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Partial Logs of the Holden, Mass. Police Department
July, 1964
 
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Wednesday, July 1st, 1964
9.05 a.m.
Mr. Greenwald, Silver Springs Road calls re: boys touched off a home made bomb last night.
2 p.m.
McCauley and Nowak in re: Roy Frasers complaint and re: complaint of Mr. Cook of Jamieson Road, scrubbing and speeding of car broke his windshield and both headlights and scratched the paint. McCauley will get the complaint against the operator.
4.15 p.m.
Mrs. Freeman of Sherwood Hill Drive reports a childs bathing suit stolen, 12 year old girl, 2 piece suit.
 
Thursday, July 2nd, 1964
8 a.m.
L.Starbard calls re: owner of car 981634. Boys have been caught swimming in the Reservoir.
11.45 a.m.
Becky Chaffins of the Girls Club calls re: her hearing shooting yesterday near the camp of 22's. I tlaked to L. Starbard and he will have her call him at the same time that she calls me so we can cooperate.
1.10 p.m.
Mr. Crandall of Birchwood Drive and 8 year old son to see me Friday, re: fishing locations.
   
Friday, July 3rd, 1964
7.45 a.m.
Al Hendrickson calls re: parked car on Bailey Road near Reservoir St. Man and woman in car apparently asleep. Out on same. From Maine, asleep o.k.
8.34 a.m.
Michael McGuinness of 53 Ascalilla Road, Wor. calls re: hitting horse of Mary and Theodore Dourdeville of Princeton Road, Route 31, at the line. Horse suffered a broken leg so they had same destroyed.
2.30 p.m.
Dot Stevens, Main St. corner of Sunnyside calls that my dog Sandy bit her daughter Lise. Dog was on chain. Told her to have the Doctor send me the bill. Dr. Mayoe attended.
10.30 p.m.
Wayland Davis, Bailey Road calls re: family problems. Had argument with his father in law Lawrence Huff of Salisbury St. and wants him removed from the house. Wants to see an officer. Sent down No. 1 J.C. Oliver and Hammond.
11.05 p.m.
Harry Wheeler, 273 Holden Street, calls re: his neighbors barking dog. They left home at about 8 p.m. This goes on constantly. Told him to see me Saturday at his convenience. Will do.
   
Saturday, July 4th, 1964
10 a.m.
Paul McCormick, 52 Wyoming Drive away 7/4 to 7/18th. Mrs. Chandler No. 60 has key and address of their whereabouts. Olson boy at No. 44 will water the flowers.
1 p.m.
 Harry Wheeler, 273 Holden Street in re: his dog complaint last night. Explained the law to him. Did not sign complaint.
5.10 p.m.
Betty Hintilian calls re: Strombergs using firecrackers. Sent Pettis who after hearing them use firecrackers warned them to stop at once.
8.30 p.m.
Durant calls re: parking problem to-day with F6704. Woman very indignant.
9.40 p.m.
Mrs. Hintilian calls again re: skyrockets at the Strombers. Sent Hammond to investigate.
   
Sunday, July 5th, 1964
3 p.m.
Riordan in re: investigation of pony getting killed the other day. Mr. Dourdeville had just taken two animals across the street and was on his way back when his Shetland pony, white color, 15 yrs. old valued at $200.00 came dashing across the street and was struck by car Reg. R55607, operated by one Michael McGuinness, of 53 Ascadila Road, Worcester. Brake marks showed that the right wheel dragged for about 80 feet and the left wheel dragged for about 55 feet. He was going toward Princeton and the operator could see clearly for about 300 feet at least.
   
Monday, July 6th 1964
9 a.m.
Lee Larouque calls re: somebody consistently calls the house and then hangs up.
4.05 p.m.
McCauley calls to check on Wachusett St. re: a man in an old Buick who parks near Rockwood Sprinkler. He usually has the engine hood up. Suspicious character.
6.25 p.m.
Curtis Peabody of Elmwood Ave. calls re: his troubles with the neighbors and wants me to take his wife to the Hospital.
8.15 p.m.
Mrs. James Leesha Main St. Rutland, formerly Alice Peabody calls re: her dad just left the yard in his car headed toward the home of Arthur Fortin, 18 yrs. old who Peabody says raced his car engine unneccessary by his home. Mrs. Leeshas husband brought him back home.
   
Tuesday, July 7th, 1964
10 a.m.
State Police call re:Lyle Packard presumably did steal a 38 cal. H&R revolver from the home of Irene Russell, at 31 Fairhill Road.
   
