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NOTTINGHAM, Samuel
Nottingham, a white physician, was born in Kentucky and a graduate
of the Cincinnati Medical Yolle ge. He lived.in Indiana for a number
of years and while there his first fife, the mother of his several
children, died under mysterious circumstances which led to speculation
that he had killed her. He moved to Missouri and settled in what is
now Virgil in Yernon Co. and married a young widow, Mrs. Sarah Duncans
One evening Mrs, Nottingham was @ngaged in milking when Yr, Nottingham
returned from seeing a patient and they started joking each other.
finally she good-naturedly threw some milk on him which enraged him
and he struck her. “he told him that bhe was going hometo her father
and would not live with a man who abused her, Nottingham followed and
when she refused to return with him, he threw a large stone and hit
heron the temple, _He then bludgedned her to death and hid the body
in a neabpy cave. The next day, he dug a shallow grave and, as the
body was too heave for him to carry, he cut it in two pieces and
buried it. MMEZKEAS Buzzards were attracted by the smell as the garth
over the body was only a few inches and this led th the discovery of
it. Nottingham -was-arrested-andtried-in Papinville, “ates Co., con-
victed and sentenced to hang. He confessed before his exection which
| NOTEINGHAM, Samuel
Nottinghe 28 see fe physielan, was born in Kentucky and a graduate
of the Cincinnati Medical “olle ge. He lived.in Indiana for a number
of years and Sante there his fir st fife, the mother of his several
children, died under mysterious circumstances which led to speculation
that he had killed her, He moved to Missouri and settled in what is
now Virgil in Vernon Co, and married a- young widow, Mrs. Sarah Duncans
One_evening Mrs, Nottingham was 8ngaged in milking when “Yr, Nottingham
returned from seeing a patient and they started joking each other.
finally she good-naturedly threw some milk on him which enraged him
and he struck her. ‘She told him that bhe was going hometo her father
and would not lave with a man who abused her. Nottingham followed and
when she refused to return with him, he threw a Large stone and hit
her_on.the temple. _He then bludgedned her to death and hid the body
in a neabpy cave. The next day, he dug a shallow grave and, as the
body was too heave for him to carry, he cut it in two pieces and
buried it. 2REXESS Buzzards wer © attracted by the smell. as the gart
over the body was only a few inches and this | so the discovery
it. Nottingham was arrested-and-tried in Papinville, Sates Co.) con-
victed and sentenced to hang. He confessed before his exection which
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