I did nothing to it, & I did not cry

How long did you keep them before ye were ( )

I kepe them but two Days (

Who is the Father of ye Babes

Sam'1l Lad & no body else

Wn was it he begot them

Iam not cartain of ye ( ) month

Why? Was he wih you mord ye once

Vad: He hath been with me several (7) times. So I am not certain.
Was not Sam'l Lad Lately wth you |

Yes, The evening before ye birth
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Examination of Michael Emmerson May 11,1691
Did you not know of yr Daughter “liz. going wth child this
second time, this Instant May 1691
No, never did suspect such a thing
Did you know nothing at the time or afterward of her delivery
No, not till after I was seazed by you on May 10:91 at noon as
I came out of ye Meeting House
Did not She tell you of it

Nos: not ye least word

Q. Did you not know of the buriall of them

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No: I know nothing of it, or of anything abt it, an I shall
answer for it before God

Did she say, since yesterday noon, who is ye father of ye children

May 11'91 Sworn by both, as they and Mentioned before me.
N. Saltonstall Assist.
Bosten September 25th 1691

Sworn in court assist, by Lt. John Hehnson, Natht1snith,
Hannah Browne Judith Wellson, Hannah Swan, and Mary Neff made Oath
in Court of Assist. before the feed cent Semetelicete: — at the
barr & ee her Tryall. ~~

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May 11, 91

Thewe whose names are suffered being upon the 20th Instant by
lt. Johnson called together te make inquiry into the state & condition
of the body of Elizabeth Daughter of Mich. Emerson of Haverkill upon
suspetion that was declared that ye said Elizabeth had newly been
brought to bed that never married & that the child was murdered and
to be suer no rebir given of it or what was done with the Infant we
went to ye house of Michal Emerson with Lt. Johnson and Nath: Smith
Jee ox (?) he and his wife being gone te the publique meeting in the
morning we fond Elizabeth att home washing dise cloes. Shee appeared
‘very ill in her look, she was asked abouth the birth siposed to be:
she would not tery as we remember, but besuer would not owne any such
thing. Then we made further enquiry upon her as requested and found
she had been newly d@livered of a child. ‘In the meantime one of the
men went out behind the house and found where he did suspect the
hiding of itt might be and took itt up and when the Cloth was opened
there were two young babes in itt which we tow(?) of this being midwife
and the other tow(?) acquainted among women - Judge according to our
experience (?) to be Children bern at thear full time I cannot but
believe them to be born alive for one of them had the navell string
twisted about the neck and of all ahands Claspt upon the same which
was apprehended to not be if the Child had been born dead er still
born, & the other had the Navell string wrapt abour ttts thigh waht was
the absolute means of the Death we cannot learn wheather itt was a
willful act of Murder by the Mother or any else but if not se we de
certainly believe ye ye Children perished for want of help & care at
the time of travell which she owned to be ye 8th May '91 in the near
morning upon a truckell bed att the feet or her fathers ved in the
same room where her father and mothere- were in bed we cont gett nothinge
Brom her as to charge any on(e) for the father of them all we could
have att that present we remember was that her father & mother knew
nething of itt & that she did not gurder them nor had any hand therén.

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vealed no knowledge of a contem-
plated wedding. Vose then assumed
that the story told by the mysterious
‘stranger to Albertson on December
19th had been a red-herring to bait
the jeweler out of Lawrence to rob
him. Here, Vose knew, lay the answer
to the perplexing riddle.
“You think ” Mulhare said
quickly.
“Tt do,” Vose said grimly. “I think
x that he was murdered!”
K As Vose had assumed from the
i start, Albertson was nobody’s fool; he
was smart, shrewd and _ extremely

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small fortune in jewelry with no sus-
picion of danger. Why?. It was just as
his brother had said. Morris knew
the man who had made the arfange-

ment!
* * *

NSPECTOR VOSE was by no means
discouraged by the slowness of
their investigation. Alone with Mul-
hare, he checked every’ angle ob-
structing them. “Here’s what ..we’ve

on Columbia Road—the last was at No.
33, and it was only natural: that he'd.
go to collect: from No, 35. Now, No.

{Francesco * Tuscano. We know he’s
“okay. -There’s no. motive to connect
him with Albertson’s disappearance,
But after Albertson left No. 33, why

want ‘to. find. out.. | sorte “house
ticks in my mind. -

4 *\°rented: it to an’ unemployed friend. :
«That shack. has become a hangout for,

nade arrangements for a- swe
me jemonstration. Suppose: the appoint- .

ment wa at that shack? If that was»
; the case, then when Albertson left No...

ow up at No, 35 is—":.,
Don’t tell me,” Mulhare » “said...
in guess, It stacks up, all right. No.”

hief Pollard. listened’ carefully . to.