Wednesday, July 8th, 1964
9 a.m.
Dorothy Atkins, Chets wife calls re: neighbor Peabodys actions in general. We will patrol Elmwood Ave.
10.45 a.m.
Town Mgr. Hanson says that Hinckley wants me to check the culvert by Warrens Market. Notify Whittles to vacate at once and at the Nawn simming pools tell the proprietor to remove that sign near the road until he gets a permit.
   
Thursday, July 9th, 1964
7 a.m.
Call re: dog hit on South Road by Rev. Smiths house. Female, med small, curly hair, pink eyes. Light brown hair, Brought the dog home with me as he was not hurt too seriously. Fred Goodrich of 108 Holden Road, Paxton hit the dog.
   
Friday, July 10th, 1964
11.20 a.m.
Mrs. J.C.Horrigan calls re: bird bath broken and thrown on her lawn. Sent Hammond.
   
Saturday, July 11th, 1964
8.50 a.m.
Eskel Erickson calls re: driving some surveyors off of his property. The surveyor came to me and said that Eskil threatened to shoot him if he didn't get off his property. Asked him if he wanted to swear out a warrant for Assault but he declined and said that he would see the people who hired him. Ericksons counsel is Harold Donahue.
   
Monday, July 13th, 1964
2.00 p.m.
Mr. John Elliott of Colonial Road calls re: the Boxer dog of Curtis did attack his dog that was on a chain and his cat. Told him to call Mr. Curtis and to explain that I asked him to call him. Will contact me later.
4.35 p.m.
Bill Hunt of 53 Raymond St. calls re: B&E&L at his home during the day between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. I called No. 1 Hammond and had him take care of the investigation. See his report for details.
5.30 p.m.
Hammond calls re: Pierces house next door. Apparently also entered into. Nothing seems disturbed. I think that they punctured the bathroom screen and slid same up and went out through the back door. Neighbors across the street have key and he is expected home Tuesday morning. Three windows on lower floor left open. Screens o.k. Not a good situation.
   
Tuesday, July 14th, 1964
3.45 p.m.
George Spring Jr. of Nelson St. in re: some boys did leave the faucet at his home turned on and it washed away the dirt causing his brand new driveway to cave in.
5.20 p.m.
Janet Kennedy Phillips Road calls re: her father and mother are interfering with her private family life. She and husband will sell the place and move away from her folks.
10.25.p.m.
 John W. Shaughnessy, Gregory Hill Road, Princeton in re: getting locked inside of the Holden Pharmacy. He got out by breaking a cellar window. Called Henry Berg who works there and he will contact the owner to fix the window.
 
Wednesday, July 15th, 1964
1 p.m.
Mrs. George, 2 olddogs. Patricia McCarthy Main St. and Martin White.
 
Thursday, July 16th, 1964
9.05 p.m.
Mrs. Griffith of Laurelwood Road calls re: excessive noise. Sounds like a model aeroplane. She says that this also goes on all day Sundays. McCauley could not locate any noise when in that area.
   
Friday, July 17th, 1964
10.00 p.m.
Pettis and Welsh in with young chap, George V. Stoneham, who claims that he was assaulted by Mr. and Mrs. Anthony White of Main Street, when he brought the daughter home. Told us that he knocked up their daughter and that she was three months pregnant. Told him to meet Officer Pettis at 8 a.m. at the District Court, tell Clerk Mellquist his story. We also advised White to be there.
 
Saturday, July 18th, 1964
4.00 a.m.
Call re: trouble on Putnam Lane., at the home of Raymond Cehnevert. Chenevert and Fred Eichler of Wachusett St. had purchased a case of beer and were drunk. Both work at Reeds, and Redds are now on a two weeks vacation. They got into an argument over how much money Chenevert owed him. I took Eichler home.
10.00 p.m.
Hazel Lund of Sterling Road calls re: troubles at the old McGraw place. Mr. and Mrs. Dunham of Canada live there. He is drunk quite often. Wife is 5' tall. Ran out of the house and up the road.. Sent No.1 to investigate.
   
Monday, July 20th, 1964
12.30 p.m.
Mrs. Villian of Putnam Lane calls re: her being involved with an argument with her gas man removing a tank from her premises, without permission. I called her back later.
10.45 p.m.
Call re: car L29400 1964 Dodge apparently been involved in an accident. We checked this car out and found that it had been hired in Boston from a rental agency, that the party who hired the car gave a phoney name, bad check also. Had this car towed to the Sunnyside Motor Co. and the owners picked same up.
11.30 p.m.
Fire alarm. Fales barn on fire. Had Riordan and Pettis at the corner or Malden and Main St. Hale at Meadowood and Hammond at Malden and Wachusett Sts.
 
