Oct. 20, birthdays for Tom Petty, Snoop Dogg, John Krasinski
Brooklyn Today
Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 293rd day of the year.
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ON THIS DAY in 1905, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Two Women Claiming Insane Man for Husband.” The article focused on a “sensational” scene in court, where two women battled for the estate of John Wallace. The previous wife had claimed that their divorce was a fraud.
“Two women claiming an insane man for a husband was the startling outcome of a simple application for the appointment of a committee of the person and estate of an incompetent the afternoon before County Judge Aspinall,” the Eagle reported.