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What participants in the betting activities didn't know was that Spenglemaier had rigged the contest by training one particular dog, "[[Lightening Bolt Linman]]" to easily beat the competition each time and would disguise Lightening Bolt Linman to look like a different dog or chicken for each race. The gambling scheme continued for some time until 1907, when one of the Fortmen, James R. Hall, an invalid civil war veteran and brother of Charles Hall, a wealthy businessman in Savannah who had established several large construction businesses and home furnishing stores, lost a 1,000 dollar bet during one of Spenglemaier's rigged races. The 1,000 dollars was a loan from James's brother Charles Hall. When Charles Hall found out about the incident, he rallied the local business community and elites of Savannah to turn against Spenglemaier and unmask his illegal gambling scheme. | What participants in the betting activities didn't know was that Spenglemaier had rigged the contest by training one particular dog, "[[Lightening Bolt Linman]]" to easily beat the competition each time and would disguise Lightening Bolt Linman to look like a different dog or chicken for each race. The gambling scheme continued for some time until 1907, when one of the Fortmen, James R. Hall, an invalid civil war veteran and brother of Charles Hall, a wealthy businessman in Savannah who had established several large construction businesses and home furnishing stores, lost a 1,000 dollar bet during one of Spenglemaier's rigged races. The 1,000 dollars was a loan from James's brother Charles Hall. When Charles Hall found out about the incident, he rallied the local business community and elites of Savannah to turn against Spenglemaier and unmask his illegal gambling scheme. | ||
Though there was never any proof, Karl Sorm was seen as having been aware and even aiding | Though there was never any proof, Karl Sorm, a local fish bait shop owner, the brother in law of Spenglemaier, and the father of [[Rudolph Sorm]] was seen as having been aware and even aiding the gambling operation by offering a stop off point for travelers on the way to participate in the gambling activities at Fort Mcallister. Sorm's fishing bait and tackle shop was burned the same night Spenglemaier's barge was sunk. | ||
== Death == | == Death == | ||
Though Spanglemaier's body was never found, it is believed that he was either killed or accidentally drowned the night of August 23rd, 1907 when residents of Savannah sunk his barge near the Fort Mcallister river site on the Ogeechee River. | Though Spanglemaier's body was never found, it is believed that he was either killed or accidentally drowned the night of August 23rd, 1907 when residents of Savannah sunk his barge near the Fort Mcallister river site on the Ogeechee River. | ||