Mrs. Millmore obituary, 1918
from the New Jersey Courier 25 Oct 1918
Mrs. Millmore, wife of Mr. Millmore, dropped dead at her home in Lakewood, on October 17. Mr. Millmore is a retired police officer of New York City.
The Biegenwald murders
About 25 years ago, a string of New Jersey girls were brutally murdered. This page tells the story of the monster responsible. Richard Biegenwald's childhood was a volatile one. His father was an alcoholic and, by the time Biegenwald was 5 years old, his mother could no longer control him. When police were digging up the yard of her Staten Island home, Sally Biegenwald described her son as a hyperactive child. He was prone to lighting fires in his bedroom. Once, he ignited his bed and threw himself in the fire. At the age of 5, he was institutionalized and received shock treatment. He spent most of his childhood in New York state youth detention centers. One medical report said young Biegenwald had a death fantasy and suffered from night terror. He was released when he was 15 and began high school the next year. But about six months later, he dropped out of school and drifted through the South. Over the next three years, Biegenwald had several brushes with the law. In Nashville,...
Did she not have a first name? Did she not have a maiden name? Did she have any other function than her husband's wife? What year was she born? Did she have children or siblings?
ReplyDeleteNaturally, she did have a first and a maiden name, but sadly death notices of the time were often short on facts, especially when it came to women. I'm reporting here exactly what was in the paper, so I don't have the answers about her life.
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