Tuesday, July 21st, 1964
12.15 a.m.
J. Riordan calls re: Mr. Price wants telephone service restored, so I called the phone company for him.
8 a.m.
Mr. Rafuse, 50 Raymond St. away 7/22 to 7/26. Will leave back screen door ajar for the cats.
 
Wednesday, July 22nd, 1964
11.02 p.m.
Walter Carlson of 158 Holden St. who lives opposite the home of Erick Widing calls re: Wright Wire Co. being on strike and an old car drove up into his driveway and something hit his house. Called No.1 Oliver to investigate.
   
Thursday, July 23rd, 1964
8 a.m.
Mrs. Chester Villian in re: incident on Monday at about 1 p.m. 7/20/64. Sahegan, Rochdale, Sahagen, Robert B. &Co. Inc. Called Mr. Sahagen, Jr. and he said that he was 19 yrs. old and that when he went to remove the tank that she grabbed the wrench and did scratch the back of his hand.
10.35 a.m.
Fire alarm. Brush fire on Malden St. Fales.
11.17 a.m.
Kim Packard calls re: above fire. Was set. Used papers and set on fire, between Fales barn and Crest View Drive. I told Nowak to tell Hammond.
   
 
Friday, July 24th, 1964
5.25 p.m.
 Cliff Barrach, 52 Old Salisbury St. calls re: his mail box being blown up.
7.30 p.m.
Chester Villian and wife in re: their troubles with the gas man. They are to see me on Monday 7.30 a.m. at the police station to go to court for warrant re: A&B on his wife. His attorney E. Seymour Weinstein, lawyer with Berwick and Berwick.
   
 
Saturday, July 25th, 1964
3.15 p.m.
Chief O'Connor of Princeton calls re: man told him about a man coming out of Mason Road is unstable in his walk. Sent Pettis to check.
   
 
Sunday, July 26th, 1964
11.00 a.m.
Mrs. Robert Higgins, 672 Bullard St. calls re: Pekinese dog. Been there for two days.
1 p.m.
Mary Durant calls that Fred had another setback.
   
 
Tuesday, July 28th, 1964
1.00 p.m.
Better Business Bureau Donald Williams PL 5-2548 call re: complaints on magazine solicitors on Holden St. Sent J.R.H. to find Robert Aton, group leader. Brought him in and I sent him to the Bureau to get cleared first and then come back with letter.
9 p.m.
Fred Anderson 108 Wyoming Drive calls re: larceny of feet of hose.
   
 
Wednesday, July 29th, 1964
6.15 p.m.
Leicester P.D. calls for Hammond. Will meet him at Wor. P.D. Detective Bureau at 7 p.m. Called Hammond o.k. The girl lives at 6 Byron St. Wor. Leicester has had several breaks in the area of her Leicester home.
   
 
Thursday, July 30th, 1964
7 a.m.
Call re: vandalism at the home of Mid Marsh, Boyden Rd. Tipped over chairs. Sent Hammond to investigate.
8.15 a.m.
Frank Glendon calls re: vandalism. Out on same. They took his bird bath and placed it up on Armington Lane but did no damage. They also turned his clothes reel upside down but no damage.
8.45 a.m.
Mrs. Jamieson Boyden Road calls re: vandalism. Walked over her garden.
9 a.m.
Frank Fregans calls re: vandalism. Cannot find his bird bath.
10.15 a.m.
Howard Lackey High Street, away 7/29 to 8/9. Is afraid of the Hickey and Scarboro children.
1.30 p.m.
Frank Hayes, 22 Armington Lane calls re: vandalism. Has old fashioned rail fence and they pulled up the end post.
   
Friday, July 31st, 1964
12.39 p.m.
Joe Daniels re: Bassett Hound at the Dawson. I called Mable Mathews at the Holden Hardware and she said that it belongs to young Kohlstrom son of Marie and Frank Kohlstrom. He is also bothered by dog No. 808 owned by Wm. Dolan, 22 Princeton St. Jefferson. Hammond told her and she will keep dog restrained for the balance of the pool season.
4.35 p.m.
Called Marie Kohlstrom re: Bassett hound. Did belong to Frank F. Kohlstrom the electrician at 9-3365 but he gave same away. Present owner not known but will see Kolstrom on his return.
7.10 p.m.
Talked to Mrs. Kohlstrom of Bailey Road former owner of Basset Hound nuisance at pool who gave it to Fred Curtis of Colonial Road. Called Curtis and he said that he was not claiming the dog. Will catch same and kill it.