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(CRIME.) The Life and Horrid Massacre of William Beadle and His Family. Wood-cut illustration on verso of title depicting coffins and the murder
(CRIME.) The Life and Horrid Massacre of William Beadle and His Family. Wood-cut illustration on verso of title depicting coffins and the murder weapons. 27 pages. 8vo, stitched self-wrappers; insect damage with some loss to the terminal 3 leaves, staining. Ephrata, 1796
- Notes: Unrecorded edition of this lurid true crime account. Beadle carried an axe to bed with him for a week before eventually killing his wife and children and then committing suicide. The woodcut on verso of the title shows the murder weapons as well as the coffins. Evans 30042 is a German edition by the same publisher, but this English edition is not noted by Evans, Shipton & Mooney or Bristol. This edition not in McDade.
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