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Thomas W. Piper (April 22, 1849 – May 26, 1876), known as The Boston Belfry Murderer, was a Canadian-born American murderer who murdered two underage girls between 1873 and 1875 in Massachusetts and confessed to having done such to one other.
Given the detailed confessions by the accused, authorities did not anticipate a trial. However, the accused eventually recanted their confessions and denied any wrongdoing. The case garnered significant attention in the media. The legal system of Kings County was strained by the Goler case. There was only one full-time prosecutor, who normally ...
The daughter of William (c. 1598–1672) and Joanna Towne (c. 1595/99–1682) (née Blessing), Rebecca Nurse was born in Great Yarmouth, England in 1621.Born February 13, 1621, her baptism is recorded as February 21, 1621.
YARMOUTH — Levee Breaks Investment Group LLC, a Yarmouth-based investment company that declared bankruptcy on Oct. 21, 2021, has left 70 creditors, including 55 investors, holding the bag.
At first he denied what was imputed to him, but he was soon induced by fear of the rack to make confessions which seriously involved the duke, who, however, denied many of his statements and contemptuously styled him an Italianified Englishman. Barker spent two years in the Tower and then retreated into obscurity and he was last heard of in 1576.
The Yarmouth Camp Ground Historic District is a historic district encompassing a religious summer camp meeting ground in Yarmouth and Barnstable, Massachusetts.The core of the camp ground was purchased in 1863 by the Sandwich District Camp Meeting Association, a Methodist Episcopal organization, and was operated until 1939.
YARMOUTH PORT — As a jerky-tough New Englander, I usually don't get scared in the woods. Except this time of year. While it hasn't been scientifically proven, I am certain that the population of ...
However, holidaymakers had spotted a young man placing the clothes on the beach and notified police when news of the confession letter was made public. The following day a young man fitting Stockwell's description checked into the Metropolitan Hotel in Great Yarmouth . [ 3 ]