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brokefixfux t1_ixd2r7z wrote

Harvey Thaw was just as bad as the man he murdered:

"In 1916, Thaw was charged with the kidnapping, beating, and sexual assault of nineteen-year-old Frederick Gump of Kansas City, Missouri. His acquaintance with Gump dated to December 1915, and Thaw had worked to gain the trust of the Gump family. Thaw had enticed Gump to come to New York under the pretense of underwriting the teenager's enrollment at Carnegie Institute, and reserved rooms for him at the Hotel McAlpin. The New York Times later reported that, upon his arrival, Gump was confronted by "Thaw, armed with a short, stocky whip rushing for him."

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ImperialSympathizer t1_ixerctr wrote

I know i shouldn't laugh, but i'm imagining this college kid riding on the train from Missouri all across this great country, getting to New York, awed by it all, going to a glamorous hotel, finding his room, then the instant he opens the door there's a crazed middle aged rich pervert rushing at him with a sex whip.

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DepthExternal6034 t1_ixd7hen wrote

“Thaw, whose persona took on a dimension she had never before seen. Manic and violent, locked her up and beat her with a whip and sexually assaulted her over a two-week period.”

Hypocrisy at it’s finest.

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