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Eastern Orthodox Christian
His teaching of the theory of evolution lead him to be arrested, as this broke a Tennessee state law. The AFT supported him, as he was willing to challenge government interference in with the science curriculum.
I would assume probably cholera, does not sound like my cup of tea anyway!
The main witness was Antonio Rabbeson.
This was an extremely tricky trial about the murder of the army officer A.
Benton Moses. Leschi was the chief suspect based on the letter and the testimony
of Antonio Rabbeson. Many point out problems with this trial and the problems
are mainly tied to Rabbeson himself.
