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Colonial America's Oldest Unsolved Murder
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| June 24, 2013
| Linton Weeks
Posted on 06/25/2013 8:38:04 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Portcall24
Might straighten out some of the idiots that have more money than brains. Doubt that Mike Bloomberg could survive a dose strong enough to make a difference.
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posted on
06/26/2013 8:05:15 PM PDT
by
Max in Utah
(A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
To: PhiloBedo; Salvavida
With a name like “Linton Weeks,” do you really expect the author to know anything about history of duels? We should take comfort in the fact that he didn’t spell it “dual.”
To: JackOfVA
Thanks for putting up info that is likely most correct here. Lots of corrections are still needed.
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posted on
06/27/2013 6:05:44 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: Verginius Rufus
200 years later, in a country different from Britain. US had only recently made dueling illegal IIRC.
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posted on
06/27/2013 6:07:01 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: Venturer
They were using matchlock pistols most likely. Not very reliably accurate.
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posted on
06/27/2013 6:11:03 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
The duel was in Jamestown, Virginia, not in Britain.
To: SunkenCiv
Died from a shot in the leg, he died of lead poisoning.
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posted on
06/27/2013 9:39:26 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
To: Salvavida
Ahh, but one human person killed another human person. That is always murder. You know, like how all military persons are murderers.
/leftist
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posted on
06/27/2013 10:59:31 AM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: JoeProBono
He looks more like a Bon Jovi than a Harrison.
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posted on
06/27/2013 4:23:43 PM PDT
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: Lancey Howard
Of course not, but this is NPR and the narrative is “unsolved murder”. Dramatic license, I guess.
***
Good point. Any death due to a firearm must be labeled a murder, no matter what the circumstances.
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posted on
06/27/2013 4:54:00 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! -Ps80)
To: JoeProBono
Really? They could tell from his remains that he had that stupid facial hair pattern?
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posted on
06/27/2013 6:29:29 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! -Ps80)
To: Lee'sGhost
Dont know about the no sin part, but agree with no murder. The correct term is Homicide, not Murder. Homicide is taking another human life, but not necessarily breaking any laws in doing so.
When police shoot and kill a perp shooting at them, they have committed a homicide, but they have not committed a crime. Same with soldiers in combat or people acting in self defense.
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posted on
06/27/2013 7:36:51 PM PDT
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Ditto
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