They drove out on the country and he bludgeoned her to death and
put her body in the rumble seat while he drove back to his place
DETACTIVE YEARBOOK # 19, May, 1973. Page 6,
DsTECTIVE FILES, January, 1977, "Death Rides the Rumble Seat! by
Curt Norris, Page 31,
Sees 163 NORTHEASTERN 251
They drove out on the country and he bludgeoned her to death and
put her body in the rumble seat while he drove back to his place
of business to establish an alibi. That night, he deposited her
body on the Cambridge Turnpike about a mile from Concord and the
next day he attempted to clean out all traces of bloodstains, The
evidence against Knowlton was largely circumstantial and he stoutly
maintained that he was innocent though he finally did admit that he
had seen her on the day of her death, Convicted and sentenced to
die, he met his death with calmness and dignity on March 30, 1929),
when he was electrocuted at the State Prison at Charles Town. He
continued to deny that he was guilty of the murder,
DETACTIVE YEARBOOK # 19, May, 1973, Page 6,
DETECTIVE FILES, Janmary, 1977, "Death Rides the Rumble Seat" py
Curt Norris, Page 31,
Sees 163 NORTHEASTERN 251
They drove out on the country and he bludgeoned her to death and
put her body in the rumble seat while he drove back to his place
i That night, he deposited her
@ mile from Concord an
DETECTIVE FILES, Jannary, 1977,
Curt Norris. Page 31,
See: 163 NORTHEASTERN 251
"Death Rides the Rumble Seat" by
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Seer 6) Nena 252
: KNOWLTON, Frederick Hinman, Jr,
Knowlton, a 3l-year-old white man, was born to prominent parents
in Worcester, Mass., and lived there until his family moved to
Framingham where his father became head of. the Framingham Business
College. “hen he was l6-years-old, he saved two nurses from drown-
ing and received a medal, Later that year, shots were fired over
the BXSEEXHE bed of his sleeping parents from a pistol that he
owned, but he was acquitted when he said that he was a sleep=-walker
He graduated from the school which his father headed, served brief-
ly in World War I and afterwards married, He taught at the Busines
Gollege for a while and began an affair with one of the students,
Marguerite Stewart, who was already the mother of an XXXXESEXES
illegitimate daughter. Subsequently, with his father's backing,
Knowlton went into business for hinself and became the owner of
Knowlton Electric Co, in Framingham, Miss Stewart became a teacher
at the Beverly Institute for the Deaf where her daughter, a mute,
was enrolled,g and the two contimuted their affair, meeting on Miss
Stewart's nights off, She became pregnant and informed Knowlton
who was maready married'and the father of one child. On March 30,
1928, she caught a train to Framingham which he met at the Station.
KNOWLTON, Frederick Hinman, Jr,
Knowlton, a 3l-year-old white man, was born to prominent parents
in Worcester, Mass., and lived there until his family moved to
Framingham where his father became head of the Framingham Business
College. “hen he was 16-years-old, he saved two nurses from drown~
ing and received a medal. Later that year, shots were fired over
the BXS8$XKE bed of his sleeping parents from a pistol that he
owned, but he was acquitted when he said that he was a sleep-walker
He graduated from the school which his father headed, served brief-
ly in World War I and afterwards married. He taught at the Businesd
Gollege for a while and began an affair with one of the students,
Marguerite Stewart, who was already the mother of an XXXXXSEXEE
illegitimate daughter. Subsequently, with his father's backing,
Knowlton went into business for hinself and became the owner of
Knowlton Electric Co, in Framingham, Miss Stewart became a teacher
at the Beverly Institute for the Deaf where her daughter, a mute,
was enrolled,g and the two contimited their affair, meeting on Miss
Stewart's nights off. She became pregnant and informed Knowlton
who was maready married'and the father of one child. On March 30,
1928, she caught a train to Framingham which he met at the Station.
KNOWLTON, Frederick Hinman, Jr.
Knowlton, 2 3h-year-old white man, was born to prominent parents
in Worcester, Mass., and lived there until his family moved to
Framingham where his father became head of the Framinghan Business
College. “hen he was 16-years-old, he saved two nurses from drown-
ing and received a medal, Later that year, shots were fired over
e bed of his sleeping parents from a pistol that he
owned, but he was acquitted when he said
Marguerite Stewart, who was already the mother of
illegitimate daughter, Subsequently, with his father's backing,
Knowlton went into business for hinself and becane the owner of
She became pregnant and informed Knowlton
who was mAready married’and the father of one child. On March 30,
1928, she caught a train to Framingham which he met at the Station,
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