“hurried out to Columbia Road,’ con-
-fident that they ‘were nearing. the
“solution: of the mystery- They. ‘found’ ;
‘the door of. the’ dilapidated « shack .

imy. window. ‘Their. narrowed eyes
took «in ‘two ‘squalid rooms; sleeping

ving room. There was an old iron.

x-¥

ntered. Inside, a’ stifling, stale odor ~
assailed them, The place was nearly
«darkness. Pollard lit the old kero-.
end lamp on the table. Its feeble trays

cautious. Yet he had gone out witha .

got, Joe,” he said: “We know that Al--
bertson ‘didn’t finish making ‘his ees

34, across’ the street, is occupied by .

idn’t he go to No, 33? That's what I.

“Take that ‘shack in his: yards ) wae
-checked and discovered that Tuscano™

many people who gathered for cards ‘a
d craps. We know that Albertson’’ ee A ‘Albertson in death was a ace?

_ *sight that chilled even the three hard- |.
- boiled officers, They saw that Albert-'
son had been strangled with a window ~ mt

3, he cut through Tuscano’s yard to. .
‘the: shack,,And the reason he:didn’t

“y d
-»in Albertson’s chest and then asserted
is‘a stone’s throw from the shack.” -

ose, The’ three eager, investigators © ie!

locked. * They looked’ through * the“
Es <eler’'and the details df the crime
shocked the public. At- ‘Wakefield:

uarters and a combination kitchen- ~~.

“bed, a big rough table and five chairs. ote
They. broke the window open and. -

dows. They looked :

around, Examining the interior of a

~ stuffy closet. Vose let out a startled

exclamation. A dozen sticks of dyna-
mite lay at his feet, the cartridge fuse
set in place for instant detonation!
The fuse had been lighted, but the
charred end implied that in some in-
explicable manner, it had been extin-
guished. ‘i

“Somebody sure wanted to blow
up this shack,” muttered Mulhare.
“Why?”

Vose moved around the kitchen—
scuffing the rough floor with the tips
of his shoes. He came across a trap-
door, set under a big table. He pushed
the table aside, lifted the door and
peered below. Pollard focused his
flashlight down the opening. The light
disclosed a small cellar—not more
than six feet deep in the center, much
higher at the corners. As. the flash-
light beam swung, Vose saw on the
cellar floor a new shovel and pick!
He stood up, let Mulhare and Pollard
look.

“We'll dig,” Vose said taliselys

Vose:and Mulhare started to dig, ©
while: Pollard held the flashlight and ~
» the kerosene lamp. It was a difficult
task of. excavating ‘in almost pitch:
» darkness; the. only sounds were- the —
scuff and ‘scrape of pick: and. shovel.
“The two perspiring Inspectors ; ‘had

‘

barely swept aside two feet of sandy

soil when they came across techy
dug up earth.
Working olitiously -and ensetalls:

-their efforts soon disclosed the body jj

of a large man wrapped ina. sheet. .
Because of the. narrowness of : depths
and width of the cellar, it required —
some time to extract the -body, and —
lift it to the. ground floor. The sheet
was removed. The spectacle of Morris

S eaahi cord, an iron ring corded with
_ the free end slipped through for lev-
erage, Dr.’R.’'D. Perley, the district

~ Medical Examiner, was summoned. '

He counted twenty-nine knife wounds

_ with conviction that. the man had died ©
as & result of being buried alive! tit

dluded Dr. Perley, after examination.

ge “He. was breathing when he was bur-
ried, despite the terrific spenting he a

-, took.” 2 Se Yi
The discovery of the missing jew-

Headquarters, Chief Pollard issued an
order that Francesco Tuscario _ ibe
brought in for questioning. |

~ Vose knew ‘that “Myer - Alkertase

“was the only person who could iden-:
tify the mysterious stranger—who, he. ©
Falzone, Chief. Anyway, the shack

-. murder, ‘The Inspector had the dead
ways a bunen in thers: with Falzon a

‘believed, was connected’ with | the

man’s’ brother wb ek to. Wakefield. :

your back yard?” asked Pollard.

The police agreed to question all of
Morris Albertson's friends, Among the
odd half-score at Headquarters was
Luigi Grassidonio.

Myer H. Albertson nudged Vose.
“That man,” he said excitedly, point-
ing to Grassidonio, “He’s the one |
mean. He was in my brother’s office
on the 19th!”

* * *
O THE mysterious man was Luigi
Grassidonio, thought Vose. From
Chief Pollard, he had learned a bit
about Gfassidonio, He was exceed-
ingly popular and well liked..He was

‘ an accomplished musician, played

several instruments, and had organ-
ized a small band which played for
all dances and social functions in
Wakefield. He was of stocky build
with black hair, brown eyes and a
swarthy complexion. He. lived with his
wife at 15 Hart Street.

Luigi Grassidonio wore a_ ready
smile when he was ushered into Chief
Pollard’s office. His apparent indiffer-
ence made a somewhat doubtful im-
\pression ‘upon’ Vose as to the final» .
“outcome. From all indications, Grassi- :
‘donio had never. seen Myer Albertson iS | oe
< before. ‘ “BLS.

