Antedating of "Dead Man's Hand"

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 08:42:48PM -0400, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:
> >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).

...Where it is attributed to the Baltimore Herald.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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