The Death of Joe Davy

Joe and Mary Davy were married just five months when he was killed. He asked her where the couple kept their money, but she was too terrified to reply. Angered by her silence, he struck her over the head, and Mary lost consciousness. When she came to, she was wounded, bleeding from the head,. The sheets were wet and warm, soaked in blood. His breathing ragged and his skull cracked open. Joe struggled for 30 hours before passing away at a local hospital.Mary survived, a widow at 16.