Centenaries - whole and half

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50 years ago - 1967 September 18 - En route to an Arizona court hearing, Gary Tison kills prison guard Jim Stiner. He received a life term but in 1978, along with another murderer, was broken out of prison by his sons. The group then embarked on a killing spree that ended with all but the elder Tison either captured or killed. Gary Tison escaped into the desert where he died of thirst.

[Ginger]

Beating servants to death...... an offence????

Surely not.

It was a less-enlightened time.

[GUT]

250 years ago - 1767 September 14 - Elizabeth Brownrigg goes to the gallows in England. She had been convicted of beating her servant girl, 14-year-old Mary Clifford, to death with a switch and bullwhip.

Beating servants to death...... an offence????

Surely not.

[sdreid]

250 years ago - 1767 September 14 - Elizabeth Brownrigg goes to the gallows in England. She had been convicted of beating her servant girl, 14-year-old Mary Clifford, to death with a switch and bullwhip.

50 years ago - 1967 September 14 - In Warsaw, Maria Galecka, 87, is murdered and left in her bathtub. She was the seventh and last known victim of serial killer Stanislaw Modzelewski who was hanged in 1969 for his crimes.

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150 years ago - 1867 August 30 - In New Jersey, maid Bridget Durgan is hanged for the murder of her former employer Mary Ellen Coriel. The motive for the stabbing was revenge.

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150 years ago - 1867 August 24 - Eight-year-old Fanny Adams is savagely murdered by Frederick Baker, a clerk in a nearby law office. The little victim was decapitated, dismembered and otherwise grotesquely mutilated. Fanny's head was left stuck on the top of two hop poles in the garden where she was slain. Variuos organs, including her eyes, heart, vagina and intestines, were removed and scattered about the English countryside. Two other young girls reported seeing Fanny with Baker earlier and he was arrested this same day when blood was found on his clothing. Despite a plea of insanity, Baker will be convicted and hanged before this year is out.

[c.d.]

100 years ago - 1914 September 8 - Nineteen-year-old Thomas Highgate is executed by firing squad in France. Private Highgate was the first British soldier executed for disertion in the Great War. He was found hiding in a barn wearing civilian clothing so there was little doubt of his guilt, however, this didn't stop him from being granted a posthumous pardon in 2006.

There is a segment in the Civil War diary "Company Aytch" by Sam Watkins where a deserter is executed and placed in a coffin. Watkins describes how all the men had to line up and file past. Officers were present to ensure that no one looked away.

c.d.

P.S. That is a great book if you have an interest in the American Civil War. Highly recommended.

[sdreid]

50 years ago - 1967 August 23 - In California, eighteen-year-old spree killers Thomas Braun and Leonard Maine pick up hitchhikers Timothy Luce and his girlfriend. They shoot both after repeadedly raping the girlfriend. The victims were left for dead and Luce did die becoming the pair's third killing. Although crippled for life, the girlfriend did survive. Both criminals were captured in a matter of days, convicted and sentenced.

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50 years ago - 1967 August 21 - When Samuel Ledgerwood stops to help eighteen-year-old spree killers Thomas Braun and Leonard Maine change a tire, they shoot him in the head beside an Oregon road and steal his car. The two killers have now slain their second victim and will contiue this spree in yet a third state. Both criminals were captured in a matter of days, convicted and sentenced.

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50 years ago - 1967 August 19 - In England, Raymond Morris kills seven-year-old Christine Darby. He had also murdered two other young girls in 1965. Morris was convicted and sent to prison for life where he died in 2014.

50 years ago - 1967 August 19 - Eighteen-year-old spree killers Thomas Braun and Leonard Maine abduct and murder Deanna Buse after tricking her into pulling over her car near Redmond, Washington. The two killers then went on to murder two men in other states. Both criminals were captured in a matter of days, convicted and sentenced.

[GUT]

Yes, thanks for catching that and I've corrected.

No worries, just puzzled me a bit if there was more than appeared, with someone in the family involved.

[sdreid]

Stan... should the last Peterson be Hoffman???

Yes, thanks for catching that and I've corrected.

[GUT]

50 years ago - 1967 August 15 - Victor Hoffman slaughters James and Evelyn Peterson along with 7 of their 8 children in the couple's Saskatchewan home. One daughter, 4, hid under some blankets and was not noticed by the murderer. Peterson was found to be not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to an institution where he died in 2004.

Stan... should the last Peterson be Hoffman???

[sdreid]

50 years ago - 1967 August 15 - Victor Hoffman slaughters James and Evelyn Peterson along with 7 of their 8 children in the couple's Saskatchewan home. One daughter, 4, hid under some blankets and was not noticed by the murderer. Hoffman was found to be not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to an institution where he died in 2004.

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250 years ago - 1767 August 10 - In England, Ann Sowerby is burned at the stake for murdering her husband with poison. She found Timothy to be an inconvenience after she'd taken on a lover.