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Historical Items

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Item 103622

Newburyport officers, Kirby arrest, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925-05-25 Location: Newburyport Media: Glass Negative

Item 103937

Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Pond, Newburyport, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925-05-25 Location: Newburyport Media: Glass Negative

Item 103938

Street scene during Kirby manhunt, Winthrop, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925-05-21 Location: Winthrop Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter

Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Kirby, was arrested in 1925 for the abduction and murder of Aida Hayward and the attempted murder of her aunt."