Was It Murder? The Life and Mysterious Death of John Thomas Wacaster (1848-1916)
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John Thomas Wacaster lived a fairly normal life for his time...until he married his second wife. From there, life went downhill until he died under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Among questions needing answers are:
Was the death certificate perjured?
Was he shot?
Did his wife shoot him?
Was his wife a Madam?
Did she run a Bordello?
Was there a coverup by police and city officials?
Richard Marmo
The author is a freelance writer and professional modelbuilder. He has also spent decades researching his family's genealogy. He has written three print books, several hundred articles and created several CD-ROM photo galleries. Along the way, he has produced well over 1,000 models for clients ranging from Aerospace companies to private collectors. A self-described aircraft/science fiction nut...ahem, enthusiast...he will and has built just about anything you care to name, depending on his client's requirements.A native Southerner who was born in Tennessee, he has spent most of his life in Texas (He got there as soon as he could.). He lives in Fort Worth with his wife, Nelda, his dog, Magnum, and more model kits than he'll ever be able to build in this life.
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Was It Murder? The Life and Mysterious Death of John Thomas Wacaster (1848-1916) - Richard Marmo
Was It Murder?
The Life and Mysterious Death of
John Thomas Wacaster (1848 – 1916)
by Richard Marmo
Copyright 2013 Richard Marmo
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The Beginning
Introducing John Thomas Wacaster
Learning About Bell
Back To J.T.
Move To Memphis, Tennessee
Contradictions
A Case For Prostitution & Murder
About The Author
Introduction
This is the story of my Great-Grandfather’s mysterious death, probably at the hands of his second wife. But rather than start with his suspected murder, it helps to know how John Thomas Wacaster (1848 – 1916) arrived at his destiny. When you have all the available facts, suspicions and assumptions, perhaps you, too, can answer that burning question: Was It Murder?
The Beginning.
In 1747, several Weckesser family members stepped off the ship Restauration in Philadelphia. The family name was originally German and pronounced with a V instead of a W ... as if you were saying Veckesser ... but by the time they arrived in America, their ancestry was a mixture of German, English, Irish and Scot. That early on, it’s a safe bet the line was predominantly German, though that would change as the decades went by.
In any event, they almost immediately began procreating and changing their name. The reasons for the name changes were