Fairfield Avenue

 

136th Anniversary

 

 

December 1872 - Cambria Freeman - 3 Foot Mink, Panther Shot near Scalp Level, Court Proceedings & Death of a Centenarian

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Peter Kerrigan from Loretto. 

 

Fairfield Avenue

 

Coopersdale

 

August 1872 - CAMBRIA FREEMAN - Odds & Ends

 

June & July 1872 - CAMBRIA FREEMAN - Morrellville Train Derailment, Coopersdale Accident, Baseball Scores, 12 yr old East Conemaugh Coal Miner Killed, Church PIcnics and other news

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12 year old Joseph Swatman killed in East Conemaugh Coal Accident

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June 8, 1872 - CAMBRIA FREEMAN - Conemaugh "double child", East Conemaugh Train Accident and Old Lady Killed by Train

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Parts of Somerset were damaged by a big fire.

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May 8, 1872 - CAMBRIA FREEMAN - German Prune Brandy, Richard Jelly Robbed, Conemaugh Boro Big Cow & Frank Cullitan fell off Coal Car

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Prune Brandy - Zwetchen Wasser

 

Part 3 - Mineral Point Murder - Graphic Court Testimony Continues - Suspect Michael Moore - Accused of Beating his First Wife to Death - June 15, 1872

 Court testimony continues against the suspect Michael Moore - who is accused of murdering his first wife Ann (Boyle) Moore who left him years before. They had no children.  

Meanwhile, Michael Moore married another woman in 1864 - Catherine Connell and had a son with her. Fast forward to March of 1872 - a man out with his dogs stumbles across the murder victim outside of Mineral Point near where part of the old Portage Railroad line used to go thru. He ran and got backup and by the time they all arrived back to the scene - parts of the murder victim were on fire. They see two sets of footprints going into the scene and one set heading out. That one piece of evidence for the most part is what the entire case will be based on. Just a warning - some of the testimony will be very graphic at times. Since there is just too much info to break down into small clips given the print size. I have posted the entire paper - just click on it to enlarge it. Here is the entire paper with three pages of the published account - CLICK HERE.

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For the previous posts on the Moore Murder - CLICK HERE.

Part 2 - Mineral Point Murder - Graphic Court Testimony Begins in the Murder Trial of Suspect Michael Moore - June 8 , 1872 - CAMBRIA FREEMAN

Today marks the start of court testimony against the suspect Michael Moore - who is accused of murdering his first wife Ann (Boyle) Moore who left him years before. They had no children.  

Meanwhile, Michael Moore married another woman in 1864 - Catherine Connell and had a son with her. Fast forward to March of 1872 - a man out with his dogs stumbles across the murder victim outside of Mineral Point near where part of the old Portage Railroad line used to go thru. He ran and got backup and by the time they all arrived back to the scene - parts of the murder victim were on fire. They see two sets of footprints going into the scene and one set heading out. That one piece of evidence for the most part is what the entire case will be based on. Just a warning - some of the testimony will be very graphic at times. Since there is just too much info to break down into small clips given the print size. I have posted the entire paper - just clip on it to enlarge it. You can also CLICK HERE to enlarge the newspaper. 

For the previous posts on the Moore Murder - CLICK HERE.