Edweard Muybridge discovers in 1874 that his…
October 1874 CE
Edweard Muybridge discovers in 1874 that his young wife Flora's friend, a drama critic known as Major Harry Larkyns, might have fathered their seven-month-old son Florado.
On October 17, he travels north of San Francisco to Calistoga to track down Larkyns.
Upon finding him, Muybridge says, "Good evening, Major, my name is Muybridge and here's the answer to the letter you sent my wife", and shoots him point-blank.
Larkyns dies that night, and Muybridge is arrested without protest and put in the Napa jail.
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