Criminal status Executed | Name Gabriel Bruhl | |
Born 1691 Broekhuizen, Habsburg Netherlands Died September 10, 1743(1743-09-10)
Ubach over Worms, Habsburg Netherlands | ||
Criminal penalty 1743: Death by hanging | ||
Gabriel Brühl (died 1743) was a well-known robber in the then Duchy of Limburg, whose criminal career started in the 1720s and ended with his being hanged in 1743.
Brühl was a remote ancestor of the Belgian detective writer Georges Simenon, who used "Brühl" as one of his many pen names.
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