Son of Jonathan & Lydia (Newcomb) Kinne
Information from the book, "Women Who Kill" by Ann Jones:
Hannah Hanson, wife of (1) Ward Witham (divorced), (2) Rev. Enoch Freeman, and (3) George Kinney, was tried and aquitted for the death of her last husband, George Kinney. Mr. Kinney's business had failed and he was drinking and gambling, when Mrs. Kinney made him an herbal tea which "carried him off in great pain in August of 1840". Arsenic was found in his dead body. Strangely, her second husband (who was also her cousin), Rev. Freeman, died of similar circumstances. However, it could not be proven that he didn't commit suicide and that she actually killed him. Being an attractive woman also made it difficult for the 12 men on the jury to convict her.
NOTE: This is probably a cenotaph and he is actually buried in an unknown place in Boston.
Information from the book, "Women Who Kill" by Ann Jones:
Hannah Hanson, wife of (1) Ward Witham (divorced), (2) Rev. Enoch Freeman, and (3) George Kinney, was tried and aquitted for the death of her last husband, George Kinney. Mr. Kinney's business had failed and he was drinking and gambling, when Mrs. Kinney made him an herbal tea which "carried him off in great pain in August of 1840". Arsenic was found in his dead body. Strangely, her second husband (who was also her cousin), Rev. Freeman, died of similar circumstances. However, it could not be proven that he didn't commit suicide and that she actually killed him. Being an attractive woman also made it difficult for the 12 men on the jury to convict her.
NOTE: This is probably a cenotaph and he is actually buried in an unknown place in Boston.
Son of Jonathan & Lydia (Newcomb) Kinne
Information from the book, "Women Who Kill" by Ann Jones:
Hannah Hanson, wife of (1) Ward Witham (divorced), (2) Rev. Enoch Freeman, and (3) George Kinney, was tried and aquitted for the death of her last husband, George Kinney. Mr. Kinney's business had failed and he was drinking and gambling, when Mrs. Kinney made him an herbal tea which "carried him off in great pain in August of 1840". Arsenic was found in his dead body. Strangely, her second husband (who was also her cousin), Rev. Freeman, died of similar circumstances. However, it could not be proven that he didn't commit suicide and that she actually killed him. Being an attractive woman also made it difficult for the 12 men on the jury to convict her.
NOTE: This is probably a cenotaph and he is actually buried in an unknown place in Boston.
Information from the book, "Women Who Kill" by Ann Jones:
Hannah Hanson, wife of (1) Ward Witham (divorced), (2) Rev. Enoch Freeman, and (3) George Kinney, was tried and aquitted for the death of her last husband, George Kinney. Mr. Kinney's business had failed and he was drinking and gambling, when Mrs. Kinney made him an herbal tea which "carried him off in great pain in August of 1840". Arsenic was found in his dead body. Strangely, her second husband (who was also her cousin), Rev. Freeman, died of similar circumstances. However, it could not be proven that he didn't commit suicide and that she actually killed him. Being an attractive woman also made it difficult for the 12 men on the jury to convict her.
NOTE: This is probably a cenotaph and he is actually buried in an unknown place in Boston.
Inscription
(on tombstone with parents and siblings)
George Kinney
Born in Plainfield, Vt. Dec, 31, 1800
Died in Boston, Mass. Aug. 1840
Family Members
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