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Analysis of the Barre, Massachusetts Killers, 1880-91 (Page 5)

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Table 4

Time Line of Barre, MA. Hand-Carved Killers

Sorted in Order of Appearance, by Month

1883-1891

Killer

83

84

85

86

87

88

89

90

91

Grid1

 

 

 

S1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grid2

 

S2

 

S3

 

H1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S4

 

S5

 

Grid3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W1

 

J2

 

 

J1

 

 

 

 

W2a

 

W2b

 

Mx1

 

J3a

 

J3b

 

MJC1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W2c

 

 

 

 

W3

 

OC1

 

K1

 

 

My final addition to the story of the Barre killers is a cover bearing an unusual letter cancellation not previously identified. Figure 7 illustrates the cover, which bears a bold strike of a negative letter "K" in a solid trapezoid (Table 2, killer K1). The killer is horizontally duplexed to its postmark, leaving the letter facing up. The cover is postmarked August 8 and the correspondence verifies an 1891 usage.

Figure 7