Ann Bilansky
Ann Bilansky | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mary Ann Evards Wright 1820 |
| Died | March 23, 1860 (age 39/40) |
| Occupation | Housewife |
| Criminal status | Executed by Hanging |
| Spouse | Stanislaus Bilansky |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Ann Bilansky (born Mary Ann Evards Wright) (c. 1820 – March 23, 1860) was an American housewife convicted in 1859 of poisoning her husband with arsenic. She is the only woman to receive the death penalty and the first white person executed in Minnesota. She was executed by hanging.
In popular culture
Ann Bilansky's trial and execution was the basis for Jeffrey Hatcher's stage play, A Piece of Rope, which premiered in St. Paul in March 2000.[1]
References
- ^ City Pages, March 22, 2000 Archived June 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
Further reading
- Trenerry, Walter N. (1962). Murder in Minnesota: A Collection of True Cases. Minnesota Historical Society. pp. 25–41. ISBN 978-0-87351-180-3.
- Bessler, John D., Legacy of Violence: Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota, University of Minnesota Press, 2003. Chapter 3: "The Execution of Ann Bilansky."
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