No. 297
Crime, Eccentricity, and the Sporting Life in 19th Century America.
March 07, 2016

Saratoga’s Naughty Girl.

Minnie Hull, a dashing young lady from the watering place, is unjustly or otherwise accused of crook
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WILLIAM FALE
alias: BROOKS
HOTEL THIEF, SLEEPING-CAR WORKER

Weekend Link Dump

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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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A Cursed Murderer in Lowell, Mass.

William H. Devlin(Illustrated Police News, December 22, 1877)Shortly after noon on Monday, December 10, 1877, a man entered the Lowell, Massachusetts, Police Station in a highly excited state. He told Deputy Marshal Favor that he had heard a terrible fight between a husband and wife Saturday night in a tenement on Common Street. Since then, he had heard nothing from the house, and he feared the
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On the Russians.

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

Youth With Executioner by Nuremberg native Albrecht Dürer … although it’s dated to 1493, which was during a period of several years when Dürer worked abroad. November 13 [1617]. Burnt alive here a miller of Manberna, who however was lately … Continue reading →
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A Square Meal. | Chang and Eng, The Siamese Twins.

Saratoga’s Naughty Girl.

Saratoga's Naughty Girl

Minnie Hull, a dashing young lady from the watering place, is unjustly or otherwise accused of crookedness.

Miss Minnie Hull, a dashing young lady who for the past four seasons has been one of the belles of Saratoga, was arrested recently at the Murray Hill Hotel, New York, by Deputy Sherriff Allen of Saratoga, charged with passing a worthless check for $125 on F. H. Olmstead. Miss Hull was taken to Saratoga where she was released on her own recognizance to appear before the Grand Jury in January. Miss Hill has in the past few years squandered a fortune left to her by a relative. She was divorced about three years ago from Joseph Kuickebacker of Troy, N. Y.

Reprinted from National Police Gazette, November 2, 1889.

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