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Rubye R Smithmier 1918 - 2005

Rubye R Smithmier of Paducah, McCracken County, KY was born on February 20, 1918, and died at age 87 years old on June 3, 2005.
Rubye R Smithmier
Paducah, McCracken County, KY 42001
February 20, 1918
June 3, 2005
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  • 02/20
    1918

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    February 20, 1918
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  • 06/3
    2005

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    June 3, 2005
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In 1918, in the year that Rubye R Smithmier was born, on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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In 1924, at the age of only 6 years old, Rubye was alive when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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