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Chris Scott
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Username: Chris

Post Number: 393
Registered: 4-2003

Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 6:50 pm:

Found a little something that may be of interest. It is from the Olean Democrat (New York) of 3 January 1889. Tumblety, after returning to New York under the name of Frank Townsend absconded from his ldging and was lost to sight on 5 December 1888 and is next definitely known of in 1893. The short article may be of interest also in that earlier in his life Tumblety used the name Sullivan...

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