CHANEY, Wilmer Amos oS 6 CSG
_An Army Major, Hadley was head surgeon at the Army Hospi-
tal on the campus of the University of Richmond, Va.,
when he became infatuated with a young nurse. In NoOVe»
1918, he killed his wife, Evelyn, by drugging her first
and then drowning her in the James Wiver. He made ela~
borate efforts to cover-up his crime, even to the extent _
of briping officials in Puerto Rico to bury another
woman as his wife there, and would possibly have Rotten
away with murder had not the anchor with which her body
was weighted become disconnected. He was electrocuted
at the Virginia State Pen&tentiary on Dece 9, 1B,
HADLEY, Wilmer Amos Aang Cus
An Army Major, Hadley was head surgeon at the Army Hospi-
tal on the campus of the University of Richmond, Vae,
when he became infatuated with a young nurse. In Novey
1918, he killed his wife, Evelyn, by drugging her first
and then drowning her in the James Wiver. He made ela-
borate efforts to cover-up his crime, even to the extent
of briping officials in Puerto Rico to bury another
woman as his wife there, and would possibly have gotten
away with murder had not the anchor with which her body
was weighted become disconnected. He was electrocuted
at the Virginia State Penitentiary on Dece 9, 1.
HADLEY, Wilmer Anos Ci Be
4n_Aemy Major, Hadley was head surgeon at the Army Hospi-
tal on the campus of the University of Richmond, Va.,
when he became infatuated with a young nurse, In Nove,
1918, he killed his wife, Bvelyn, by drugeing her first
then drowning her in the James River. He made ela~
borate efforts to cover-up his crime, even to the extent
of briping officials in Puerto Rico to bury another
woman as his wife there, and would possibly have yotten
away with murder had not the anchor with which her body
was weighted becane disconnected. He was electrocuted
at the Virginia State Penitentiary on Dece 9, 198.
