The horse-drawn wagon passed by lunchtime crowds on Wall Street and stopped across the street from the headquarters of the J.P. Morgan bank. Inside the wagon 45 ks) of dynamite with 230 kgs of heavy cast-iron sash weights exploded in a timer-set detonation sending the weights tearing through the air. (16 September 1920)
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Tuesday 29th of October 1957 (-) — Luxury call girl Rosemarie Nitribitt is strangled and beaten to death by persons unknown. Several prominent citizens were exposed as Nitribitt's personal acquaintances. When it became clear that the police would not be able to find the murderer it was insinuated in the media that high-ranking personalities were trying to thwart any attempts at solving the crime.