Amzi Armstrong
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Amzi Armstrong and his wife Annie were murdered on November 23, 1910 in Dutch Neck, New Jersey.
. On May 10, 1871 he married Catharine Ann Hoover in Manhattan
. She was previously married to Reverend Thomas Hoover of Cranbury, New Jersey. Catharine died on September 16, 1886 and was buried in Westminster Cemetery in Cranbury. He next married Annie Rue (1872-1910) on January 23, 1900. They were both murdered by John Sears by stabbing who was convicted and sentenced to die in the electric chair
on March 10, 1911. Sears was the nineteenth criminal given the electric chair
in New Jersey
and the first Mercer County, New Jersey
resident.
Biography
On April 22, 1856 he was licensed to preach in New Brunswick, New JerseyNew Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
. On May 10, 1871 he married Catharine Ann Hoover in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. She was previously married to Reverend Thomas Hoover of Cranbury, New Jersey. Catharine died on September 16, 1886 and was buried in Westminster Cemetery in Cranbury. He next married Annie Rue (1872-1910) on January 23, 1900. They were both murdered by John Sears by stabbing who was convicted and sentenced to die in the electric chair
Electric chair
Execution by electrocution, usually performed using an electric chair, is an execution method originating in the United States in which the condemned person is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body...
on March 10, 1911. Sears was the nineteenth criminal given the electric chair
Electric chair
Execution by electrocution, usually performed using an electric chair, is an execution method originating in the United States in which the condemned person is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body...
in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
and the first Mercer County, New Jersey
Mercer County, New Jersey
As of the census of 2000, there were 350,761 people, 125,807 households, and 86,303 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,552 people per square mile . There were 133,280 housing units at an average density of 590 per square mile...
resident.
Further reading
- Gerald TomlinsonGerald TomlinsonGerald Tomlinson was a crime writer. He was a member of Mystery Writers of America in 1993. He was a member of the the Society for American Baseball Research serving on the publications committee from 1990 through 1991....
; Seven Jersey MurdersSeven Jersey MurdersSeven Jersey Murders is a book by Gerald Tomlinson. It recounts the following murders in New Jersey:*Death of a Mill Girl; Jennie Bosschieter ; October 19, 1900 in Paterson, New Jersey...
ISBN 1-4134-1206-8. - Cranbury Press; March 11, 1911.
- New York Times; November 27, 1910