Edward Walton

Edward Walton (died July 17, 1908) was an American serial killer who confessed to murdering five people across five states between 1896 and 1908, eventually being hanged for the murder of Beulah Martin in 1908.

Biography According to his confession, Walton was born in Wilkes County, Georgia, near a town called Pistol (alternative name for Delhi), and his first crime ever was killing a horse in 1890.

While in Joliet, Illinois, in 1902, he married his future victim, Edith Hanna, (Walton claimed that he married her as "Edith Hannon", but most newspapers claim that her name is "Hanna" On the day of his execution, despite his gigantic stature and cool demeanour, Walton had to be supported by Capt.) Joseph Bloyd and Warden Dawson because of his shaky feet. Although nearly expressionless, reporters present noticed that the prisoner was definitely anguished and troubled because of the look in his eyes.

Shortly after Reverend Sanford concluded the prayer offered to the condemned man, Warden Dawson pressed the button and the trap doors opened. Walton's death was painless, as he had fallen into unconsciousness before the rope was stretched, even though his neck and one of his vertebrae were broken in the process. After the present medical professional, Dr. Boone, made sure that the man was dead, his body was carried away by two convicts to be prepared for burial. It is presumed that Walton's body was buried in the prison cemetery.