The House

[Harry]

Your'e right, I'll need a black bag to smuggle out the hatchet.

You mean she didn't die of a heart attack? I could have sworn she did. But I'll deny I ever said such a thing.

Lizzie's not going to wake me in the middle of the night for more medicine, is she? Oh that's right the recreation is only from 8 to 12 on the morning of the 4th.

[Shelley]

I say we make a house party out of it and go right through until the next day. Then we can hide dresses, creep around the basement with Alice, eat more pears, figure out how we will manage the kitchen without Bridget to cook, bury and unbury clothing behind the barn, finally finish ironing those stupid handkerchiefs, oh- - endless possibilites!

[Angel]

[quote="RayS @ Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:12 pm
I've said it before and will say it again.}


An understatement, if I've ever heard one.

[Shelley]

Oh Dr. Harry- I love your new Avatar photo- and I do not believe you are in danger of becoming a head case for treating us to the new you!

[Angel]

Yes, Harry- very nice. Shows imagination and humor.

[RayS]

I've said it before and will say it again.

An understatement, if I've ever heard one.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Would you ever consider creating a topic where YOU will offer YOUR solution to this crime?

[Kat]

You might need a stage manager. My friend has written a book on that: Stage Managing & Theatre Etiquette
that I have just read.
They run the show!
They are indispensable!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156663 ... e&n=283155

<Shameless Plug!>

[Shelley]

Looks good- that book! Well. it is going to take a lot of organization, and a script for each person. Everyone will also have to wear a watch. I expect this undertaking will take place in the winter when the house is quiet. To attempt it with all these people on August 4th would be sheer lunacy as the joint is jumping! I would like to begin with a comprehensive list of all people essential to the action between 6:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. I appreciate any suggestions on all fronts! Working out the timeline in real time for each of these people is going to be interesting.

Abby, Andrew, Lizzie, Bridget, Mrs. Churchill, Alice Russell, Dr. Bowen, "Brownie and Me" Wixon, Seaver, Medley, Allen, Officer Harrington, Hiram Harrington, Annie Cheatam, Sawyer, Mr. Cunningham, Phebe Bowen, Rev. Buck, John Morse, Officer Doughty, Mr. Clegg, Mrs. Kelly, men in Crowe's yard, Lucy Collette, Dr. Bowen's driving "boy", Mr. Manning, the Kelly maid Mary, Dr. Abbott, Ellan Egan -there must be more.

And I agree, Dr. Harry, I would take times from non-involved bystanders!

[Harry]

Don't forget Fleet, Hilliard, Petty, Donnelly, Boulds, Mullaly, Lubinsky and Clarkson. And a cast of thousands out on Second St.!

And for the believers in Brown's theory, William S. Borden. Maybe Bill Pavao could reprise his excellent portrayal. Does he still have that hat? Forgot to ask him when we were up there.

[Shelley]

How COULD I have forgotten Lubinsky!! And we must have a carriage waiting suspiciously at the curb and a man run up the steps and knock on the door. Maybe some "actors" could play more than one part or else we weill have to call in half the population of Fall River-hmm- Dr. Handy's Wild -eyed man, Mike the Soldier, men in gossamers smelling odd, good grief! Am making a list- checking it twice, gonna find out who's guilty or nice....

[Shelley]

I am hoping we can use St. Mary's church hall to assemble the monster cast as we must not have anyone on the house and yard scene until they are supposed to be there- except the notetakers and observers of course!

[Harry]

It really is amazing when you make a list and see the number of people somehow caught up in that maelstrom on the 4th.

Delia Manley, Mather, Shortsleeves, Stevens the newspaper reporter, Pierre Leduc (maybe), Winward, etc. Add to that the parade of doctors and policemen who were in an out the house and on guard duty.

It would have to be narrowed to only the most essential people in the case and to those that somehow impact the events or time.

