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1886 telegraph sought reward for 1876 Plymouth murder

Jan. 7—Luzerne County Chief Detective Thomas Heffernan received a telegraph from Idaho Springs, Colo., Detective George W. Bywater on Dec. 1, 1886, indicating a suspect in an 1876 murder in Plymouth was in their custody. Bywater alerted Heffernan that the murder suspect, William Kunckey, was arrested on the charge of “housebreaking” and wanted the warrant […]