Table of Contents
Preface v
Acknowledgements vii
A Bitter Harvest: (Peter Mailman, Lunenburg, NS, 1873)
Murder or Nothing: (The Bannister Clan, Pacific Junction, NB, 1936) 15
Don't Blame the Dog: (Francis Xavier Gallant, Malpeque Bay, PEI, 1812) 31
"Hang Me and Be Done With It": (Minnie McGee, St. Mary's Road, PEI, 1912) 39
A Right Rough Bunch: (The Boutilier Brothers, Lunenburg, NS, 1791) 51
A Crime of Cold Passion: (Peter Wheeler, Bear River, NS, 1896) 61
Killing Mercy: (Amos Babcock, Shediac Bridge, NB, 1805) 73
A Frustrated Hunger: (Angele Poulin, Caraquet Island, NB, 1874) 81
One Hanging Wasn't Enough: (George Dowey, Charlottetown, PEI, 1868) 89
Two Muddy Boot Tracks to the Gallows: (William Millman, Burlington, PEI, 1887) 97
"Kill Him Right the Once": (The Osborne Family, Shediac, NB, 1877) 107
Flypaper Tea and a Royal Pardon: (William Preeper, Musquodoboit, NS, 1887) 119
"I'll Kill All Hands Before They Hang Me": (Alexander Gillis, Charlottetown, PEI, 1885) 127
Seven Revolvers and One Knife: (Hubert Grant, Birch Cove, NS, 1912) 137
"He Ate 'Em Raw": (Robert "Buck" Olsen, Moncton, NB, 1892) 147
"Oh, Don't Kill Me Anymore": (John Sullivan, Meadow Brook, NB, 1896) 161
The Nova Scotia Bluebeard: (Samuel Herbert Dougal, Halifax, NS, 1885) 173
The Severed Head Told the Tale: (Neil McFadyen, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, 1848) 183
A Thirty-Two-Shilling Ghost Story: (Maurice Doyle, River Philip, NS, 1838) 191
