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INTRODUCTION & INDEX
MURDER AT PULASKI, N. Y.
December 2, 1909
The details of Jefferson County’s early murder cases provide interesting reading for those probing the historical make-up and everyday life of our county. What happened and why, being the usual pursuit of those who wrote the newspaper reports, was, in the earlier days, coupled with reporting the attitudes of the local citizens as set forth by the moral standards of the day. In some instances, the citizens were a forgiving lot.
While rambling through microfilm several months ago, I came upon the name George Eddy of Theresa, N. Y., and his involvement in a murder at Pulaski, N. Y. The name shows up in my database as a nephew to my grandfather. The locale and time period coincided. I wondered why our family had never handed down the tale. And so, I went back to the microfilm in Watertown and Pulaski and found sufficient information to know my relative wasn’t involved. A little more research enlightened me that Theresa, N. Y. had three George Eddys in the early 1900’s when this case occurred.
As I began to read the newspaper accounts of the murder which was committed on December 1, 1909, in Pulaski, N. Y., I found it quite interesting in that there was mention of many people from Jefferson County’s community of Theresa. It was then that I made my plans to provide my readers with as many of the accounts as I could find.
The George A. Eddy, who committed this murder, is found on the 1910 Census as an inmate of the Oswego County Jail. In 1920, he was working as a “hired man” for the Staplin family in the Town of Rutland. He died in November of 1952. An abstract of his obit which appeared on November 10, 1952, in the Watertown Daily Times is included in the miscellaneous Eddy items.
Shirley Farone
May, 2008
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Ref. |
Date |
Name of Newspaper |
Title/Topic/Content |
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1 |
November 30, 1909 |
Unknown local newspaper |
Obit and Funeral Notice for Mary Gray Eddy |
|
2 |
1952 |
Watertown Daily Times |
Miscellaneous Items - Abstract of Obit of George Eddy |
|
3 |
December 3, 1909 |
Watertown Daily Times |
"John E. Reid Shot Down by Stranger" |
|
4 |
December 4, 1909 |
Watertown Daily Times |
Officers Looking for George Eddy |
|
5 |
December 6, 1909 |
Watertown Daily Times |
George Eddy Is Now In Custody |
|
6 |
December 6, 1909 |
Syracuse Daily Journal |
George Eddy Surrenders to Police |
|
7 |
December 6, 1909 |
Post-Standard |
Gun Used by Slayer Found in Stream on Richland Road |
|
8 |
December 7, 1909 |
Post-Standard |
Take Eddy to Scene of Crime |
|
9 |
December 7, 1909 |
Watertown Daily Times |
Examination of Eddy is Secret |
|
10 |
December 7, 1909 |
Watertown Daily Times |
Examination of Eddy is Finished |
|
11 |
December 8, 1909 |
Pulaski Democrat |
An Account of the Murder of John E. Reid |
|
12 |
December 8, 1909 |
Adams Journal |
Murder at Pulaski - John E. Reid Shot |
|
13 |
December 8, 1909 |
Watertown Daily Times |
Pen Pictures on Piety Hill |
|
14 |
December 15, 1909 |
Jefferson County Journal |
A Personal - (Mrs. Eddy Gets Flower Back!) |
|
15 |
December 16, 1909 |
Oswego Palladium |
Cooper Must Be Admitted (to see client) |
|
16 |
December 28, 1909 |
Post-Standard, Syracuse, N. Y. |
George Eddy Visited by His Daughter & Father-in-law |
|
17 |
January 6, 1910 |
Watertown Daily Times |
Schoolboys Act As Judge and Jury (mock trial) |
|
17a |
January 7, 1910 |
Post-Standard, Syracuse, N. Y. |
George A. Eddy Case Before |
|
18 |
January 10, 1910 |
Oswego Palladium Journal, Oswego, N. Y. |
Mrs. Eddy May Not Be Sworn |
|
18a |
January 14, 1910 |
Post-Standard, Syracuse, N. Y. |
Grand Jury May Make Report To-Day |
|
19 |
January 21, 1910 |
Watertown Daily Times |
"Exceeded Their Rights" |
|
20 |
February 10, 1910 |
Post-Standard, Syracuse, N. Y. |
Eddy Declared To Be Rational |
|
21 |
February 16, 1910 |
Post-Standard, Syracuse, N. Y. |
Letter of Value in Eddy Case |
|
22 |
February 22, 1910 |
Watertown Daily Times |
Hunt Still On For John Eddy |
|
22a |
February 24, 1910 |
