Cover of historical booklet on the King murder case
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Drawings
- Description
- Three historical booklets were published for the King murder case.
- Notes
- Dr. William King was the only criminal to be executed in Northumberland and was a well-known doctor of Brighton. He became infatuated with Melinda Vandervoort and began to feed his wife small doses of arsenic. After a hard-fought trial he was convicted of murder and on June 9, 1959 he was hung at the old Court House. No less than 10,000 people attended and even Victoria College closed for the day. The doctor who had denied his guilt to the last day, rose to the occasion and made a public address and confession
- Inscriptions
- Cover of one of three historical booklets on the King case, 1859. Donated by E.C. Guillet.
- Place of Publication
- Cobourg, ON
- Date of Original
- c. 1859
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 971-3
- Collection
- Historical Photographs
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.95977 Longitude: -78.16515
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Cobourg Public LibraryEmail:info@cobourg.library.on.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:200 Ontario Street, Cobourg, ON K9A 5P4
