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HOPKINS, Willian Seeley
Executed Febe 20, 1890; Bellefonte, Pae3; murdered Esther
Wighaman, his mother-in-law and his wife, Maggie, on
Septe 21, 1889; lived with his in-laws with whom he
constantly quarreled; accused his wife of infidelity; on
night of murder he slept in the cellar; as his wife was
preparing breakfast he slipped upstairs and shot her;
he then went upstairs and killed his mother-in-law; at
execution the rope broke twice; inside the jail was
crowded; after the murder he shot himself twice in a
suicide attempt which failed but which partially para-
lyzed hims was stoical at execution and encouraged the
sheriff's deputies who faltered at their grim task; he
wore a black cutaway coat, dark striped trousers, patent
HOPKINS, Willian Seeley
Executed Febe 20, 1890; Bellefonte, Paes; murdered Esther
Wighaman, his mother-in-law and his wife, Maggie, on
Septe 21, 1889; lived with his in-laws with whom he
constantly quarreled; accused his wife of infidelity; on
night of murder he slept in the cellar; as his wife was
preparing breakfast he slipped upstairs and shot her;
he then went upstairs and killed his mother-in-law; at
execution the rope broke twice; inside the jail was
crowded; after the murder he shot himself twice in a
suicide attempt which failed but which partially para=
lyzed hims was stoical at execution and encouraged the
sheriff's deputies who faltered at their grim task; he
wore a black cutaway coat, dark striped trousers, patent
HOPKINS, Willian Seeley
Executed Feb. 20, 1890; Bellefonte, Pass murdered Esther
Wighanan, his mother-in-law and his wife, Maggie, on
Sept. 21, 1889; lived with his in-laws with whom he
constantly quarreled; accused his wife of infidelity; on
night of murder he slept in the cellar; as his wife was
preparing breakfast he slipped upstairs and shot h
he then went upstairs and killed his mother-in-law; at
execution the rope broke twice; inside the jail was
crowded; after the murder he shot himself twice in a
suicide attempt which failed but which partially para-
lyzed him; was stoical at execution and encouraged the
sheriff's deputies who faltered at their grim task; he
wore a black cutaway coat, dark striped trousers, patent
IPE, wt Seeter
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