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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bruin" data-source="post: 1048502" data-attributes="member: 12587">OODM: Oops, forgot Neal was looking at the documents.  Neal and the others will have to wait till they leave to scrutinize the diary or newspaper report in any depth.Neal scans through the diary and notices that the book also contains a photocopy from microfiche of an old Boston Globe article detailing the police investigation into Pickman's disappearance.  This and the diary will require more than just casual scanning to be of any use.Neal sees that the list contains the following details of what Renard and his employer have gleaned:-Pickman owned a regular house somewhere near Newbury street-Pickman rented a second house under the name of Peters in the North End, which he used as an artist studio-William Thurber was the only person who ever visited the North End location, and the details of the exact location are vague-The North End house was owned by a Sicilian, who is never named in Thurber’s diary-One of the diary entries describes Thurber's visit to the house.-The house wasn’t located too far from the elevated at Battery st-They disembarked the elevated at Battery street, walked along Commercial street past Constitution Wharf, turned onto an alley, and then into another, smaller alley-Thurber specifically said that they didn’t turn onto to Greenough Lane-Thurber said they might have been within one or two blocks of Copp’s Hill cemetery-Based on these details, the house could have been located anywhere within a large chunk of the North End, bounded by Commercial st on the north, Copp’s Hill terrace and cemetery to the west, Charter st on the south, and Hanover st on the east.-Due to the expansive renovation and rebuilding in the North End over the century, it is highly unlikely that the house is still standing, though there’s a chance that the cellar area might be intact and used by the current owner as a storage space or a boiler room-Attempts to locate the address physically have been unsuccessful, as there has been too much renovation and rebuilding in the North End to be sure which alleys they traversed-A book Renard tried to look at while at the Boston Public library was unfortunately checked out.  The book gave a general history of the renovations in the North End throughout the 20th century.-Another copy is apparently available at the Harvard library, but Renard was unable to acquire the necessary guest permission from Widener Library to access the book stacks.-The newspaper report mentions that Pickman went missing in the summer of 1926, and that his family and friends were worried about him as early as November of 1925, when he began to be absent from his regular house more than normal.-Renard has also included the addresses and hours of the Boston Public Library, Harvard's Widener, and the City Archives (of the City Clerk's office).Edit: sp.</blockquote>

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