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AP Wolf
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Apwolf

Post Number: 1987
Registered: 2-2003
Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 5:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I just wondered whether anyone had ever come across this Yank called 'Leroy Nicholas Darlington Pickett' before.
He came to England in 1887 and left in 1891, and was one hell of weirdo, judging by the letters I have found in court cases in The Times.
He had a fixation for a certain actress and the letters he wrote to her are certainly interesting. He was an organist and singer in some Yanky band at Manchester but travelled to London frequently by train to bother this actress.
I'd be interested to hear more about this strange chap.
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Jeffrey Bloomfied
Chief Inspector
Username: Mayerling

Post Number: 608
Registered: 2-2003
Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 8:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Hi AP,

Who was the actress? Someone famous like Lily Langtry or Ellen Terry? Or slightly less famous like the Savoyard Jessie Bond?

Best wishes,

Jeff
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AP Wolf
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Username: Apwolf

Post Number: 1989
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Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 2:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

The singer was Miss Margaret Macintyre, described as 'the famous singer'.
The full story is in The Times, October 12th 1891.
Funnily enough in the same issue is the funeral of your Mr Parnell, from the Cutbush thread.

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