On February 12,1894 William murdered his wife Mary Cotton Canaday and his oldest son Charles in Tell City,IN. The murder was very gruesome. His other four children in the house survived and were raised in Crawford County IL. He was arrested and tried and sent to Jeffersonville IN State Prison. He tried to escape in May and was recaptured. He died in prison. The prison cemetary no longer exists. It is under the parking lot of the Proctor & Gamble company which is in the old prison building.
On February 12,1894 William murdered his wife Mary Cotton Canaday and his oldest son Charles in Tell City,IN. The murder was very gruesome. His other four children in the house survived and were raised in Crawford County IL. He was arrested and tried and sent to Jeffersonville IN State Prison. He tried to escape in May and was recaptured. He died in prison. The prison cemetary no longer exists. It is under the parking lot of the Proctor & Gamble company which is in the old prison building.
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