Edward Donnelly, 1808 February 8

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Donnelly and his wife Catherine lived in Carlisle, Pa., where he was
_noted as a wife beater, The neighbors were accustomed to her screams.
when he was in a bad mood and thought nothing unusual ee the racket _

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pleasures and beat Catherine to death. He hid her body under the bed

and for the next two days dissécted it and burned the pieces in the
_fireplacee When Catherine Donnelly failed to make any appearance at _
all, his cottage was searched and her teeth and jawbone were found
in the ashes of the fireplace. Convicted of murder and sentenced to —
_ death Donnelly was hanged at’ Carlisle on Febe 8, 1808. =

~ BLOODLETTERS AND BAD MEN by Nashe Page 179 5 2 ena ae aa
SCAFFOLD AND CHAIR by Teeters. Part I. Page 9

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Donnelly and his wife Catherine lived in Carlisle, Pas, where he was
noted as_a wife beater. The neighbors were accustomed to her screams
when he was in a bad mood and thought nothing unusual. of | the racket
| emerging from their cottage @axXH one night taxshebee a. ane
_fortunately that night Donnelly went. ‘toofax far in his sadistic _
pleasures and beat Catherine to deathe He hid her body under the bed
and for the next two days diss8cted it and burned the pieces in the ~
fireplacee When Catherine Donnelly failed to make any appearance at
all, his cottage was searched and her teeth and jawbone were found
in the ashes of the fireplace. Convicted of murder and sentenced to
death Donnelly was hanged at Carlisle on Febe 8, 18082

“BLOODLETTERS AND BAD MEN by Nashe Page 179 i
‘SCAFFOLD AND CHAIR by Teeters. Part I. Page 9 ‘

DONNELLY, Edward

Donnelly and his wife Catherine lived in Carlisle, Pas, where he was
noted as a wife beater. The neighbors were accustomed to her screams
when he was in a bad mood and thought nothing unusual of the racket
emerging from their cottage mM one night  Un=
fortunately that night Donnelly went toofax far in his sadistic
pleasures and beat Catherine to death. He hid her body under the bed
and for the next two days dissécted it and burned the pieces in the
fireplaces When Catherine Donnelly failed to make any appearance at.
all, his cottage was searched and her teeth and jawbone were found
in the ashes of the fireplace, Convicted of murder and sentenced to
death Donnelly was hanged at Carlisle on Feb. 8, 1808.

BLOOULETTERS “AND -BAD MEN by Nashs —Page”179
SCAFFOLD AND CHAIR by Teeters. Part I. Page lo

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