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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Providence on August 19, the bodies of two missing lads were discovered buried near Washington Street rope walk. They showed signs of decay and fractured skulls, suggesting murder rather than accidental burial. Jury verdict: cause of death unknown.
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The bodies of two lads, whose absence has been for the last four weeks deplored by their mothers, were discovered yesterday by some persons who were digging sand from the hill, near the rope walk, on Washington-street, west side. They were found buried with their clothes on. The bodies were in a state of rapid decay. The heads fell from them while the discoverers were disinterring them. Their sculls appeared to be fractured, and some of those who examined the bodies were of opinion that they must have been dead some days before they were buried. From the state of the ground where they were found, it is scarcely possible they could have been buried from the falling in of the earth, and the impression is irresistible that they must have been Murdered. Verdict of the Jury, cause of death unknown.
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Providence
Event Date
Yesterday (Aug. 19)
Outcome
two lads dead with fractured skulls; suspected murder; jury verdict: cause of death unknown.
Event Details
Bodies of two lads missing for four weeks discovered buried with clothes on near rope walk on Washington-street west side while digging sand. Bodies in rapid decay, heads fell off during disinterment. Dead some days before burial, not from earth falling in.