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Democrat attacks 1800s alienists and their testimony

By Rhonda Chalfant Contributing Columnist
Posted 9/19/23

When Thomas Williamson was on trial for multiple murders in Pettis County in the late 1880s, the Sedalia Democrat and the Sedalia Bazoo, which closely followed the trial, noted that his brother testified that Thomas had suffered from mental problems since he had recovered from typhoid fever several years before.

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