COLLECTION GUIDES

1879-1899

Guide to the Photograph Collection


Collection Summary

Creator: Munyan, Benson, 1837-1899, collector
Title: Benson Munyan's rogues gallery
Dates: 1879-1899
Physical Description: 415 photographs, b&w, in 3 boxes
Call Number: Photo. Coll. 418
Catalog Record:

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Repository:
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston StreetBoston, MA 02215library@masshist.org

Abstract

This collection consists of photographs of criminals collected by Massachusetts State Detective Benson Munyan.

Biographical Sketch

Benson Munyan was born in Leeds, Massachusetts, in 1837, the son of Orrin Munyan, a Methodist lay preacher, and his wife Susanna (Bardwell) Munyan. As a young man, Munyan worked in the cotton and brass mills of Haydenville, Massachusetts, a village in Williamsburg. He married Hattie Lathrop in 1858, with whom he had four children.

During the Civil War, Munyan was a member of the 27th Massachusetts Regiment. He was a well-known local figure and active in politics, serving as selectman in the 1870s and deputy sheriff in the years before being appointed to the newly-established Massachusetts State Detectives. After nearly two decades on the force, Munyan suffered a paralytic shock in 1896, and this, coupled with the loss of his wife in 1897, caused a steady decline in his health, leading to his retirement in February 1899. He died at the asylum in Northampton, Massachusetts, four months later.

The Massachusetts State Detectives were established in 1879 by Governor Thomas Talbot and were a precursor of today's Massachusetts State Police. In the first year of their existence, the 16 detectives made 461 arrests for a wide range of crimes. In addition to criminal investigations, they were responsible for inspecting public buildings and elevators. The photographs in this collection were used as aids in investigations, and a set was likely kept by each of the state detectives.

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Collection Description

This collection consists of photographs of criminal offenders collected by Massachusetts State Detective Benson Munyan during his career, 1879-1899. Most of the photographs are cartes de visite, and the majority feature identifying information on the verso. In addition to names, aliases, and crimes charged, the cards often include physical characteristics, nativity, literacy, employment status, and other identifying information. The collection contains cartes de visite, tintypes, and cabinet photographs, including a photograph of Detective Munson (#418.405). The collection also contains a few photographs of victims.

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Acquisition Information

Gift of Rose Munyan, May 2024

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Box 1: Offenders, A-LDigital Content

