William Beadle

DESCRIPTION: "A bloody scene I'll now relate Which lately happen'd in a neib'ring state, A murder of the deepest dye, I say...." Beadle "slew Himself, his consort, and his offspring too." The singer laments that such things can happen and hopes for a better day
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1958 (Burt-AmericanMurderBallads)
KEYWORDS: homicide family father mother children
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Dec. 11, 1782 - William Beadle kills his wife, his children, and himself
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Burt-AmericanMurderBallads, pp. 6-7, "(William Beadle)" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Lawson Murder (Charlie Lawson)" [Laws F35] (plot)
NOTES [53 words]: This appears to be simply a broadside, with no hold on tradition (it's lousy poetry), and it doesn't really include enough specific data to identify it with certainty with the case of William Beadle -- but Burt-AmericanMurderBallads's notes imply that this was clear from the overall presentation of the broadsheet. - RBW
File: Burt006

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