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Episode 211:\xa0On January 27, 1896, in the tiny community of Bear River, Nova Scotia, popular fourteen-year-old Annie Kempton was brutally murdered in her home while her parents were out of town. The crime, papers said, was the worst ever seen in the province up to that point and there was an outcry for swift justice on the heels of the slaying. Two days after the crime, Peter David Wheeler, 26, an immigrant, was arrested and charged with the murder. In July of that year, Wheeler was found guilty of the crime and after his trial, made a confession that some have come to see as coerced. He was hanged less than 8 months after the murder in the middle of the night as a crowd was allegedly on their way from Bear River to lynch him.\n\nSources:\nNova Scotia Archives - Admiral Digby Museum\nPlace-names of the Province of Nova Scotia : Brown, Thomas J : Internet Archive\nIn search of justice for Peter and Annie | The Chronicle Herald\nBear River Historical Society | Nova Scotia, Canada\nPeter Wheeler, Murder of Annie\u2026 - Admiral Digby Museum | Facebook\nJustice Denied - Atlantic Books\nStories of our Local Characters\nThe Lynching of Peter Wheeler by Debra Komar - Ebook | Scribd\nMaritime Murder: Deadly Crimes from the Buried Past eBook : Vernon, Steve: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store\nGraveyard\xa0Tour | Fall For Bear River\nAnnie Kempton (1881-1896) - Find a Grave Memorial\nFolksongs from Southern New Brunswick : Creighton, Helen, 1899- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive\nBear River tragedy retold in \u2018Annie Kempton\u2019 | SaltWire\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices