Henry Debosnys

A self-portrait of Debosnys with a pictogram.

Henry Debosnys (born 1836 in Lisbon, Portugal; died April 28, 1883 in Essex County, New York) was hanged for murder of his third wife, Elizabeth Wells.[1][2] His skull is on display at the Adirondack History Center Museum in Elizabethtown, New York.[3]

Debosnys left enciphered documents, that have never been decrypted, using a cryptographic script (or scripts) and/or pictograms.

Literature

  • Cheri L. Farnsworth: Adirondack Enigma. 2011, ISBN 978-1596298682

References

  1. ↑ Eric Voornis: Mysterious wife killer once again a topic: 2. April 2010
  2. ↑ Revai, Cheri (20 February 2009). "The Big Book of New York Ghost Stories". Stackpole Books – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "The cranium of the last man hanged in Essex County, NY". 14 April 2014.

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