Skull-cracker assault on the street
Attempted Assassination – The Montreal Gazette Mar. 16, 1878 Last evening as two young men, named James Baker and John Riley, were returning from a Gospel-meeting in »
A den of the "vilest orgies" found in Ste. Cunegonde
A “Dance House” Discovered – The Montreal Daily Witness Feb. 23, 1880 A report having been published this morning that one of those disreputable establishments known as »
Gruesome discovery on Mount Royal
Horrible – The Montreal Gazette Feb. 28, 1828 We have been told that on Saturday last the body of a male child, supposed to be about two »
Thawing out
Frozen Hands – The Montreal Gazette Jan 23, 1888 The police arrested a man named John Shelly on Saturday night, who was found in an intoxicated condition »
A prisoner's cell not fit for swine
The Jurors street police station. A plague spot. – Montreal Evening Post Jan 1879 One of our reporters on his rounds this morning dropped into Jurors street »