Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 September 1894

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

With fifteen blows Tóth removed Mary's arm at the elbow, knocked off a chunk of her nose, and chipped one of her eyelids while shouting "I am Jesus Christ - risen from the dead". Toth was subdued by bystanders, including American sculptor Bob Cassilly, who was the first person to pull him away from the Pietà.
(21 May 1972)

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Tuesday 4th of September 1894

130 years ago

Benjamin Freelon Pitezel is murdered by serial killer Henry Howard Holmes aka The Torture Doctor at the age of 38 in 1316 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Pitezel had agreed to fake his own death so that his wife could collect on the $10.000 policy, which she was to split with Holmes.