“Too bad about Morris,” Grassi- ees
Sdonic ‘said sincerely. “He was sucha ‘9°
‘fine, man.” ‘He shrugged fatalistically.

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. “Well, what can I do for you, Chief?”

“Plenty, may! Pollard ©’ said,
“Luigi, when did you ‘ast see Morris
Albertson?”

“Last Saturday.”.”

_.,. “Is that so?”. snapped . Voor ‘curtly: ni
+ “Then” how do you account for the. -

‘fact that you told me you hadn't seen _-
*. Albertson for quite some time?” .
Grassidonio ’ smiled. faintly, “I'm
* afraid you misinterpreted my answer,
“Inspector Vose. You asked me if I had’
seen Morris Albertson here: in : Wake-
“field. I said I hadn’t. ;
 Nose's face. eadenet “You are a.

' pretty smart man, eh, Luigi?”

“No, not ‘exactly, Inspector. Tm

merely correcting a two-sided impli-
cation, However,’ - considering _ this

_ question no imposition, let me ex-
plain. I saw Morris Albertson on ‘the
** 19th in. Lawrence. Not here, .mind

_ you,.I arranged to have him bring his §

“There is sand in his lungs,” odie . best line’ of jewelry. here on Sunday, .

the 20th. You see, I make a-nice profit
on sales I turn his way. Is there any
harm in that, gentlemen?”
’. It was thus apparent that the police
‘had ‘to deal with a- smooth. person in

.. Luigi Grassidonio: He could match at

wits with them, | verbally and men< © a

“tally. Telling Grassidonio to wait out-
«side, Chick gland hadi: : Ribecang
+, brought in..

=.“Who occupies ‘hee old Seek in
“lve rented -the plate to Biagio ~

isn’t exactly in my yard, Theré’s al--*


The hunt for the fugitive killer con-

tinued. Late in the afternoon of Fri-

day, July 30, 1943, W. M. Pearce, a
quarantine officer, was” standing in

front of his booth at the Benton Sta-
tion on U. S. Highway 6, just west of
the Nevada-California boundary.
As Pearce watched, he noticed a

ee small sedan leave the highway, swing
es, out on a side road and: bypass the
; agricultural quarantine stop. It:was.a
deliberate action and aroused suspi-
cion. Somebody was trying to avoid
inspection, Pearce cut swiftly across
© the adjacent field, intent upon secur- -
ing the license number ,of the car as

driver, he understood the reason for
the dodge. Pearce recognized the man
at the wheel as Floyd McKinney. He
had known the wanted man casually.
in’ the past, and he knew that the
urly ex-miner was wanted for mur-
er in Nevada. >. _ kee
‘Pearce raced back to his station and
spread the alarm. 49s,
"Two miles north of Bishop, Deputy .
Sheriff Spray Kinney of Inyo'County,

him up he bad sled

~. left. seve See %
“@ The next day, with Mulhare, Vose
made a trip to check Albertson’s cus-
\= tomers in Wakefield. There was a slim
=\ ‘possibility that he had. gone directly
‘\to Wakefield on Saturday night, put-
‘ting up over Sunday.. They checked

Vose went into conference with Chief
of Police James J. Pollard. ans
“I know Albertson well,” replied
Pollard, “Let me see now, I saw him
ere in Wakefield around four o’clock

~~ Water Street gp ak Se
==, =>-Water Street was a fairly populous

“had @ lot of customers in that section.

You

it ‘passed. But ‘when he espied™ the °

and Patrolman Merrill Curtis of the»
Bishop police, forced the sedan. from”

“AIDE

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_*"Swith’ Chief Pollard checking
‘the railroad station; there was-no-
silection of Albertson by anybody. —

last Sunday. He carried some sort of -—
package,’ and - was" headed ~ towards

section of Wakefield. ‘According to the:
st supplied by Miss Otis, Albertson _

we

a . Wakefield that night, instead of S

the. highway. The driver gave up
without a struggle. He admitited that
he was Floyd McKinney. The long
manhunt was at an end.

Before the wanted killer was re-
turned to Churchill County, the Cal-
‘ifornia officers charged him with
grand theft. He admitted having
stolen the car he was driving at the
time of his arrest in Porterville, Cal.

During the long and intensive inter-
rogation by Sheriff Vannoy and Dis-
trict Attorney Winters, McKinney
denied the double murder, but he
could not explain his possession of the —
maroon Ford, nor could he say why — >

he was traveling with the Fishers.
, eR eT Me a ey

- \USTICE moved fast for the double ‘i Kinney was
t

Jj killer. He stood trial before Judge
Clark J. Guild in Fallon on August ,
‘. 30, 1943. Attorney General Alan Bible _
came from Carson City to assist Dis-"
trict Attorney Winters in the prosecu-__

N

fil

McKinney took the stand and denied © the dea

= the murders.|He claimed he had‘sold
-/ into, the acid beneath his chair, phy-

_| sicians pronounced the killer dead.

all

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shoe factory. Started selling jewelry. Le day: morning.

