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Amos J. Stillwell, a wealthy and prominent businessman in
Hannibal, Missouri, was 65 years old in 1889. His wife, Fannie, was 30 years younger.
On December 29, 1889, someone crept into their bedroom and murdered Amos with
an axe while Fannie lay sleeping in a separate bed with their children.
Dr. Joseph C. Hearne, who lived nearby, had been treating Fannie since before the murder. He and Fannie were married the following December. After
a long investigation, the police arrested both for Amos’s murder. Neither was
convicted.
Read the full story here: The Stillwell Murder.
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