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Investigation of Parked car began when High Park watchman noticed it under trees as shown by the dotted line, all day Thursday. Police were called and(...)
Investigation of Parked car began when High Park watchman noticed it under trees as shown by the dotted line, all day Thursday. Police were called and(...)

Investigation of Parked car began when High Park watchman noticed it under trees as shown by the dotted line, all day Thursday. Police were called and(...)

Date4/12/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: Investigation of Parked car began when High Park watchman noticed it under trees as shown by the dotted line; all day Thursday. Police were called and forced trunk; discosing bodies of Vigus only 25 feet from street light at side of road; and Miss Scott; beautiful bookkeeper and artist. Watchman said he saw no signs of violence
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0121088F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Evidence at Inquest indicated Iris Scott, shown as a bridesmaid at a friend's wedding, and George Vigus were strangled in North York, driven to High Park in car trunk
Evidence at Inquest indicated Iris Scott, shown as a bridesmaid at a friend's wedding, and George Vigus were strangled in North York, driven to High Park in car trunk
12/4/1947
Exposed kids: Father Roger Beals says his two kids, Travis and Cameron, were soaked with poisonous insecticides when a Toronto parks worker, wearing a gas mask, began spraying trees around the Kew Gardens area.
Exposed kids: Father Roger Beals says his two kids, Travis and Cameron, were soaked with poisonous insecticides when a Toronto parks worker, wearing a gas mask, began spraying trees around the Kew Gardens area.
7/16/1985
Kay's Cadillacs at O'Keefe, The Mary Kay cosmetics convention at the O'Keefe Centre drew some attention when six pink Cadillacs, all supplied by the company, were parked in a line outside
Kay's Cadillacs at O'Keefe, The Mary Kay cosmetics convention at the O'Keefe Centre drew some attention when six pink Cadillacs, all supplied by the company, were parked in a line outside
7/27/1983
Fatal attack: Police check a bullet hole in a glass door yesterday during their investigation of three execution-style killings in Chinatown
Fatal attack: Police check a bullet hole in a glass door yesterday during their investigation of three execution-style killings in Chinatown
8/16/1991
Homicide investigation: Metro police Constable Greg Lowr, wearing a protective suit, goes through garbage at an apartment building where a woman was killed
Homicide investigation: Metro police Constable Greg Lowr, wearing a protective suit, goes through garbage at an apartment building where a woman was killed
6/9/1991
'Cinderella' clue: Police are asking anyone who owns running shoes like these to call them as part of the investigation into the rape-slaying of jogger Margaret McWilliam in Scarborough
'Cinderella' clue: Police are asking anyone who owns running shoes like these to call them as part of the investigation into the rape-slaying of jogger Margaret McWilliam in Scarborough
10/2/1987
Two die in Don river plunge. Dotted line shows the path taken by a car on the Gerrard St. bridge early today when it went out of control on the snow-r(...)
Two die in Don river plunge. Dotted line shows the path taken by a car on the Gerrard St. bridge early today when it went out of control on the snow-r(...)
2/26/1965
Thinks this car used by vermilyea, This is the automobile that police believe Harold Vermilyea (shown at RIGHT), now held in California on a warrant c(...)
Thinks this car used by vermilyea, This is the automobile that police believe Harold Vermilyea (shown at RIGHT), now held in California on a warrant c(...)
10/10/1934
Aftermath of attack: Police check out a car in which a woman who had been attacked got free of her assailant by grabbing the wheel and forcing it into a parked car
Aftermath of attack: Police check out a car in which a woman who had been attacked got free of her assailant by grabbing the wheel and forcing it into a parked car
4/12/1983
Big day for Luke, H.B.: Last year the Leafs' first-round draft pick was defenceman Luke Richardson, here signing on the dotted line under the gaze of club owner Harold Ballard
Big day for Luke, H.B.: Last year the Leafs' first-round draft pick was defenceman Luke Richardson, here signing on the dotted line under the gaze of club owner Harold Ballard
8/28/1987
Echoes of the Past: In 1979, there were accusations of police racism when Albert Johnson was shot in his home by officers who were later acquitted
Echoes of the Past: In 1979, there were accusations of police racism when Albert Johnson was shot in his home by officers who were later acquitted
11/15/1980
Tragic party: Police say there were as many as 200 people at a party in this Markham house when Leslie Kempton Clarke, 19, was slain yesterday
Tragic party: Police say there were as many as 200 people at a party in this Markham house when Leslie Kempton Clarke, 19, was slain yesterday
3/1/1992