Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 5 August 1895

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The men shot Simmons three times, cut out his tongue and told his son he had ten days to abandon the family property. The killers took possession of the land and an all-white jury later acquitted the only one of the six men to face trial for the murder.
(26 March 1944)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 5th of August 1895 131 years, 10 months and 3 days ago
40-year-old bigamist and multiple murderer Johann Otto Hoch, originally John Schmidt aka The Bluebeard Murderer marries Mrs. Maria Steimbucher as Jacob Hoch in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Steimbucher died four months later and Hoch sold property for $4.000. Before dying Steimbucher made a declaration that she had been poisoned but no notice was taken of her statement.