There’s never been a shortage of suspects in the Black Dahlia murder — but police have never been able to pin the crime on any of them.
After the mutilated body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short — cut in half at the waist and drained of blood — was found in a vacant Los Angeles lot on this day, Jan. 15, in 1947, dozens of people confessed to killing the woman who newspapers dubbed “the Black Dahlia.”
It became the most sensational murder story in a city rife with sensational murders, and fame-seekers all over town wanted to play a part. Over the years, the number of people claiming responsibility grew to hundreds, most of whom detectives ruled out almost immediately.
One promising admission came a few weeks after the murder, from an Army corporal who<span> said he had been drinking with Short</span> in San Francisco a few days before her body was discovered — then blacked out, with no memory of his activity until he came to again in a cab outside New York’s Penn Station. (Short, an aspiring movie star, had a fondness for servicemen, according to The Black Dahlia, the James Ellroy novel based on her murder.)
Asked if he thought he had committed the murder, the corporal said yes, and became a prime suspect until evidence emerged that he had actually been on his military base the day of Short’s death.
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Answer: The answer is:
They considered the practice of slavery to be a crime
Explanation:
Lincoln’s plan wanted to bring a swift end to the war but the Radical Republicans opposed Lincoln’s plan because they hoped to control the Reconstruction process, transform Southern society, disband the planter aristocracy, redistribute land, develop industry, and guarantee civil liberties for former slaves.
Answer:
a) The Amalgamated trade union won the strike.
Explanation:
The Homestead Strike was a labor dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company and the Amalgamated Trade Union. There was a battle between the replacement workers that were hired after the strike started and the workers that were on strike. A series of people died and many were injured. In the end, many supporters of the strike left and at the end workers had to return to work. The Amalgamated Trade Union left the strike weaker than before and the Company became stronger operating at full capacity.
