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39th year  -  N° 310                 Tuesday, 5 November 2024         Antwerpen		
Through the Night Softly
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Monday 26th of May 1884

140 years ago



Murderess Mary Lefley is executed by hanging at the age of 49 in Lincoln Prison, Greetwell Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.


Lefley had been convicted of murdering her 59-year-old husband William by putting arsenic in his rice pudding at their home in Wrangle. She had to be dragged to the gallows screaming "murder, murder!" and struggling with the warders.