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Sullivan, a 43-year-old white man was a native of Pueblo, Colo. He had
served:a.term in the Colorado Penitentiary and after his release moved
to Manitou Springs, Colo., where he obtained employment as a caretaker
and handyman. On Jan. 9, 1912, he delivered a letter to the residence
of Mrs. Carrie Winona Culbertson, a middle-aged and prominent society
matron who had been in Denver and whose mail had been delivered to
Sullivan's employers during her absence, When he arrived at the Cul-
bertson home, Mrs. Culbertson was in the basement and he went there.
After giving her the letter, he asked to borrow a rake and a shovel
for some work that he had to perform for his employers, As she bent
intoa storage roam to get them, he stabbed her in the back with a
knife that he had found on a shelf in the basement. He left the body
there overnight and returned early the next morning, assaulted the
corpse and stole $5.00 from her purse, Sullivan was an immediate sus-
pect after the body was discovered three days Aater and he was arrest~
ed in his room at his employers. “e confessed after one and one-half
hours interrogation and reenacted the crime, Tried and convicted, he
was sentenced to dea th and he was asphyxiated at the Colorado State
Prison on Sept. 20, 1913.
SULLIVAN ? John
Sullivan, a 13-year-old white man was a native of Pueblo, Colo. He had
served-a-term in the Colorado Penitentiary and after his release moved
to Manitou Springs, Colo., where he obtained employment as a caretaker
and handyman. On Jan. 9, 19,2, he delivered a letter to the residence
of Mrs. Carrie Winona Culbertson, a middle-aged and prominent society
matron who had been in Denver and whose mail had been delivered to
Sullivan's employers during her absence, When he arrived at the Cul-
bertson home, Mrs. Culbertson was in the basement and he went there.
After giving her the letter, he asked to borrow a rake and a shovel
for some work that he had to perform for his employers, As she bent
intoa storage roam to get them, he stabbed her in the back with a
knife that he had found on a shelf in the basement. He left the body
there overnight and returned early the next morning, assaulted the
corpse and stole $5.00 from her purse, Sullivan was an immediate sus-
pect after the body was discovered three days hater and he was arrest~
ed in his room at his employers. 4e confessed after one and one-half
hours interrogation and reenacted the crime. Tried and convicted, he
was sentenced to dea th and he was asphyxiated at the Colorado State
Prison on Sept. 20, 1943.
SULLIVAN, John
Sullivan, a l3-year-old white man was a native of Pueblo, Colo. He had|
served-a term in the Colorado Penitentiary and after his release moved
to Manitou Springs, Colo., where he obtained employment as a caretaker
and handyman. On Jan, 9, 1912, he delivered a letter to the residence
of Mrs. Carrie Winona Culbertson, a middle-aged and prominent society
Sullivan's employers during her absence. When he arrived at the Cul-
bertson hone, Mrs, Culbertson was in the basement, and he went there.
After giving 1 her the letter, he asked to borrow a rake and a shovel
for sone work that he had to perform for his employers, 4s she bent
intoa storage roam to get them, he stabbed her in the back with a
knife that he had found on a shelf in the basement, He left the body
there overnight and returned early the next morning, assaulted the
corpse and stole $5.00 from her purse. Sullivan was an immediate sus-
pect after the body was discovered three days Rater and he was arrest~
ed in his room at his employers. 4e confessed after one and one-half
hours interrogation and reenacted the crime. Tried and convicted, he
was sentenced to dea th and he was asphyxiated at the Colorado State
Prison on Sept, 20, 19h3.
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