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Essay on Anna Marie Hahn

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Vallen Alleyne
Mr. Beese
Business Law I
February 10, 2015
Women on Death Row: Anna Hahn
Anna Marie Hahn, also known as “Arsenic Anna” was born on July 7, 1906 in Bavaria, Germany. She moved to America—Cincinnati, Ohio to be exact—in 1929 at the age of 23. Her first marriage was to a doctor from Vienna, whom she had a son with named Oskar. Her husband died shortly after arriving into the United States. She decided to stay with her aunt and uncle in the Cincinnati German District, where she can start fresh on a new path. She met her 2nd husband, Philip Hahn, a telegraph operator, at a community dance at the Hotel Alms. Desperately wanting to leave his job, the Hahn’s decided to open up two delicatessens, and they received the ownership to …show more content…

It turns out that Anna approached Wagner, saying that she was his long lost niece, when he knew for a fact that he had no living relatives but decided soon decided to let her help him with things around the house. Neighbors of Wagner claimed to have spent several hours in Wagner’s apartment after his death. Moving onto the next victim, Anna befriended Olive Luella Koehler, an elderly lady who lived in the same apartment building as Wagner. Investigators learned that Anna became friends with her, which included her bring her ice cream cone treats. After consuming one of the treats, Mrs. Koehler had to be admitted to the hospital. It is not surely known if the ice cream had anything to do with her becoming sick, but oddly while she was in the hospital, some of her valuables had been stolen from her residence. As the case is coming along, the investigators suspect Anna that she is poisoning her elderly patients to steal their money and valuables. In the year of 1937, right before Anna was to take a trip to Colorado, another mysterious death had presented. 67-year-old George Gsellman died in his room, suspiciously right after his last visit with Anna. Investigators jumped to the case quickly, taking the opportunity to do a full autopsy to find out the reason of death. Metallic poison was found in his body, croton oil, which was a home remedy back then. It is not

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