[Shelley]

I guess we will have to draw the line somewhere- although the fact that so many people were at certain points during the action affect the way things are perceived and remembered visually, so I would want the interior house and yard scenes to be as close to the real deal as possible. It is truly a Greek tragedy with Chorus! Maybe every day we could do one character here, agree on entry and exit points in the drama and I will type it out for the actor on a script sheet? That way we can all concur and iron out any bits on which there are differences of opinion well in advance- naturally we need documentation-not just speculation- and some measure of common sense I guess.. Shall we start with Bridget? Also, who is available in the area who might wish to participate? Maybe tomorrow (so we can check our documents tonight, we can do John Morse? I really appreciate the expertise here- and Len will really be grateful he will get some peace from me pestering him every hour if everyone helps! I can already see I will have to make name badges for everyone to wear so the observers know who we are supposed to be, although we will costume as many as we can. I plan on some actors having to be more than one person too-especially for "cameo parts".

[Allen]

Actually we know Abby bought the lace curtains for the parlor (Rebello), there was a pull chain water closet in the cellar for the girls (privy in the barn), and the furniture was said to be 30 years out of style when they moved into the house in 1872, so we are looking at Empire style stuff.

I will remember to get a photo of the lamps next week.

I'm a little confused by this statement. Do you mean that you assume the furniture was already 30 years out of date when they moved into the house in 1872, which would put it around 1842? I had always thought it was considered 30 years of out date by 1892 standards when there was an article published which contained details concerning the inside of the house after the murders, which would put the period around 1860-1862 during the civil war years . Is this what you mean? I know the sofa that was in the sitting room was said to be covered in mohair cloth. I believe this was popular during the civil war, as president Lincoln had a sofa covered in mohair. If this is true then it is interesting, because it may mean that Sarah Borden had picked out most of the furniture that Abby Borden was currently living with before she died. I've been looking but I can't for the life of me find this article I am remembering concerning the interior of the house.

[Shelley]

That is my understanding- that it was already out of date when they moved in - it was the stuff from the Ferry Street house from when Andrew and Sarah had gotten married back in December 26, 1845. Interesting to see it took Sarah 6 years to bear a child (Emma), then a span of 7 years to bear another in 1858 (Alice), then Lizzie 2 years later. Of course Sarah might have had numerous miscarriages in between - we know she apparently suffered and eventually died from "female" complications.
Yes, it is ironic Abby must have had a great deal of Sarah's furniture. Of course, as a spinster, she would only have had some few of her mother's pieces maybe from her family home- with Oliver Gray remarrying, he needed to keep his own household intact.

[Allen]

Where can I find this information?

[Shelley]

The fact that the furniture was nearly 30 years out of date when they moved in?- Rebello's book- the section on the house. Len is a great antique collector so we were particularly intrigued, and are still so, with the house interiors.

[Shelley]

I think it may have been Augusta Tripp (who tried SO hard not to say anything bad about the girls in her witness statement) who indicated Abby was not mistress of her own house. When Abby was in Swansea at the farm, Augusta came to visit a week, and observed the Borden women were not sympathetic with each other. My heart breaks for old Abby- she had a secondhand husband, family and furniture. She bought the lace parlor curtains with her money. I believe the piano was purchased not long after they moved in 1872 for the parlor for Lizzie.
I have never bought into Emma and Lizzie as sweet, frustrated ladies- I think the pair were pit vipers to be frank, -Emma worse than Lizzie. My mother remarried when I was five- and I did not think much of the new stepfather-so I have a clue what was what in the Borden family. The Elizabeth Montgomery movie gives quite a different, and I believe highly inaccurate portrayal of Emma. Her witness statement was an eye opener to me.

[Shelley]

Here is a good basic description of 1845-1865 furnishings, primarily Rococo and Renaissance Revival- which we know to be the style in the guest room and Mr. Borden's room.
http://www.souhantq.com/antique-furniture-styles.html

[Allen]

That is my understanding- that it was already out of date when they moved in - it was the stuff from the Ferry Street house from when Andrew and Sarah had gotten married back in December 26, 1845. Interesting to see it took Sarah 6 years to bear a child (Emma), then a span of 7 years to bear another in 1858 (Alice), then Lizzie 2 years later. Of course Sarah might have had numerous miscarriages in between - we know she apparently suffered and eventually died from "female" complications.
Yes, it is ironic Abby must have had a great deal of Sarah's furniture. Of course, as a spinster, she would only have had some few of her mother's pieces maybe from her family home- with Oliver Gray remarrying, he needed to keep his own household intact.

