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...Sharon Wingler, author of Travel Alone & Love It, is a domestic flight attendant who began taking trips abroad by herself after her divorce 15 years ago. "It takes me out of my everyday existence and makes me feel like I'm a citizen of the world," she says. "As a solo traveler you throw yourself on the mercy of strangers constantly--and someone's always there when you need them. It has restored my faith in humanity...
...defendant, one Ves Wingler, married Candace Miller in 1891, and went with her to a cabin in the mountains " 17 or 18 miles from North Wilkesboro, N. C." In May, 1893, she met a violent death. Her husband was the sole witness. On his testimony the coroner's jury brought in a verdict of accidental death, caused by a fall from a loft in the cabin onto the stone hearth in front of the fireplace. In April, 1922, Ves Wingler was arrested, tried and convicted and the judgment affirmed by the Supreme Court carried an indeterminate sentence of from...
...conviction of Wingler resulted from a curious chain of circumstances. The son of a neighbor assaulted one of Wingler's daughters, and Wingler swore out a warrant for his arrest. The assailant fled, but the neighbor countered by reporting to the authorities a confession alleged to have been made to him by Wingler in 1893. The arrest and conviction followed, although a strenuous defence was maintained and although the only explanation the neighbor gave for his sudden revelation was that he had recently got religion...
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