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May 27, 2014 01:54 pm PDT
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Ye olde automaton kills Victorianman
In 1876, a fellow named Maybrook was killed by the hammer of a chiming automaton; Jeremy Clay, author of "The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton: And Other Singular Tales from the Victorian Press," tells Maybrook's tale over at the BBC News.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/S4bicmqzmkY/ye-olde-automaton-kills-victor.html
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