Wife Killer

Kingmaker · 05-02-2009, 04:20 AM,

HiHi

This is now starting to bug me.

I seem to remember reading many, many years ago that General Beauregard shot his wife dead on catching her with a lover, his defence at trial (in Louisiana) was that it's easier to shoot 1 unfaithful Wife than lots of Lovers, and he was acquitted! Anyone come across that anywhere?

A subsequent Google on Wikipedia failed to find any mention of the incident, and Ironclad has suggested may be “It was Dan Sickles. Union general.”, but he shot the lover, and I’m certain the whole point behind the story was that it was a ‘Wife’ (I must admit as a child I was impressed with the logic!) and that it could only happen in Louisiana sort of thing.

Can anyone out there help?

Cheers.

All the Best
Peter

Steel God · 05-02-2009, 04:41 AM,

Hello Peter;

I can only help you out by way of ruling out either Dan Sickles or P.G.T Beauregard as being the man you are thinking of.

Dan Sickles couldn't be he, because as Nigel points out, Sickles killed his adulteress wife's lover. (also the first man to get acquitted on temporary insanity defense) And it couldn't be Pierre Beauregard because neither of his two wives was murdered (first in child birth, and second one as a prisoner of the Federal believe).

It's a catchy little story, but I know of no one that meets the description.

Paul

Kingmaker · 05-02-2009, 06:50 PM,

HiHi

Yer as you say Paul it's a catchy little story, but it now appears I've been carrying a load of drivel around in my Brain box all these years! Ho hum.

All the Best
Peter