According to the medical book I have that was published in 1892 it was considered vital for a man to not put his wife's health in danger by having her conceive her children too close together. I have found a lot of useful information in this book. It has details about everything from pregnancy to the common cold, to digestion, everthing I could think of wanting information on. I am really glad I purchased it. But on page 213 of this book it states:

"If the mother is already delicate, posessing feeble constitutional powers, she is adequate to the duties of maternity, and it is not right to lay such burdens upon her. Self-preservation is the first law of nature, which all ought to respect. The woman may be able to discharge the duties of a loving wife and companion, when she cannot fulfil those of child-bearing. If the husband love his wife as he ought, he will resign all the pleasure necessary to secure exemption from the condition of maternity. It seems to us, that it is a great wickedness, unpardonable even, to be so reckless of consequences, and so devoid of all feeling, as to expose a frail, feeble, affectionate woman to those perils which almost insure her death. To enforce pregnancy under such circumstances is a crime. Every true man, therefore, should rather practice self-control and forebearance, than entail on his wife such certain misery, if not danger to life.

Undoubtedly, the trial is great, but if a sacrifice be required, let the husband forbear the gratification of passions which will assuredly be the means of developing in his delicate wife symptoms that may speedily hurry her into a premature grave. Before she has recovered from the effects of bearing, nursing, and rearing one child, ere she has regained proper tone and vigor of her body and mind, she is unexpectedly overtaken, surprised by the manifestation of symptoms which again indicate pregnancy. Children thus begotten are not apt to be hardy and long lived. From the love the parents feel for their posterity, from their wishes for their success, from their hopes that they may be useful from every consideration for their future well-being, let them exercise precaution and forbearance, until the wife become sufficiently healthy and enduring to bequeath her own vital stamina to the child she bears.

From what has been said on this subject, it behooves the prudent husband to weigh well the injurious, nay criminal results which follow his lust. Let him not endanger the health, and may be the life, of his loving and confiding wife through lack of self-denial. Let him altogether refrain, rather than be the means of untold misery and, perhaps, the destruction of the person demanding his most cherished love and protection. "

It basically says the man should wait until his wife's health has sufficiently recovered to be able to withstand the trials of pregnancy before impregnating her again. Even if it takes years for the wife to have sufficiently recovered.

Something else that I found interesting in this book, but wasn't sure where to put it, is the fact that it was thought that too much education for children was a detriment to the child. It overtasked their mental facilities.

[Shelley]

Very interesting material indeed. I suspect the bordellos did a booming business!

[Allen]

I think it may have been Augusta Tripp (who tried SO hard not to say anything bad about the girls in her witness statement) who indicated Abby was not mistress of her own house. When Abby was in Swansea at the farm, Augusta came to visit a week, and observed the Borden women were not sympathetic with each other. My heart breaks for old Abby- she had a secondhand husband, family and furniture. She bought the lace parlor curtains with her money. I believe the piano was purchased not long after they moved in 1872 for the parlor for Lizzie.
I have never bought into Emma and Lizzie as sweet, frustrated ladies- I think the pair were pit vipers to be frank, -Emma worse than Lizzie. My mother remarried when I was five- and I did not think much of the new stepfather-so I have a clue what was what in the Borden family. The Elizabeth Montgomery movie gives quite a different, and I believe highly inaccurate portrayal of Emma. Her witness statement was an eye opener to me.

Thank you for the information Shelley. Though maybe I should rephrase my question. What I meant to ask was where do I find the information that says the furnishings were already 30 years out of date when the Borden's moved into the house in 1872?

[Allen]

Actually there is a two part reason I ask this question. I am interested to know, for sure, exactly what type and style of furniture was in the house at the time of the murders. And if the furniture truly was brought from the house on Ferry Street, and was 30 years out of date, then it lends a sort of weight to my earlier idea that I had originally posed in another thread that there may have been a dry sink in the Borden kitchen, and that it was here that Emma was doing the dishes as the dress was being burned. Dry sinks were common household appliances all through the nineteenth century, but of course even more so before the advent of running water into homes. I had been doing much thinking and research about this subject lately, for a variaty of my own reasons. So I would be interested to know the answer to this. I have even emailed and contacted the curators of several historical homes and museums in the New England area with queries about this matter. I had posed the possiblity that it was brought over from the Ferry Street house when they moved. I don't mean to raise this again, but this subject has been on my mind very much so lately so I can't help but wonder about it.

