tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post2699994088356757834..comments2024-03-09T15:02:20.201-05:00Comments on Murder by Gaslight: Death in the Family.Robert Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11008320767930927490noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-64961617218877644432014-07-12T03:00:30.432-04:002014-07-12T03:00:30.432-04:00On a late Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 17, 1875, Louisa...On a late Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 17, 1875, Louisa Bissinger of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, took her three children down the Union Canal towpath to lock number 49 East (having told them they were going on a picnic) where she loaded the basket with rocks that she had the children gather along the way. She tied the basket to her waist, held her unsuspecting children to her and plunged into the canal. Her reason for doing so was that her husband had openly courting another woman. Expecting her fourth child and not wanting another woman to raise her children, she decided to kill herself and her offspring. The husband, community prominent Philip Bissinger, was nearly killed by a huge crowd that attended the funeral. Philip Bissinger and his second wife are buried in the row of graves adjacent to the graves of his first wife and children. Ronaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02470111402645763778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-34001286489407045862012-10-29T16:46:20.713-04:002012-10-29T16:46:20.713-04:00Thanks Jim. That sounds something worth researchin...Thanks Jim. That sounds something worth researching. I'm going to add the Albertis to my list.Robert Wilhelmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008320767930927490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-21706985146888243722012-10-28T14:16:50.695-04:002012-10-28T14:16:50.695-04:00GREAT post as always Robert! Here's another f...GREAT post as always Robert! Here's another for you! I went on a Galveston cemetery tour last night. We learned about the Alberti Family:<br /><br />"Louis G. Alberti operated a butcher shop in Galveston. He and his wife Lizzie became parents of eight children. Two children died of natural causes and four more died on the night of December 4, 1894, after being poisoned by their mother. Eight days later, a court declared her insane and committed Mrs. Alberti to an asylum in San Antonio. Four years later, she died of a morphine overdose and is buried alongside her children."Jim Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03635615531025513644noreply@blogger.com