Back To ListDouble TrapThe Last Public Hanging in CanadaByJohn MeladyPublished September 2005ePub$ 8.99ePub$ 8.99Paperback$ 24.99 Add to CartShop LocalDescriptionA dozen years before the Black Donnellys were butchered at Lucan, Ontario, another murderous rampage took place a few miles away. On June 6, 1868, three men robbed and killed a rich farmer, his wife, and her unborn child. They concocted an alibi, stuck to it, and almost got off. In fact, two of them did. The third, Nicholas Melady, went to prison and fell in love with a beautiful woman in a nearby cell. There to entrap him, she listened, learned, and led him to the gallows. When he was hanged in Goderich, hundreds watched, but thousands were late for the spectacle. They were bitterly disappointed because they had missed the last public hanging in Canada.Of Related InterestWrong Side of the LawEdward ButtsReviews "John Melady has turned his family skeleton into an absorbing mix of social history and true-crime thriller."Maclean's MagazinePreviousNextContributorsJohn MeladyJohn Melady is a veteran writer on Canadian history and space exploration. His many books include Pearson's Prize, Canadians in Space, Korea, and Heartbreak and Heroism. He lives in Egmondville, Ontario.View Author Page Book DetailsePubSeptember 2005-248 pp9781459712522PaperbackSeptember 20056x9 in248 pp9781550025712ePubSeptember 2005-248 pp9781550029079