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as a side line. He built up quite a
large trade here through Luigi Gras-:
sidonio, a co-worker. Both men made
quite a bit of extra cash that: way.°|
‘When Albertson went in business for
himself, he left Wakefield.”.):.°-

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on.
"where. Albertson. had lodged on the |

* night. of December’ 19th, Vose and fit
- Mulhare hurited up Luigi Grassidonio. |
_ : However, Grassidonio wasn’t of much »
‘ help. He told the Lawrence Inspectors —
= he had no conclusive information as to
“= the whereabouts of Albertson, “So,” —
concluded Grassidonio with a shrug, |

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Chief Pollard had information for...
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to turn over the proceeds of that sale,.
they had disappeared.

But the chain of evidence developed
by Sheriff Vannoy blasted his story
to shreds. Rebuttal witnesses placed
him in company with the slain lieu-
tenant and his wife from northeastern
Nevada to'’Frenchman’s Station.

On the afternoon of September 2nd,
McKinney's fate was placed in the
hands of the jury. Two hours and 17
minutes later, court was reconvened,

and the clerk of the court received

the sealed envelope from the foreman

of the jury.

* In the hushed silence of the court-

‘room, the clerk tore.open the sealed © =

“envelope and read the verdict. Mc--
as found guilty of murder.

\in the first degree and sentenced toe”:

‘die in Nevada’s gas chamber at Car+

son City. . ;

_A.last minute “plea to the State
Board of Pardons and Paroles had
“been in vain, and on November 27,
1943,’ Floyd McKinney. was sealed in
th chamber. Fifty-four seconds

after the first death pellets dropped _

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investigation of Albertson’s cus-

-about'a dozen collections on Sunday
morning. The tide of. events turned
when the two able police Inspectors

“yeached Columbia Road, a, little nar-
row street. ‘They ‘acquired there a

OSE and Mulhare’ started their »

startling bit of information, He had -

collected from: mostof his customers
on Columbia Road, but not from the
family at No. 35. ° > pat eaess
“> Vose and Mulhare went over every
inch of the neighborhood. They drew

locked. '#:;582..6.0°% 32 Geka
They looked through a grimy win-

nothing unusual. -

right here in Wakefield, Chief!”.

a blank. Back of No, 34 was a large, ©
“unpainted shack. ° The~ “place was”

dow. into a_ dirty ° interior,’ noted :

Chief Pollard “immediately ~ took —
~ charge of his end of the. hunt. for _
|... Albertson. ‘He ordered: his small but ~
"efficient . force to search Wakefield
from one end to the other. Then Pol- =
Jard said, “Vose, when you lose some- ~

steps

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tomers in Wakefield, He had made °

“Back at the Wakefield Police Head- ~
+ -* quarters, Vose enlightened Chief Pol-
lard:as to the fruits of their investi- "
* gation; “T feel doubly’ sure“now,” he me
stated bluntly, “That Albertson met
“with foul play. And, without hedging,

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. know. for a.fact that Albertson was

over the route’ you have been taking.
That theory applies to this case. We

~ last seen on Columbia Road, Fine, We

‘can start from there.”
“I’ve checked his customers there,”
Vose said. “The most logical thing to

_ do, since Albertson is pretty ; well

_ known, is to check all of his acquaint:

The process of questioning in hes:
neighborhood around Columbia Road
was a-tedious task that required a
full day. While the questioned. per-
sons numbered nearly a hundred, no

_ light was shed: on the baffling disap-—

: wealthy | contractor, residing at 34

pearance of Morris A, Albertson. But ~~

‘there was one person who Chief Pol-. .

.. lard. felt. confident could help the
+. That...was .. Francesco Tuscano, a -:

~. Columbia Road, Vose recalled that the ,

~.shack he had looked at with Mulhare
: was the property of Tuscaho.;°"'||

Vosé had. definitely checked that ).

. Albertson ‘had made his last call at 33~.
Columbia. Road. And although. the’.

. people waited for him ‘at No. 35, he .

. hadn’t shown up. Tuscano’s house, No...

"34, ‘formed the ‘tip of a. three-house.

2 sight, but not to speak to.-7, <4

“at 33 Columbia Road. -_

" appearance was obvious.

even a suspect. Maybe you can-be of

ee triangle. There was a possibility that
_ Albertson might have stopped at Tus- -~ /

cano’s: house, The contractor. denied .

this. He said he ‘knew Albertson- by. fs;
irks

So Albertson’s trail was ‘dead-end

". arrangements were being made to
. pick out the rings.”

-bertson to demonstrate his best selec-
-tion of jewelry on Sunday, the 20th. .
brother where the jewelry was sup-..

