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In 1911, there was a very public trial, which favored Kohl. Verge shot Kohl outside of the courthouse, and the bullet was lodged in his chest. Doctors were unable to remove the bullet and this injury cause Kohl both mental and physically impairment. Verge was deported back to her home country of France and committed to a mental institution, where she expressed wanting vengeance.
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When the Kohl's moved into the Kohl
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In 1909, a scandal destroyed the Kohl family. Adele Verge had been recently hired as a maid, and while the family was traveling she had a physical altercation with the chauffeur. Kohl had Verge arrested and had her psychiatrically evaluated. Verge sued Kohl for slander, false arrest and imprisonment.
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mansion was built for
Charles Frederick Kohl and his second wife Mary Elisabeth "Bessie" (née Godey), as their country house. The building was completed in 1914 by architect George H. Howard (1864–1935) and engineer John White, of the Howard and White firm. The forty-acre estate included a brick
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stance, burned a cross on a hill above the convent. Many of the nuns reported unexplained activities like a white starchy powder appearing throughout the house. Lights and elevators powered on and off by themselves. They often heard the sounds of loud footsteps in the upper rooms and there was
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Fredrick committed suicide in 1921 after acting paranoid upon hearing Verge had been released from the French mental asylum. He willed the mansion and $ 5.5 million to his mistress, Marion Louderback Lord. In 1921, Lord rented the mansion to
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the silent film. Lord sold the mansion to the
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