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First Murder in a Baseball Game?
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Location | CanadaCanada |
| City/State/Country: | Quebec, [[]] |
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| Text | "P. H. Moor, a stage-driver, was killed in Lower Canada on the 29th ult. by Fisher Ames by a blow given with a bat in a passion, during a game of ball play. He was taken up." (Newark Daily Advertiser (NJ), pg. 2, September 8, 1838.) |
| Sources | Newark Daily Advertiser (NJ), pg. 2, September 8, 1838. |
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| Comment | A more detailed newspaper account says that Fisher Ames' 12-year-old son, who was playing "ball" with some other boys, threw a ball at Moor, who then attacked the boy. The father rushed over and split Moor's skull with a "club." Fisher Ames (1800-85) evidently beat the murder rap, as he lived till 1885. The son was probably Charles Ira Ames. [ba] Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Joanne Hulbert |
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1838.12 First Murder in a Baseball Game?"
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