VAN AUKEN, Wilhelmus
Van Auken, a white resident of Newton, Ne Jey murdered his wife,
leah, during the night of January 1-2, 1821. At his trial, several
witnesses gave evidence against him and Van Auken admitted that he
had killed her but claimed insanity as a defense, Nonetheless, he
was conficted and sentenced to die and on January 25, 1822, he was
hanged in a meadow on the lower side of Newton,
HISTORY OF SUSSEX AND WARREN COUNTI£S, New Jersey, Compiled by James
P. Snell. Published, 1881, by Everts & Peck, Philadelphia, Page
200
TH SUSSEX REGISTER, Newton, N . Je, 12-l-1821,
"tTt has been working on me for four or five years,! is how Wilhemus
Vanauken explains the mrder of his wife, Leah, whom he has clubbed,
snifed and finished off with an andiron, He is hanged at Newton, N,
J." MURDER, AMERICA, by Nash, page 323,
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VAN AUKEN, Wilhelmus
Van Auken, a white resident of Newton, Ne Jey murdered his wife,
leah, during the night of January 1-2, 1821, At his trial, several
witnesses gave evidence against him and Van Auken admitted that he
had killed her but claimed insanity as a defense, Nonetheless, he
was conficted and sentenced to die and on January 25, 1822, he was
hanged in a meadow on the lower side of Newton,
HISTORY OF SUSSEX AND WARREN COUNTI£S, New Jersey, Compiled by James
P. Snell, Published, 1881, by Everts & Peck, Philadelphia, Page
200
THE SUSSEX REGISTER, Newton, N . Je, 12--1821,
"'It has been working on me for four or five years,! is how Wilhemus
Vanauken explains the mrder of his wife, Leah, whom he has clubbed,
knifed and finished off with an andiron, He is hanged at Newton, N,
J." MURDER, AMERICA, by Nash, page 323. 3
VAN AUKEN, Wilhelmus
Yan Auken, a white resident of Newton, Ne Js, murdered his wife,
leah, during the night of January 1-2, 1821. At his trial, several
witnesses gave evidence against him and Van Auken admitted thet ne
had killed her but claimed insanity as a defense. Nonetheless, he
Wes conficted and sentenced to die and on January 3, 1622, he was
hanged in a meadow on the lower side of Newton,
HISTORY OF SUSSEX AND WARREN COUNTIES, New Jersey, Compiled by James
Pe Snell, Published, 1881, by Everts & Peck, Philadelphia, Page
200
THE SUSSEX REGISTER, Newton, N . Je, 12-4-1821.
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"tIt has been working on me for four or five years,! is how
Vanauken explains the mrder of his wife, Leah, whom he has clubbed,
knifed and finished off with an andiron, He is hanged at Newton, N.
J." MURDER, AMERICA, by Nash, page 323,
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