The Evening Press gave a short account of the finding of the body of Mrs. Day of Rochester at Niagara Falls and the arrest of her husband for committing be deed. The Rochester Times gives the following account of the horrible affair. Arthur Day, the young man arrested Friday night last on a charge of bigamy, an account of which appeared a Saturday’s Times, is a cold-blooded murder. On July 6th Day went to Canandaigua and was married under the time of Albert Hoyt to Mary E. Bream. The ceremony was performed by Rev. T. R. Green, and the couple came back to this city and took up their residence on Plymouth avenue. Mrs. Day soon became, suspicious that her husband had another wife living and last week when the discovered that the name on his Laundry was Arthur Day, she concluded hat there was something wrong and immediately made her suspicions known to Chief Hayden. Day was well. known to the police and as they were aware that be had another wife living, and is the woman who made the complaint proved by her certificate that she was married to Day, his arrest soon followed. Friday morning he was arraigned in the police court on a charge of bigamy and pleaded not guilty. He was accordingly sent to jail.

The police then began to. search for Mrs. Day number 1, but she was nowhere to be found. Detective Kavanagh and Furtherer, who were working on the case, soon became convinced that Day had in some mysterious. way done away with wife number 1. Mrs. Day number 2 stated to the officers that her husband was greatly troubled in his sleep, would throw up his arms, and pointing to an imaginary object would cry out, “See There she is now!”
Can’t you ser the body ?“

The officers searched diligently for Mrs. Day number 1, but could only learn that nothing had been seen of her latter. Than two weeks ago. The officers finally learned however, that Day accompanied by two women had gone from the city; on a west bound train the Central railroad Sunday morning, July 27th. One of the women was Day’s first wife and the other was Mrs. Charles H. Quigley of 52 Conkey avenue, as sister to Mr. Day. The officers hunted up Mrs. Quigley and brought her to police headquarters where she was subjected to a rigid questioning at the headquarter. of Chief Hayden and Chaplain McCormick. She finally broke down and told the story which led to the filing of the crime murder on Day.

On the Sunday in question Mrs. Quigley said she and Day and Mrs. Day went to the Central station and took a train to Buffalo. After arriving at the Buffalo they took a train for Niagara Falls and from there went to suspension bridge. They crossed over to the Canadian shore and the three started for the whirlpool rapids, but Mrs. Quigley who had a lame ankle complained that that walking pained h er and told Mr. and Mrs. Day to go on and she would sit down on a rock until they returned. After perhaps half hours or so Mr. Day returned alone. His sister asked about his wife and he said they had quarreled near the whirlpool rapids and she had gone back the other way, as she wanted a drink of water, and she would he said, meet them at the railway station. Upon arriving at the station however, Mrs. Day was not there and Mrs. Quigley again asked her brother where. his wife was, and he said she had gone home on another train. Mrs. Quigley and Day then came to the city, and since that time Mrs. Quigley had not seen anything of her sister in law. Mrs. Quigley denied she had anything with putting her out of the way or had

any knowledge that her brother murdered his wife. Day is about 26 years of age, has a

smooth face, thin upper lip and large, bungling eyes. He is one of the notorious Day family. One of his brothers is serving a sentence in a Michigan prison; another is in Kingston, Ontario prison and still another in Auburn. . The one in the Michigan prison is one of the men who two years ago assaulted and robbed Valentine Dengler in this city.

Mrs. Mary Quigley, the sister as a man about 45 years of. age, and is well known to the police.

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May 22, 1884

Recently Arthur C. Groves, of Wyluslng, Bradford Co. Pa., went to an Elmira jeweler and offered to sell a quantity of silverware; he was told to bring the goods for Inspection. He failed to do this, but instead, carried four elegant ladies. wraps to the store offering to sell them far below cost. Suspicion was aroused and Groves was arrested. In his possession he had some books and jewelry which he afterwards confessed were stolen. He is a curious character. At his home in Wylusing he was known as “Gentleman Jake” because he always dressed like a swell and yet had no visible means of support. His rooms were surprisingly well furnished, and contained many suits of clothes, nineteen fine handkerchief, twenty pair of ladies kid gloves, fourteen hats, six satin suite, two velveteen suits, a hundred books, and the like. His father was a tailor who left no property. “Gentle-man Jake” has done no work for four years, and yet he dressed very fastidiously, changing his clothes several times a day. It is the general opinion that he is either a professional thief or a receiver of stolen goods.

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1884

In .January, William H. Francis, a young man living at Lyons Hollow, in this county. was arrested for the murder of Benson Hawkins. at South Bristol, Ontario county. Hawkins was found dead in his bed on the morning of Jan. 5th. his brains having been beaten out with a club. His money was untouched. Francis was seen talking with the murdered man the night before the crime was committed. When arrested, there was blood on his clothes, which he claimed came from killing hogs. The trial is now in progress at Canandaigua. The defense is, that certain of Hawkins’ relatives, would receive considerable Insurance by the death of the old man, and consequently would have been benefited, by having him taken away. The case is exciting much public interest.

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1882 Cohocton paper

Robbers entered through a back window into O W. Pratt’s tailor shop last night and carried off some old clothing which was in the work shop. The door between the shop and the store was fastened and the thief or thieves could not secure an entrance.

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1892

ANOTHER AFFAIR

How Mrs. Townsends’s Death is Thought to have occurred.

the neighbors of the late Mrs. Geo Townsend, who died in the Fifth Ward Sunday morning, have some ugly stories to tell about the case. The matter should be thoroughly investigated by the proper authorities. One neighbor says that she was in the house before Mrs. Townsend died and saw black marks on her neck, which looked as if they had been made by rough handling. A woman named Taylor who laid her out is as dumb as an oyster and positively refuses to say anything about the matter. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend have been married before, both claiming to have held divorces before marrying again. Their married life has been anything but a happy one. The neighbors seem to think as near as can be learned, that they were having a quarrel at the time and he laid violent hands on her and in her rage she was suddenly seized by a fit of apoplexy caused by the bursting of a blood vessel in the brain. Whether or not there is any truth in this report cannot be positively state, but it is given to our readers for what it is worth.

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Sept 28 1892

-Willard Frost of Corning was indicted for murder in the first degree by the grand jury last week.

-John Pratt of Hornellsville was on a drunk and shot his wife last week Wed. evening and then shot himself in the head. mrs. Pratt’s wounds were serious but she is recovering. Pratt failed on himself and is now in Bath jail to await the action of the grand jury.

-Work on the sewers at Hornellsville has ceased for the present. The Italians struck for their pay last week and now Miller and McDougall the contractors have thrown up their contract. The work is only about one third completed, and as it will take some time to let the contract for the remainder, it may be next spring before the job will be finished.

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