On This Date in Minnesota History: December 6

December 6, 1886 – Mary Weishar, who was sentenced Nov. 29, 1880, for life, from Le Sueur County, for the murder of her husband, had her sentence commuted on this date to ten years. She worked for a number of years in the family of Warden Reed, and was outside the prison daytimes. She is currently a prisoner in the female department.

St. Paul Daily Globe; May 8, 1887; p. 9.

The Warden's House and Stillwater Prison in 1895

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Murder of Mary Weishar’s husband; see April 11, 2015 blog

 Mary Weishar convicted of first degree murder; see Nov. 26, 2015 blog

Mary Weishar delivers baby in prison; see May 7, 2016 blog

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