parker and hathaway

[jeffery]

just found info in 1880 census of new bedford on both frank l. hathaway and john c. parker.(the two detectives sent to the davis house in south dartmouth to investigate john v. morse during the investigation)

FRANK L. HATHAWAY

head of household:revere g. linsay age:50 occ:"printer" born in me

wife:eliza a. linsay age:51 occ:"housekeeper" born in nova scotia

daughter: ella hathaway age:25 born in me(wife of frank)

*son-in-law:frank l. hathaway age:30 occ:"policeman" born in ma

son:henry linsay age:18 occ:"house carpenter" born in ma

daughter:fannie w. linsay age:15 "works in book bindery" born in ma

daughter:minnie l. linsayage:6 born in ma


JOHN C. PARKER

head of household:obediah s. parker occ:"works in rolling mill" age:47 born in n.j.

wife:kate parker occ: "housekeeper" age:42 born in "

*son:john c. parker occ:"works in cotton mill" age:20 born in "

daughter:mary a. occ:"works in cotton mill" age:19 born in "

daughter:elizabeth occ:"works in cotton mill" age:16 born in "

son:charles e. occ:"works in cotton mill" age:14 born in ma

daughter:lillie age:11 born in "

son:joseph age:9 born in "

son:william age:7 born in "

daughter:carrie age:6 born in "

daughetr:harriet age:2 born in "

son:obediah age:2 born in "

son-in-law: george brown occ:"works in cotton mill" age:22 born in ireland



*regarding parker and hathaway, first, i will post this paper report and then comment!

NEW BEDFORD STANDARD

THURSDAY AUGUST 18 1892 PAGE 2

"A MOTIVE FOR MURDER"

early in the case,too,the goverment employed officers john c. parker and frank hathaway of this city,who have been busy on the dartmouth end of the case,and are still engaged on it.
they have held frequent interviews with the occupant's of the william davis cottage on the smith mills road,and have supplied MANY MISSING LINKS.
john v. morse visited at the cottage, and i am informed that both miss emma and miss lizzie had been there,nad cosulted their uncle on business,
though i haven't talked with parker or hathaway recently and don't know just what discoveries they made.
the assumption on which the state has been proceeding,however,is that the daughters learned of their father's intention through their uncle!....

*what i find dissapointing is the absence of the CONSIDERABLE VALUABLE INFORMATION and the MANY MISSING LINKS supplied by detectives parker and hathaway which they were said to have obtained when they were dispatched to the home of william a. davis in south dartmouth for the government.
where is that information?????
and where are the statements given by william davis and his family regarding morse??????

it just makes no sense,because none of this came out at the preliminary hearing or the trial!
nor was it suppied in the hosea knowlton book!
i asked michael martins if there were witness statements in the upcoming
marshall hilliard book and he said yes,but,if those statements are not in there then it is indeed strange!

[Singer7j]

John C Parker

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[camgarsky4]

There is a massive amount of missing information from both prosecution and the defense. Take a look at the Grand Jury witness list and all the folks issued summons to testify at the trial and didn't. There is a goodly number of these individuals that we don't know exactly (or at all) what they were going to share, nut Knowlton or Jennings/Robinson did or they wouldn't have summoned them. Same goes for Anna Borden, the New Bedford pharmacists, etc. that were excluded from testifying by the trial judge and no 'notes' of their input have been published.

It is a bit frustrating that the Historical Society seems to be very slow in releasing the full Hilliard papers.