Chester the professor of crime and other curiosities
An 19th century miscellany recounts Chester a famed pickpocket master educated in London, his empire built on a schoolmaster system, arrests in Paris, and retirement to Birmingham. It also mentions ice water digestion myths, a Colorado ranch mare adopting a calf, and Sarah Bernhardt’s financial woes with virtue.
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Chester
London
St. Nicholas
Paris
France
Birmingham
Sble
Colorado
Simal Asher Owm
Sersh Bernhardt
Indians plan ambush near Ward ends in talks
A mixed group from Ward Duck Creek Hamilton and nearby trailed to Cleveland’s Spring Valley to ambush an Indian known as Mike who killed Coal Oil Johnny months earlier. The plan faltered after Mike’s accuser was seized and the raiders retreated, vowing to return with more men.
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Asprax
Cieveasp
Ward
Duck Creak
Hamilton
Cleveland
Ranchi
Spring Valley
Mike
Johnny
John Ragedale
Cleve
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