#victor hall

[askfriskandcompany]

Bludgeoned by a mangaka

with a magical girl staff

and thrown through a window

from twenty-five stories up

What a way to go

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TQ Note:

Japanese was provided by

Raltsun, and UsernamePending, who don't have tumblrs.

And also

In romaji it says: Sonokata o hottoite kudasai.-Sō shinai to, buttobashimasu.

Translated, it roughly means: Leave that person alone. If you don't, I'll fucking kill you.

So thanks! :3

[tinytimetravel]

"Mrs. Victor Hall held for murder", from the Richmond [VA] "Times Dispatch", 5/15/1914 [p.1]. The subject of a true crime book, Murder at Green Springs, Elizabeth Hall was arrested and put on trial for the murder of her husband Victor, as well as the arson of his competitor's business and attempted arson of her own home and store. The details of her arrest are the subject of this unusually lengthy, two-page article. Unfortunately, the evidence against her was sealed, although the journalist nonetheless reports hearsay about Mrs. Hall's "bloody waistcoat". This was quite the sensational story in rural Louisa County, Virginia, 100 years ago. As the article notes, from the day that W.R. Dunkum's store burned, there had been a murder and two more attempts at arson. Quite the round of activity for a small community. I haven't read the book about the case, but reading this article, and having watched too many detective programs and mysteries on TV, I would hazard a guess that the case has something to do with insurance fraud and the rivalry between the Halls and W.R. Dunkum. Who murdered Victor Hall? At the time, people seemed quite sure that his wife murdered him, but what was her motive? As any good armchair detective will tell you, the first rule of solving a murder is to ask, "Who had the motive?" That would lead either to Dunkum or Elizabeth Hall, most likely. Dunkum's motive is clear--he eliminated a rival, and he cashed in a cool $2000 policy on his destroyed store while passing the blame to Elizabeth Hall. Hall's motive is less clear, though even the family doctor had his concerns about her behavior, stating that "her actions had been conspicuous, and that the case against her was black with doubt."

[neosoulman]

Victor Hall Photography with Tupac Shakur 1991.