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Old 08-29-2015, 11:49 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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I'd guess Richard Gatling but I don't think the gun was an accident.
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Old 08-29-2015, 02:41 PM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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No, not Gatling.
This man had nothing to do with weapons nor did he serve in the Civil War but he sure found a way to make money off of people who lost loved ones during it.
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Old 08-29-2015, 04:57 PM
 
Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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Dr. Thomas Holmes?
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Old 08-29-2015, 05:02 PM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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He wasn't a doctor but he did start off working with small delicate tools.
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Old 08-29-2015, 05:27 PM
 
Location: The High Desert
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Working on people or corpses?
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Old 08-29-2015, 05:42 PM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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Working on people or corpses?
People's gullibility and their ignorance of the new technology of the times.
The stuff he did would make good episodes for The Night Gallery.
P.T Barnum hated this man.
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Old 08-29-2015, 06:33 PM
 
Location: The High Desert
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Spiritualist medium knee cracker?
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Old 08-29-2015, 07:23 PM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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That was his field.
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Old 08-29-2015, 11:01 PM
 
Location: Balt / DC / ATL / SF / Seattle
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William H. Mumler?
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Old 08-29-2015, 11:11 PM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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William H. Mumler?
You got it.

Did you ever hear of him before? I never did even though I saw that picture of Mrs.Lincoln and that ghost image many times.

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