The Starch Box Mystery

Published: Aug. 13, 2019, 8:49 p.m.

b'Henry Beumond worked at Guild & Wetherbee\\u2019s paper mill in Westminster, Vermont. Late in the afternoon of June 12, 1895, he descended to the mill-race to rake out the debris and spied a starch box caught up on the racks. He fished it out and was surprised to find the lid was nailed shut. He pried it open.'