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The Midnight Assassin

Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
Interesting photos: A prominent white Austin family posing with their “servant girl” and her daughter. (Interesting to note the feature of the black child vs her mother in the photo) === Architects planned for the Texas state capitol, under construction in 1885, to be larger than the U.S. Capitol. === The University of Texas was then “overflowing” with 230 students. === The Travis County Courthouse, also known as “the Castle,” where all the murder trials were held. === In the 1890s Austin erected giant “moonlight towers,” which some residents hoped would keep the Midnight Assassin away for good.