Henry Debosnys
A self-portrait of Debosnys with a pictogram.
Henry Debosnys (1836 in Lisbon, Portugal – April 28, 1883 in Essex County, New York) was hanged for murder of his third wife, Elizabeth Wells.[1][2] His skull is on display at the Adirondack History Center Museum in Elizabethtown, New York.[3]
Debosnys left enciphered documents, that have never been decrypted, using a cryptographic script (or scripts) and/or pictograms.
Literature[]
- Cheri L. Farnsworth: Adirondack Enigma. 2011, ISBN 978-1596298682
References[]
- ^ Eric Voornis: Mysterious wife killer once again a topic: 2. April 2010
- ^ Revai, Cheri (20 February 2009). The Big Book of New York Ghost Stories. Stackpole Books. ISBN 9780811746267 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The cranium of the last man hanged in Essex County, NY". 14 April 2014.
External links[]
Media related to Henry Debosnys at Wikimedia Commons
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