Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Albert Fish across 4 places, from 1870 to 1932.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish (May 19, 1870 – January 16, 1936) was an American serial killer, rapist, child molester and cannibal who committed at least three child murders between July 1924 and June 1928.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Albert Fish was documented, and when
19 May 1870exact date
Washington, D.C.attested“Albert Fish was born Hamilton Howard Fish in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 1870, to Randall Fish and Ellen Francis Howell.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
1890year
New York (state)attested“By 1890, at age 20, Fish moved to New York City.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
1890year
New York Cityattested“By 1890, at age 20, Fish moved to New York City.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
15 February 1932exact date
Far Rockaway, Queensattested“* The mutilated body of 16-year-old Mary Ellen O'Connor was found in the woods close to a house that Fish had been painting in Far Rockaway, Queens on February 15, 1932.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
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16 October 1875exact date
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Stationmentioned“On October 16, 1875, Fish's father, a fertilizer manufacturer and former riverboat captain, suffered a fatal heart attack at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
16 October 1875exact date
Baltimorementioned“On October 16, 1875, Fish's father, a fertilizer manufacturer and former riverboat captain, suffered a fatal heart attack at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
1903year
Sing Singmentioned“In 1903, Fish was arrested for embezzlement of funds, convicted and incarcerated in Sing Sing Prison.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
1910year
Wilmington, Delawarementioned“Several years later, around 1910, Fish was working in Wilmington, Delaware, when he met a 19-year-old man named Thomas Bedden.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
1919year
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)mentioned“Around 1919, Fish stabbed an intellectually disabled boy in Georgetown.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
14 July 1924exact date
Port Richmond, Staten Islandmentioned“During the night of July 14, 1924, 9-year-old Francis McDonnell was reported missing after he failed to return home after playing catch with friends in Port Richmond, Staten Island.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
11 February 1927exact date
Brooklynmentioned“On February 11, 1927, 3-year-old Billy Beaton and his 12-year-old brother were playing in the apartment hallway in Brooklyn with 4-year-old William "Billy" Gaffney.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
14 May 1927exact date
The Bronxmentioned“* Yetta Abramowitz, 12, was strangled and beaten on the roof of a five-story apartment house at 1013 Simpson Street in the Bronx on May 14, 1927.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
6 February 1930exact date
Waterloo, New Yorkmentioned“Despite already being married, Fish married Estella Wilcox on February 6, 1930, in Waterloo, New York; they divorced after only one week.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
May 1930month
Bellevue Hospitalmentioned“Fish was arrested in May 1930 for "sending an obscene letter to a woman who answered an advertisement for a maid." Following that arrest and another in 1931, he was sent to the Bellevue Hospital for observation.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
11 March 1935exact date
White Plains, New Yorkmentioned“However, Fish claimed the following in a letter to his attorney: Fish's trial for the murder of Grace Budd began on March 11, 1935, in White Plains, New York.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
16 January 1936exact date
Sing Singmentioned“Fish arrived at prison in March 1935, and was executed on January 16, 1936, in the electric chair at Sing Sing.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Fish
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