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from_dust t1_j231u67 wrote

Reply to comment by InternetPeon in Northern California statue of meat-packing magnate beheaded by GZAofTheMidwest

Depends. Is it Abe Froman? The sausage king of Chicago?

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SilentBtAmazing t1_j24hkgy wrote

Actual sausage king of Chicago

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stoshbgosh t1_j24uqxw wrote

I just looked at the index for the book Devil in the White City by Erik Larson that I remember reading years ago. I'm surprised Luetgert doesn't appear. Seems like he would have included this infamous Chicago murder as it was during the same time period.

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maddieterrier t1_j25w8ci wrote

Larson is such a great writer. I tore through Dead Wake (the story of the Lusitania) in about a week.

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from_dust t1_j24hscr wrote

Was he decapitated, or thrown out of a window?

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