Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 14 January 1925

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

Bruce was booked for violation of Section 205 of the Police Code (“depicting or distributing obscene matter for the sake of prurient appeal”). Bruce made bail and was back at the Jazz Workshop for the second show that same night, where he related his arrest and booking to a standing-room audience.
(4 October 1961)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 14th of January 1925 99 years ago
Mass murderer Ben Burchfield aka The Bristol Axe Murderer is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Burchfield hacked to death his estranged wife Delline and her 13-year-old son Charles, 50-year-old James W. Smith, his wife and their 2-year-old daughter Ruby and set the house on fire on 26 November 1922.