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killed DeVoe though he wrote a biography in which he confessed a nun-
ber of other burglaries and the murders of a Mrs. Lewis in Lancaster
in the Fall of X88% 186) and of Burr Burton im Yyracuse on May'5,
186. Both of these murders had been committed when Mrs, Lewis and
Mr, Burton were awakened as he burglarized their houses and he shot |
them. He refused to give his real name, saythg that he had no wish
vigorously when the Sheriff of Livingston County permitted his photo-
graph to be made. One of the Chaplains who ministered to him prior .
to his execution said that he had been confined at Auburn Prison
true name, A board enclosure sHAK 16 by 32 feet, was erected on the
east side of the jail at Geneseo and he was hanged there on December
22, 1865, in the presence of official witnesses, He made a statement
from the gallows in which he maintained for the last time that he was
innocent of the DeVoe murder but in which he Stated again that he had
committed other capital offenses,
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killed DeVoe though he wrote a biography in which he confessed a num-
ber of other burglaries and the murders of a Mrs. Lewis in Lancaster
in the Fall of X86% 186 and of Burr Burton in “yracuse on May'5,
186), Both of these murders had been committed when Mrs, Lewis and
graph to be made.e One of the Chaplains who ministered to him prior
to his execution said that he had been confined at Auburn Prison
where the Chaplain had seen him though he could not remember Wilson's
true name, A board enclosure s¥AHK 16 by 32 feet, was erected on the
east side of the jail at Geneseo and he was hanged there on December
22, 1865, in the presence of official witnesses, He made a statement
from the gallows in which he maintained for the last tire that he was
innocent of the DeVoe murder but in which he stated ‘again that he had
committed other capital offenses, ‘
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could not remember Wilson's
2 feet, was erected on the
is hanged there on December
He made a statement
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WILSON, Henry
Wilson, a white man believed to have been a member of a prominent and
respected family, was a professional burglar whose area of operations
was up-“tate’ New York. On the night of May 16, 1865, he entered the
home of Henry DeVoe, an aged farmer who lived in the town of Portage.
When he went into the downstairs bedroom where Mr, DeVoe and his wife
were Sleeping, the elderly man woke up and called out for his son who
Slept upstairs. Wilson placed a revolver at his head and warned him
that if he should cry out again, he would kill him, Mrs. DeVoe plead-
ed with her husband to remain silent, but he called for his son again
and Wilson shot him through the head, killing him instantly. When the
Son appeared at the head of the stairs, Wilson told him to go back to
his room and remain there or he would kill him and the other-members
of the family. After binding two girls, 13 and 18-years-old, he stole
approximately $80.00 and fled. The entire community joined in a
search for him and he was arrested the next day at Canaserega partly
through the cooperation of a small boy who had seen him concealed in
a pile of lumber, There was little doubt that Wilson was the murderer
as he was carrying money and other possessions known to have belonged
to DeVoe and he was tried, EMreten and sentenced to die by a jury
that deliberated for only a few minutes. Wilson denied that he had
WILSON, Henry
Wilson, a white man believed to have been a member of a prominent and
respected family, was a professional burglar whose area of operations
was up-“tate’ New York. On the night of May 16, 1865, he entered the
home of Henry DeVoe, an aged farmer who lived in the town of Portage.
When he went into the downstairs bedroom where Mr. DeVoe and his wife
were sleeping, the elderly man woke up and called out for his son who
slept upstairs. Wilson placed a revolver at his head and warned him
that if he should cry out again, he would kill him. Mrs, DeVoe plead-
ed with her husband to remain silent, but he called for his son again
and Wilson shot him through the head, killing him instantly. When the
Son appeared at the head of the stairs, Wilson told him to go back to
his room and remain there or he would kill him and the other-members
of the family. After binding two girls, 13 and 18-years-old, he stole
approximately $80.00 and fled. The entire commnity joined in a
search for him and he was arrested the next day at Canaserega partly
through the cooperation of a small boy who had seen him concealed in
a pile of lumber, There was little doubt that Wilson was the murderer
as he was carrying money and other possessions known to have belonged
to DeVoe and he was tried, Caneiee 4 and_sentence j
that deliberated for only a few minutes. Wilson denied that he had
WILSON, Henry
wilson, a white man believed to have been @ nenber of a proninent and
respected
was ae State New York. On the night of May 16, 1865, he entered the
hone of Henry DeVoe, an aged farmer who lived in the town of Portage.
When he went into the downstairs bedroom where Mr. DeVoe and his wife
were sleeping, the elderly man woke up and called out for his son who
slept weer
LGAs Resin ao sear silent,
and Wilson shot him through the head, killing him instantly.
son appeared at the head of the stairs, Wilson told him to go back to
his room and remain there or he would kill him and the other-members
of the family, After binding two girls, 13 and 1-years-old, he stole|
approximately $80.00 and £1:
a pile of lumber.
as he was carrying money and other possessions knom to have paibieed
to DeVoe
a mnced_to die by a jury
that: deliberated for only a few minutes, Wilson denied that he had
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