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The Daily Cincinnati Republican, And Commercial Register
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
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George Bonwell murdered his 14- or 15-year-old daughter near Frederica, Kent County, Delaware, by beating her with a stick and stamping on her ribs after she disciplined a younger sibling. She died minutes later. Bonwell, in good circumstances, was committed to Dover jail awaiting trial.
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ANOTHER MURDER.
A most atrocious and appalling murder was committed, a few nights since, near Frederica, in Kent county, Del. The particulars are thus related by the Wilmington Journal:—“The perpetrator of the deed, Geo. Bonwell, lives on the Dover road about three miles this side of Frederica—the victim was his own daughter—a young girl of fourteen or fifteen years of age. He had returned home in the evening and found one of younger children crying, and upon inquiry was informed, that it had been corrected by the elder daughter. Without further inquiry he attacked, his daughter with savage ferocity, knocked her down with a heavy stick, and literally crushed her ribs by stamping on her with his feet. She died in about 3½ minutes. The innocent victim of this appalling crime, we are informed, had lately finished her education at the boarding school of Mr. Samuel H. Ellis, in Wilmington, and was an amiable and deserving girl. Bonwell is in good circumstances. He has been committed to Dover jail to await his trial.”
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Near Frederica, In Kent County, Del.
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A Few Nights Since
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the daughter died in about 3½ minutes from crushed ribs. bonwell committed to dover jail to await trial.
Event Details
Geo. Bonwell attacked his 14- or 15-year-old daughter with a heavy stick and stamped on her after she corrected a younger child, crushing her ribs. She had recently finished school at Mr. Samuel H. Ellis's in Wilmington and was described as amiable and deserving.