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KEMMLER, William large card’ =~
Kemmler deserted his wife and three children in Philadel-
phia to run away to B® Buffalo, No Ye, with waitress
Tillie Ziegler, On the night of March 28, 1889, both
w ere drunk and got into an argument during which Kemn-
. ler killed his mistress by splitting her skull with a
| hatchet. Condemned to deabk, he became the first person
in history to be legally electrochted, meating his death
' at Auburn Prison on August 6, 1890.
Safakis' ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN CRIME (My Library) 3920
Source: Froht Page Detective, January, 1972
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| KEMMLER, William large card
Kemmler deserted his wife and three children in Philadel-
phia to run away to B& Buffalo, Ne Ye, with waitress
Tillie Ziegler. On the night of March 28, 1889, both
w ere drunk and got into an argument during which Kemm-
. ler killed his mistress by splitting her skull with a
hatchet. Condemned to death, he became the first person
in history to be legally electroctted, meeting his death
_ at Auburn Prison on August 6, 1890. 4
Safakis' ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN CRIME (My Library) 392.
Source: Froht Page Detective, January, 1972
KEMMLER, William ‘large’ card’
Kemmler deserted his wife and three children in Philadel-
phia to run away to Hd Buffalo, Ne Ys, with waitress
Tillie Ziegler. On the night of March 28, 1889, both
were drunk and got into an argument during which Kemm-
ler killed his mistress by splitting her skull with a
hatchet. Condemned to death, he became the first person
in history to be legally electroctted, meating his death |
at Auburn Prison on August 6, 1890,
Safakis' ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN CRIME (My Library) 3926]
Source: Froht Page Detective, Jamuary, 1972
