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}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a wealthy Viennese businessman. | }}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a wealthy [[Vienna|Viennese]] businessman. | ||
Believing in the advancement of science, he became a patron of his friend [[Alfred Stahlbaum]] and Stahlbaum's "creation" [[Bremm|the Silver Turk]]. | Believing in the advancement of science, he became a patron of his friend [[Alfred Stahlbaum]] and Stahlbaum's "creation" [[Bremm|the Silver Turk]]. | ||
While trying to catch a cab to [[Stephansplatz]], Krauss was murdered and savagely mutilated by [[Gramm]] on orders from [[Johan Drossel]]. [[Mary Shelley]] read about his murder in a newspaper on [[11 September]] [[1873]] in an article with the headline | While trying to catch a cab to [[Stephansplatz]], Krauss was murdered and savagely mutilated by [[Gramm]] on orders from [[Johan Drossel]]. [[Mary Shelley]] read about his murder in a newspaper on [[11 September]] [[1873]] in an article with the headline "The Second Eyeless Murder on the [[Ringstrasse]]". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 13:21, 18 November 2019
Leopold Krauss was a wealthy Viennese businessman.
Believing in the advancement of science, he became a patron of his friend Alfred Stahlbaum and Stahlbaum's "creation" the Silver Turk.
While trying to catch a cab to Stephansplatz, Krauss was murdered and savagely mutilated by Gramm on orders from Johan Drossel. Mary Shelley read about his murder in a newspaper on 11 September 1873 in an article with the headline "The Second Eyeless Murder on the Ringstrasse". (AUDIO: The Silver Turk)
