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A Christmas Night Murder in 1857

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By Bill Daley

It was Christmas night 1857 and “peace on earth, good will toward men” was not in the air in the glass workers village of Sandwich’s Jarvesville. A 15-year-old lad named Daniel Fogarty Jr. would be murdered that night. . . download PDF. . . read more

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