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This is a spinoff of this thread by @Garetor: https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...ders-ex-president-taft-in-august-1920.463749/

He proposed several scenarios whereby serial killer Carl Panzram killed William Howard Taft and/or his family and staff when he broke in (IOTL, Taft was away and Panzram stole his M1911A gun).

So, here's my spinoff of that scenario (with @Garetor's permission): Panzram murders his way through the Taft house (like in your first scenario), but ex-president Taft, out of genuine grief and rage at his murder of his wife Nellie, shoots him once (or multiple times) with his M1911A...

Effects, anyone? (Assuming his Chief Justice appointment isn't butterflied away, how interesting would it be to have a Chief Justice who actually killed someone on the Court...)

IMO, I doubt Taft gets charged with anything, given the circumstances...
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