No. 164
Crime, Eccentricity, and the Sporting Life in 19th Century America.
August 27, 2013

A Bride’s Toggery.

An inquisitive male sees the contents of a bride
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Tag: Society

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Amen.

Artifact #93: Soapy's son, hires attorney to stop the slurring of his father's name.

"As his son I am proud of hisefforts to succeed in life"Jefferson Randolph Smith IIIArtifact #93-2Jeff Smith collection(Click image to enlarge) oapy's son hires a legal firm to stop the defamation of his father's name. At age 30, Jefferson Randolph Smith III, Soapy and Mary's oldest son, was protecting his father's legacy and his mother's reputation from "libel" and scandal. He was also
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Sadie and Clarence.

Sadie and Clarence.In April 1894, the murder of Montgomery Gibbs, a successful attorney, caused great excitement in Buffalo, New York. He was found shot to death in a driveway on Delaware Avenue with no clues to the killer’s identity. The police and newspapers investigated the crime, but they had no solid leads, and it remained unsolved. Then, in October, they received a tip that Clarence
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On the Russians.

1617: A miller of Manberna, the hangman’s last

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The Last Dip of the Season. | She Had a High Old Time.

A Bride’s Toggery.

A Brides Toggery An inquisitive male sees the contents of a bride’s trunk, and solves the mystery of fine figures, greatly to his astonishment; Sedalia, Mo.

What an Inquisitive Reporter Saw Which was Intended to be Strictly Private.

A freshly made bride at the Sedalia, Mo., depot went down in her pocket after her purse and discovered that it was missing. She came to the conclusion that it was in her trunk, which was on the baggage truck and having it set out on the platform, opened it and began a search, which was rewarded with success. The eyes of the newspaper fiend were greeted with more things than he ever saw before—more than was ever dreamed in his philosophy. When well dressed, a woman is fearfully and wonderfully thrown together.

The National Police Gazette, October 16, 1880.

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