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Less than an hour after Mrs. William Casovan, 38, was found slain in her Grange Ave. home Friday, detectives entered a rooming house on Wolseley St. a(...)
Less than an hour after Mrs. William Casovan, 38, was found slain in her Grange Ave. home Friday, detectives entered a rooming house on Wolseley St. a(...)

Less than an hour after Mrs. William Casovan, 38, was found slain in her Grange Ave. home Friday, detectives entered a rooming house on Wolseley St. a(...)

Date10/11/1944
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Original Toronto Star caption: Less than an hour after Mrs. William Casovan; 38; was found slain in her Grange Ave. home Friday; detectives entered a rooming house on Wolseley St. and arrested Stanislaw Augustyn; 42; a former boarder at the Casovan home; on a charge of murder. Police s
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0121093F
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