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Newell Paige Sherman

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Birth	:	26 Apr 1909 West Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	4 Aug 1936 Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial	:	West Sutton Cemetery, Sutton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.1178444, -71.7979638
Plot	:	New Part, Lot 59
Inscription	:	Beloved
Description	:	Indicted August 21, 1935 for the drowning murder of his wife, Alice Doris (Dudley) Sherman at Singletary Lake in Sutton, on the foggy night of Saturday, July 20, 1935. He was arraigned August 26, 1935 and pleaded not guilty. His trial began September 27, 1935. The evidence at the trial included oral statements by the defendant and of a questionable typewritten confession signed by him the day after the alleged crime. Additional testimony was also given by Miss Esther Magill of Whitinsville, his machine shop co-worker. In a newspaper interview, Asst. District Attorney Alfred B. Cenedella said that he found... Read More	Indicted August 21, 1935 for the drowning murder of his wife, Alice Doris (Dudley) Sherman at Singletary Lake in Sutton, on the foggy night of Saturday, July 20, 1935. He was arraigned August 26, 1935 and pleaded not guilty. His trial began September 27, 1935. The evidence at the trial included oral statements by the defendant and of a questionable typewritten confession signed by him the day after the alleged crime. Additional testimony was also given by Miss Esther Magill of Whitinsville, his machine shop co-worker. In a newspaper interview, Asst. District Attorney Alfred B. Cenedella said that he found Miss Magill's statements to be questionable and admitted he was dissatisfied with them. It was earlier proven that Magill willingly had had intimate relations with Newell on April 26th 1935 and later accepted $45.00 from him, prior to the slaying. (Bank deposit records prove this claim) Newell also stated that Magill suggested that he drown himself after he professed his love for her: "She told me to go down three times and come up twice. I told her I won't... maybe someone else will." Nonetheless, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree on October 1, 1935 at 1:52 p.m. EST, with Hon. Thomas J. Hammond presiding. Sherman's lawyers, J. Fred Humes and W.W. Buckley, filed an appeal with assignments of error but it was denied on May 27, 1936; thereupon he was sentenced to death by electrocution. Governor James M. Curley refused to grant clemency, despite a petition for clemency signed by 51 of his co-workers at the Whitin Machine Works. His sentence was carried out at Charlestown Prison on Aug. 4, 1936 at 12:03 a.m. by executioner Robert Elliott, who pulled the switch after Newell was strapped into the electric chair. Newell P. Sherman left behind two young children, a daughter Janice Mae, aged 3½ years and a son Dudley Paige, aged 17 months.

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Newell Paige Sherman's memorial is located at: West Sutton Cemetery, Sutton, Worcester County, USA.
When did Newell Paige Sherman death?
Newell Paige Sherman death on 4 Aug 1936 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Latitude: 42.1178444
Longitude: -71.7979638

Family Members:

Parent

Lewis Hollis Sherman

(1875 - 1969)

Emma Lockwood Potter Sherman

(1875 - 1945)

Spouse

Siblings

Lewis Patch Sherman

(1897 - 1963)

Olive A Sherman Perry

(1898 - 1987)

Mary Emily Sherman Swindell

(1900 - 1996)

Children

Dudley Paige Perry

(1935 - 1994)

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