Midnight visit ends with hospital escape tale
A physician narrator recalls a late January night when a tall, polished stranger claimed to have an operation to separate and replace a head. The madman threatened with a knife, but a deafening crash and Bob Henry rescued him as the assailant fled. The narrator awoke three weeks later, hair white from fright, unsure of the stranger’s identity.
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Teatate
Bob Henry
Aello
Rob Henry
Tyas
Bob
Bia
Wild Leap
Inside Tips on Connecticut Election Fraud Telegram
A 1909 reminiscence recalls Gov Jewell and Gov English thwarting Tammany plans to ship repeaters into Connecticut on election day. A midnight telegram exposed the plot, and English’s honesty helped secure Jewell’s win and Grant’s likely reelection. Also notes a Dutch grave inscription about a tragic lovers’ pact.
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J. Rowarde
Gen. Grant
Connecticut
Grant
Tas
Marshall Jewel
James
English
Jewell
Meriden
New York
Albany
Hartford
Tweed
New York City
New Haven
Gov. Jewell
Gov. English
Gov
Coromande
Catherine van den Briel
Amsterdam
John Kruys
Tounan
den Briel
Kruyf
Allahabad
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Wilkes
Jordan
John
Eving
F. Funeral Eeene Revteliners
Philadelphia Street
Indiana
Pauch
Plotzer
B. H. Moore
South Tenth Street
THE
Chas. E. Huey, Propr
Bette
Waverly Oil Works Co
Pittsburg
Waverly
Irving’s
Phila. St
Moore Hotel
Lumler
Philadelphia
W. S. Daugherty
Johnaton
Jonne
Johnston's
Johnston’s
Phila
Harvey H. Johnston
Philadelphia ST
Equitable Life Assurance Society
W. Guthrie
Genl
Agt
Farmers Bank Building
Indiana, Pa
Peoples’ Insurance Agency Savings and Trust
Penna
Josephine Poultry Farm
Butt Robingtona
Cook Sersiy Bar Cs Rea
Ae Sao
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