Box 1#418.01 Digital Content

Charles E. Adams, 1892

Alias: Charles Edwards

Charge: Murder

Box 1#418.02Digital Content

Christopher Adams, 1892

Alias: George Jones

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.03Digital Content

Frank C. Algerton, 1890

Alias: Reuben C. Mason

Charge: Conspiracy to defraud

Box 1#418.04Digital Content

Frank Allen, 1895

Alias: Shorty O'Connor

Charge: Safe blower

Box 1#418.05Digital Content

Chester F. Ambler, 1890

Alias: Frank Ambler

Charge: Horse thief

Box 1#418.06Digital Content

Michael Anderson

Box 1#418.07Digital Content

William Anderson

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.08Digital Content

George A. Babcock, 1888

Charge: Counterfeiting

Box 1#418.09Digital Content

Oscar Ballou, 1889

Aliases: Charles Taft, George A. Barton

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 1#418.10Digital Content

William Barrett

Alias: William Bassett

Charge: Murder

Box 1#418.11Digital Content

William Barry, 1888

Charge: Suspicion of burglary

Box 1#418.12Digital Content

Lawrence Beatty

Charge: Second story worker

Box 1#418.13Digital Content

Frank Beck, 1888

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.14Digital Content

Edwin S. Beecher, 1891

Charge: Rape

Box 1#418.15Digital Content

Edward Begor, 1892

Alias: Edward Beauregard

Charge: Murder

Box 1#418.16Digital Content

Phillip Bengle, 1888

Charge: Horse thief

Box 1#418.17Digital Content

Lucien[?] Benson, 1885

Aliases: Albert Wright, Albert Ricker

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.18Digital Content

James Hiram Berry, 1890

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.19Digital Content

John Bessette, 1889

Charge: Murder of wife

Box 1#418.20Digital Content

Sophia Bessette, 1889

Charge: Murdered by husband, John Bessette

Box 1#418.21Digital Content

Morris Black

Charge: Chicken thief

Box 1#418.22Digital Content

Herbert M. Blanchard, 1891

Alias: Adelbert J. Lane

Charge: Polygamy

Box 1#418.23Digital Content

James R. S. Blood, 1892

Aliases: [James] Owens, [James] Hart, [James] Stewart

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 1#418.24Digital Content

James Bolger, 1889

Alias: John Price

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.25Digital Content

John F. Bonner

Alias: Walter M. Leeds

Charge: Larceny from building

Box 1#418.26Digital Content

James Boucher, 1893

Alias: Dan Devine

Charge: Passing forged checks

Box 1#418.27Digital Content

Fred O. H. Bowen, 1890

Alias: Fred Bowen

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.28Digital Content

James M. Bradley

Aliases: Walter L. Maitland, William M. Williams

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.29Digital Content

John Brady

Box 1#418.30Digital Content

Burt Brandon, 1887

Charge: House burglar

Box 1#418.31Digital Content

Edward Brennan, 1891

Charge: Larceny

Box 1#418.32Digital Content

Henry A. Briggs, 1891

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.33Digital Content

Henry Herbert Briggs

Box 1#418.34Digital Content

Olando Briggs, 1884

Charge: Safe blower

Box 1#418.35Digital Content

Charles Brown, 1890

Alias: William Lawrence

Charge: Pickpocket

Box 1#418.36Digital Content

George P. Brown, 1887

Alias: Frank Johnson

Charge: Embezzlement

Box 1#418.37Digital Content

John Brown, 1890

Charge: Larceny in building

Box 1#418.38Digital Content

Albert J. Bubon, 1888

Charge: Rape

Box 1#418.39Digital Content

Edward E. Burke, 1894

Alias: Ed Greenfield

Charge: Assault with intent to kill

Box 1#418.40Digital Content

Frank M. Burns, 1894

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.41Digital Content

Joseph Burns, 1888

Aliases: [Joseph] Barnes, Kennedy, Murphy, and others

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 1#418.42Digital Content

Edward Callahan, 1889

Charge: Forgery

Box 1#418.43Digital Content

James Campbell

Alias: Shang Campbell

Charge: Pickpocket

Box 1#418.44Digital Content

Christopher Carter, 1886

Aliases: Albert Stone, Texas Jack

Charge: Horse thief

Box 1#418.45Digital Content

Christopher Carter, 1886

Aliases: Albert Stone, Texas Jack

Charge: Horse thief

Box 1#418.46Digital Content

Christopher Carter, 1886

Aliases: Albert Stone, Texas Jack

Charge: Horse thief

Box 1#418.47Digital Content

John C. Cartridge, 1889

Charge: Larceny of a team, Haverhill, Massachusetts

Box 1#418.48Digital Content

Henry E. Cassidy, 1885

Alias: Henry Casavant

Charge: Larceny

Box 1#418.49Digital Content

Charles A. Champeon, 1888

Charge: Larceny

Box 1#418.50Digital Content

Frank M. Chandler, 1893

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.51Digital Content

Frederick Chaplain, 1891

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.52Digital Content

John M. Chase, 1890

Charges: Confidence man; obtaining goods by false pretenses

Box 1#418.53Digital Content

Plummer A. Chase, 1889

Charge: Forgery

Box 1#418.54Digital Content

Henry Coffee, 1891

Charge: Drunk

Box 1#418.55Digital Content

Edward Cohen, 1888

Charge: Embezzlement

Box 1#418.56Digital Content

Cornelius Cohn

Alias: Joseph Barry

Box 1#418.57Digital Content

Charles F. Colcord

Box 1#418.58Digital Content

William Cole, 1890

Charge: Larceny from building

Box 1#418.59Digital Content

Thomas H. Collins, 1888

Charge: Breaking

Box 1#418.60Digital Content

Thomas Conarty, 1889

Aliases: New Britain Red, Thomas Claffey

Charge: Assault

Box 1#418.61Digital Content

Thomas Conarty, 1889

Aliases: New Britain Red, Thomas Claffey

Charge: Assault

Box 1#418.62Digital Content

Frank R. Conklin, 1887

Charges: Hotel beat; larceny, passing worthless draft

Box 1#418.63Digital Content

John J. Connelly, 1888

Alias: Paddy McGrath

Charge: Highway robbery

Box 1#418.64Digital Content

Frank C. Conner, 1888

Alias: Clarence Conner

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.65Digital Content

Michael Conrad, 1893

Alias: James Foster

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.66Digital Content

Henry Corcoran, 1895

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.67Digital Content

John Cowhy, 1889

Charge: Larceny

Box 1#418.68Digital Content

William Coy, 1891

Charge: Murder of John Whalen, 30 August 1891

Box 1#418.69Digital Content

Charles Creighton, 1891

Charge: Escape from Ipswich House of Correction

Box 1#418.70Digital Content

Charles W. Callinan, 1886

Alias: Charles Coleman

Charge: Rape

Box 1#418.71Digital Content

Joseph Cullom, 1888

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.72Digital Content

Albert Cummings, 1889

Charge: Safe blowing

Box 1#418.73Digital Content

Charles Davis

Alias: Red Austin

Charge: Bunco

Box 1#418.74Digital Content

Tena Davis, 1891

Alias: Deltena J. Davis

Charge: Murder victim, Everett, Massachusetts; William H. Smith & James Albert Trefethen were tried for the crime

