Colonel Gaston Bordeverry

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Extinguished four candles with his rifle, shot a lump of sugar off of his wife's head, disrobed her by shooting the buttons on the folds of her dress, played "Cavalleria Rusticana," the "Marsellaise," and "America" in time with noiseless bullets.
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New York Times (4/24/1905)