Creighton, Mary Frances (1899–1936)
Creighton, Mary Frances (1899–1936)
American murderer. Born July 29, 1899, in Rahway, New Jersey; died in electric chair at Sing Sing Prison, July 16, 1936; m. John Creighton; children: 2.
Charged and acquitted with husband for murder of her younger brother by arsenic poisoning (1920s); charged and acquitted for murder of mother-in-law, also by arsenic poisoning; after moving to Long Island with husband, met Everett and Ada Appelgate who moved in with them (1935); after Ada Appelgate died a few months later from arsenic poisoning, was charged with her murder, along with Everett Appelgate (Jan 1936); admitted to giving arsenic to Ada in milk; electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison, as was Everett Applegate.
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