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1938 Murder of Margaret Martin.... Kingston, Pennsylvania...



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December 22, 1938

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 22, 1938

* Murder of Margaret Martin
* Kingston, Pennsylvania


The front page has a one column heading: "MISSING GIRL SLAIN; BODY LEFT IN CREEK" with subhead. (see) First report coverage here.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 44 pages, rag edition in nice condition.




wikipedia notes: Margaret Martin (1918/19 – December 1938) was a resident of Kingston, Pennsylvania, United States, who went missing on December 17, 1938, and was found dead in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, several days later. Martin was a recent graduate of the Wilkes-Barre Business College. On December 17, 1938, she met an unknown man who claimed to be offering her a secretarial job, and was never seen alive again. Her body was discovered in the wilderness 25 miles  away by a hunter four days later. Martin's death resulted in a lengthy manhunt. Numerous suspects were examined, but no one was ever convicted of the crime. As of 2018, it remains an unsolved case and it is unlikely that the perpetrator will ever be discovered.

Category: The 20th Century