| 词条 | Almede Chattelle |
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On October 19, 1894 Jessie Keith was murdered and her mutilated body was discovered by a townsperson.[4] Keith was found naked, with her throat slit and her abdomen slashed. The wounds were considered to be so horrific that comparisons were drawn to the then-recent murders by Jack the Ripper.[5] A drifter by the name of Almede Chattelle was suspected of committing the crime and was apprehended five days after Keith's murder. He was found carrying a valise containing female undergarments, some of which he was alleged to have been wearing.[6] Witnesses claimed that they had seen him on the railroad tracks close to the Keith home prior to the murder.[5] A trial was held and Chattelle served as his own attorney.[6] Upon being arrested Chattelle had confessed to having murdered Keith,[7] however once in court he rescinded his confession and pleaded innocence.[4] Chattelle was found guilty of Keith's murder and was hung on May 31, 1895, making him the first man to be hanged in Perth County.[5] In her book Improper Advances: Rape and Heterosexual Conflict in Ontario, 1880-1929, Queen's University professor Dr. Karen Dubinsky remarked that although evidence suggested that Chattelle was guilty, he did not receive adequate legal protection and the newspapers of the day proclaimed him guilty from the day he was arrested.[6] She further stated that during the time period the case had received some criticism from lawyers and Quebec newspapers who heavily criticized the courts for the fact that "an obviously insane man had been allowed to conduct his own defense".[6] In popular culture
References1. ^{{Cite book|title = Behind Bars: Inside Ontario's Heritage Gaols|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ql01sEqKe_gC|publisher = Dundurn|date = 2006-01-01|isbn = 9781897045176|language = en|first = Ron|last = Brown|page = 65}} 2. ^{{Cite book|title = L 'Unión médicale du Canada|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xu0CAAAAYAAJ|publisher = Union Médicale du Canada.|date = 1897-01-01|language = fr|page = 19}} 3. ^{{Cite book|title = Memoirs of a great detective: incidents in the life of John Wilson Murray|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wrcEAAAAYAAJ|publisher = The Baker & Taylor co.|date = 1905-01-01|language = en|first = John Wilson|last = Murray|pages = 385–389}} 4. ^1 {{Cite book|title = The Quarterly Register of Current History|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EfQ9AQAAMAAJ|publisher = Evening News Association|date = 1896-01-01|language = en|page = 160}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web|title = Remains discovered next to jail|url = https://lfpress.com/news/london/2010/02/27/13050981.html|website = The London Free Press|accessdate = 2015-12-01}} 6. ^1 2 3 {{Cite book|title = Improper Advances: Rape and Heterosexual Conflict in Ontario, 1880-1929|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZuK2xOvX8PYC|publisher = University of Chicago Press|date = 1993-09-15|isbn = 9780226167534|language = en|first = Karen|last = Dubinsky|pages = 99–103}} 7. ^{{Cite web|title = Chattelle's Confession. His Account of the Fiendish Murder of Little Jessie Keith.|url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/43368078/|website = The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, · Page 1|accessdate = 2015-12-01|date = October 27, 1894}} External links
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