On a fateful day in March 1909, a brutal wife beater met his maker in a dramatic showdown at Merry Mills in Cobham, Virginia. John Gillard, a 38-year-old Englishman, had been terrorizing his wife, and it was clear that his reign of terror was about to come to a bloody end.
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Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Violent Crime
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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