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• Rufus ‘Whitey’ Franklin, the incorrigible’s incorrigible.

  

  Today, Rufus Franklin (‘Whitey’ to his friends) is a name largely forgotten. In the South during the 1930’s Franklin was a crook well-known the South’s law enforcement and penal system alike. Born in Alabama in 1916 Franklin was the incorrigible’s incorrigible, a crook so dedicated he would likely have never gone straight even if pardoned…

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  October 20, 2020

  History, True Crime, Uncategorized

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• The Broderick-Terry duel of 1859, the last notable duel in California.

  

  The duel between US Senator David Broderick and David Terry, former Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court is a rollicking tale of friendship-turned-feud; politics, pistols, slavery and slander. Their duel on 13 September 1859 would have made a terrific historical novel or movie and still might. Duels over political disagreements, personal enmity and often…

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  September 13, 2020

  History, Press And Politics, True Crime, Uncategorized

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• On This Day in 1909 – The Santa Clara Valley Bank Robbery, the world’s first using a getaway car.

  

  To this day many people, including crime buffs, believe the world’s first bank robbery involving a getaway car was performed in France. The quasi-Anarchist Bonnot Gang are often credited with being first, escaping in a stolen Delauney-Belleville after robbing the Societe Generale bank in Chantilly, France on 21 December 1911. This isn’t accurate, although the…

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  August 3, 2020

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• Happy Birthday, ‘Doc’ Holliday, Born Today In 1851.

  

  Wyat Earp on ‘Doc’ Holliday:   “The nerviest, speediest, deadliest man with a six-gun that I ever knew.”   ‘Doc’ (when asked whether his conscience troubled him):   “I coughed that up with my lungs, years ago…”   John Henry ‘Doc’ Holliday, born in Griffin Georgia today in 1851, died in Glenwood, Colorado on November…

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  August 14, 2014

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