Ann Bilansky

Ann Bilansky
Born Mary Ann Evards Wright
1820
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Died March 23, 1860 (age 39/40)
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Occupation Housewife
Criminal penalty Death
Criminal status Executed by Hanging
Spouse(s) Stanislaus Bilansky
Conviction(s) Murder

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.[1] She is the only woman in Minnesota to receive the death penalty and the first white person in the state to executed by hanging.[2][3]

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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Farber, Zac (28 February 2017). "Politics of the Past: 'Grave doubts' couldn't stop hanging". Minnesota Lawyer. Bridgetower Media. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "1860: Ann Bilansky". ExecutedToday.com. ExecutedToday.com. 23 March 2014. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Ragsdale, Jim (23 March 2000). "Minnesota's first execution still a tantalizing tale". Twin Cities. Digital First Media. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. ↑ 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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