Tag: March 1911
Lorimer’s Shadow: Senator Broderick Walks Free After Bizarre Twenty-Minute Trial
On a chilly March 30th, 1911, in the hushed halls of Springfield’s circuit court, a guilty verdict hung heavy in the air. But when it came time to render justice, a jury of local citizens took a mere twenty minutes to acquit State Senator John Broderick of Chicago of bribing former Senator D.W. Holstlaw of…
South Carolina Governor Blease Spares Life of Death Row Inmate: A Case of Politics and Justice
In a stunning turn of events, Governor Blease of South Carolina has commuted the sentence of James Davis, a Laurens County negro sentenced to death, to life imprisonment. The decision came after the Supreme Court recently affirmed the sentence of death imposed by the Laurens County Court and ordered a new execution date to be…
The Mysterious Stranger of Perrysburg: A True Story of a Secret Service Agent?
It was a crisp autumn day in 1859 when a peculiar stranger trudged along the turnpike in Perrysburg, Ohio. The man was short and stout, with a round, red face covered in a stubby growth of blonde whiskers. He wore a broad, flat blue cloth cap and a long, brown linen duster coat, which was…
Society Scandal Rocks New York: High-Stakes Heist of Opera Scores
March 9, 1911, was a day of high drama in the exclusive world of New York’s high society. A daring heist had shaken the very foundations of the city’s elite. Two precious opera scores, the prized possessions of the city’s most cultured and affluent residents, had vanished into thin air. The theft sent shockwaves through…
Spies, Scoundrels, and Showgirls: Tales from the Underbelly of the American West
In a sordid tale of deceit and betrayal, a Seattle socialite’s quest to find her father has taken a dark turn. Miss Adrienne Laforet of Paris, seeking answers about her father’s disappearance, has reached out to authorities. The last known whereabouts of her father were in Sitka, Alaska, in 1894. Since then, he vanished into…