Box 1#418.75Digital Content

Thomas Davis, 1887

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.76Digital Content

Horatio G. Day, 1893

Charge: Assault with intent to rob and breaking & entering

Box 1#418.77Digital Content

Patrick Devlin, 1890

Charge: False pretenses

Box 1#418.78Digital Content

George Dickingson, 1895

Alias: George Sargent

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.79Digital Content

Frank Dillon, 1887

Charge: Hotel & sneak thief

Box 1#418.80Digital Content

John Doherty, 1888

Alias: William Laughlin

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.81Digital Content

Robert Doherty, 1891

Charge: Larceny from the person; stealing a watch

Box 1#418.82Digital Content

James Donovan, 1895

Box 1#418.83Digital Content

John Dorerty

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.84Digital Content

Michael Dougherty, 1886

Charges: Forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses

Box 1#418.85Digital Content

Dennis Dwyer, 1889

Charge: Breaking & entering, Lawrence, Massachusetts

Box 1#418.86Digital Content

Frank W. Eastman, 1889

Charge: Larceny

Box 1#418.87Digital Content

Thomas A. Edson, 1891

Charge: Vagrancy

Box 1#418.88Digital Content

Peter Eno, 1892

Charge: Murder of his wife Minnie; hanged himself in jail while awaiting trial

Box 1#418.89Digital Content

George Essex

Charge: Horse thief

Box 1#418.90Digital Content

Richard Fadden

Box 1#418.91Digital Content

Frank Fairbanks, 1886

Charge: Larceny from building

Box 1#418.92Digital Content

Herbert E. Farmer, 1884

Alias: Henry Smith

Charge: Selling mortgages

Box 1#418.93Digital Content

James Farnam, 1892

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.94Digital Content

Richard Farrell

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.95Digital Content

George R. Feareboy, 1895

Alias: James B. Allen

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.96Digital Content

Rufus E. Ferren, 1893

Alias: Ralph King

Charge: Burglary, North Andover, Massachusetts

Box 1#418.97Digital Content

James Ferrod, 1888

Alias: James Farrert

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.98Digital Content

William Ferry, 1891

Charge: Larceny

Box 1#418.99Digital Content

Lewis Finn, 1888

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 1#418.100Digital Content

Edward J. Fitzpatrick, 1894

Charge: Masked burglar

Box 1#418.101Digital Content

James Flanagan

Box 1#418.102Digital Content

John Flanigan, 1880

Alias: John Moore

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.103Digital Content

Thomas Flynn, 1891

Charge: Burglary, North Abington, Massachusetts

Box 1#418.104Digital Content

John Foley, 1891

Charge: Larceny

Box 1#418.105Digital Content

William Foley, 1896

Alias: William Brooks

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.106Digital Content

William Foley, 1896

Alias: William Brooks

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.107Digital Content

Lester Forbes

Box 1#418.108Digital Content

Albert E. Foss, 1890

Alias: Ready Foss

Charge: Larceny

Box 1#418.109Digital Content

Adolph Foster, 1891

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.110Digital Content

Edward Foster, 1886

Alias: Frank Foster

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 1#418.111Digital Content

Henry Fournier

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.112Digital Content

Bernard Fowler, 1888

Aliases: Henry Hill

Charge: Horse thief

Box 1#418.113Digital Content

Jame Franklin, 1891

Associate: Pal of Frank Hart aka Frenchy Kenney

Charge: Safe blower

Box 1#418.114Digital Content

John Fulton, 1896

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.115Digital Content

Leonard Furgan, 1889

Charge: Forgery

Box 1#418.116Digital Content

Ansel U. Garfield, 1889

Charges: Breaking & entering, larceny

Box 1#418.117Digital Content

Henry Garfield, 1890

