Famous Last Words Allen J. Adams Northampton, Massachusetts April 16, 1886 (After his final meal) Why in the __ didn’t you bring me that eggnog? - - - (During the reading of the death warrant) I don’t care a __ what you read. - - - (As his arms were restrained to his chest) Go…
Teen tortured for weeks before murdered by 48-year-old boyfriend
April 16, 1996 Manchester, England James Patterson Smith (48) tortures his 17-year-old girlfriend Kelly Anne Bates for 4 weeks before drowning her in a bathtub Smith had a history of abuse (including severely beating a girlfriend while she was pregnant with his child) and statutory rape in relationships before he had met Kelly Anne when…
Man shoots mother, self
April 16, 1915 Long Beach, California A 30-year-old shoots his mother in the back of the head, calmly tells his father about the murder, then shoots himself in the head
Doctor’s riot of 1788
April 16, 1788 New York, New York A three-day riot begins between doctors at a medical school and citizens of the city Tensions had been high in the area for some time as the medical school was known to rob graves to obtain fresh human cadavers for dissection; the practice of “violating” a body was…
