Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 27 June 1918

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

Upon finding Larkyns, Muybridge said, "Good evening, Major, my name is Muybridge and here is the answer to the letter you sent my wife" and shot him point-blank. The jury dismissed an insanity plea and acquitted the photographer on the grounds of 'justifiable homicide'.
(17 October 1874)

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Thursday 27th of June 1918

106 years ago

Louis Besumer is attacked by serial killer The Axeman of New Orleans at the age of 59 in corner of Dorgenois and Laharpe Streets, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Besumer was in bed with his mistress Harriet Lowe, who died on 5 August 1918, just two days after doctors performed surgery in an effort to repair her partially paralyzed face. Besumer was charged with murder while Lowe was in the hospital and stated that it was Besumer who had attacked her. He served nine months in prison before being acquitted on 1 May 1919 after a ten minute jury deliberation.