[Shelley]

Oh you are a man after my own heart- I love this stuff! Yes, it is in Rebello's book about the furniture being out of date by nearly 30 years. That figures in just right with their marriage date. Yes, I know about dry sinks-and that is what they were- dry. I have had them when I was going through my colonial phase and they are still quite popular in New England as accent pieces. It might be possible one was in the Borden kitchen for storage purposes. as all I have seen had nice roomy storage beneath. The sink room near the side door held the wet sink (possibly soapstone or cast iron) with faucets and the ice box. The kitchen is really quite large if one takes into account the current sink and modern cabinets and huge refrigerator were not there. There was probably a jelly cupboard or piesafe with a screen for breads and pastry, free-standing dresser, shelving, we know about a chair, table and a rocking chair which were mentioned and Rebello says a kitchen clock. I would dare to venture at least 4 and probably 6 sitting chairs for the table. There were usually hanging towel bars too, woodbox, matchsafe on the wall, maybe a drying rack, and the pantry full of cartons and spice boxes, and staples like flour in a barrel, cannisters, etc.

Emma was in the hall sinkroom when she stepped out to observe Lizzie at the stove- that was a sink with running water.

[Shelley]

Here's an early dry sink of pine. Some had copper or zinc liners on top and they were used to hold wash basins, wash bowls and pitchers, dish pans for washing up crockery, washing vegetables, arranging flowers, and any other chores involving water. We know the Bordens were on city water, had a basement water closet, taps in the kitchen, barn and basement, so if they had an old dry sink, I doubt it would have been used for its original purpose.

I can almost hear Andrew saying to Abby "What! You want NEW furniture? What's wrong with what I have already- good strong stuff- should last another 100 years!!"

[Shelley]

Interesting too, that although Abby was of childbearing age- we have no evidence she was ever pregnant in all their years of marriage. Imagine if Abby had delivered a half-sister to Emma and Lizzie! Poor kid!

[Allen]

Interesting too, that although Abby was of childbearing age- we have no evidence she was ever pregnant in all their years of marriage. Imagine if Abby had delivered a half-sister to Emma and Lizzie! Poor kid!

Thanks for the information Shelley. I have often pondered why Abby may not have had a child with Andrew. Could it have been due to the problems that Sarah had? Was Andrew afraid that something might have happened to Abby?

[Kat]

Here is Rebello, somewhat answering your question,
Page 112

The sofa on which he [Andrew J. Borden] reclined was mahogany, with hair cloth covering such as was commonly manufactured for high class parlor furniture forty years ago. It was removed from the Borden home on Saturday and taken to Winward's wareroom.

Thank you for the information Shelley. Though maybe I should rephrase my question. What I meant to ask was where do I find the information that says the furnishings were already 30 years out of date when the Borden's moved into the house in 1872?

--Allen/Missy

Also:
Page 110

The rooms occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Borden, deceased, were furnished in old-fashioned style, the bed being low and the other furniture heavy. The only other room on the floor was practically unfurnished.

--That's about all I could find about the furniture being old. I'd think that when Andrew retired from his funiture business he might have had some pick of inventory.

BTW: "Allen" is Missy- a girl.

[Allen]

[quote="Kat @ Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:54 am"]Here is Rebello, somewhat answering your question,
Page 112

The sofa on which he [Andrew J. Borden] reclined was mahogany, with hair cloth covering such as was commonly manufactured for high class parlor furniture forty years ago. It was removed from the Borden home on Saturday and taken to Winward's wareroom.


Thanks so much Kat. So it was 40 years out of date for the sofa in 1892, which puts it as being popular around the 1860's around the same time Sarah died. Interesting. So there is no reference for it being already 30 years out of date when they moved into the house?

[Kat]

Maybe we should check some more independent newspapers?

[Kat]

I did a Word Search of some newspapers for the date of the furniture. That is the search word I used.
Here is what I found. When I wrote "no" it means nothing other than what I posted, or nothing at all as to dated furnishings.

