WOMAN EXECUTED.
Penalty at Sing Sing for Murder. FEAR CAUSES' PARALYSIS. (Received 10.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 17. Mrs. Mary Creigliton, aged 38, housewife, and Everett Applegate, 30, a former American Legion official were electrocuted in Sing Sing prison on Wednesday night for poisoning Applegate's wife, Ada, on September .27., 1935. Fear induced paralysis in the case of Mrs. Creigliton, who had to be wheeled to the electric chair.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 169, 18 July 1936, Page 9
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