The Brooks House
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv
N 32° 45.442 W 094° 20.783
15S E 373878 N 3625191
Site of the Brooks House (now gone), once a hotel. Both Diamond Bessie and her accused murderer, Cincinnati jewelry salesman Abe Rothchild, stayed here while in Jefferson. Rothchild was freed after a sensational seven-year trial.
Waymark Code: WM141V
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/07/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member clayj
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Marker Number: 8018

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Built 1872 in Victorian style, with long galleries, bay window, 4 gables. Then a hotel, it became famous when guest "Diamond Bessie" Moore was killed west of town at a picnic in 1877. Fellow guest Abe Rothchild, cited for murder, was freed after sensational trial-- later subject of a drama.
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