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These legal documents relate to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. Mary P. Canfield for the murder of her husband, Seymore Canfield. Mary Canfield was accused of poisoning her husband's soup with arsenic on December 19th, 1857 at their home in Douglas County, Kansas Territory. Seymore Canfield died on December 30th, 1857. Mary Canfield was indicted for murder by the Second Judicial District Court in April of 1858. Reports by U. S. marshals on October 7, 1858 and February 24, 1859 state the defendant had escaped custody and was hiding in Missouri.
Date: 1858 - 1859
Item Number: 444848
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 6, Folder 02
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444848
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Second Judicial District
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Summons
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Transcript
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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