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ºIn 1775, Britain’s King

George III proclaimed the

Americancolonies to be in a

state of ‘‘open and avowed re-

bellion.’’

ºIn 1914,Japan declared

war against Germany in World

War I.

ºIn 1927, amidworldwide

protests, Italian-bornanar-

chists Nicola Sacco and Bartolo-

meo Vanzetti wereexecutedin

Boston for the murdersof two

menduringa 1920robbery.

(On the 50th anniversary of

their executions,then-Gover-

nor MichaelDukakisissueda

proclamation that Saccoand

Vanzetti had been unfairly tried

and convicted.)

ºIn 1939,Nazi Germany

and the Soviet Union agreed to

a non-aggression treaty, the

Molotov-RibbentropPact, in

Moscow.

ºIn 1973, a bankrobbery-

turned-hostage-takingbeganin

Stockholm,Sweden;the four

hostages ended up empathizing

with theircaptors,a psycholog-

ical conditionnow referredto

as ‘‘Stockholm Syndrome.’’

ºIn 1982, Lebanon’s parlia-

mentelected Christian militia

leaderBashirGemayel presi-

dent. (However, Gemayel was

assassinated some three weeks

later.)

ºIn 2003, formerpriest

John Geoghan, the convicted

childmolester whoseprosecu-

tionsparked the sex abuse

scandalthat shookthe Roman

CatholicChurchnationwide,

died after anotherinmate at-

tacked him in Souza-Baranows-

ki Correctional Center.

ºIn 2008, Democratic presi-

dentialcandidate Barack

Obama introduced the choice

of his runningmate, Senator

Joe Biden of Delaware,before a

crowdoutsidethe Old State

Capitol in Springfield, Ill.

ºIn 2013,a military jury

convicted Major Nidal Hasan in

the deadly 2009shooting ram-

page at Fort Hood, Texas that

claimed 13 lives; the Army psy-

chiatrist was later sentenced to

death. Staff SargeantRobert

Bales, the US soldier who’d

massacred 16 Afghancivilians,

was sentencedat Joint Base

Lewis-McChord, Washington,

to life in prison with no chance

of parole.

ºIn 2014, Israel bombed an

apartmenttower in downtown

Gaza City, collapsing the 12-sto-

ry buildingin an unprecedent-

ed strike.

ºLast year, Mark David

Chapman, the killerof former

Beatle John Lennon,was de-

nied parole for a 10th time.The

United States and China im-

posed tariff increases on an ad-

ditional $16 billion of each oth-

er’s goods.

Thisday in history

ByTravis Andersen
GLOBESTAFF
Cellphone evidence showsa
Revere man who in September
2017 allegedly killedhis young
wife, a beloved elementary
school teacher, had also con-
tacted an online escort service,
according to a legal filing.
The document was filed ear-
lier thismonthin the case
against Andrew MacCormack,
31, who’s charged in Suffolk Su-
perior Court with first-degree
murderin the death of his wife,
30-year-old Vanessa MacCor-
mack, on Sept. 23, 2017, in the
couple’s home.
Andrew MacCormack, who’s
beenheld without bail since his
arrest days after the slaying,
has pleaded not guilty. His trial
is slated for Oct. 9, records
show.
According to the prosecu-

tors’ filing, Revere police Detec-

tive Jon-Ricard Gibson uncov-

ered the escort service evidence

when he analyzed Andrew Mac-

Cormack’s phone.

“[Detective]Gibsonrecog-

nizes the web search entries in

Andrew MacCormack’s phone

as views of various escort ads

on Backpage.com,” Assistant

Suffolk District Attorney Ian

Polumbaum, chief of his office’s

Domestic Violence and Sexual

Assault Unit, wrote in the filing.

Polumbaumdidn’t specify

the dates that the ads were

viewed.

“[Detective] Gibsonfurther

recognizes the messages start-

ing at 12:37a.m. Eastern time

as consistent with negotiating

sex for money on Backpage.

