Tobacconist John Anderson hired Mary Cecilia Rogers, in 1838, to work in his thriving Broadway tobacco shop, which was located across from City Hall and specialized in "fin cut" chewing tobacco which was packaged as "Anderson's Solace Tobacco." Young and beautiful, Mary Rogers was there to attract male customers, it was, according to an account of the time, a "recently adopted practice of hiring pretty girls as clerks in cigar stores for the purpose of attracting 'men about town.'"
When Mary Rogers murdered body was found near a cave near the shores of New Jersey, Anderson became one of the prime suspects. Of all the suspects, Anderson was the only one to give a statement which never appeared in the press; both his arrest and his statement were hushed by influential Tammany politicians who intervened on his behalf. nevertheless, Anderson's arrest prevented him from later being nominated by Tammany hall for Mayor of New York City.
New York Times 25 November 1881:
John Anderson, the well-known merchant and tobacco manufacture of this City, died in Paris on Tuesday last of pneumonia in the seventieth year of his age. He came to this City at an early age, and continued in active business up to his death. He had a country residence at Tarrytown, N.Y., and his place of business was at No. 114 Liberty-street.
Mr. Anderson leaves a widow, one son and two daughters. He was twice married, and Mrs. Anderson, who was with him during his last hours, is expected to return home with her husband's remains.
When Mary Rogers murdered body was found near a cave near the shores of New Jersey, Anderson became one of the prime suspects. Of all the suspects, Anderson was the only one to give a statement which never appeared in the press; both his arrest and his statement were hushed by influential Tammany politicians who intervened on his behalf. nevertheless, Anderson's arrest prevented him from later being nominated by Tammany hall for Mayor of New York City.
New York Times 25 November 1881:
John Anderson, the well-known merchant and tobacco manufacture of this City, died in Paris on Tuesday last of pneumonia in the seventieth year of his age. He came to this City at an early age, and continued in active business up to his death. He had a country residence at Tarrytown, N.Y., and his place of business was at No. 114 Liberty-street.
Mr. Anderson leaves a widow, one son and two daughters. He was twice married, and Mrs. Anderson, who was with him during his last hours, is expected to return home with her husband's remains.
Tobacconist John Anderson hired Mary Cecilia Rogers, in 1838, to work in his thriving Broadway tobacco shop, which was located across from City Hall and specialized in "fin cut" chewing tobacco which was packaged as "Anderson's Solace Tobacco." Young and beautiful, Mary Rogers was there to attract male customers, it was, according to an account of the time, a "recently adopted practice of hiring pretty girls as clerks in cigar stores for the purpose of attracting 'men about town.'"
When Mary Rogers murdered body was found near a cave near the shores of New Jersey, Anderson became one of the prime suspects. Of all the suspects, Anderson was the only one to give a statement which never appeared in the press; both his arrest and his statement were hushed by influential Tammany politicians who intervened on his behalf. nevertheless, Anderson's arrest prevented him from later being nominated by Tammany hall for Mayor of New York City.
New York Times 25 November 1881:
John Anderson, the well-known merchant and tobacco manufacture of this City, died in Paris on Tuesday last of pneumonia in the seventieth year of his age. He came to this City at an early age, and continued in active business up to his death. He had a country residence at Tarrytown, N.Y., and his place of business was at No. 114 Liberty-street.
Mr. Anderson leaves a widow, one son and two daughters. He was twice married, and Mrs. Anderson, who was with him during his last hours, is expected to return home with her husband's remains.
When Mary Rogers murdered body was found near a cave near the shores of New Jersey, Anderson became one of the prime suspects. Of all the suspects, Anderson was the only one to give a statement which never appeared in the press; both his arrest and his statement were hushed by influential Tammany politicians who intervened on his behalf. nevertheless, Anderson's arrest prevented him from later being nominated by Tammany hall for Mayor of New York City.
New York Times 25 November 1881:
John Anderson, the well-known merchant and tobacco manufacture of this City, died in Paris on Tuesday last of pneumonia in the seventieth year of his age. He came to this City at an early age, and continued in active business up to his death. He had a country residence at Tarrytown, N.Y., and his place of business was at No. 114 Liberty-street.
Mr. Anderson leaves a widow, one son and two daughters. He was twice married, and Mrs. Anderson, who was with him during his last hours, is expected to return home with her husband's remains.
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