In Serious almanac, 1845-’46 (1845), p. [18]., Mrs. Bacon was killed in her home in Middletown, Connecticut, one Sunday while her family was at church; cf. McDade. Annals of murder., The same image appears in Tragic almanac. 18-46 (1845), p. [4]; in Confessions, trials, and biographical sketches of the most cold-blooded murderers (Hartford, 1854), p. 418, and the later edition of this work, The trail of blood (New York, 1860), p. 418.
In Serious almanac, 1845-’46 (1845), p. [15]., James Bishop was hanged on March 17, 1843, in Essex County, New York., Full-length portraits of the four figures in a bedroom., This image also appears in Confessions, trials, and biographical sketches of the most cold-blooded murderers (Hartford, 1854), p. 417, and the later edition of this work, The trail of blood (New York, 1860), p. 417.
In Serious almanac, 1845-’46, p. [31]., Mrs. Crawford, the wife of William Crawford Jr., died in their home in Elkton, Md. Apparently, she started a fire while lighting a pipe. Cf. Philadelphia inquirer (May 21, 1844)., Full-length portrait of Mrs. Crawford, burning to death, with a pipe on the floor nearby., The same image appears in Tragic almanac 18-46 (New York, 1845), p. [17].
In Serious almanac, 1845-’46 (1845), p. [16]., Andrew Hellman (1792-1843), also known as Adam Horn, was convicted of killing and then dismembering his wife in November 1843., Full-length portraits of the pair struggling, with the husband holding the wife down on the floor., The same image appears in The Tragic almanac 1850 (New York, 1849), p. [5].
