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The Bowery Boys and the Black Tom Explosion
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Did Anybody Ever Get Arrested for the Black Tom Disaster?
An investigation into the black tom explosion was reopened in 19 22 when congress formed a commission which would allow private companies to then sue these war powers for alleged crimes against their property. They brought back mister michael cristo, who then became a leading suspect. When they exhumed his body, they discovered that the body held papers that matched cristo's name, but the dental records of this body did not match those of cristo. This led some to believe that his death was faked and that he took another body, said it was him, buried it under his name, with his own papers, and then left town.
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