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by technothrasher
9 hours ago
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This reads so much like an urban legend, that I had to poke around a bit. It appears that it was a piece of fiction written by a Williston Fisk for Harper's Weekly in 1898, and has been given various backstories as time went on. |
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Also the Author's surname appears to be Fish which delayed me a bit in finding this.
See also e.g. https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/last-will-of-williston-fish