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Thursday 7th of March 1878 (+) — Criminologist August Vollmer is born
Thursday 12th of May 1892 (-) — Sex killer Etienne Deschamps is executed by hanging
Friday 14th of May 1897 (+) — Musician Sidney Bechet is born
Sunday 4th of August 1901 (+) — Jazz trumpeter, composer and vocalist Louis Armstrong is born
Friday 24th of March 1905 (-) — Murderer Lewis Lyons is executed by hanging
Monday 5th of August 1918 (x) — Victim of The Axeman of New Orleans Mrs. Edward Schneider is attacked by The Axeman of New Orleans aka
Schneider had a serious gash in her head and some teeth were knocked out but she and her unborn child survived. Thursday 13th of March 1919 (x) — Serial killer The Axeman of New Orleans sends a letter to the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper
Hell, March 13, 1919
Esteemed Mortal:They have never caught me and they never will. They have never seen me, for I am invisible, even as the ether that surrounds your earth. I am not a human being, but a spirit and a demon from the hottest hell. I am what you Orleanians and your foolish police call the Axeman.When I see fit, I shall come and claim other victims. I alone know whom they shall be. I shall leave no clue except my bloody axe, besmeared with blood and brains of he whom I have sent below to keep me company.If you wish you may tell the police to be careful not to rile me. Of course, I am a reasonable spirit. I take no offense at the way they have conducted their investigations in the past. In fact, they have been so utterly stupid as to not only amuse me, but His Satanic Majesty, Francis Josef, etc. But tell them to beware. Let them not try to discover what I am, for it were better that they were never born than to incur the wrath of the Axeman. I don‘t think there is any need of such a warning, for I feel sure the police will always dodge me, as they have in the past. They are wise and know how to keep away from all harm.Undoubtedly, you Orleanians think of me as a most horrible murderer, which I am, but I could be much worse if I wanted to. If I wished, I could pay a visit to your city every night. At will I could slay thousands of your best citizens, for I am in close relationship with the Angel of Death.Now, to be exact, at 12:15 (earthly time) on next Tuesday night, I am going to pass over New Orleans. In my infinite mercy, I am going to make a little proposition to you people. Here it is:I am very fond of jazz music, and I swear by all the devils in the nether regions that every person shall be spared in whose home a jazz band is in full swing at the time I have just mentioned. If everyone has a jazz band going, well, then, so much the better for you people. One thing is certain and that is that some of your people who do not jazz it on Tuesday night (if there be any) will get the axe.Well, as I am cold and crave the warmth of my native Tartarus, and it is about time I leave your earthly home, I will cease my discourse. Hoping that thou wilt publish this, that it may go well with thee, I have been, am and will be the worst spirit that ever existed either in fact or realm of fancy.The Axeman Wednesday 3rd of September 1919 (x) — Victim of The Axeman of New Orleans Sarah Laumann is attacked by The Axeman of New Orleans aka
Laumann recovered from her injuries but couldn't recall any details from the attack. Tuesday 30th of September 1924 (+) — Writer and playwright Truman Capote is born
Sunday 26th of February 1928 (+) — Singer-songwriter and musician Fats Domino is born
Sunday 20th of September 1959 (x) — Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald starts a journey to Russia when boarding the SS Marion Lykes
He first arrived in Le Havre, from there to London, then Helsinki where he got a 6-day-visa for the Soviet Union. |