Whenthe phone user asks ‘Per-

fect 30 mins? And location,’ the

unidentifiedescort responds

simply ‘Peabody Rt. 1,’ ” Polum-

baum wrote.“The next re-

sponse to [MacCormack] of ‘hh

100 baby’ means half an hour

for $100.”

MacCormack’s lawyersaid

he plannedto issuea response

later Thursday.

The filing didn’t specify how,

or whether, prosecutors intend

to use the evidenceregarding

escort ads at trial.

Polumbaumsaid during An-

drewMacCormack’sNovember

2017 arraignment in Superior

Court that Vanessa MacCor-

macksufferedseveral stab and

slashwoundsto her face and

neck.

One of thosestab wounds

might have beendelivered after

she died,Polumbaumsaid,and

therewas additional evidence

that the killerused“pretty ex-

treme force” in strangling her.

He said the medical examin-

er ruled that “a combination of

all these different types of vio-

lence killed Vanessa.”

John Hayes, Andrew Mac-

Cormack’s lawyer, said during

the arraignmentthat his client

“adamantly” denies killing his

wife and hopes to reestablish a

relationshipwith the couple’s

toddler daughter when the case

is resolved.

A police affidavit said that

before Vanessa MacCormack

was killed, therewerered flags

in the marriage, includingher

$13,000 engagement ring going

missing; a replacement ring al-

so disappearing; Andrew Mac-

Cormack’s pawningof different

items of jewelry; and his claim-

ing that his bank account was

recently hacked by someone in

Thailand who stole thousands

of dollars.

His wifehad grownsuspi-

cious and increasingly angry,

according to the affidavit.

“Don’t you dare get frustrat-

ed withme you deserve to be

questioned,” she texted him on

Sept. 15, two weeks after a prior

text that read, “I hate you so

much you’ve ruined [our

daughter’s] life becauseshe

won’t have her parents togeth-

er.... I’ll look into divorcelaw-

yers.”

Andrew responded, “Ur cra-

zy I’m not signinganything to

sell the house or get divorced.”

Prosecutorshave also al-

leged that Andrew MacCor-

mack had a $500-a-week drug

habit.

Court recordsindicate Bos-

ton policearrested him in 2011

after beingaccusedof dragging

a previousgirlfrienddowntwo

flights of stairs by her hair. That

case was dismissed.

FollowingaSeptember 2017

court hearing, Hayes down-

played his client’s marital strife,

insisting the MacCormacks had

beenlookingforwardto “a life

together” despite their prob-

lems.

Travis Andersen can be reached

at [email protected].

Follow him on Twitter

@TAGlobe.

Manwho allegedly killed wife contacted escort service, records say

Policediscovered

phone searches

PATGREENHOUSE/GLOBESTAFF

Andrew MacCormack(left)

criedat hisarraignmentfor

themurderof hiswife

VanessaMacCormack.

ByEmily Sweeney
GLOBESTAFF
A historicmeetinghouse in
Tyngsborough was struck by
lightning Wednesday afternoon
during a powerful thunder-
storm that tookdown several
trees and caused power outages
in Haverhill and Methuen.
Lightninghit the steeple of
the First Parish Meetinghouse
on Middlesex Roadaround 2
p.m., Tyngsboroughofficials
said. The church building,
which was constructed in 1836
and purchased by the town in
2013,is currently undergoing
renovations.
TyngsboroughTown Admin-
istrator Matt Hansonsaid some
of the support beamsin the

steeplewerefractured,but the

churchbell — whichwas made

by Paul Revere’s son — appears

to be OK. A structural engineer

was scheduled to inspect the

damage Thursday, and the elec-

trical systems in the building

will need to be tested, he said.

Workers were insidethe

meetinghousewhenthe light-

ning struck, but “thankfully no-

body was hurt,” Hanson said.

In Methuen, police reported

that the storm knocked down

treesand wires, causedflood-

ing in someareas,and forced

Methuen City Hall to close early

because of the power outage.

