Oscar Comery, 1916 February 18

that cause. After she was buried, a pastor to whom she had confided

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her marital difficulties went to the police and informed them not

mn those but
out a $400 life

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also of the fact that oe had recently taken

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ance policy off his wife. ‘The body was exhumed
and when the strychnine was found in her one Comery was arrest
He confessed the murder and was tried, convicted and sentenced to

hang. On the day of his trial, he attempted to commit suicide by
cutting his throat.
son on Feb. 18,

ihe Manchester

ie

1916,

He was hanged at the New Hampshire State Pri-

tyardian, 2-L0-19163 2-9-1915; 2-18-1916

Photograph in latter issue

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MASTER DETECTLVE, November, 1937. "The Girl,

Poison 6apsule,”

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by He

- the Seducer - and the
lerbert Hall Taylor. age 206

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Bic vinks yy) Comery I

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strychnine was found in he
the murder and was tried,
day of his trial, he aul
hroat. , He was hang
5 1916,

The Manchester Guardian, 2-10-1916; 2-9-1915; 2-18-1916

Photograph in latter issue

so siien une Gir} ~ the Seducer = and the
Poison ame 1 by: Hoatert Hall Taylor, *age 20.

ECTIVE, Novenber, ducer ~ and the

1937
Gapsule." by Herbert Hall Taylor,

COMERY, Oscar Joseph

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Comery, a/French-Canadian, had been brought to Manchester, Nees
by his parents as a child. As a boy, he worked for a farmer a
Bedford and then returned to Manchester where he got a job as a
chauffeur driving ey varLous well-to-do citizens of oe cit.
He married #ertha Vatharine Schaller and for mamy years their re-
lationship was a happy one. Then Comery became infatuated eee a
17-year-old schoolgirl and she became pregnant. « After the child
was born, he acknowledged paternity. His wife was pregnant and
had a cold and Comery was desperate to be relieved of his obliga-
tions —to-her ae cle hn he -might-marry his-young mistress..-On
the morning of Nov. 29, 191), he went to a drug store and purchased
some Bremer te saying that he was going to poison a doge When
he 48REXXK-returned-home, he-went—into the kitchens got-some quinine
capsules that his wife was taken for a cold, emptied the contents of
two of them and filled them with the strychnine. He then gave them

+40 his wife witha glass of-water.—When-it-became-eva.dent that she
was dying, he called a neighbor and explained that,she had indiges

tion. “he lady insisted on calling a doctor, but tes. Comery was

dead i arriv
dead when he arrived, He accepted-Comery's-word-that—she-hadindiges=
tLon and signed a death certificate attributing her death to

COMERY, Oscar Jose ph
He gear:
Comery, a/French-Canadian, had been |
by his parents as a child. As a or. 2 worked
and then returned to Manchester where he got a job as a

chau. iving ie various eee eitizens of Manchester.
He married Bertha Vatharine Schaller and for many years their re-
lationship was a happy one. Then Comery became inf, atuated with a
17-year-old schoolgirl and she became pregnant.» After the child
was born, he acknowledged paternity. His wife has preg
had a cold and Comery was desperate to be relieved of ie:
tions to-her-in ae that-he-might marry -his-young mistress. On
the morning of Nov. 29, 191), he went toa drug store and purchased
some strychnine, saying that he was going to poison a dog. ‘hen
he 4SKEXXH returned home, he went into the kitchen, got some qu

capsules that his wife was taken for a cold, emptied the contents of
two of them and filled them with the strychnine. He then gave them
wife wi th a glass of-water. —When-it-became evident that she
he c a neighbor and explained that, she had i
j sted on calling a doctor, but Mrs. Comery
accepted Comery's word aes she hadindiges=

Bedford

was
he arrived.
eee and signed a