Anne Williams Burned at the Stake in Gloucester After Poisoning Her Husband
London: The Gentleman's magazine, 1753. 8vo. Good. Item #19483
This April, 1753 issue of the Gentleman's Magazine features an inside-page report announcing that Anne Williams has been burned at the stake for poisoning her husband.
"The behaviour of this fiend had long been a prelude to the diabolical crime which she committed. She was in her family turbulent and dictatorial; her husband the very reverse. His mild and quiet disposition served only to nurse her opposition and violence. He had long given way to her in all things, and she, in return, ruled him with a rod of iron
".The dying man, in his agonies, said his wife was a wicked woman; that he was well until she made him eat some pap, which had done his business, and that he should be a dead man on the morrow: and, in spite of medical aid, he died next day, his body being in a state of mortification." - Pascal Bonenfant
This issue is more than 270 years old and predates the French and Indian War. Lacking some plates. Disbound. #2J-010.
Price: $55.00