bottle that had contained the strychnine in the house, they arrested
Silliman and took him to police headquarters. —The—next-morning-he-——
made a confession in which he stated that he had been suffering finah-
cial reverses and that his eyesight was failing. He said that he and
his wife had frequently discussed and finally agreed on a suicide :
pact including themselves and their children, He said that he decided
to carry the pact into effect on the morning of the 22nd and that he
had put some of the poison brandy in his mouth but had then Spur it
out. Eonvicted and sentenced to die, his case was appealed to the
Colorado Supreme Court which affirmed the conviction and he was asphyx
lated at the Colorado State Prison on November 9, 1915,
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bottle that had contained the strychnine in the house » they arrested
Silliman and took him to police headquarters,.— i 4
made a confession in which he stated that he had been suffering finah-
cial reverses and that his eyesight was failing. He said that he and
his wife had frequently discussed and finally agreed on a suicide
pact including themselves and their children, He said that he decided
to carry the pact into effect on the morning of the 22nd and that he
had put some of the poison brandy in his mouth but had then spit it
out. Eonvicted and sentenced to die » his case was appealed to the
Colorado Supreme Court which affirmed the conviction and he was asphyx
lated at the Colorado State Prison on November 9, 195.
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bottle that had contained the strychnine in the house, they arrested
Silliman and took h: adquarters,—The-next
made a confession in which he stated that he had been suffering finah-|
cial reverses and that his eyesight was failing, He said that he and
his wife had frequently discussed and finally agreed on a suicide
pact including themselves and their children, He said that he decided|
to carry the pact into effect on the morning of the 22nd and that he
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SILLIMAN, Charles Ford
Silliman, a aoe native of eastern Colorado, worked there as a far-
mer and truck driver until he moved to Denver, settling at 677 So.
Federal Parkway in Arapahoe Co. He and his wife took their levear-=
old daughtwr with them and left their J-year-old son in the care of
her parents in eastern Colorado, He obtained employment with a
public transportation Company and things went smoothly for the family
until the fall of 1943 when he met another woman in a tavern, He be-
gan seeing her frequently and when Mrs, BXXIXAKXEKA Silliman and
their daughter went to eastern Colorado to visit their son and her
parents in December, he allowed the woman, her room mate and another
man to move into his home until his family returned. On January 22,
19:4, he purchased some strychnine at a drugstore under an assumed
name and a bottle of brandy. He went by his girl friend's home and
left one-half the brandy there, put the strychnine in the remainder
and went home where Mrs, Silliman was preparing supper. He poured
Some of the brandy in a glass and gave it to her after giving their
daughter a sip and when they became ill, he had a neighbor summon a
doctor. Both the wife and daughter were dead wheg the physician
arrived and Silliman said he Supposed that the became ill from some-
thing they ate. Police were summoned and when they found the
SILLIMAN, Charles Ford
si ilinany edie native of eastern Colorado, worked there as a far-
mer and truck driver until he moved to Denver, settling at 677 So,
Federal Parkway in Arapahoe Co, He and his wife took their h-year-
old daughtwr with them and left their 9-year-old son in the care of
her parents in eastern Colorado, He obtained employment with a
public transportation company and things went smoothly for the family
until the fall of 193 when he met another woman in a tavern, He be-
gan seeing her frequently and when Mrs, SXXUKAMXAMA Silliman and
their daughter went to eastern Colorado to visit their son and her
parents in December, he allowed the woman » her room mate and another
man to move into his home until his family returned. On January 22,
19li, he purchased some strychnine at a drugustore under an assumed
name and a bottle of brandy. He went by his girl friend's home and
left one-half the brandy there, put the strychnine in the remainder
and went home where Mrs, Silliman was preparing supper. He poured
Some of the brandy in a glass and gave it to her after giving their
daughter a sip and when they became ill, he had a neighbor summon a
doctor. Both the wife and daughter were dead whep the physician
arrived and Silliman said he Supposed that the became ill from some-
thing they ate. Police were Summoned and when they found the
SILLIMAN, Charles Ford
Silliman, nee native of eastern Colorado, worked there as a far-
mer and truck driver until he moved
8 went smoothly for the family
her woman in a tavern, He be-
Jiman an
man to move into his
Ik, he purchased some s'
da neighbor sum
eg the physician
supposed that the became ill from some-
thing they ate. Police were summoned and when they found the
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