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Tales from the Morgue: Death of a home wrecker
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Tales from the Morgue: Death of a home wrecker

  • Feb 27, 2018
  • Feb 27, 2018 Updated Mar 24, 2018

The story of murder and infidelity broke on the front page of the Arizona Daily Star Feb. 14, 1912, Statehood Day. It's difficult to ignore such a story even when it runs next to the exciting news that Arizona is now a state.

(4) updates to this series since Updated Mar 24, 2018

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