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James Henry Blake (October 7, 1808 – August 1, 1874)〔Vital Records 267:172〕 was the City Marshal of Boston from 1840–1845.〔Lane 46〕 He was the son of Edward Blake and Sarah (Parkman) Blake and nephew of Dr. George Parkman.〔Blake 73〕 The Parkmans and Blakes were two prominent families of the Boston Brahmins who were well respected merchants. Blake established himself as a merchant and real estate broker〔Boston Directory 28〕 and also served in the Massachusetts Artillery as Major of Independents Cadets beginning in 1830.〔Artillery 437〕 In 1831, while conducting business aboard the ship ''Mentos'', two pirates boarded the boat where Blake witnessed their arrest.〔Salem Gazette 04-26-1831; Volume: IX; Issue: 33; Page: ()〕 He testified against the pirates in the first of his many court appearances. On May 12, 1835, he married Marianne Wildes of Boston〔 and ran his brokerage on State Street. He was appointed City Marshal of Boston on May 1, 1840 at an annual salary of $1,000.00.〔Police Museum, Lane 46〕 Blake's term as Marshal was a quiet one and most of his activities involved overseeing July 4 celebrations on the Common,〔The Daily Atlas; Date: 07-02-1844; Volume: XIII; Issue: 2; Page: 1〕 taking a census of buildings,〔The Daily Atlas; Date: 11-11-1843; Volume: XII; Issue:114; Page 2〕 banning illegal hay scales along the wharf,〔Boston Evening Transcript, published as Daily Evening Transcript; Date: 12-02-1843; Volume: XIV; Issue: 4098; Page: 3〕 and clearing the streets of snow.〔Boston Evening Transcript, published as Daily Evening Transcript; Date: 12-11-1843; Volume: XIV; Issue: 4105; Page: 3; Boston Evening Transcript, published as Daily Evening Transcript; Date: 12-19-1844; Volume: XV; Issue: 4418; Page: 4 〕 He also passed a leash law forbidding large dogs to roam the streets.〔Boston Evening Transcript, published as Daily Evening Transcript; Date: 02-07-1844; Volume: XV; Issue: 4154; Page: 3 〕 The most violence he saw was snowball fights, against which he swiftly levied hefty fines.〔Boston Evening Transcript, published as Daily Evening Transcript; Date: 12-23-1843; Volume: XIV; Issue: 4116; Page: 3 〕 For his due diligence, he received a salary increase of $100 in 1844.〔Daily Atlas, published as The Daily Atlas; Date: 06-18-1844; Volume: XII; Issue: 300; Page: 2〕 Blake was replaced as Marshal by Ira Gibbons in 1845,〔Police Museum〕 and he returned to the more lucrative business of real estate.〔Daily Atlas, published as The Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 06-24-1845; Volume: XIII; Issue: 252; Page: 2 〕 He opened an office on State Street〔Daily Atlas, published as The Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 07-26-1845; Volume: XIV; Issue: 22; Page: 3 Daily Atlas, published as The Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 08-04-1845; Volume: XIV; Issue: 29; Page: 1 〕 and later, as his business grew, moved to Congress Street.〔Daily Atlas, published as The Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 12-14-1846; Volume: XV; Issue: 142; Page: 4 〕 In 1847, Blake, along with police officer Samuel D. Fuller, helped recover articles stolen from Ebenezer Mann, another merchant.〔Boston Evening Transcript, published as Daily Evening Transcript; Date: 04-23-1847; Volume: XVIII; Issue: 5135; Page: 2 〕 Blake and Officer Fuller would meet again under more serious circumstances. In May 1849, the City of Boston was growing weary of their City Marshal, Francis Tukey, and 17 citizens petitioned to have Blake return to fill the post,〔Boston Evening Transcript, published as Daily Evening Transcript; Date: 05-08-1849; Volume: XX; Issue: 5765; Page: 2 〕 but Tukey held on. Later that year, Tukey was in the unenviable position of coordinating the investigation into the disappearance of Blake's uncle, Dr. George Parkman. ==The Disappearance of Dr. George Parkman== On November 23, 1849, Blake's uncle, Dr. George Parkman, never returned home for lunch. The Parkman family asked the doctor's business manager, Charles M. Kinglsey, to search for him, and James and his brother Edward joined the effort. While Edward went to City Marshal Tukey〔Bemis 46-7〕 to appeal for police help, James combed the streets of Boston.〔Bemis 167〕 Tukey sent police officers to drag the river and search the areas the doctor frequented.〔 On November 25, James was standing outside the Harvard Medical College, speaking to police officer Trenholm,〔Journal 35; Globe 40〕 when he was approached by one of the professors from the College, John White Webster.〔Bemis 146; Stone 94;〕John Webster hurriedly approached him, hand outstretched. He was not wearing a coat, even though the weather required it, and it seemed as if he had just come from the College.〔Bemis 167; Stone 94-5〕 James was confused as he only had a passing acquaintance with the Professor and yet here was Webster holding his hand while explaining he had a meeting with his uncle on the day he went missing.〔 He never suspected that he was conversing with the man who would later be hanged for Parkman's murder.〔Bemis 167; Stone 94; Journal 28; Globe 40〕 After this strange encounter, while still searching, James met William V. Thompson, the City Clerk.〔Bemis 265; Journal 43〕 Thompson told James that he had seen his uncle the afternoon of November 23, just after 2:00 p.m.〔 He also told him he had spoken to Dr. Webster about George Parkman and Webster told him that Parkman was angry and excited regarding Webster's failure to pay on the outstanding debt to him.〔Bemis 265; Journal 42-3; Globe 57〕 On November 30, 1849, Parkman's remains were found by the College janitor in Dr. Webster's privy. James requested his own Medical Examiner, Dr. Charles T. Jackson, be present to examine the remains.〔Bemis 73; Stone 47〕 There was little doubt they had found his uncle. James recounted his meeting with Webster in the court trial.〔Stone 94-5; Boston Evening Transcript, published as Daily Evening Transcript; Date: 03-26-1850; Volume: XXI; Issue: 6037; Page: 1 〕 At the end of the twelve day trial, Webster was found guilty.〔Bemis 497; Stone 302; Journal 554; Globe 73〕 Amid the furor of the verdict, Blake returned to his business. Blake was involved in other court cases, either as a juror or a plaintiff.〔Daily Atlas, published as The Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 05-31-1855; Volume: XXIII; Issue: 283; Page: 2; Farmer's Cabinet, published as The Farmers' Cabinet.; Date: 11-15-1855; Volume: 54; Issue: 15; Page: 2 〕 Two of his appearances as plaintiff involved the burglary of his clothes.〔Boston Evening Transcript, published as Daily Evening Transcript; Date: 07-25-1849; Volume: XX; Issue: 5831; Page: 2; Farmer's Cabinet, published as The Farmers' Cabinet.; Date: 05-09-1860; Volume: 58; Issue: 41; Page: 2〕 James Henry Blake died on August 1, 1874 in a boating accident in the Boston Harbor.〔Boston Journal, published as Boston Morning Journal; Date: 08-03-1874; Volume: XLI; Issue: 13737; Page: 4;〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Henry Blake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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