‘Albertson ‘said he heard Wakefield

a Td say he was. middle-aged, of ‘me-

“from what I’ve been told, I’m begin- -
. ning to fear the worst. We’re headed |

Town Hall by .Vose to determine .

~ any parties in Wakefield recently. No. |

man was going to get married, and

A smile of satiotaction. curved
Vose’s lips. Here, at last, was some--
thing tangible; A man had asked Al-

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ship, love, marriage. Ethical, dignified, depend

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‘Vose then asked the missing jeweler’s

posed to be taken, The reply stirred
Vose, Although not quite sure, Myer

mentioned. -
“What did this man look like?”
“It’s tough remembering, Inspector.
I didn’t pay strict attention. Offhand,

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_ After Myer Albertson left, Vose

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“called in Mulhare, ‘“Joe,” he ‘said,

. back to Wakefield. We're. going to find
this chap. who wanted the best selec="
tion of » Albertson’s jewelry for. a
» friend contemplating marriage.” °

A check was made at the Wakefield.

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marriage license had been’ made by

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} Beas VING back in Lawrence, Vous
was mildly surprised to find the
missing. man’s brother, Myer .H. “Al-
bertson, in ‘his office. After waving
away apologies, Vose questioned the
brother. That Myer Albertson was
greatly concerned over Morris’ dis~

“If there was foul play,” Vose paid:
‘I’m sorry to admit that. we ‘haven’t: .

help. Have you noticed” anything
strange about your brother lately?
Something that.could possibly be a,
motive for his disappearance?” >

Myer Albertson coughed. “Inspec~
tor,” he said slowly, “I’m at sea.
Morris never had an enemy.‘in the
world—never harmed anybody.” He
thought hard for several minutes, “I |
think I’ve got something that may in-
terest you.’

Vose leaned forward eagerly. “If
you know something, Mr. Albertson,”
he said, “I’m listening.”

“I saw Morris last Saturday after-
noon. A chap walked in, Naturally,
seeing that he had come on business
with Morris, I stepped aside. How-
ever, judging from their conversation,
which I couldn’t help overhearing, I
knew they were old friends. This chap
specified that Morris should bring out
his best collection the next day, Sun-
day, from which a profitable selection
could be made. Some friend of this

