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Brooke Leopold Hart (June 11, 1911 – November 9, 1933) was the eldest son of Alexander Hart, the owner of the L. Hart & Son department store in downtown San Jose, California, United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His kidnapping and murder were heavily publicized, and the subsequent lynching [ 3 ] of his alleged murderers, Thomas Harold Thurmond and John ...
The Pagano novel was based on events that occurred in 1933 when two men were arrested in San Jose, California for the kidnapping and murder of Brooke Hart. The suspects confessed and were subsequently lynched by a mob of locals. The 1936 film Fury, directed by Fritz Lang, was inspired by the same incident. [7]
In November 1933, 22-year-old Brooke Hart, a close friend of Coogan's from Santa Clara University and heir to a successful department store in San Jose, was kidnapped as he drove his car out of a parking lot. After several demands for a $40,000 ransom were delivered to the family, police arrested Thomas Thurmond and Jack Holmes in San Jose.
Brooke Hart: San Jose: 1933-11-09: Son of department store owner kidnapped and murdered, perpetrators then lynched [157] [158] 5: Sleepy Lagoon murder: Commerce: 1942-08-02: Murder of José Gallardo Díaz, who was discovered unconscious and dying near a swimming hole [10] [159] 6: Barbara Graham: Burbank: 1943-03-09
Box office. $1.3 million (rentals)[3] Fury is a 1936 American crime film directed by Fritz Lang that tells the story of an innocent man (Spencer Tracy) who narrowly escapes being burned to death by a lynch mob and the revenge he then seeks. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and stars Sylvia Sidney and Tracy, with a supporting cast ...
April 1, 2024 at 8:51 PM. Savannah Graziano, a 15-year-old who was abducted by her father in September 2022, was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies as she followed their instructions and walked ...
Brooke Hart (1911–1933), kidnapping and murder victim (son of businessman Alexander Hart) Everis Anson Hayes (1855–1942), U.S. Congressman Ren Kelly (1899–1963), baseball player
Casas was charged with assault causing bodily injury and theft ranging from $50 to $500, according to San Antonio Express-News. The cause of death was hanging, using a bedsheet. Casas was in general population, but alone when the suicide took place. Jail or Agency: Bexar County Adult Detention Center; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: Aug-15