Abbreviations used
Date April 9 1885
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The Fredericton Evening Capital
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
Execution of George MILLS the Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y. wife murderer, formerly of Saint John. His father was caretaker of Fernhill Cemetery. Elizabeth MILLS, the murdered woman, was a native of Saint John, N.B., daughter of Edward MURRAY. Mills remarked that his lawyer should have been hung instead of him. (see original)