. "devil bill" " The tycoon’s father, William Avery Rockefeller, was a traveling snake-oil salesman who posed as a deaf-mute peddler and hawked miracle drugs and herbal remedies. The smooth-talking huckster dubbed “Devil Bill” alternately fathered children, including the future industrialist, with his wife and mistress, the couple’s live-in housekeeper. " http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-john-d-rockefeller "devil bill" "On July 26, 1849, in the city of Auburn, New York , [7] William was incited in court for a rape which had occurred at gunpoint. [8] His victim had worked in the Rockefeller household; [9] her name was Ann Vanderbeak. [8] [9] In the 1905 book Memoirs of an American Citizen , Robert Herrick says an improper relationship was rumoured to exist before the trial. [10] [11] The court document reads, "That William A. Rockefeller late of the Town of Moravia in the County of Cayuga,
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