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of RB MAS far as I know, Falzone . Yes, Grassidonio- ‘had
1e od eral ‘close friends. ‘They're always been there. : : —
as. |. together. There’s. Ignazio Morella, and ' \. fully, and loud, yes—but Grassidonio’s “| RS ote went
; aac The contractor knit his brows in — ‘music must have reached heaven that | BAS Me UCK BRING et:
Se :: _-epncentration. “Yes, Luigi ‘Grassi- ' day. Vose dismissed the men, and:
Ms + “donio, too.” Ais a *_.:faced-Grassidonio. eee
1 <The glances exchanged by, Pollard; © “Mister,” he ‘said flatly. “I’m all
RE ‘eh Vose and -.Mulhare . showed they through fooling around, I’m telling
Sees thought in’ the same groove. From all’ | you that you were implicated in Al-
es mn indications, it was feasible to assume | bertson’s murder, Why did you play,
igi . that Luigi » Grassidonio had lured so loud on that Sunday. I'll tell you: Bae
om. a. - Morris A. Albertson ‘to "his death |» because you knew_ that: t thirty feet_|
bit. | Morus, -A: Alber inet fiend- ett away In Tum Albert- || .FR
ed- 1 ship; Tuscano > was — questioned © at | #'son was being slowly murdered! You — ee PROPHET PRO! DUCTS EW
vas ~Jength::He answered to the best of his.’/ ‘wanted to cover UP. any cries!” — : : F. 2 bows arpge a RET: |
yed .. _ . ability. Falzone was unemployed; had | °° Grassidonio, his iron nerve “never (Tm — = et if
an= formerly: worked: in a shoe shop. No, © failing him, denied Vose’s accusations. — gem YOU: |
for “Puscano: didn’t - know where Falzone |. Twenty - minutes later.” Mulhare. |» “pnd ain “|
ae was. 0 he AIG oy walked in‘and opened the package he: |. ; 1
uild 4} 45 The latter was described as'@ young had been ‘carrying. “I found this stuff -| |
da A -man; around twenty-four ‘years ‘old, | “in” Grassidonio’s home,” he ‘ said. “| |
1 his 4. - with a black 1 ustache and dark, curly |‘ “There were quite a few articles of
4 hair, Ignazio Morella was @ laborer * jewelry and a bloodstained stiletto. I
eady 4 ‘and roomed at 35 Columbia Road. He: . found the stuff down the: cellar,” Mul-- [aeigintingae ” |
chief: 3 was, Tuscano said, about twenty-" “hare added. “It was buried under a | Ce Tee mn |
fier- } seven, short and stocky, ‘dark com-| - pile of bricks.” Seo 10. Selected DRE |
im= i plexion with black eyes. Pollard sent. “Well,” Vose said to ‘Grassidonio, . Imaning,eettlag sre in at
final © -, out several officers to pick up Morella : what are you going to do now?” | tare na preset Sines |
“assi~ and Falzone; 2° 2 710 °4: Reisen ia) Grassidonio knew he was cornered. — for” 43.00, Kend S00 ranted, aiany_ other Darran
ie ae "The most notable feature about Ig- ~’ He implied he had no knowledge of | j case tants pea Catalod 222 BB
"4+ nazio, Morella_ when he re abou Ae). the ‘stuff, but suggested. thet Ht 1S 2 cONaMY, MAL, ORDER Sn. ‘
feos ae Chief's Pt was bin a scratched been planted to frame him for the |). Ft lakes eer ce anes ~
- face. “Well,”, Po said .cynically- murder. In the end, he broke, and FB ee eae
ically. 4 “After looking at your face,. Morella,”__said_that he’d turn State’s evidence ie : LONELY Sweethearts’ beheaae for.
hief? 1 I’m bracing myself. to hear you sayo*s according to Vose’s terms. Vose and | your letter. Many: wealthy. All ages.
said. pa: © that a cat scratched you HES any “Pollard co ferred, So far as Grassi- | 8 5 ee a. aes ee ue AG
Morris a > “That's right,” Morella. id. “A cat- donio was concerned, he had an iron- ).Photos, descriptions free. “WORLD °
eee scratch me.” = elad alibi for the time of the murder. DE SI 1c we 415 NO
? “was it a big cat?” Vose asked There seemed no way of breaking it. |° WIDE SOCIAL SERVICE, NSN. Ws
curtly. 4 “And did it have a name? Say; Morris: However, he was the instigator ‘of 15th. Ave., Portland, Oregon» -» :
se the == Albertson?” en the crime, and he could: be convicted » Yaa eae
deca 4. 4] don’t know what you're talkin as an accessory before the fact. | | “GYPSY FORTUNE . }
gee es A about,” Morella said. ' ‘| > Grassidonio’s story to which he. | we TE LLIN G Cc ARD S.
a 4 Upon being questioned, he asserted scrawled his signature, in brief, was: a tansy. tay. vo. tatt cereal, a, etl Heck .
prey ee that he hadn’t been near the Tuscano On Sunday, pa 20th, Biagio “RoornsaTENs age-old eyed Fareed a
i shack on Sunday, December And  Falzone and Ignazio relia mute.) oy banaugeeie® DRCGP leerayni
Wake- | he hadn't seen Biagio Falzone for over dered Albertson in the old shack _to FREE te 2 lt HOw. te Anata “Card ‘i
ea a we Pe fut hin Se | re taeee | Ste are, Dental Pe geaweys ew 0 4
or. Tm | —__ Grageidénio'was brought in 8 aint” —— 4
. ne youre tmplicatad in Albertson's x
€ murder Grassidonio,” Vose hurled at *
pst She him. “You know it as well as I do. I .
‘e. mind have sufficient evidence to prove that \
ring hi you were the finger man who led .
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7-22-1793. Worcester Mass. July 18. On Tuesday last Capt. Elisha Allen
Ss Sh 0+ Princeton was ost inhumanely mur-
WUY : dered B45 Samue Frost, the person whe wastried inthistown _

‘fo Ty. Some : wee 040 tor the murder of nis father, The perticulars We

have received as Follows * Capt. Allen had leFthis house inevder
to set out Some cabbase plants at a little distance and ordered —
Frost, who had lived wath him tor several years, to go with him.
Havin: 4 proceeded uw liffle aly he recollected he wanted a hoe,
Sent Frest back to get one, and himself went on and regan his werk.
Frost returned with the hoe, and as is suppescd, got over the tence —
behind the captain, wliig mobably stooping dows, struck him on the
head with the edge of the ‘we, which Knocked hin down, after whion
he continued nis Mask until he nad pruised his head to peices inthe
“ost shockin vunner. The nucdereri: wonediately made his escape into
tie seeds and ned oot oem Taken yesterday morning , notwithstanding
every edertin tad Beet rade. jp is presumed every persen will tec
ninaself under obliyati. ar fe use nis whoost éidcodeuss to | bring him to _
Lustice and it is thought proper To udd the fojlours descripticn 0 of him
Prat ne Mey 20 Kine, a He is @ short man of a dark complexion, shot _
black haiy, huenty -eicit 4 ears of “Ke He had on a striped wJoolier
Shirt , durk coloured oak and a lis im" coloured jecnet on. He will

easily be Known By constantly chris cing do his Shoulders jtretehing ;
Out his arms and shaking nis head. a a

