Father: John Donovelo
Mother: Mary
Note: need to research Anna Donoval baptized 17 November 1884 in Valaská, Brezno nad Hronom, Slovakia; father: Joannes Donoval, mother Maria Oravecz
First spouse: Joseph Mantyo (Findagrave #187452194)
Second spouse: George or Andrew Allas ( Findagrave #189504059)
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With accomplices Gizella Young, a fortune teller, and Mary Chalfa, Anna Allas murdered relatives to collect insurance money.
On 27 June 1933, Anna Allas and Mary Chalfa were sentenced for the fatal poisoning Stephen Allas, 16, a step-son of Mrs. Allas, to collect the boy's insurance. They were also charged with killing step-son Andrew Allas, Richard Duyva in December 1931, and Joseph Mantyo in 1928, the first husband of Anna Allas. Poison concocted from spiders, paregoric, starvation and a poison ointment were used in bringing about the deaths of the three persons, according to detectives.
Mrs. Allas, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, died at Muncy in 1951. Her appeal for commutation in 1949 was refused.
The murder and trial are described in articles in the Pittsburgh Press in early 1933 and in a book by Joseph W. Laythe, "Engendered Death: Pennsylvania Women Who Kill," Rowan & Littlefield, 2011.
Mother: Mary
Note: need to research Anna Donoval baptized 17 November 1884 in Valaská, Brezno nad Hronom, Slovakia; father: Joannes Donoval, mother Maria Oravecz
First spouse: Joseph Mantyo (Findagrave #187452194)
Second spouse: George or Andrew Allas ( Findagrave #189504059)
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With accomplices Gizella Young, a fortune teller, and Mary Chalfa, Anna Allas murdered relatives to collect insurance money.
On 27 June 1933, Anna Allas and Mary Chalfa were sentenced for the fatal poisoning Stephen Allas, 16, a step-son of Mrs. Allas, to collect the boy's insurance. They were also charged with killing step-son Andrew Allas, Richard Duyva in December 1931, and Joseph Mantyo in 1928, the first husband of Anna Allas. Poison concocted from spiders, paregoric, starvation and a poison ointment were used in bringing about the deaths of the three persons, according to detectives.
Mrs. Allas, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, died at Muncy in 1951. Her appeal for commutation in 1949 was refused.
The murder and trial are described in articles in the Pittsburgh Press in early 1933 and in a book by Joseph W. Laythe, "Engendered Death: Pennsylvania Women Who Kill," Rowan & Littlefield, 2011.
Father: John Donovelo
Mother: Mary
Note: need to research Anna Donoval baptized 17 November 1884 in Valaská, Brezno nad Hronom, Slovakia; father: Joannes Donoval, mother Maria Oravecz
First spouse: Joseph Mantyo (Findagrave #187452194)
Second spouse: George or Andrew Allas ( Findagrave #189504059)
_________________________________________
With accomplices Gizella Young, a fortune teller, and Mary Chalfa, Anna Allas murdered relatives to collect insurance money.
On 27 June 1933, Anna Allas and Mary Chalfa were sentenced for the fatal poisoning Stephen Allas, 16, a step-son of Mrs. Allas, to collect the boy's insurance. They were also charged with killing step-son Andrew Allas, Richard Duyva in December 1931, and Joseph Mantyo in 1928, the first husband of Anna Allas. Poison concocted from spiders, paregoric, starvation and a poison ointment were used in bringing about the deaths of the three persons, according to detectives.
Mrs. Allas, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, died at Muncy in 1951. Her appeal for commutation in 1949 was refused.
The murder and trial are described in articles in the Pittsburgh Press in early 1933 and in a book by Joseph W. Laythe, "Engendered Death: Pennsylvania Women Who Kill," Rowan & Littlefield, 2011.
Mother: Mary
Note: need to research Anna Donoval baptized 17 November 1884 in Valaská, Brezno nad Hronom, Slovakia; father: Joannes Donoval, mother Maria Oravecz
First spouse: Joseph Mantyo (Findagrave #187452194)
Second spouse: George or Andrew Allas ( Findagrave #189504059)
_________________________________________
With accomplices Gizella Young, a fortune teller, and Mary Chalfa, Anna Allas murdered relatives to collect insurance money.
On 27 June 1933, Anna Allas and Mary Chalfa were sentenced for the fatal poisoning Stephen Allas, 16, a step-son of Mrs. Allas, to collect the boy's insurance. They were also charged with killing step-son Andrew Allas, Richard Duyva in December 1931, and Joseph Mantyo in 1928, the first husband of Anna Allas. Poison concocted from spiders, paregoric, starvation and a poison ointment were used in bringing about the deaths of the three persons, according to detectives.
Mrs. Allas, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, died at Muncy in 1951. Her appeal for commutation in 1949 was refused.
The murder and trial are described in articles in the Pittsburgh Press in early 1933 and in a book by Joseph W. Laythe, "Engendered Death: Pennsylvania Women Who Kill," Rowan & Littlefield, 2011.
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