Description: Adirondack Enigma: The Depraved Intellect & Mysterious Life of North Country Wife Killer Henry Debosnys by Cheri L. Farnsworth When Henry Deletnack Debosnys, admittedly an alias, drifted into Essex, New York, he swept the wealthy, newly-widowed mother of four, Elizabeth 'Betsy' Wells, off her feet. They were married within a month, and she was dead—her throat slashed—just two months later. It was a sensational crime that rocked the North Country in 1882. Witnesses placed Debosnys at the scene of the crime near Port Henry. He was found guilty and imprisoned in Essex County Jail to await his hanging before two thousand people who obtained tickets for the event. But if the good citizens of Essex County had Debosnys pegged as nothing more than a cunning, opportunistic, wife-murdering gold-digger, they were dead wrong. Debosnys spent his incarceration writing about his seemingly-extraordinary life in fluent Greek, French, English, Latin, and Spanish, suggesting that he was not only a cold-blooded killer, but a highly-educated linguist. His use of a fly's blood to color in a rose on one of the sketches he drew in jail revealed a depraved mind at work; and the poetry he penned was at once both morbid and sensitive, yet always brilliantly twisted. Swooning, sympathetic females visited the jail to comfort the condemned man, deceived by his charming mannerisms and debonair appearance. Although he took his true identity to the grave, Debosnys insisted that clues to his name were concealed in the many cryptograms he produced in jail. Henry Debosnys was to nineteenth-century Northern New York what the Zodiac Killer is to twentieth-century southern California...an egotistical murderer who left a deliberate trail of visual clues and cryptograms, daring us to identify him if we can. This book will provide volumes of correspondence regarding the case, news articles spanning more than a century, and photocopies of every cryptogram, poem, sketch, and story Debosnys penned in jail. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography While Cheri L. Farnsworth has enjoyed researching the connection between history and the paranormal for the past several years, a new chapter of her life has begun with Adirondack Enigma, the authors first book on true crime. Farnsworth lives in Northern New York with her husband, daughters and a houseful of pets. Long Description When Henry Deletnack Debosnys, admittedly an alias, drifted into Essex, New York, he swept the wealthy, newly-widowed mother of four, Elizabeth Betsy Wells, off her feet. They were married within a month, and she was dead-her throat slashed-just two months later. It was a sensational crime that rocked the North Country in 1882. Witnesses placed Debosnys at the scene of the crime near Port Henry. He was found guilty and imprisoned in Essex County Jail to await his hanging before two thousand people who obtained tickets for the event. But if the good citizens of Essex County had Debosnys pegged as nothing more than a cunning, opportunistic, wife-murdering gold-digger, they were dead wrong. Debosnys spent his incarceration writing about his seemingly-extraordinary life in fluent Greek, French, English, Latin, and Spanish, suggesting that he was not only a cold-blooded killer, but a highly-educated linguist. His use of a flys blood to color in a rose on one of the sketches he drew in jail revealed a depraved mind at work; and the poetry he penned was at once both morbid and sensitive, yet always brilliantly twisted. Swooning, sympathetic females visited the jail to comfort the condemned man, deceived by his charming mannerisms and debonair appearance. Although he took his true identity to the grave, Debosnys insisted that clues to his name were concealed in the many cryptograms he produced in jail. Henry Debosnys was to nineteenth-century Northern New York what the Zodiac Killer is to twentieth-century southern California...an egotistical murderer who left a deliberate trail of visual clues and cryptograms, daring us to identify him if we can. This book will provide volumes of correspondence regarding the case, news articles spanning more than a century, and photocopies of every cryptogram, poem, sketch, and story Debosnys penned in jail. Description for Sales People Who will be the first to crack the "Debosnys Code"? Details ISBN1596298685 Author Cheri L. Farnsworth Short Title ADIRONDACK ENIGMA Language English ISBN-10 1596298685 ISBN-13 9781596298682 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Pages 127 DEWEY B Residence Massena Watertown, NY Publisher History Press (SC) Year 2010 Publication Date 2010-03-05 Imprint History Press, The Subtitle The Depraved Intellect and Mysterious Life of North Country Wife Killer Henry Debosnys Audience General/Trade We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:138005793;
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