“The sofa on which he reclined was mahogany, with hair cloth covering, such as was commonly manufactured for high class parlor furniture 40 years ago.”--The Boston Globe, Friday, August 5, 1892 – 1, 4, TWELVE CUTS

The Evening Standard- no

Fall River Globe thru Aug. 11, 1892- no

Prov. Journal, partial- no

NYTimes- no

[Shelley]

Well, we are closing in on the sofa- 1892- 40= 1852-which would have made it during Sarah's reign as the lucky Mrs. Andrew Borden. Checking the dates for Renaissance Revival (which those bedrooms were furnished in) will also give you the date.

[Harry]

I ran across this while looking for information for another thread on castor oil. Angela Carter, that marvelous British author, wrote in her short story The Fall River Axe Murders these lines.

"Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. In and out of the ice-box went the slowly dwindling leg of mutton until Thursday dinner was cancelled because corpses and not places were laid out on the table as if the eaters had become the meal. .....
.... Her flannel nightdress is cut on the same lines as his nightshirt except for the limp flannel frill around the neck. She weighs two hundred pounds. She is five feet nothing tall. The bed sags on her side. It is the bed in which his first wife died.
Last night, they dosed themselves with castor oil, due to the indisposition that kept them both awake and vomiting the whole night before that; the copious results of their purges brim the chamberpots beneath the bed."

I'm not using this to say that it was a fact that the bed indeed was that old but just as a passing comment.

[Shelley]

I should imagine it may also well have been the bed in which Emma, Alice and Lizzie had been born. Love that Angela Carter- you can almost smell the horse manure in the streets to read her describe it all! !

[Kat]

I can believe it about the bed. As for the sofa, if that came from Ferry Street I don't know that that would be under the *reign* of Sarah Borden, because the place was basically owned by Andrew and Lurana through 1883. This is a bit complicated. But when all the couples lived there, around 1854, Abraham re-married and deeded Ferry Sreet to the 2 siblings: Andrew ad Lurana, tho continuing to live there.
So all I mean to say is that the furnishings there might have not exactly belonged to any one couple.

[RayS]

The bed sags on her side. It is the bed in which his first wife died.

Is this anything more than artistic license? Don't believe it until verified by a contemporary!

[Shelley]

I am pretty sure most readers understand this is the author's idea, and not holy writ. Given the style of the bed, -there is an excellent possibility this was indeed the bed shared by Sarah and Andrew. I think the sagging bit was put in to underline the fact that Abby was a very heavy woman, which is actually a documented fact if your read the autopsy reports..

[Harry]

Shelley, in your post of Sept. 28th in this thread, you mentioned the name "Annie Cheatam". I am not familiar with that name nor her connection to the Borden case. Can you enlighten me?

[Shelley]

Maybe I have spelled it incorrectly- Cheetam? She was Mrs. Churchill's niece who I understand was staying with Adelaide at the time of the murders. I think you will find her in One Fine Day in Old Fall River and in Len's book.

[Harry]

Thanks Shelley. She's listed as "Addie" Cheetham in Porter and Spiering. To make it even more confusing she's not listed in the 1892 City Directory but an "Estelle Cheetham, widow of Thomas..." is listed as boarding at 90 Second Street. Thomas is listed as passing away in 1891.

I'm surprised the prosecution didn't call her as a witness. She could have testified that she had seen no one in the Borden yard from 10 to 10:55.

[Shelley]

Yes, I was also surprised-maybe they felt Adelaide was enough from one address! Did you ever see so many old maids and widows in your life?!

[Harry]

Yes, Emma and Lizzie had lots of company. It certainly wasn't a good town for wedding planners!

[Shelley]

Or divorce attorneys.

[Kat]

Here is Mrs. Cheetham in Rebello, 103:
Neighbors who attended the funeral were Dr. Bowen and his wife, Mr. Southard H. Miller and his son, Mr. Franklin Miller, Mrs. Addie Churchill, Mrs. Thomas Cheetham, Mrs. Rescomb Case, and Mrs. James D. Burt.

--This means those who were at the house for the service Saturday. It is a list that is separate from those who were related to the victims, and doesn't say if they went to the gravesite.

I think you must be right about the "Estelle", Harry.

