Tag: Q2 1870
James Parker, Theater Shooting, California 2019
May 10, 1870, was a night to remember, but not for the right reasons. A devastating tragedy unfolded at the Lyric Theater in New York City’s 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue. The evening’s performance of ‘The Twelth Night’ by William Shakespeare was cut short when a group of rowdy patrons disrupted the show. The chaos…
John Woodwards, Embezzlement, California 2020
Washington, April 14, 1870 – A shroud of secrecy has fallen over the nation’s capital as a Star Chamber Committee convenes to investigate General Benjamin F. Howard’s involvement in a tangled web of corruption. At the heart of the probe lies a tangled affair of alleged frauds in building contracts and embezzlement from the Post…
Shadows of Corruption: Louisiana’s Tax Collector Taints Education Fund
In a shocking case of public corruption, the Auditor of Public Accounts in Louisiana’s 1871 appropriation has been tainted by a hidden clause. The clause, hidden in the fine print, mandates that tax collectors and assessors across the state must make an accurate enumeration of youth between the ages of six and twenty-one years old.…
