41 years 4 months 12 days old
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Dick Allen was a calliope player and met his wife while performing in vaudeville. His wife died in Hanford, California on Feb. 14, 1920, as an influenza epidemic swept across the nation.
After her death in 1920, he joined the Al G. Barnes Circus as a calliope player. In 1930 he clowned with the St.Louis Police Circus. Then, like so many others during the thirties, he found himself out of work. On May 1, 1937, he borrowed his sister's car to look for a job. In the early morning hours of May 2, he went to sleep in the car near a canal bank on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. He was assaulted, was thrown or fell into the canal, and then was shot once with a .44 or .45 caliber revolver. Apparently, he tried to climb out of the water and was shot again, this time between the eyes. When he was found his wallet was missing. Because Dick had no known enemies, detectives blamed the robbery and murder on passing tramps.
Info provided by JC #46996543
Dick Allen was a calliope player and met his wife while performing in vaudeville. His wife died in Hanford, California on Feb. 14, 1920, as an influenza epidemic swept across the nation.
After her death in 1920, he joined the Al G. Barnes Circus as a calliope player. In 1930 he clowned with the St.Louis Police Circus. Then, like so many others during the thirties, he found himself out of work. On May 1, 1937, he borrowed his sister's car to look for a job. In the early morning hours of May 2, he went to sleep in the car near a canal bank on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. He was assaulted, was thrown or fell into the canal, and then was shot once with a .44 or .45 caliber revolver. Apparently, he tried to climb out of the water and was shot again, this time between the eyes. When he was found his wallet was missing. Because Dick had no known enemies, detectives blamed the robbery and murder on passing tramps.
41 years 4 months 12 days old
Info provided by JC #46996543
Dick Allen was a calliope player and met his wife while performing in vaudeville. His wife died in Hanford, California on Feb. 14, 1920, as an influenza epidemic swept across the nation.
After her death in 1920, he joined the Al G. Barnes Circus as a calliope player. In 1930 he clowned with the St.Louis Police Circus. Then, like so many others during the thirties, he found himself out of work. On May 1, 1937, he borrowed his sister's car to look for a job. In the early morning hours of May 2, he went to sleep in the car near a canal bank on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. He was assaulted, was thrown or fell into the canal, and then was shot once with a .44 or .45 caliber revolver. Apparently, he tried to climb out of the water and was shot again, this time between the eyes. When he was found his wallet was missing. Because Dick had no known enemies, detectives blamed the robbery and murder on passing tramps.
Info provided by JC #46996543
Dick Allen was a calliope player and met his wife while performing in vaudeville. His wife died in Hanford, California on Feb. 14, 1920, as an influenza epidemic swept across the nation.
After her death in 1920, he joined the Al G. Barnes Circus as a calliope player. In 1930 he clowned with the St.Louis Police Circus. Then, like so many others during the thirties, he found himself out of work. On May 1, 1937, he borrowed his sister's car to look for a job. In the early morning hours of May 2, he went to sleep in the car near a canal bank on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. He was assaulted, was thrown or fell into the canal, and then was shot once with a .44 or .45 caliber revolver. Apparently, he tried to climb out of the water and was shot again, this time between the eyes. When he was found his wallet was missing. Because Dick had no known enemies, detectives blamed the robbery and murder on passing tramps.
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