Case File: Mary Cecilia Rogers

Overview

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Mary Cecilia Rogers

Episodes

• Part 1 coming Apr 25
• Part 2 coming May 2
• Part 3 coming May 9

Locations

• 114 Pitt St, Manhattan: residence of Mary Rogers at the time of her first disappearance
• 126 Nassau St, Manhattan: last residence of Mary Rogers
• 309-321 Broadway, Manhattan: John Anderson's Cigar Shop where Mary Rogers worked
• Sybil's Cave: Hoboken, New Jersey - where Mary's body was found & location of Daniel Payne's suicide

People

Name	(Born-Died)	Description
Anderson, John	1812-1881	Cigar shop owner and employer of Mary Rogers
Payne, Daniel C.	c1808-1841	fiance of Mary Cecilia Rogers
Payne, John	1797-1869	brother of Daniel C. Payne
Rogers, Mary Cecilia	c1820-1841	"The Beautiful Cigar Girl"
Wade, Phoebe	1777-1847	mother of Mary Cecilia Rogers

Documentation

Newspaper Transcriptions

• 6 Jun 1838 - Morning Herald (New York City): Advert for Mr. John Andersons cigar shop
• 5 Oct 1838 - New York Daily Herald (New York City): disappearance of Miss Mary Cecilia Rogers
• 6 Oct 1838 - New York Daily Herald (New York City): disappearance a hoax!
• 8 Oct 1838 - New York Daily Herald (New York City): Beautiful Girls Serving in Stores
• 2 Aug 1841 - Brooklyn Evening Star (Brooklyn, New York): Police Vigilance - Distressing Occurrence
• 2 Aug 1841 - Evening Post (New York City, New York): Body of "Miss Mary Ann Rogers" found
• 2 Aug 1841 - Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania): A HORRIBLE MURDER
• 3 Aug 1841 - Brooklyn Evening Star (Brooklyn, New York): THE HOBOKEN MURDER

Vital Records

• 1841: Baptismal Record of Alfred Daniel Payne