Rope from the hanging of Dr. William King
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Relatives of the murdered Mrs. King of Brighton, and others who rejoiced to see justice done, cut up the hangman's rope for souvenirs.
- 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.
- Date of Original
- 1859
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 1 Jul 971
- Collection
- Historical Photographs
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.95977 Longitude: -78.16515
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Cobourg Public LibraryEmail:info@cobourg.library.on.ca
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