1905 Directory: Barre, Vermont, h 14 Webster
1910 Census: Chazy, New York, p. 9
Children in 1910: Gladys 7, Lillian 6, Olive 4, Margaret 3, Albert 1.
Married Ruth (Kennedy) Slack June 6, 1926, at Barre.
"Stacy apparently indifferent over fate"
"Bert Stac[e]y of Barre must suffer the death penalty for killing his [estranged] wife, Ruth Stac[e]y, at the [Louis] Sweeney farm in Berlin on April 18, 1931."
His step-daughter [Aleta Slack], then six, was shot but survived and testified against Stacy.
First degree murder charge upheld; no leniency granted for intoxication at time of the incident.
Sentenced to hard labor until solitary confinement for 30 days prior to execution by the electric chair. He was the second person to receive the death penalty by electrocution in Vermont. Died at Windsor Prison and was buried in the "family lot" in West Chazy, New York.
published "Barre Daily Times," 4 May 1932
Newspaper reported his age at time of death incorrectly. He had just turned 58 at the time of his decease.
"Stacy leaves eight children by his first wife [Rose Newton]."
Plattsburgh Daily Press, July 11, 1932.
Daughter, Gladys Stacy Supernaw
1905 Directory: Barre, Vermont, h 14 Webster
1910 Census: Chazy, New York, p. 9
Children in 1910: Gladys 7, Lillian 6, Olive 4, Margaret 3, Albert 1.
Married Ruth (Kennedy) Slack June 6, 1926, at Barre.
"Stacy apparently indifferent over fate"
"Bert Stac[e]y of Barre must suffer the death penalty for killing his [estranged] wife, Ruth Stac[e]y, at the [Louis] Sweeney farm in Berlin on April 18, 1931."
His step-daughter [Aleta Slack], then six, was shot but survived and testified against Stacy.
First degree murder charge upheld; no leniency granted for intoxication at time of the incident.
Sentenced to hard labor until solitary confinement for 30 days prior to execution by the electric chair. He was the second person to receive the death penalty by electrocution in Vermont. Died at Windsor Prison and was buried in the "family lot" in West Chazy, New York.
published "Barre Daily Times," 4 May 1932
Newspaper reported his age at time of death incorrectly. He had just turned 58 at the time of his decease.
"Stacy leaves eight children by his first wife [Rose Newton]."
Plattsburgh Daily Press, July 11, 1932.
Daughter, Gladys Stacy Supernaw
Gravesite Details
Presumptive burial. 9-2013: Name not listed among inmates buried in Ascutney in the 1930s.
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