Oswego Daily Times |
"65 Cases on the New Calendar" |
|
23 |
March 7, 1910 |
Oswego Daily Times, Oswego, N. Y. |
No Date Fixed for Eddy Trial |
|
23a |
April 15, 1910 |
Oswego Times, Oswego, N. Y. |
"Jury Drawn This Afternoon by Special |
|
24 |
April 18, 1910 |
Watertown Daily Times |
"Eddy Sees His Children" |
|
24a |
April 30, 1910 |
Oswego Daily Times |
"Date of Eddy Trial May Be Fixed on Monday" |
|
25 |
May 2, 1910 |
Watertown Daily Times |
"Date of Eddy Trial May 16" |
|
26 |
May 12, 1910 |
Post-Standard, Syracuse, N. Y. |
George Eddy of Theresa, Ready for Life Battle on Reid Murder Charge |
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27 |
May 13, 1910 |
Oswego Daily Times, Oswego, N. Y. |
"Eddy Case Will Open Monday" |
|
28 |
May 14, 1910 |
Watertown Daily Times |
"Eddy Trial Opens At Pulaski Monday" |
|
29 |
May 17, 1910 |
Watertown Daily Times |
"Eddy Would See His Two Children" |
|
30 |
May 17, 1910 |
Syracuse Journal |
"Accused Slayer To Be Called In Own Behalf? Eight Jurors In Box" |
|
31 |
May 18, 1910 |
Syracuse Journal |
"Not Every Man Makes Good Juror" |
|
32 |
May 19, 1910 |
Watertown Daily Times |
"Eddy's Lawyers Open His Case" |
|
33 |
May 19, 1910 |
Syracuse Journal |
" Eddy Knew His Wife's Love For Another Was Destroying His Reason" |
|
34 |
May 19, 1910 |
Utica Observer |
"Wife's Mother Embraced Eddy" |
|
34a |
May 19, 1910 |
Oswego Daily Times |
"People Rest Without Calling Eddy's Wife" |
|
35 |
May 20, 1910 |
Watertown Daily Times |
Little Carey Eddy Seriously Ill |
|
36 |
May 20, 1910 |
Watertown Daily Times |
Eddy Pleads Guilty, Sentenced 10 Years |
|
37 |
May 20, 1910 |
Syracuse Journal |
"Eddy Pleads Guilty To Save His Wife From Baring Shame in Court" |
|
37a |
May 20, 1910 |
Oswego Times |
"Eddy Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter" (in part) |
|
38 |
May 20, 1910 |
Watertown Daily Times |
"Eddy and Wife Reconciled" |
|
40 |
May 20, 1910 |
Watertown Daily Times |
The Letters |
|
39 |
May 21, 1910 |
Oswego Daily Times |
"Eddy Now in Auburn" |
|
39a |
May 21, 1910 |
Syracuse Journal, Syracuse, N. Y. |
" Eddy's Boy Dying While" |
|
41a |
May 24, 1910 |
Oswego Daily Times |
"Mrs. Eddy May Leave Theresa (an interview)" |
|
42 |
May 26, 1910 |
Oswego Palladium, Oswego, N. Y. |
The Killing of John Reid, Dr. Sturtevant Letter |
|
43 |
May 26, 1910 |
Syracuse Journal |
Eddy's Boy Has Chances In His Favor To-day |
|
44 |
May 26, 1910 |
Syracuse Journal |
"Eddy's Lawyers Get $500 By Court Order" |
|
44a |
July 22, 1910 |
Oswego Daily Times |
"Cooper A Candidate" |
|
45 |
September 28, 1910 |
Syracuse Journal |
"Pardon of Eddy Matter for Governor Horace White" |
|
46 |
November 22, 1910 |
Watertown Daily Times |
Cooper Will Go To See George Eddy |
|
47 |
April 12, 1911 |
Post-Standard, Syracuse, N. Y. |
"Reid's Slayer Friendly Again With His Wife" |
|
48 |
April 13, 1911 |
Oswego Daily Times, Oswego, N. Y. |
"Still Seeking Eddy's Pardon" |
|
48b |
July 29, 1911 |
Oswego Daily Times |
"No Move For Eddy Pardon" |
|
49 |
February 19, 1912 |
Post-Standard, Syracuse, N. Y. |
"Will Ask for Eddy's Release From Prison" |
|
50 |
November 19,1912 |
Albany, N. Y. Evening Journal |
""Seeking Release of Eddy from Prison" |
|
51 |
November 22, 1912 |
Utica Herald-Despatch |
"Auburn Prisoner Visited by Priest" |
|
52 |
November 28, 1912 |
The Post-Standard |
"1,800 Persons Sign Names To Petitions for Prisoner" |
|
53 |
December 1, 1912 |
Lowville Journal Republican |
"For Eddy's Pardon" |
|
54 |
December 27, 1912 |
Post Standard |
"Mr. Cooper Is Hopeful of Pardon for Prisoner" |
|
55 |
November 19, 1913 |
Watertown Daily Times |
"George A. Eddy Sues For Divorce" |
|
57 |
August 4, 1916 |
Fulton Evening News |
"To Seek Pardon For Former County Man" |
|
57a |
August 5, 1916 |
Watertown Daily Times |
Personals - meeting with Governor |
|
57b |
December 13, 1917 |
Oswego Daily Times |
Eddy-Reid Murder Case Recalled |
|
56 |
May 8, 1919 |
Journal and Republican and |
"To Release George Eddy" |
|
58 |
May 18, 1919 |
Watertown Daily Times |
"George Eddy To Be Released Tuesday" |
|
59 |
July 1, 1920 |
Watertown Daily Times |
"Eddy Released From Parole" |