Jeu7 i ‘7 yy, 7 ; y Pa A

I-11-1793. Worcester MA. —- Nov. 6. On Thursday last Samuel Frost wes executed
dea in this town pursuant to his sentence dor the murder
(/-//— of Capt. Elisha Allen of Princeton on the Ibth day of July last. The man
ALLO just ten years befure he had murdered Capt. Allen, killed his tather, for
eee ih which horrid crime he \Jas tried butt acquitted by the jury who supposed him _
boule __Insane. Before execution a sermon wes preached by the Rev. Aaron Bancret}t
peaglle to avery larme autdiénce. The criminal was presentt. After which he was

oi ,

G
_ On being asked by the Hiah Shervif if he wished to Sif anything to the Spee -

ae,
_____ Arcos, he answered tirat ne had not much to Say — he would not have thens
—__._ fFoflaw him. The High Sherrif re eatedly asked him it he wished his
execution delayed. He answered as often as asked “NO IY — Gs he was
to qo (that was his expression) it had better be Soon over. The sceffold

___carvied to the place ot execution, He Showed few or no signs of penitence. a ee ee

dropped and this uncommon murderer was launched into clernity. Wis ue

a —thoughrt the number of spectators were abart 2.000,

t I

;against Frost for arrear of. wages in the sum of $3

FROST, Samuel J., hanged at Warcester, Mass.,.May 26, 1876.

"There is every reason to believe that the murde# for which Samuel J. Frost
of Petersham suffered the extreme penalty of the law this morning was a cold
blooded crime, admitting of neither excuse nor palliation, On the records
of the trial in the State archives at Boston, the Attorney General .for the
Commonwealth has recorded the words: 'Of all the capital cases “ith which I

“as ever connected as counsel or have investigated, this is the most remark-
able.' It is the first .crime on record in which the wife of a man on trial

for murder has ever testified in the case, the common law for centurtes de-
claring her to be an incompetent party to testify. Mrs. Frost was allowed
to tell her story, under a recent enactment é6f the Legislature of this ~
Commonwealth permitting her to do So, but not rendering it obligatory. In
this case, she was not allowed to repeat conversations between herself and
her husband,

"Amohg the annals of crime in Worcester hearer, it will long be remembered

s

ary relations of the parties are important.

"Samuel J. Frost, who was 10 years older than F, P, Towne became acquainted
with him in 1865, and in the following year Frost married in Haverhill the
sister of Towne, now living, Soon after this, both parties went West, Towne
to California and Frast to Wisconsin, Towne Came back to Worcester County
and Frost and his wife soon followed setting to work at their respective
trades in Graftén in 1872, It was at thistime that an intimacy sprang up
between them and Frost being the elder was looked up to by Towne, who re~
sided in his family, as a kind of adviser, and the relations between them
were amicable, During the residence in Grafton, a brother of Towne came
home from New York and died in their family. Shortly after this, in 1872,
Mrs. Frost on the advice of Frost and Towne bought a farm at Petersham, and
Frost abandoned his trade as a shoemaker to become a farmer. The farm in
Petersham was bought with. money belonging to the estate of the father of
Mrs. Frost and Towne, $500 being paid down and the remainder placed on mort-
gage. In 1873 Frost hired Towne to work for him, at a salary of $250 ahd
his board. Towne had purchased and owned most of the livestock, In 1874,
Frost ran the farm for himself, Towne leaving the farm, In March, 1875,,
Frost made a proposition to to Towne which was accepted. Frost wasto go
back to his trade and: Towne was to carry on the farm, paying rent at #300

a year and the taxes and $3 a week for his board, In the meantime, Frost had
given Towne a note payable on demand for $325 and one for $50 not negotiable,

Frost did not go back to his trade, but in May of the same year leased the
Paige farm adjoining, and during this month made arrangements with a Mr, .
Whitehouse to sell to him one half of the, Frost farm which Towne had leased,
"It was the theory,of the Government on the trial that at the time the
scheme of uniting the farms and getting rid of Towne entered the mind of
Frost, thus converting the quiet Petersham farm into a second Aceldama (?),
This theory of the government Was mainly arrived at by declarations made by

Frost to his wife at different times, which in the light of subsequent events

could admit of but one interpretation, though at the time they were uttered
they made but little, impressiom on the mind of Mrs. Frost. Her husband made
one declaration to John M. Rathbone, which was admitted in evidence on the
trial to the effect that Towne would not be on the farm to trouble, them much
longer. It therefore appears that at the time of the murder, Towne was the
lessee of the farm, the owner of most of the stock, and the Bolder of notes
| $5, Frost had also made

arrangements,.to sell one-half of the farm he had leased to Towne to Mr.

