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Fatal Stabbing Laid to ‘Love’ (1949)

Friday’s incident on Chimborazo brought to mind an article on another stabbing in the September, 6, 1949 issue of the Washington Afro-American:

Back-in-the-day slumlord John Wesley Pearsall

The Other Side of the Slum Story from the Dec.21, 1968 issue of The Richmond Afro-American is a fascinating look back at an earlier East End slumlord, John Wesley Pearsall.