Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 10 December 1904

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During the time Henry was being tried Louisiana changed its method of execution from hanging to death by electrocution. Henry was executed within the basement of the Lake Charles Prison in Louisiana's portable electric chair which had been brought by truck from Angola the previous day. Henry was the only woman executed in Louisiana's electric chair.
(28 November 1942)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 10th of December 1904 120 years ago
49-year-old bigamist and multiple murderer Johann Otto Hoch, originally John Schmidt aka The Bluebeard Murderer marries Marie Walcker in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Walcker becomes ill and dies on 12 January 1905. Three days later Hoch marries Walcker's sister Mrs. Fischer as John Hock.