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John,

Don't forget the Harry Truman who lived at Spirit Lake beside Mount St. Helens and refused to leave until the mountain blew up. That makes three famous Harry Truman's in American History.

Actually, the Harry Truman detective who conducted a murder spree through Chariton and neighboring counties during late May and early June 1864 was actually named J. W. Terman, and that was the name under which he was tried for these crimes by U. S. military tribunal at the Union district headquarters at St. Joseph. He was convicted and imprisoned, but I believe he was later released.

Bruce Nichols

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