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Jo Baker person

born: [1889-01-01,1890-01-01)died/dissolved: [1889-01-01,1890-01-01)🌐 Q105499250id: p_jo-baker_b23cef
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Summary:  A man who stabbed Franz Gustav Valdemor Bruno and fled; he worked for Head & Hearst and divided his time between gambling and punching cattle.
Completeness: 92/100 Grade A
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Claims (7)

killed

cited from A Cutting Affair (1889)
A Cutting Affair Yesterday morning, between 1 and 2 a.m. Jo Baker stabbed and fatally wounded Franz Gustav Valdemor Bruno, a German boy who had been employed in the Exchange on the night watch. Bruno had closed the house, gone

killed_by

cited from to the O… (1889)
to the O. K. and taken supper, and as he left the restaurant met Baker in the middle of the street. He asked Baker for some money which he had loaned him, and a row was the result. Bruno was getting away with Baker, when the latter drew a…
Franz Gustav Valdemor Brunoyesterday morning
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-05-24 (1889) · +1 more
ashamed of such marksmanship, and besides that, if he again desires to engage in another such enter- prise, he should first procure a gun. Those little things will do well enough for children to practice with in Omaha, but they don’t amount …

occupation

gambler and cattle puncher1889-05-31
cited from A Cutting Affair (1889) · +1 more
l several days afterwards on McCabe ranch. A Cutting Affair Yesterday morning, between 1 and 2 a.m. Jo Baker stabbed and fatally wounded Franz Gustav Valdemor Bruno, a German boy who had been employed in the Exchange on the night watch. Bruno …

worked_for

Head & Hearst1889-05-31
cited from A Cutting Affair (1889) · +1 more
l several days afterwards on McCabe ranch. A Cutting Affair Yesterday morning, between 1 and 2 a.m. Jo Baker stabbed and fatally wounded Franz Gustav Valdemor Bruno, a German boy who had been employed in the Exchange on the night watch. Bruno …
cited from to the O… (1889)
to the O. K. and taken supper, and as he left the restaurant met Baker in the middle of the street. He asked Baker for some money which he had loaned him, and a row was the result. Bruno was getting away with Baker, when the latter drew a…
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-05-24 (1889)
l several days afterwards on McCabe ranch. A Cutting Affair Yesterday morning, between 1 and 2 a.m. Jo Baker stabbed and fatally wounded Franz Gustav Valdemor Bruno, a German boy who had been employed in the Exchange on the night watch. Bruno …

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Franz Gustav Valdemor Bruno killed_by Jo Baker1889-05-30
Franz Gustav Valdemor Bruno killed_by Jo Baker

Sources (5)

A Cutting Affair

1889 · newspaper · public-domain

A Cutting Affair

1889 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Pinos Altos Notes

1889 · newspaper · public-domain · details

to the O…

1889 · newspaper · public-domain

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