Talk:Harry Oakes

Change from Sir to Mr.
Some modifications made by a poster from 24.231.*.* have incorrectly used Mr as the title. Please refer to thanks John 19:48, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Harry Oakes' earlier life
There was a radio program on sports history and legends in the post WWII era, "The Bill Stern Sports Newsreel" sponsored by Colgate Shaving Cream. The episode on March 22, 1946 with guest Babe Ruth had a story that connected Harry Oakes and Babe Ruth. According to this story, Oakes was a drifter traveling around the US and had met this orphan boy in Baltimore, Maryland who really wanted a baseball bat more than anything. One day, Oakes was in Baltimore and found $1 bill. He wavered between buying himself food and a place to sleep for the night or buying this orphan boy a baseball bat. He bought the bat. The boy was George Herman ("Babe") Ruth. Ruth in the interview after the story was told, didn't know if it was Harry Oakes or not who gave him the baseball bat, but someone did. The way Oakes discovered gold supposedly was he had been thrown off a train for not having a ticket at that location - according to Bill Stern, this was the story his wife had told. This episode of "The Bill Stern Sports Reel" can be found at archive.org. 50.9.209.200 (talk) 09:15, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

New book on Oakes
Someone should add Kate Furnivall's fictionalized account of the murder, "The Far Side of the Sun" (2013). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.102.141.197 (talk) 16:57, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

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Missing section
There is clearly a major piece of the article missing -  the account of his death. This is mentioned briefly in the lede, but nowhere in the article. It's probably been removed. Can we have it back? Valetude (talk) 15:39, 4 July 2018 (UTC)


 * I believe the revision that got rid of the section occurred on 07:08, May 18, 2018. I've found a print source that provides details on the murder and have created the appropriate section. TheAnayalator (talk) 22:15, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Nancy's age
If she was born in 1925, she cannot have been 18 in 1942. Also https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nancy-oakes-von-hoyningen-huene-2jfg2cjbgdg#top says that she was 19 in 1943, implying birth in 1924 or even 1923. -- Beardo (talk) 01:23, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Duke of Windsor connection
Significantly, the Duke of Windsor arranged to be away from the Bahamas while the murder trial was in progress so he was not available to be called as a witness.
 * This suggests a deliberate plan to avoid having to testify, and I think that the evidence for this ought to be mentioned. (The cite does not link directly to any supporting copy on the subject). Valetude (talk) 13:12, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

De Marigny bias
The subsections on death and legacy have a clear bias towards De Marigny. The description of Nancy as "Beautiful and charming", along with the descriptive language throughout the article suggests a bias towards De Marigny.This article has been manipulated. 212.231.112.131 (talk) 23:31, 30 June 2024 (UTC)