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264. Dr. Mitchell was the son of famed Dr. S. Weir Michell, He cared for Kit [Christopher Cashel Fitzsimons] Hammond at Redcliffe when he had a broken back (1888), His son Kearsley Mitchell was beeping (?) Dot King when that Broadway golddigger was sensationally murdered in 1922 [1923]; [namecard for] Dr. and Mrs. John Kearsley Mitchell, 211 South 17th Street, Philadelphia [PA]; ca. 1923

Creator:
Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:
John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:
University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

265. On Sunday Sept. 2, Redcliffe was broken into, through windows in basement and nursery. Elliot Walker, 16, Harold Jakes, 12, confessed to Sheriff. They denied they had stolen my telescope. Nor had they: the telescope was found in a locked room upstairs. I did not prosecute, on advice of Uncle Henry. Nor did boys' parents ever express regret to me, or gratitude for my clemency, [telegraph], Sept. 1951, from Henry C. Hammond to John S. Billings; Sept. 1951

Creator:
Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1993
Collection:
John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:
University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

266. J[ohn] S[haw] B[illings] -- 53 1/2; 1951

Creator:
Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-2024
Collection:
John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:
University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library