The National Weather Ser-

vice received a report of wires

downon HarrisonStreet in

Newburyport. In Haverhill, po-

lice tweeted therewerepower

outages throughout the city.

Downin Providence,a tree

fell on a houseon South Killing-

ly Roadand another tree came

down on a houseon Rockland

Road, accordingto the weather

service website.

Some areas of Connecticut

received morethan2 inchesof

rain. The weatherservice re-

ported that the highest ob-

served rainfall amounts werein

East Hartford, whichreceived

4.90inches,and Glastonbury,

which got 4.47 inches.

Emily Sweeney can be reached

at [email protected]. Follow

her on Twitter @emilysweeney.

Meetinghousedamaged, trees downedduringstorm

TOWN OF TYNGSBOROUGH

The steeplewasdamaged,

butthebell,madeby Paul

Revere’s son, appearsto be

OK.

that Boston-area traffic is at a
“tippingpoint,” with near
dawn-to-duskgridlock.The
Globereported recently that
Boston’s higherhousingprices
are driving home buyers to
RhodeIsland.Meanwhile,
Rhode Island is eager to tap in-
to Boston’s high-powered econ-
omy, and RhodeIsland Gover-
nor Gina M. Raimondo is mak-
ing faster rail service a top
priority in her secondterm.
To help spur action on long-
discussed ideas,the RhodeIs-
land Department of Transpor-
tation commissioneda prelimi-
nary economic impact study
with the goal of gauging the im-
pact of speedier, more frequent
rail service between Providence
and Boston.
That study, the results of
whichDOTsharedwiththe
Globe, found that improved rail
service would create an esti-
mated 1,195 to 2,035 jobs over
the next decade in RhodeIs-
land and Massachusetts — in-
cludingjobs in “growthindus-
tries” such as health care, scien-
tific services, and other
“knowledge economy” sectors.
“Enhanced rail service that
creates moreand better con-
nectionsbetween these two cit-
ies may have positive effects on
hiring, commuting patterns,
and business collaboration —
especiallyamong growing in-
dustries that are already driv-
ing employment (andreal es-
tate) growthin bothcities,” it
concluded.
The study, conducted by
VHBand RKG Associates, is
basedon a 45-minutetrain trip
fromProvidenceto Boston,
with stops in Providence, Route
128,Back Bay, and South Sta-
tion. One scenario involved of-
fering six round trips per day,
while a second scenario includ-
ed nine round trips.
For some, the math of Provi-
dence-to-Boston train travel
doesnot add up. MBTA com-
muter trains fromProvidence
to SouthStation are somewhat
affordable at $12.25 for a one-
way ticket, but they can take up
to 74 minutes.Amtrak trains
can get thereas quickas 35
minutes, though departure
times are less frequent, trains
can sell out, and one-way tick-
ets range from$17 to a whop-
ping $73.
Transit experts say the MB-

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TA could slash the trip time if it

replaced its old, unreliable die-

sel trains withelectric trains

and raised all station platforms,

so no time is wasted as passen-

gers climbstairs.

Unlike otherMBTA train

tracks, the Providence-to-Bos-

ton line already has the over-

headelectrical wiresneededto

power electric trains. Amtrak

uses electric trains, and advo-

cates want the MBTA to follow

suit — first withelectric loco-

motives pulling train cars, and

eventuallywith self-propelled

electric train cars. The tracks

are owned by the MBTA in Mas-

sachusetts and by Amtrak in

Rhode Island, and bothwould

have to be on board with any

changes.

Raimondo, who has talked

about improvedrail service for

years, raised the issue duringa

summit in July with Baker and

Connecticut GovernorNed La-

mont. “More frequent and rap-

id rail service between Boston

and Providence would be enor-

mously beneficial to those who

liveandworkin bothour

states,” Raimondopresssecre-

tary Josh Block said.