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.118Digital Content

Thomas Garvey, 1892

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.119Digital Content

Maxim Gaudette

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.120Digital Content

David Gerard, 1882

Aliases: David Hawkins, Clarence D. Jewell

Charges: Burglary & larceny in a building

Box 1#418.121Digital Content

Louis Gilbert, 1893

Charges: Breaking & entering, stealing a team

Box 1#418.122Digital Content

D. M. Gilmore, 1889

Alias: D. M. Golden

Charge: Larceny from freight train on Old Colony Railroad

Box 1#418.123Digital Content

Albert P. Grant, 1889

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.124Digital Content

Fred A. Grant, 1893

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 1#418.125Digital Content

Ed Green, 1896

Alias: John Robinson

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.126Digital Content

Red Gross

Alias: Red Riley

Box 1#418.127Digital Content

Charles F. Hale, 1894

Charges: False pretenses, bogus checks

Box 1#418.128Digital Content

Edward Hall, 1892

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.129Digital Content

Lucius E. F. Halstat, 1888

Charge: Incest

Box 1#418.130Digital Content

George Hamel

Charge: Robbery

Box 1#418.131Digital Content

William F. Hanor

Charge: Larceny

Box 1#418.132Digital Content

John D. Harriman, 1891

Aliases: Levi Blanchard, John Hall

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.133Digital Content

George Harris, 1887

Aliases: Lewis Ludlow, Little Lew

Associate: Pal of Thomas O'Brien

Charge: Bunco man

Box 1#418.134Digital Content

Edward Harvey, 1889

Charge: Horse thief

Box 1#418.135Digital Content

George F. Haslam, 1887

Charge: Forgery

Box 1#418.136Digital Content

Frank Hawkins, 1892

Charge: Assault with a dangerous weapon, Methuen, Massachusetts

Box 1#418.137Digital Content

William Hayward, 1877

Alias: John C. Reynolds

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.138Digital Content

John Hickey, 1888

Alias: John Millett

Charges: Assault to rob and burglary

Box 1#418.139Digital Content

Frank E. Hill, 1895

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.140Digital Content

John H. Hill, 1893

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.141Digital Content

Philip Hoenig, 1891

Aliases: Michael Ryan, Frank Ryan

Charges: Breaking & entering and larceny

Box 1#418.142Digital Content

Henry Hook, 1890

Charge: Rape

Box 1#418.143Digital Content

John E. Horner, 1887

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.144Digital Content

Edward Howard, 1890

Charge: Pickpocket

Box 1#418.145Digital Content

Frank Howard, 1891

Aliases: Fred Clarke, H. B. Kline

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 1#418.146Digital Content

Patrick Howe, 1891

Alias: John Welch

Charge: Rape

Box 1#418.147Digital Content

W. B. Howe, 1889

Aliases: Fred Howe, W. E. Chase, H. E. Chase, H. C. Chase, H. E. Bailey, Charles E. Bailey, W. B. Burnham

Charge: Swindler

Box 1#418.148Digital Content

William O. Hown

Aliases: Thomas Carter and several other names

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.149Digital Content

Charles Huffman, 1891

Aliases: Abram Jack, James Ryan, James Cushing

Charge: Pickpocket

Box 1#418.150Digital Content

Albert H. Hurd, 1892

Aliases: Henry A. Hurd, Charles W. Flood, Arthur C. Howard

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 1#418.151Digital Content

Albert H. Hurd, 1892

Aliases: Henry A. Hurd, Charles W. Flood, Arthur C. Howard

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 1#418.152Digital Content

Daniel Hurley

Box 1#418.153Digital Content

Michael Hurley, 1882

Alias: Michael Bishop

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.154Digital Content

George Ingle

Charge: Second story worker

Box 1#418.155Digital Content

Ed Iron[?]

