This is the tale of Elizabeth Reed who in 1845 ended up being the first lady to be hanged in Illinois. She was charged of poisoning her husband Leonard with arsenic tied tea and also was convicted by a court of 12 men. The scenarios of her arrest, trial, conviction, implementation, interment, as well as immortality have been debated since. Folklore exists today that suggests her spirit strays the countryside.
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This is the tale of Elizabeth Reed who in 1845 ended up being the first lady to be hanged in Illinois. She was charged of poisoning her husband Leonard with arsenic tied tea and also was convicted by a court of 12 men. The scenarios of her arrest, trial, conviction, implementation, interment, as well as immortality have been debated since. Folklore exists today that suggests her spirit strays the countryside.
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