Joseph W. Kotovsky, MO, 1882 January 6

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Death cert. gives age as 2) years, 3 mos.
(Yyvom Frazier.) .

Death cert. gives age as 2) years, 3 mOoSe
(Fyrom Frazier. )

Death cert. gives age as 2 years, 3 mos.
(From Frazier.)

KOTOBSKY, Josh W. ORKSHEET - MISSOURI - MW - Bound
1#6~1882
"Joseph We Kotorsky, who killed Augusta Simon in St, Lou-
is, Mo., in dugust, 1878, will be hanged on Jan, 6.
The young girl had been a the habit of going daily to
the saloon in which the prisoner tended bar to get a
pitcher of beer for the MAXXXXaRXHAXAMXAMRXWARXKNRXXAKR
family of which she was the servante On day Kotorsky
drew a pistol and leaning over the bar abked her if she
would marry him, She laughingly replied in the negative
and started to 1 ave the saloon with her pitcher of beer
when he fired and killed her, He failed to prove emo-
tional insanity and will hange™ NPG 12-31-1881(11-2)

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KOTOBEKY, Josph W. “ORKSHEET - MISSOURT - NW = Bound
E 1-6-1882
"Joseph We Kotorsky, who killed Augusta Simon in St. Lou-

is, Mo., in dugust, 1878, will be hanged on Jan, 6.

The young girl had been in the habit of going daily to
the saloon in which the prisoner tended bar to get a
pitcher of beer for the XXEMR
family of which she was the servant. On day Kotorsky
drew a pistol and leaning over the bar akked her if she
would marry him, She laughingly replied in the negative
and started to 1 ave the saloon with her pitcher of beer
when he fired and killed her, He failed to prove emo-
tional shay and will hang. NPG 12=31-1881(11-2)

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KOTOBSEY, Josmh We “ORKSHERT - MIssOURE > MW 5 Bound
1-6-1882

‘Joseph We Kotorsky, who killed Augusta Simon in St. Lou-
is, Mo,, in dugust, 1678, will be hanged on Jan, 6.
he youhg girl had been in the habit of going daily to
the saloon in which the prisoner tended bar to get a
pitcher of beer for the OCG
fanily of which she was the servant. On day Kotorsky
drew a pistol ami leaning over the bar abked her if she
would marry him, She laughingly replied in the negative
and started to 1 ave the saloon with her pitcher of beer
when he fired and killed fee Ee failed to prove emo=
heb, insanity and will h: " NPG 12=31-1881(11-2)

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