May 12, 1908: Stanford Officials Open Unmarked Graves

May 12, 1908: Graves are opened in an unmarked cemetery near the Stanford campus.

Above, a gruesome story from Stanford is Page 1 news … Below, a cross-section of what The Times often called “Life’s Seamy Side” …

August 16, 1907: Mug shot of the Christ Kid, showing profile and full face. A man with a tie, his hair parted in the middleThe print isn’t terribly legible, but reading the stories is worth the effort. Pay special attention to the engineer who calls a balloon ascension in the Arctic a total fraud … I’m particularly fond of the story about the “Christ Kid,” a criminal who posed as a preacher to the homeless when the police were looking for him.

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