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Date apprehended. 1903. Seweryn Antonowicz Kłosowski (14 December 1865 – 7 April 1903), better known under his pseudonym George Chapman, was a Victorian era Polish serial killer known as the Borough Poisoner. Born in Congress Poland, Chapman moved to England as an adult, where he committed his crimes.
George Chapman (December 14, 1865 - April 7, 1903) was the English name taken by serial killer Seweryn Antonowicz Kłosowski. He was originally from Poland but later relocated to England, where he committed his crimes. He was convicted and executed after poisoning three women, but is mainly known these days because some authorities suspected ...
A man who could watch his wives being slowly tortured to death by poison, as he did, was capable of anything; and the fact that he should have attempted, in such a cold-blooded manner, to murder his first wife with a knife in New Jersey, makes one more inclined to believe in the theory that he was mixed up in the two series of crimes.
May 20, 2024 · ARRESTED FOR MURDER. Chapman was arrested, found guilty of murder and was executed on 7th April 1903. Following his conviction there were suggestions in the press that he might also have been responsible for the Whitechapel Murders.
A man who could watch his wives being slowly tortures to death by poison, as he did, was capable of anything; and the fact that he should have attempted, in such a cold-blooded manner, to murder his first wife with a knife in New Jersey, makes one more inclined to believe in the theory that he was mixed up in the two series of crimes...
May 12, 2017 · On the 25th October George Chapman was arrested for Maud’s murder. The police searched the premises and found George’s private papers (from which they learned his real name), and a quantity of cash that included several he had reported as being stolen by the con artists. [5]
By Hargrave Lee Adam, 1930. Published in 1930 as part of the Notable British Trials series, the introduction to The Trial of George Chapman includes a section relating to the Whitechapel murders and Chapman's alleged connections to the crimes. This is based largely on the opinion of Inspector Frederick Abberline, who was said to have remarked ...