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.156Digital Content

John Irving

Box 1#418.157Digital Content

George T. Johnson, 1890

Charge: Theft

Box 1#418.158Digital Content

Louis F. Johnson, 1888

Charge: Bigamy

Box 1#418.159Digital Content

Patrick Kain, 1894

Charge: Murder of his father-in-law at Stoneham, Massachusetts

Box 1#418.160Digital Content

Thomas Kain, 1894

Charge: Murder of his brother's father-in-law at Stoneham, Massachusetts

Box 1#418.161Digital Content

Charles Kasmer, 1892

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 1#418.162Digital Content

Patrick Kearnes

Box 1#418.163Digital Content

Albert Kehoe, 1889

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.164Digital Content

James P. Kelley

Box 1#418.165Digital Content

John Kelley

Box 1#418.166Digital Content

Thomas J. Kelley, 1888

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.167Digital Content

William Kelley, 1888

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.168Digital Content

Eugene Kelly

Alias: Eugene Sullivan

Box 1#418.169Digital Content

John Kennedy, 1889

Alias: John O'Brien

Charge: Breaking & entering, Clinton, Massachusetts

Box 1#418.170Digital Content

Thomas Kennedy, 1891

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.171Digital Content

William Kennedy, 1893

Alias: Frank Abbott

Charges: Breaking & entering, larceny of a horse

Box 1#418.172Digital Content

James Kenny, 1882

Aliases: Frenchy Kenny, George French

Charges: Assault to rob, burglary

Box 1#418.173Digital Content

Thomas Kensella, 1894

Alias: Joseph Corbett

Charge: Masked burglar

Box 1#418.174Digital Content

John Kimball

Charge: Theft

Box 1#418.175Digital Content

George P. King, 1889

Alias: U. S. Barnard

Charge: False pretense

Box 1#418.176Digital Content

Joseph King

Charge: Horse thief

Box 1#418.177Digital Content

Frank Lamson, 1892

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.178Digital Content

Joseph Larivee, 1893

Charge: Abuse of a female child

Box 1#418.179Digital Content

Joseph Larivee, 1893

Charge: Abuse of a female child

Box 1#418.180Digital Content

Charles LeButt, 1894

Charge: Horse thief

Box 1#418.181Digital Content

William S. Lee, 1889

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.182Digital Content

John B. Legasse, 1887

Charge: Larceny

Box 1#418.183Digital Content

James Lenahan

Box 1#418.184Digital Content

John Leonard, 1888

Alias: Troy Sherry

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.185Digital Content

Leander C. Leroy, 1889

Charges: Breaking & entering, larceny

Box 1#418.186Digital Content

Martin E. Lesner

Charge: Adultery

Box 1#418.187Digital Content

Thomas F. Letters, 1891

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.188Digital Content

Andrew Longdyke

Alias: Andrew Moulton

Charge: General thief

Box 1#418.189Digital Content

Fred Loveto, 1891

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 1#418.190Digital Content

John C. Lowey, 1889

Aliases: John Russell, John Daymon, John Lawler

Charge: Larceny

Box 1#418.191Digital Content

Timothy Lucey, 1892

Charge: Assault & robbery

Box 1#418.192Digital Content

William Lyman, 1891

Charge: Drunk

Box 1#418.193Digital Content

William Lynch, 1887

Charge: Burglary

Box 1#418.194Digital Content

John Lynn, 1887

Alias: George Wilson

Charge: Horse thief

Box 2: Offenders, M-ZDigital Content

Box 2#418.195Digital Content

Frank Mace, 1894

Alias: New York Slim

Charge: Assault with intent to kill

Box 2#418.196Digital Content

George E. Madden, 1892

Alias: Frank Bennett

Charges: Stealing a ride and cruelty

Box 2#418.197Digital Content

Joseph Mahan, 1892

Aliases: John Mahan, John Meehan

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.198Digital Content

William Mahoney, 1894

Alias: William Henry

Charge: Masked burglary

Box 2#418.199Digital Content

Walter L. Maitland, 1888

Alias: William M. Williams

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.200Digital Content

Patrick F. Maloney, 1896

Charge: Thief

