![]() ![]() The man accused of her killing is Karl, a skilled carpenter from Germany who is helping to build Wisdom Hall to the impressive standards demanded by the sisters. She had been one of Fanny’s most promising students, and Fanny had hoped for her to move along to a useful career. ![]() The murdered woman, Nora, came from Ireland and became a prostitute in New Orleans. She enjoys teaching the young women who mostly come from the Irish Channel (here politely described as ‘roguish’) until one of her students is murdered. Olive and Sylvia hope that it will eventually become “a glorious edifice of immigrant education.”įanny is happy to be earning a living, even though using a new-fangled typewriter is proving to be harder than she had expected. She has been hired by sisters Olive and Sylvia Giddings, daughters of a wealthy family, who have recently established Wisdom Hall to provide medical care and education to poor immigrants arriving in New Orleans. Fanny Newcomb and the Irish Channel Ripperįanny Newcomb has come to New Orleans in 1889 to teach business courses at Wisdom Hall Settlement House. ![]()
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