On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
some clowns from S. B. Howes’ Star Troupe Menagerie & Circus
went to a brothel after their performance.
There, the clowns ‘came in contact’ with local firefighters
from the Hook & Ladder company,
whom they pounded.
The next day, the citizens of Toronto
burned the circus to the ground,
According to Wikipedia …
Steve Levi is an Alaskan writer who specializes in the Alaska Gold Rush (nonfiction) and the ‘impossible crime,’ (fiction.) An ‘impossible crime’ is one where the detective must figure out HOW the crime was committed before going after the perpetrators – like a Greyhound bus with bank robbers and hostages disappearing off the Golden Gate Bridge –THE MATTER OF THE VANISHING GREYHOUND. Steve’s books can be found at www.authormasterminds.com/steve-levi