Box 2#418.201Digital Content

John Manning, 1886

Alias: John Beecher

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.202Digital Content

William Marlow, 1893

Alias: Henry May

Charge: Escape

Box 2#418.203Digital Content

Charles Marsh

Charge: Embezzlement

Box 2#418.204Digital Content

Ambrose Martin

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.205Digital Content

Fred L. Martin, 1889

Charge: Breaking railroad signals

Box 2#418.206Digital Content

Walter P. May, 1893

Aliases: Walter Bates, Brackett, and several other names

Charge: Forgery

Box 2#418.207Digital Content

Frank McCarty, 1890

Alias: Frank Murphy

Charge: Larceny, Lawrence, Massachusetts

Box 2#418.208Digital Content

James McClennan

Box 2#418.209Digital Content

Thomas McClure

Box 2#418.210Digital Content

James McDonald, 1892

Charge: Assault with intent to ravish

Box 2#418.211Digital Content

John McDonald, 1895

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.212Digital Content

John McGovern, 1891

Alias: John Hanson

Charge: House burglary, Andover, Massachusetts

Box 2#418.213Digital Content

James McGuire

Alias: James Wilson

Box 2#418.214Digital Content

William E. McGuire

Box 2#418.215Digital Content

James McGurd

Box 2#418.216Digital Content

Edward T. McHugh, 1885

Alias: E. T. Carleton

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.217Digital Content

James P. McLaughlin, 1888

Alias: James P. Keely

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.218Digital Content

James Mellon, 1891

Aliases: James Lawson, James Nebbs

Charge: Pickpocket

Box 2#418.219Digital Content

Benjamin T. Melzard, 1891

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.220Digital Content

George E. Metcalf, 1886

Charge: Horse thief

Box 2#418.221Digital Content

John Metz, 1884

Aliases: John Grove, John March

Charge: Horse thief

Box 2#418.222Digital Content

George Metzger, 1894

Alias: Slim George

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.223Digital Content

Joseph Millbury, 1889

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.224Digital Content

Charles Miller, 1889

Charge: Larceny of buggy & harness

Box 2#418.225Digital Content

Frank A. Miller, 1890

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.226Digital Content

Frank E. Miller, 1889

Charges: Breaking & entering, assault, attempted rape & robbery

Box 2#418.227Digital Content

Henry C. Miller, 1887

Charge: Horse thief

Box 2#418.228Digital Content

John P. Montgomery, 1887

Alias: Albert Williams

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.229Digital Content

Fred L. Moore, 1890

Charge: Forgery

Box 2#418.230Digital Content

Henry E. Moore, 1887

Alias: Patsy Shepard

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.231Digital Content

John Moore, 1877

Alias: Mike Wilson

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.232Digital Content

William Moore, 1888

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.233Digital Content

Thomas Morgan

Aliases: James Winthrop, Joel W. Oakes

Charge: Forgery

Box 2#418.234Digital Content

Walter Morill, 1879

Charge: Fugitive from justice for breaking & entering

Box 2#418.235Digital Content

Michael Morrison, 1888

Charge: Thief

Box 2#418.236Digital Content

Charles H. Morse, 1888

Alias: Charles Morrison

Charge: Escape

Box 2#418.237Digital Content

Frank Mullen, 1888

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.238Digital Content

Charles Murphy, 1891

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.239Digital Content

James Murphy, 1893

Charge: Breaking & entering, North Andover, Massachusetts

Box 2#418.240Digital Content

Maurice Murphy, 1890

Charge: Horse & chicken thief

Box 2#418.241Digital Content

Patrick J. Murphy, 1890

Charge: Horse & chicken thief; shot dead at Chatham, New York; brother of Maurice Murphy

Box 2#418.242Digital Content

Emma Murray, 1889

Alias: Emma Sault

Charge: Pickpocket

Box 2#418.243Digital Content

Thomas F. Noonan, 1889

Aliases: "several other names"

