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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Gardini, Fausto |
| Title, Analytic | Infamous Luxembourgers in the United States of America |
| Journal Title | Luxembourg American Gazette |
| Date of Publication | Winter 2011 |
| Volume ID | 6 |
| Issue ID | 1 |
| Location in Work | 9-11, ill. |
| Abstract | The Rettinger family emigrated to America soon after 19-year-old Peter Rettinger murdered and robbed a priest in the Luxembourg parish of Hostert; Heinrich Muller, journeying aboard the S. S. Kroonland to visit his brother in Chicago, committed suicide by jumping overboard, Oct. 11, 1908, after fighting another man over a girl; Emiline Cigrand of Lafayette, Indiana (the cousin of Bernard John Cigrand, known as the "Father of Flag Day"), was murdered by serial killer Herman Webster Mudgett in Chicago; photographer and music dealer Frank (Francois) Xavier Gonner is reported to have committed suicide in 1912 in Durango, Colorado; and Nicholas Salor (born Nicholas Sales) died as a member of the "ill-fated 1881 Lady Franklin Bay North Pole expedition . . . in which 18 out of 25 members perished." |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical notes. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Luxembourg Americans/ United States -- History |