Little Murders:
From Defenders and Offenders:
"Of all the cold blooded villains, this is one of the worst. Wm. Agnew lived in Palyra, N. Y. [sic] He went home with his wife one night from a ball, and after some angry words, picked up a rocking chair and dealt her several blows on the head, crushing in her skull. He then carried her up-stairs to bed and she died that night. He slept in the same room with the murdered woman and remained about the house for several days until the body was discovered."
Defenders and offenders. New York: D. Buchner & Co., 1888.
I've never heard of this nutcase; I'll have to look him up.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid it's a typo. Suggest you look him up under "Palmyra" not "Palyra" New York
ReplyDeleteWhile you are probably right about "Palmyra", the post is a direct quote from the book Defenders and Offenders. If I find that his story actually took place in Palmyra, I will add "sic" but I will not change the quote.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, it was not Palyra, New York, but Palmyra, New Jersey, in Burlington County. Not a typo, a serious error. Sic it is.
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