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Chronic murderer though he may be, Cleveland's "mad butcher" is probably an amateur, compared to a quiet old lady of 81 who died last week in the Taunton (Mass.) State Hospital. She, Jane Toppan, declared before they locked her up in 1902: "It would be safe to say that I killed at least 100 persons...
...Jane Toppan was a trained nurse from 1892 to 1901, reputed the best in Cambridge. Her specialty was poisoning. Her first attempt, upon a fellow nurse in Massachusetts General Hospital in 1886, was unsuccessful. Thereafter she seldom failed. Born Honora Kelly, daughter of a loony sot called "Kelly the Crack," she poisoned Captain & Mrs. Abner Toppan of Lowell, who had adopted her. She poisoned Mrs. Myra Connors, matron of Episcopal Theological School in 'Cambridge, in order...
...probable lineups: HARVARD BELMONT HILL Erwin, r.w. l.w., Bacon Winslow, c. c., Claflin Gorham, l.w. r.w., Hulse Roosevelt, r.d. l.d., Toppan Francis, l.d. r.d., Summers Gordon, g. g, Elwell
...Toppan Prize of $200 for the best essay or dissertation upon a subject in political science was awarded to Robert K. Carr, A.M. '30, Ph.D. '35, of Norman, Okla., for a dissertation on "State Control of Local Finance in Oklahoma...
...Entry--E. W. Marshall B-33CHASEA Entry--J. B. Reid A-11B Entry--W. A. Spurr B-21C Entry--W. R. Chase C-33D Entry--J. M. Smith D-44E Entry--D. J. Sullivan E-31McCULLOCHB Entry--J. R. Toppan B-34C Entry--E. P. Kantzky C-35D Entry--C. J. Dieman D-41E Entry--N. C. Rice...