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.244Digital Content

Edson H. Norton, 1889

Alias: E. Hyrum

Charge: False pretenses

Box 2#418.245Digital Content

Henry P. Nourse

Alias: Frank Howard

Charges: Breaking & entering, larceny

Box 2#418.246Digital Content

John O'Brien

Alias: John Cassidy

Box 2#418.247Digital Content

John J. O'Brien, 1889

Charge: Skin gambler

Box 2#418.248Digital Content

Patrick O'Brien, 1887

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.249Digital Content

Thomas O'Brien, 1887

Alias: J. C. Burton; associate of George Harris

Charge: Bunco man

Box 2#418.250Digital Content

James Ogden, 1888

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.251Digital Content

Eben Osborn

Alias: Jack Shepard

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.252Digital Content

John S. Palmer

Alias: Thomas J. Wheeler

Charge: Forgery

Box 2#418.253Digital Content

J. S. Palmer

Aliases: George Moreton, John Jasper, James Redfield and others

Charge: Forgery

Box 2#418.254Digital Content

Charles Parker

Box 2#418.255Digital Content

George E. Parkhurst, 1889

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.256Digital Content

George W. Parsons, 1889

Charges: Sneak thief, larceny in a building

Box 2#418.257Digital Content

Alf. Parton, 1891

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.258Digital Content

Lewis Perry, 1888

Alias: Louis B. Page

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.259Digital Content

George Phillips, 1891

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 2#418.260Digital Content

John F. Polson

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.261Digital Content

H. W. Pope, 1895

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.262Digital Content

Wilfred Poquette, 1889

Charge: Obtaining money by false pretenses, Haverhill, Massachusetts

Box 2#418.263Digital Content

George W. Post, 1888

Alias: George Stone

Charge: Confidence man

Box 2#418.264Digital Content

Jack Purcell, 1893

Alias: John Morrill

Charge: Assault to rob

Box 2#418.265Digital Content

Charles G. Randall

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.266Digital Content

Lincoln J. Randall, 1882

Charge: Murder

Box 2#418.267Digital Content

Evan T. Reed

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.268Digital Content

Frank Reed, 1895

Alias: Charles Wilson

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.269Digital Content

Frank Reed, 1895

Alias: Charles Wilson

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.270Digital Content

James Regan

Charge: Sneak thief

Box 2#418.271Digital Content

Thomas A. Renshaw, 1885

Charge: Shooting Fred Osgood with intent to murder

Box 2#418.272Digital Content

Frank Reynolds, 1892

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.273Digital Content

Joseph Ridley, 1886

Charges: Rubber stamp man, money under false pretenses

Box 2#418.274Digital Content

Frank Ritchie, 1888

Charge: Safe blower

Box 2#418.275Digital Content

James Roakes, 1892

Alias: William Curtis

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.276Digital Content

Charles Robbins, 1886

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 2#418.277Digital Content

Fenton Roberts, 1892

Charge: Sneak thief

Box 2#418.278Digital Content

William J. Roberts, 1895

Alias: Robert Williams

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.279Digital Content

George E. Robinson, 1889

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.280Digital Content

Michael Rodgers, 1887

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.281Digital Content

Fred C. Rummell, 1895

Alias: Ferd L. Snowdale

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.282Digital Content

George A. Russell, 1888

Charge: Sneak thief

Box 2#418.283Digital Content

Percy St. Clair, 1892

Alias: Howard E. Thornton

Charges: Larceny & adultery

Box 2#418.284Digital Content

Arthur St. Marie, 1894

Charge: Assault with intent to kill

Box 2#418.285Digital Content

Dwight Sampson, 1894

Charges: Breaking & entering in the night time, larceny

Box 2#418.286Digital Content

Harry A. Sawyer, 1890

Alias: Henry Murray

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.287Digital Content

Osgood Sawyer, 1890, 1892

Charge: Larceny of a team

Box 2#418.288Digital Content

Angelo Schroeder, 1891, 1893

Aliases: Angelo Reese, A. F. Walker

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.289Digital Content

Angelo Schroeder, 1891, 1893

Aliases: Angelo Reese, A. F. Walker

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.290Digital Content

Angelo Schroeder, 1891, 1893

Aliases: Angelo Reese, A. F. Walker

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.291Digital Content

Clarence Allen Scott

Charges: Adultery, bail bond

Box 2#418.292Digital Content

William Scott, 1878

Alias: William Anderson

Charge: Bank sneak

Box 2#418.293Digital Content

Joe Shanahan, 1891

Alias: Joe Lynch

Charges: Till topper, escaped on way to state prison

Box 2#418.294Digital Content

Joseph M. Shannon, 1892

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.295Digital Content

John Shaughnessy

Box 2#418.296Digital Content

Cornelius Shea, 1891

Alias: Frank Wyman

Charge: Larceny of horses

Box 2#418.297Digital Content

William Shepard, 1892

Alias: Frank Miller

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.298Digital Content

Michael Sherlock, 1894

Charge: Masked burglar

Box 2#418.299Digital Content

Patrick Slavin, 1889

Charge: Sneak thief

Box 2#418.300Digital Content

Charles Smith, 1893

Charge: Felonious assault

Box 2#418.301Digital Content

Edgar Smith, 1896

Charge: Robbery

Box 2#418.302Digital Content

George W. Smith

Charge: Embezzlement

Box 2#418.303Digital Content

John Smith

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.304Digital Content

Joseph Smith, 1892

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.305Digital Content

William Smith

Box 2#418.306Digital Content

William H. Smith, 1891

Charge: Murder of Deltena Davis, Everett, Massachusetts

Box 2#418.307Digital Content

"Dr." Harvey T. Stanley, 1889

Charge: Selling mortgaged property

Box 2#418.308Digital Content

James Steinburgh

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.309Digital Content

Charles Stell

Alias: Lorenzo Citag[?]

