Antedating of "Dead Man's Hand"

Mon Jul 31 00:42:48 UTC 2006

>dead man's hand (HDAS 1908)
>
>1886 _Grand Forks Daily Herald_ 1 July 3

Apparently the same story appeared in _Boston Daily Globe_, 28 March 1886
(at ProQuest).

-- Doug Wilson

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