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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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.
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When two children found a body floating in the river, Fort Wayne, Indiana, police were baffled. The man had clearly been murdered, but there was no identification on the body. Their search for who he was would begin a mystery that lasts to this day. Sources Directory of Deceased American Physicians,
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When Steve Lanigan first saw the bloated shape floating in the St. Mary’s River, he wasn’t sure what it was. Neither was his companion, Joe Redmenski. They had both played at the Fort Wayne dump before, but they had never seen anything like that. And that was what made it so much more exciting. The
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