Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 27 October 1919

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The train plunged off a poorly constructed bridge. The survivors were led, carried and conveyed on sleds to hotels and private houses in the town, there being no hospital. However, people assisting also stole money and valuables from the survivors and dead, $1500 (about $33000 today). Bridge designer Amasa Stone committed suicide seven years later after experiencing financial difficulties with some foundries he had interests in, suffering from severe ulcers that kept him from sleeping and scorn from the public over the disaster.
(29 December 1876)

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Monday 27th of October 1919

105 years ago

Mike Michele Pepitone is attacked by serial killer The Axeman of New Orleans at the age of 36 in South Scott and Ulloa Streets, Mid-City, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Pepitone's head had been bashed 18 times with at least one weapon. He was rushed to Charity Hospital but within two hours he was pronounced dead. Pepitone was the twelfth and last known victim of The Axeman of New Orleans.