George Twitchell

Murderer

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: USA
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of birth: 1820
Age at first offence: 48
Characteristics: robbery, rape
Victim profile: Mary E. Hill (his mother-in-law)
Method of murder: Beating with a poker - Defenestration
Date(s) of murder: October 22, 1868
Years active: 1868
Date of arrest: —
Status: Executed
Sentenced to death on January 30, 1869; committed suicide in his cell by prussic acid on April 8, 1869, the day he was to be executed

Case Summary

Background

George Twitchell, Jr. had failures in business and received callers upon him in prison.

The offence

Mrs. Mary E. Hill was killed in her house at N.E. Cor. Tenth and Pine Streets.

George S. Twitchell, Jr., and his wife were arrested on the charge of having committed the murder.

Investigation

George S. Twitchell, Jr. was sentenced to be hung after he was found guilty.

Arrest

George S. Twitchell, Jr., and his wife, the daughter of Mrs. Hill, were arrested on the charge of having committed the murder.

Trial

Mrs. Twitchell acquitted.

George S. Twitchell, Jr. was found guilty and sentenced to be hung.

George S. Twitchell, Jr. made a statement accusing his wife of the murder and telling how the crime was committed.

He also accused his wife of the murder in his statement, and his statement included reported flight of Mrs. Twitchell.

Sentencing

George S. Twitchell, Jr. was sentenced to death on January 30, 1869.

Outcome

On April 8, 1869, the day he was to be executed, George S. Twitchell, Jr. committed suicide in his cell by the use of prussic acid administered by himself on October 22, 1868.

Aftermath

A report described funeral of George S. Twitchell, Jr., in Philadelphia, and an awkward mistake, alongside further statements made by him respecting the murder.

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