George Campbell (murder victim)
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George Campbell was a Canadian
farmer
who was murdered by his wife Phoebe Campbell
and Thomas Coyle
, her lover and former farmhand to George.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
farmer
Farmer
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...
who was murdered by his wife Phoebe Campbell
Phoebe Campbell
Phoebe Campbell was a Canadian woman who was hanged for the murder of her husband.Campbell had alleged that on the morning of July 15, 1871, in Thorndale, Middlesex County, Ontario, two black-faced men broke into George and Phoebe's log cabin home and brutally hacked George to death with an axe...
and Thomas Coyle
Thomas Coyle
Thomas Coyle was a Canadian accused, along with Phoebe Campbell, of the 1871 murder of Phoebe's husband George Campbell. Coyle was acquitted and he later moved to England....
, her lover and former farmhand to George.