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The Spectral Voyager Episode 1: The Curious Case of William Mumler

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The Trial of William H. Mummler

William H. Mummler was arrested and brought to the tombs courthouse in New York under felony charges of fraud and trickery. The first witness called by the prosecution was Joseph Tuker, the Marshall who had been sent at the mayor's behest down to mummler studio. Justice Dowling presided over the case Eldridge T. Gary represented the people and a John D. Townsend Esquire represented the defendant. QAA obtained photo scans of a notebook from 1869 from a journalist who tracked the entire trial as it was reported in the press.

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