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Whitehouse and had hired an adjoining farm so that the two could be easily
connected. The farm inquestion, the scene of the tragedy, is known in
Petersham as the Nathaniel Cook farm. It is situated in a lonely
spbt, quite a distance from any dwelling house, about 3 miles from the center
of Petersham on the road leading to Hardwick, “The house on the farm is of
but one story, quite antique in its appearance and much dilapidated. The
barn, the scene of .the murder is a very large one, quite old anf badly out
of repair. The occupants of the farm were Samuel J, Frost, his wife, and 4
children, the eldest of whom was about '10 years, Frank P, Towne, the mur-
dered man, John Mr. Rathbone who worked for Mrs. Frost and George H, Joslyn,
who worked for Frost on the baige farm. On Thursday, before July 4 Joslyn
«nd Rathbone were given a vacation but were to return on the BHAREXAAITAHAHEE
Monday following. ,
"A little trouble arose between Towne and Frost durting Friday and Saturday
preceding the murder in regard to milking a white faced heifer which had re-
cently calved and which had tender teats. This difficulty was not so serious
as to prevent them from riding together to Dana on Saturday aftennoon, though
Frost says it was the primary .cause of the death of Towne. They returned
in the evening. Frost retired early but Towne went to Petersham and returned
with a letter for Frost from Mr. Whithouse, On Sunday morning Towne arose

‘brass tips onthe horn of a bull. It was the theory of the government that
the murder was committed with a hammer which was used for pounding up bones

"Frost was next seen to enter the house, carrying an empty milk pail spotted
with drops of blood. He told his wife that Frank and he had had a fight

and that Frank had gone into the field with a black eye, Frost said that he
then went into the parlor and read the fifth chapter of Job, which ibreatsof
the harm of inconsideration and declares the end of, the wicked ih misery.

It is also recorded in that chapter that 'Wrath killeth the foolish man,!
Frost came into the house at about 7 o'clock and, after eating a hearty
breakfast, he despatched his wife and 2 children to church, Though it was
not. his custom, yet never more had she greater need of the consolations of
religion. On fhe day previous Towne had made arrangements to go with hen and
the children to the Baptist Churth, During the absence of his wife Frost tore

corner, imagining that his secret was at rest. Never did he make such a
terrible ‘mistake, - ‘

"Mrs. Frost. on her return from church inquired. for Frank and Frost told her
he had returned to the house and in a freak of chagrin at the transaction,
declared he should 1 ave. for California, On the following Wednesday, Frost
went to Worcester and on his, return gave out the story that he had met Frank

der, . On July 8th, he mortgaged the stock owned by Towne to John Paige for
$125 and on the same day he paid Mr. Stephen D. Goddard the sum of $115

himself the watch and knife of Townd and had the audacity to also appear clad
in some of the garments of the murdered man, though this was probably for
effect, , ‘

"The lads employed on the farm, who came. back to work (John Rathbone bringing

arose. In consequence of what was said, others visited the barn on Wednesday,
July 2ist, and made similar probings. On the night of July 22nd, Frost was:


NEIL D. THOMPSON, PH.D., C.G.
Consulting Genealogist

Fellow, American Society of Genealogists 255 North Second West
Fellow, Society of Genealogists Salt Lake City, UT 84103-4545

(801) 521-4732
24 April 1989

Dear Bruce:

Here is the missing page of the report that you wanted.
I have no doubt that further additions and corrections may
be needed for Edward Fuller but this is not to denigrate
the excellent foundation work done by you and others.

I was interested in the letter on the Fuller murderer.
It took all of three minutes to place him. Joseph Fuller
"of Chilmark" married Martha Hadaway of Yarmouth at Yarmouth
13 June 1717 (Yarmouth VR, p. 164). In the Chilmark VR her
name is given as "Hathaway". The News-Letter of 27 November
1729 reports that Martha Fuller, wife of Joseph, was murdered
by her husband at Falmouth. I did not check the SJC records
to see if an appeal had been taken, as it often was in capital
cases. On 10 June 1730 the estate of Joseph Fuller of Yarmouth,
laborer, was administered by (his brother-in-law) Gideon Hathaway
of Barnstable, carpenter, and on 10 July 1730 an inventory was
sworn (Barnstable Probate Rec. 3:670, 668). No records at Fal-
mouth or Chilmark of the birth of issue and no indication of any
guardianship for children.

But it is not at all clear whose son this Joseph Fuller was.
The sparse Chilmark records do not mention any Fuller families
on the Vineyard prior to this single reference to Joseph and
Banks says nothing useful. None of the Josephs you mention in
your work on Edward Fuller qualify. A Joseph of Ipswich is
taken care of there; there is a Joseph of Lynn who could be the
one if he uprooted himself. Your correspondent might apply to
the Boston Atheneum for an examination of the accounts of the
murder and the execution; since the two newspaper notices are
mentioned in their bibliography, they ought to have copies.

Our weather here has been very dry and hot for this time of
year, last week rising to 85°. We expect cooler temperatures and
some much-needed rain this week. My allergies have been killing
me, of course, as always happens this time of year.

If you are coming to St. Paul, I'll see you there.

All the best,

find

Neil D. Thompson