Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 20 March 1899

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

To prevent their housemaid Mary Jane Rogerson from discovering his crime before he could dispose of the body, or because she witnessed Kerr's murder, Ruxton most likely stabbed her to death or cut her throat after a blow on the head. The amount of blood on the stairs indicated a knife crime.
(15 September 1935)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 20th of March 1899 126 years ago
Murderess Martha Place born as Martha 'Mattie' Garretson is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 50 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States. Place was the first woman to die in the electric chair.