NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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“WOMAN DROWNED 
NEAR DRAWBRIDGE 
‘Mrs. Estelle C. Roberts of Gloucester 
Found Dead In the Harbor 
After a Week’s Mysteri- 
=e ous Absense. 
_. A furore of excitement ran through 
Manchester village late Monday af- 
ternoon when the body of a woman 
was found floating not far from the 
_town-landing in Manchester harbor. 
_ Examination revealed circumstances 
pointing to four play. After two 
days of investigation, chiefly carried 
‘on by Botson newspaper men, the 
_ body was identified as that of Mrs. 
Estelle C. Roberts of Gloucester and 
evidence was secured to convince 
the police that the woman’s death 
was accidental. 
As soon as Dr. W. G. Stickney, of 
Beverly, the medical examiner, had 
POLITICAL 
CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR 
JAMES E. TOLMAN, of Gloucester. 
ADVERTISEMENT 
James EH. Tolman is well known to 
_ the people of Manchester and was 
one of the most popular Mayors of 
Gloucester. Compelled at an early 
age to make his way, he understands 
the hardships of life and has always 
been in favor of making the wage- 
earners’ condition more tolerable and 
has always received the support of 
the laboring men. He has been very 
interested in women and children 
labor legislation, voting for the 54- 
hour bill, the Childs Labor Laws, 
employment of minors in factories, 
proper lighting of factories; also 
voted for the right of appeal and 
trial by jury in contempt cases, the 
investigated the finding of the body, 
it was taken to Beverly where an 
autopsy was performed next morn- 
ing. This revealed that the primary 
cause of death was not drowning. 
There was no water in the lungs, 
which indicated that the woman 
was dead before she entered the 
water. The story of the finding of 
the body had already appeared in 
the morning papers and, shortly af- 
ter the body had been buried, Tues- 
day afternoon, Benjamin H. Roberts 
of Gloucester, husband of the dead 
woman, arrived in Beverly making 
inquiries. He told the Medical Ex- 
aminer that his wife had come to 
Manchester about a week ago and 
he had heard nothing from her since. 
The Examiner’s description of the 
body convinced Roberts that the 
dead woman was his wife. His be- 
lief was made certain later when he 
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8-hour bill, the bill for more factory 
inspectors, to reduce hours of street 
and elevated railway employees, to 
prohibit suction shuttles in factories 
and laws relative to the employment 
of women in mercantile and manu- 
facturing establishments. Mr. Tol- 
man’s fairness on all questions has 
brought to his side the employer as 
well as the employee and _ he has 
been for all the people and no parti- 
cular class. Mr. Tolman’s independ- 
ence was shown by voting against 
the $9,000,000 Boston Harbor Bill, 
against increasing the salaries of the 
superior and Supreme Court judges, 
voting for the Boston & Eastern K. 
R., compelling a 25-year lease on the 
merging of the West End and Bos- 
ton Elevated in place of fifty 
years, which the railroads fought 
for; in favor of a bill increasing the 
lability of common earriers for the 
safety of passengers. 
Manchester’s interest is closer 
with Gloucester than any other port 
in the district and Mr. Tolman has 
always been her friend, proving 
his friendship by loyally standing by 
Manchester until she received what 
he thought was right. He isa friend . 
who has accomplished things for 
Manchester and now is only asking 
for the same _ consideration that 
Manchester received. His _ best 
recommendations are his standing as 
a business man and his clean and 
honorable record as a publie servant. 
Let Manchester protect her interest 
by voting for James E. Tolman for 
Senator. 
SIDNEY 8S. FAVOR, 
121 Rogers St., Gloucester. 
came to Manchester and positively 
identified the clothes found on the 
body as those of Mrs. Roberts. 
Roberts said that, the last he 
knew of his wife, she had come to 
Manchester on Monday, Sept. 9, to 
visit a school-girl friend, Mrs. Timo- 
thy White of 46 Central street. In- 
terviewed Tuesday night, Mrs. 
White said Mrs. Roberts had been 
at her house all day Monday and 
that she took her to the Manchester 
station at 11 o’clock Monday night 
to await the next train to Glouces- 
ter. Mrs. White said she left Mrs. 
Roberts at the station and went 
home and had heard nothing from 
her since. 
The.police were still trying to 
trace the woman’s movements from 
the station, when Clarence H. Legg, 
a steamfitter employed in the vil- 
lage, visited the police station and 
told a story which completely upset 
all other theories. He said that he 
and a ‘fellow-workman, named 
Daniel Northup, were walking down 
Beach street early Monday evening 
when they met Mrs. White and Mrs. 
Roberts near Masconomo Park. The 
four started back toward town. At 
the railroad crossing, Northrup let 
the party and went home, while 
Legg went on with the two women 
past the postoffice and up Central 
and Bridge streets to Ashland ave- 
nue, where they soon came to a boat- 
house owned by Mrs. White. 
At the boathouse they were to 
meet a man named ‘‘George.’’ Just 
who he is the police haven’t seen fit 
to inquire. It seems that Mrs. 
Roberts had an appointment with 
‘‘George’’ and, at this point, left 
Mrs. White and Legg in the road 
and went down to the boathouse 
near the water’s edge. 
Legg says that he and Mrs. White 
eontinued along the railroad traeks 
toward the station. They had gone 
some distance when they heard Mrs. 
Roberts coming behind them. Ap- 
parently ‘‘George’’ had not kept his 
appointment. She was running. 
When she reached the drawbridge, 
Legg says, she stumbled and fell. 
He and Mrs. White ran back to the 
bridge, Lege declares, but the body 
had disappeared. Legg went to 
Chief of Police Converse the follow- 
ing morning and told him that ‘‘an 
accident had kappened at the draw- 
bridge,’’ that lhe had heard a shriek 
and splash but the Chief didn’t 
think enough of it to investigate. 
After Legg kad told _ his story, 
Wednesday, Mrs. White was sum- 
moned to the station-house and cor- 
roborated it in every detail. 
