Bordon

- 1850

• Name	Bordon
  Gender	Male
  Crime	1850	Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	murdered
  Interesting	1850	Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	murdered
  Misfortune	1850	Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	murdered
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-207180
  Died	1850	Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I207180	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  MURDERS IN WATERLOO COUNTY The old, well-known school-teacher, Mr. Benjamin Burkholder brought to our attention that the article which appeared in the "Journal" under the above title was not complete, if one also counted in the murders which occurred in this area before the establishment of the County of Waterloo. In August 1828, Michael Vincent of Wilmot was hanged in Hamilton for the murder of his wife. A certain Ferres in Guelph, also met the same fate in 1846, for the murder of a constable in Wellesley. From our own memory, and information from Mr. John Kressler, former post-master in Heidelberg, we can add that, in 1847, during the construction of a building in Wellesley, a certain Kress, attacked a young man by the name of Pfeffer so fiercely that the latter died during the night following. Kress was tried in Guelph and condemned to 10 years in prison for murder. During the hay-cutting in 1849, Michael Huber in Wellesley got into a fight with his mother-in-law and threw a piece of wood at her head, which caused her immediate demise. Huber had to spend 10 years in prison because of his bad temper. In 1850, the inn-keeper, Bordon, died in Heidelberg (Wellesley township) under suspicious circumstances. A coroner's inquest was held and it was proven that he had been poisoned. Suspicion of having done the deed fell on his wife. She was arrested and imprisoned and the case was investigated at the fall assizes in Guelph. The investigation ended, however, with the accused women being found not guilty. BERLINER JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 4, 1895 PAGE 4 COLUMN 4

  
  

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