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.310Digital Content

B. T. Stewart, 1889

Alias: Jack Cannon

Charge: Burglar's tools in his possession

Box 2#418.311Digital Content

Edward Stoddard, 1891

Aliases: Edward Wolf, Edward Woods

Charge: Forgery

Box 2#418.312Digital Content

Mitchell Stone, 1887

Aliases: R. Bemis, John Smith

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 2#418.313Digital Content

Cornelius Sullivan

Box 2#418.314Digital Content

Mick Sullivan, 1889

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.315Digital Content

Thomas Sullivan, 18967

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.316Digital Content

George E. Swain

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 2#418.317Digital Content

George E. Swain

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 2#418.318Digital Content

George M. Tasker, 18927

Charge: Sneak thief

Box 2#418.319Digital Content

Eugene Taylor, 1886

Charge: Murder

Box 2#418.320Digital Content

Frank Taylor, 1888

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.321Digital Content

William Taylor

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.322Digital Content

William O. Taylor, 1886

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.323Digital Content

Clifford W. Thomas, 1893

Aliases: George Clark, Mrs. M. E. Tyler

Charge: False pretenses

Box 2#418.324Digital Content

George Thompson, 1888

Charge: Breaking

Box 2#418.325Digital Content

Charles Tibbets

Alias: Brocky Tibbets

Charge: Expert bunco and gold brick swindler

Box 2#418.326Digital Content

Edward B. Ticknor, 1881

Alias: Charles McHolt

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.327Digital Content

Edward Timmins, 1886

Charge: Burglar & highway man

Box 2#418.328Digital Content

Henry P. Tobey, 1889

Alias: Henry Burns

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.329Digital Content

William W. Tyler, 1888

Charge: Selling mortgaged property

Box 2#418.330Digital Content

S. H. Vendig, 1889

Alias: Max Hartman

Charge: Con man & swindler

Box 2#418.331Digital Content

Frank M. Vining, 1893

Charge: Forgery

Box 2#418.332Digital Content

George W. Wagner

Box 2#418.333Digital Content

John H. Walker, 1889

Alias: Alvin H. Rogers

Charge: Larceny in building

Box 2#418.334Digital Content

Garrett M. Walsh, 1889

Charge: Breaking railroad signals

Box 2#418.335Digital Content

James Walsh

Aliases: Howard Welch, John J. Welch

Box 2#418.336Digital Content

Jno. Walsh, 1889

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.337Digital Content

John J. Walsh

Alias: John Wilson

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.338Digital Content

Edward Ward, 1889

Alias: Fiddleneck

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.339Digital Content

George Ward

Box 2#418.340Digital Content

Charles T. Ware, 1886

Alias: Charles Thomas

Charge: Horse stealing

Box 2#418.341Digital Content

Edward Warren, 1887

Alias: Ed Wells

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.342Digital Content

Tom Watter, 1893

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.343Digital Content

Clarence D. Webster, 1886

Charge: False pretenses

Box 2#418.344Digital Content

Otto Weistreman, 1892

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.345Digital Content

James Welch, 1888

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.346Digital Content

George Wells, 1891

Alias: George E. Williams

Charges: Breaking & entering, larceny

Box 2#418.347Digital Content

Edward Whalen, 1891

Alias: Edward Wall

Charge: Shoplifter

Box 2#418.348Digital Content

Joseph White, 1887

Charges: Assault to kill, larceny

Box 2#418.349Digital Content

Thomas White

Aliases: Curly Tom, Tom Roberts

Box 2#418.350Digital Content

John H. Whitmore, 1887

Alias: James Whitmore

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.351Digital Content

Michael S. Whyte, 1888

Alias: Michael Mahoney

Charge: Murder

Box 2#418.352Digital Content

William W. Wiggin, 1888

Aliases: W. B. Wiggin, W. Wiggin

Charges: Larceny & escape

Box 2#418.353Digital Content

James Wilkinson, 1888

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.354Digital Content

George B. Willet

Box 2#418.355Digital Content

Eugene T. Williams, 1891

Charges: Breaking & entering, forgery

Box 2#418.356Digital Content

George E. Williams, 1885

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.357Digital Content

John Williams, 1889

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.358Digital Content

Robert Williams, 1886

Charge: Larceny from building

Box 2#418.359Digital Content

Benjamin F. Wilson, 1891

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.360Digital Content

Charles Wilson, 1888

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.361Digital Content

Charles Wilson

Aliases: Charles Henry Harris, Charles Pratt, Charles Hinds

Charge: General thief

Box 2#418.362Digital Content

Charles G. Wilson

Box 2#418.363Digital Content

Frank Wilson, 1896

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.364Digital Content

Frederic Wilson, 1888

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.365Digital Content

Frederic Wilson, 1888

Charge: Burglary

Box 2#418.366Digital Content

Walter Wood

Alias: Matthew Smith

Charge: Larceny

Box 2#418.367Digital Content

William Woodhull, 1885

Alias: Edward Williams

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.368Digital Content

Max Woodle, 1892

Charge: Breaking & entering

Box 2#418.369Digital Content

Charles D. Woodword, 1887

Charge: Defrauding hotel

Box 2#418.370Digital Content

George Worcester

Charge: Horse thief

Box 2#418.371Digital Content

Charles S. Young, 1893

Alias: Warren S. Dearborn

Charge: Arson, West Newbury, Massachusetts

Box 3: Unidentified cartes de visite and tintypes; cabinet photographs, identified and unidentifiedDigital Content

Box 3#418.372Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.373Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.374Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.375Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.376Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.377Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.378Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.379Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.380Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.381Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.382Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.383Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.384Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.385Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.386Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.387Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.388Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.389Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.390Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.391Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.392Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.393Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.394Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.395Digital Content

Unidentified man, 1888

Box 3#418.396Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.397Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.398Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.399Digital Content

Unidentified woman, 1887

Box 3#418.400Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.401Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.402Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.403Digital Content

James Campbell, 1887

Alias: Shang Campbell

Charge: Pickpocket

Box 3#418.404Digital Content

Joseph Larivee

Box 3#418.405Digital Content

Benson Munyan

Box 3#418.406Digital Content

John Thompson

Box 3#418.407Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.408Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.409Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.410Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.411Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.412Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.413Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.414Digital Content

Unidentified man

Box 3#418.415Digital Content

Unidentified man

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Preferred Citation

Benson Munyan's rogues gallery, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:

Munyan, Benson, 1837-1899--Photographs.

Organizations:

Massachusetts. District Police--Artifacts.

Subjects:

Cabinet photographs.
Cartes de visite.
Criminals--Massachusetts--Photographs.
Detectives--Massachusetts--Artifacts.
Identification photographs.
Police--Massachusetts--Artifacts.
Tintypes.

Collection processed by Mary Yacovone, August 2024.

Encoded by Mary Yacovone, August 2024.