Tom Maguire became the story in San Francisco with the composer and pianist W.J. Macdougall, Macquire attacked Macdougall, strangling and pummeling him from behind. The day before, Macdougall had scheduled Miss emily Thorne, a popular English comedienne and vocalist, to appear with him in a benefit concert.
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Herman Camp arrives in NY
He probably wired Sam an offer of $200k. Sight unseen. It’s $3 million dollars in today’s money MT&OC pg 104
Sam prepares the contracts for Orion
He gets all the paperwork and mails it to Carson for Orion’s signature