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Episode 143: Issac Slater: Shot by His Own Daughter

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Issac Slater was a bastard. A vicious alcoholic, he beat his wife. He beat his children. That is, until the day that his daughter had enough and shot him. Source Daughter Shot Him. The Star Press, 2/19/1901 A Domestic Tragedy. Fort Wayne Daily News, 2/19/1901. Shot By His Daughter. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, […]

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Issac Slater: Shot by His Own Daughter

Fort Wayne, Indiana, February 1901 Issac Slater was a bastard. Not the kind of bastard that meant that his mom and dad weren’t married. No, he knew who his parents were. His dad had joined up with the United States Army in 1862 to fight against the rebelling Southern states in the American Civil War.