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Expert On Last Woman Hanged

Speaks In Richfield Springs At 7

Historic advertisement for the hanging in Herkimer.
Historic advertisement for the hanging in Herkimer.

RICHFIELD SPRINGS – The Richfield Springs Historic Association will present a program on the The Druse Murder by Howard Greiner, author of “The Last Woman Hanged,” at 7 p.m. this evening at the museum on West Main Street.  All are welcome.

Greiner will recount the murder of William Druse of the Town of Warren by his wife Roxalana in a most unusual manner.

Three years later she was the last woman hanged in New York State – behind the Herkimer County Jail – and her botched execution was instrumental in replacing the gallows with the “more humane” electric chair.

 

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