Hannah Mary Tabbs and George Wilson were accused guilty of the merciless murder of Wakefield Gaines, which surfaced a multitude of testimonies and confusion in their justice system leading to a significantly long trial. A freshly slaughtered torso of human remains found in Eddington lead to a shocking and brutal murder case. Kali Nicole Gross argues that Hannah Mary Tabbs manipulated ideas of race and gender throughout the case, Tabbs had the ability to do this successfully because she understood how society functioned and what people wanted to hear as well as what was expected from a woman like herself.
The murder of Wakefield Gaines was first discovered by Silas Hibbs, who discovered a “headless, limbless torso of a man” within a bulky brown paper wrapping nearby the river.7-8 The following people who arrived thought it was medical waste that the package contained improperly disposed medical waste. Although, Silbert and Groom observed “the amateurish nature of the cuts to the torso”, so they both disregarded this suspicion. 9
The press began the release of information of this murder with most of the information coming from the local store by J. V. …show more content…
42 Wilson was looking for Annie who was Tabbs’ niece, although rumors lingered of her actually being her birth mother. 23 Annie was beaten by Mrs. Tabbs and Wakefield Gaines, so she ran away willingly. “Tabb’s aggression against Annie reached the boiling point when her affections for Gaines seemed to be threatened.”65 During the confession, George Wilson admits to hitting Gaines on the head with a chair because of the search for Annie. 78 It was stated that Wilson is the one who killed Gaines and Tabbs is the one who slaughtered him, although some people believe that Gaines was alive when he was cut up and that Tabbs is more responsible. By the end of the trail they both “pleaded not guilty”.
The murder of Wakefield Gaines was first discovered by Silas Hibbs, who discovered a “headless, limbless torso of a man” within a bulky brown paper wrapping nearby the river.7-8 The following people who arrived thought it was medical waste that the package contained improperly disposed medical waste. Although, Silbert and Groom observed “the amateurish nature of the cuts to the torso”, so they both disregarded this suspicion. 9
The press began the release of information of this murder with most of the information coming from the local store by J. V. …show more content…
42 Wilson was looking for Annie who was Tabbs’ niece, although rumors lingered of her actually being her birth mother. 23 Annie was beaten by Mrs. Tabbs and Wakefield Gaines, so she ran away willingly. “Tabb’s aggression against Annie reached the boiling point when her affections for Gaines seemed to be threatened.”65 During the confession, George Wilson admits to hitting Gaines on the head with a chair because of the search for Annie. 78 It was stated that Wilson is the one who killed Gaines and Tabbs is the one who slaughtered him, although some people believe that Gaines was alive when he was cut up and that Tabbs is more responsible. By the end of the trail they both “pleaded not guilty”.