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Artemus Brewer

Case from Greenwich, NY dated Aug 04, 1885

Victim Details

Artemus Brewer

Male

Greenwich

NY

1885-08-04

44

Artemus

Brewer

07/15/2026

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On August 4, 1885, Artemus Brewer, a 44-year-old man, died in Greenwich, New York, closing the brief final chapter of a life rooted in Washington County and remembered there in burial. Later retellings would describe him as a veteran drawing a pension, the kind of steady, known figure a small town assumes will keep to routine until time takes him naturally. Yet the timing of his death—after a short marriage—left a quiet seam of unease that would only be tugged open years later, when the name ...
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