[Allen]

Thanks Shelley. She's listed as "Addie" Cheetham in Porter and Spiering. To make it even more confusing she's not listed in the 1892 City Directory but an "Estelle Cheetham, widow of Thomas..." is listed as boarding at 90 Second Street. Thomas is listed as passing away in 1891.

I'm surprised the prosecution didn't call her as a witness. She could have testified that she had seen no one in the Borden yard from 10 to 10:55.

In the 1880 Census Thomas Bowles is listed as about age 21, coming from England, his occupation is listed as a teamer, his relationship to the head of household as something other than a direct relationship, and the members of the household are listed as:

Thomas Cheetham 45
Estelle Cheetham 39
Alice Cheetham 20
Addie B. Cheetham 15
Thomas Bowles 21

[Allen]

Thomas Cheetham
Home in 1880: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
BirthPlace: England
Relation to head-of-household: Self
Spouses's Name: Estelle
Father's birthplace: ENG
Mother's birthplace: ENG
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Upholsterer
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Cannot read/write:

Blind:

Deaf and dumb:

Otherwise disabled:

Idiotic or insane:

Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Cheetham 45
Estelle Cheetham 39
Alice Cheetham 20
Addie B. Cheetham 15
Thomas Bowles

Estelle Cheetham
Home in 1880: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts
Age: 39
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Relation to head-of-household: Wife
Spouses's Name: Thomas
Father's birthplace: MA
Mother's birthplace: RI
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Keeps House
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Cannot read/write:

Blind:

Deaf and dumb:

Otherwise disabled:

Idiotic or insane:

Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Cheetham 45
Estelle Cheetham 39
Alice Cheetham 20
Addie B. Cheetham 15
Thomas Bowles 21

You can also click the link that shows their nearby neighbors, Alice Russell's name appears on this list.

Alice M. Russell
Home in 1880: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Relation to head-of-household: Daughter
Father's birthplace: RI
Mother's name: Judith M.
Mother's birthplace: RI
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Bookkeeper
Marital status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Cannot read/write:

Blind:

Deaf and dumb:

Otherwise disabled:

Idiotic or insane:

Household Members: Name Age
Judith M. Russell 47
Alice M. Russell 27

[Shelley]

Well we have solved "Annie" Cheetam- maybe she was called Addie, after her Aunt Adelaide. Good stuff!

[Shelley]

Hmm- wasn't Tommy Bowles the young man Adelaide Churchill approached at Hall's livery across the street to get help? That would surely make sense then.

[Allen]

Hmm- wasn't Tommy Bowles the young man Adelaide Churchill approached at Hall's livery across the street to get help? That would surely make sense then.

He was indeed. I am sorry I didn't specify this information. I have quite a few of these census records saved to my computer which pertain to the people who are associated with this case. When I opened this one up to check it out, I then went back and retrieved the information about Estelle and Thomas Cheetham from the same source.

[Harry]

Thomas Bowles (aka: Boulds, Bolles) was washing a carriage in Mrs. Churchill's driveway the morning of the murders. After washing the carriage he brought it over to the livery stable. There, Mrs. Churchill sent him to get a doctor. He very possibly went to Dr. Chagnon's and is the person Lucy Collett referred to as coming there.

The 1892 City Directory shows a Thomas Boulds (laborer) living at 8 York St. There was no Thomas Bowles or Thomas Bolles listed.

The 1892 City Directory shows the following for 90 Second Street.

Andrews, Nelly, teacher, N.B. Borden school, boards 90 Second
Buffinton, Comfort, widow of Edward P., house 90 Second
Cheetham, Estelle, widow of Thomas, boards 90 Second
Churchill, Charles H., Mrs., [Adelaide B.], house 90 Second
Deane, Charles H., manager, Pleasant St. Musee and Theatre, 45 Pleasant, boards 90 Second
Hamilton, Charles H., paper hanger, rooms 90 Second
Hamilton, Elmer, painter, rooms 90 Second

It should be understood that the Directories span years. For instance the 1892 Directory may cover the latter half of 1891 and the beginning half of 1892 or something similar to that. So at the time of the murders some of these names may or may not have been still there. I extracted these names by going through the Directory page by page so there is no guarantee I got them all.