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...A BRIEF ACCOUNT: DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FEB 4TH , 1880 NEAR LUCAN , ONTARIO , A HORRIFIC PLAN IS ABOUT TO BE EXECUTED...USING THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT TO CONCEAL THEIR MOVEMENTS , A VIGILANTE GROUP MADE UP OF LOCALS GATHER ON THE DONNELLY HOMESTEAD...IN A SAVAGE ATTACK , ALL FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AT HOME THAT NIGHT , JAMES , JOHANNA , SON TOM AND NIECE BRIDGET ARE CRUELLY BLUDGEONED TO DEATH , THEIR BODIES LEFT TO BE DISCOVERED AMONGST THE SMOLDERING REMAINS OF THE FARMHOUSE...THE MOB THEN CONTINUES TO ANOTHER FARM WHERE THEY SHOOT AND KILL YET ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE DONNELLY FAMILY , SON JOHN...IN THE ENSUING INVESTIGATION TWO EYEWITNESSES TO THIS MASSACRE , WILLIAM DONNELLY AND JOHNNY O'CONNOR TESTIFY IN TWO OF THE MOST SENSATIONAL TRIALS IN CANADIAN HISTORY...YET , NO ONE IS EVER FOUND GUILTY AND THEIR ARE NO COVICTIONS MADE... AGAINST OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE , THE PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR THIS MASS MURDER , WALK FREE......... |
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