What’s in a Name
an AI’s rendition of George, based on a photo of his youngest son and a written description of George’s physical appearance (credit: MidjourneyFree AI ) My Great-Great-Granddad George was a trolley conductor in 1890s Brooklyn . He seems to have been a pretty good guy, but then one fateful day in 1901, another trolley came barreling down the hill and T-boned his. George lived to tell the tale, but getting thrown from the trolley doesn’t seem to have done him any favors. The newspaper articles about George start there, but don’t culminate until some two years later, when he thought his wife (Great-Great-Grandma Adelaide ) was having an affair. Sadly, George shot and killed the family friend he believed to be her lover, John Lacy . A few months later, George was in court pleading insanity. Unfortunately, the DA was apparently effective and the jury ruled him sane. He was found guilty of second-degree murder and, a few days later, sentenced to life at hard labor in...