DOTdirector Peter Alviti Jr.

said Raimondo has asked the

Departmentof Transportation

to talk withthe MBTA and the

Massachusetts Departmentof

Transportation to find ways to

make the trip “faster, better,

and cheaper.”

MBTA spokesman Joe Pesat-

uro said,“The MBTA has been

exploringthe possibility of ob-

taining someelectric locomo-

tives to operate on the Provi-

dence Lineas a pilot or trial

program.”

Duringa meetingthis

month, “Amtrak indicated [it]

wouldget backto the MBTA

next month on whether there

will be an opportunity for the

MBTA to lease some spareelec-

tric locomotives for a pilot pro-

gram,” Pesaturo said.

Baker’s office referredques-

tions to the Massachusetts De-

partment of Transportation,

and spokesman Patrick Marvin

said the department is “carry-

ing out a comprehensiveCom-

muter Rail Vision study to eval-

uate current service and poten-

tial alternatives that could

better support mobility and

economiccompetitiveness

throughout the region.”

As part of that study, Massa-

chusetts officials are lookingat

seven alternatives,including

one that calls for a regionalrail

system using the self-powered

electric trains favored by Rhode

Island advocates.

The benefits of those electric

trainswouldinclude“faster,

more frequent service,” the Rail

Vision document says. The

down side wouldinclude “sig-

nificant capital investment.”

Alviti said the amountand

sourceof fundingfor electric

trains needsto be worked out.

Experts say self-propelledelec-

tric train cars cost about $2.

millionapiece.

Meanwhile, John Flaherty,

deputy director of GrowSmart-

RI, said the Providence-based

group has collaborated with

Boston-based TransitMatters to

proposeimprovementsfor the

busy MBTA line to Providence.

Tufts University politicalsci-

enceprofessor EitanD. Hersh,

who grew up in RhodeIsland,

said improving the Providence-

to-Boston rail line make sense,

but it seemsto be a higherpri-

ority for RhodeIsland than for

Massachusetts. He notedBaker

is dealing withMBTA delays

and derailments.

Steve Janiak — CEO of Har-

monix, a video game develop-

mentcompany in downtown

Boston that has produced huge

hits suchas “Rock Band” and

“Guitar Hero” — said it’s not

news to him that Boston traffic

is at a tipping point, and he’s

glad the Baker administration

recognizes the problem.

“It’s reallycongested here,”

Janiak said. “I am a huge fan of

fast rail becauseI’d like my em-

ployees to have access to the of-

fice.”

Harmonixemploysabout

100 designers,engineers, and

computer programmers, in-

cluding somewhodeal with

longcommutesfromProvi-

dence,he said.It’s a highly

competitive industry, and Bos-

ton’s transportation woesand

pricey parking can make it

toughto attract talented peo-

ple, he said.

Marc Dunkelman, a fellow

at Brown University’s Taubman

Center for American Politics

and Policy, said amongthe big-

gest beneficiaries of improved

train service between Provi-

dence and Boston would be the

Massachusetts driverswho’d

see fewer Rhode Island license

plates heading to Boston.

Dunkelman, who lives in

Providence, said, “If we could

for a fraction of the price of the

Big Dig take a huge numberof

Massachusetts and RhodeIs-

landcars off of Routes 95, 93,

128,and the Massachusetts

Turnpike, what could be better

for the metro Boston econo-

my?”

Edward Fitzpatrick can be

reached at

[email protected].

Follow him on Twitter at

@FitzProv.

Boston, R.I. look for a quicker rail link

GLENN OSMUNDSON FORTHEBOSTONGLOBE

Commutersboardeda 7:30a.m.MBTA trainin Providence,

boundforBoston.

‘We wouldhave

beencontentto

stayin Rhode

Islandif wecould

havemadethe

trainswork.’

NICHOLAS MOHAMED

Whomovedto Belmont after

gettinga job in Boston

Vanessa

MacCormack

sufferedseveral

stabandslash

woundsto herface

andneck.