George Dowie and PEI’s Last Public Hanging
On April 6, 1869, more than 1,500 Islanders crowded into Connaught Square in Charlottetown to witness what would become one of the most gruesome events in Prince Edward Island history. George Dowie, a sailor by trade, had been convicted of murdering John Cullen during a drunken altercation over a woman he frequently visited while in […]
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