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Thread #117190 Message #3912696
Posted By: Greg B
23-Mar-18 - 11:41 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Going Back to Weldon (Menhaden Chanteymen
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Going Back to Weldon (Menhaden Chanteymen

Not sure how the conclusion that "owl's head" refers to a derringer was reached. Iver Johnson was a popular brand of revolver (contemporary of the Luger) whose trademark was a stylized owl's head.

Both William Mckinley and Robert F Kennedy were assassinated with Iver Johnson revolvers.