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   Message 725 of 1,275   
   Todd Sauve to All   
   Re: The Death Penalty in the Old West   
   03 Mar 05 16:35:41   
   
   From: tsauve@shaw.ca   
      
   I know that at that time you might be safer on the frontier than in New York   
   City. IIRC,   
   there were in the neighbourhood of 11,000 murders there in the year of 1875!   
      
   Mostly among the teeming immigrants on the lower east side, I suppose.   
   --   
   Todd   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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