Tenecape, Nova Scotia
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Tenecape is a small community in the Canadian
province of Nova Scotia
, located in The Municipality of the District of East Hants
in Hants County
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Both men were Assyrian peddler's passing through the village. Tennecape resident Edward Church was pursuing Syan Azabulley after he had swindled Church out of a revolver for a fake watch. Church heard the screams of the victim and upon arriving on the scene found Lion Lundore beaten with his throat cut. Azabulley then turned to chase Church, who escaped and later discovered the victim's body in an abandoned mine tunnel.
The men of the village tracked down Azabulley eating supper at the unsuspecting home of H.B. Huntley. A citizens arrest was made by George Smith, a magistrate, along with Henry McLelland and Wilbert Lingard.
Azabulley was eventually taken to Windsor where he was sentenced to death for his crime and hanged on March 18, 1903 at 4:35 AM. Father Kennedy and Father Collins were both with the condemned man at the last.
Today, Syan Azabulley is buried in an unmarked grave in the Roman Catholic cemetery in Windsor, Nova Scotia. His victim, Lion Lundore was buried in the Moose Brook cemetery and was known as the "Little Peddler".
Canada
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province of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
, located in The Municipality of the District of East Hants
East Hants, Nova Scotia
East Hants is a municipal district in Hants County, Nova Scotia.With its administrative seat in Milford Station, the district occupies the eastern half of Hants County from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the West Hants municipal district...
in Hants County
Hants County, Nova Scotia
Hants County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia which was the home of Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Alden Nowlan and Noel Doiron. The county of Hants was created June 17, 1781, and consisted of the townships of Windsor, Falmouth and Newport...
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Murder of the Little Peddler
On October 22, 1902, 16 year old peddler Lion Lundore was bludgeoned to death for his watch by fellow peddler Syan Azabulley in Tennecape. This was the first documented murder in Hants County.Both men were Assyrian peddler's passing through the village. Tennecape resident Edward Church was pursuing Syan Azabulley after he had swindled Church out of a revolver for a fake watch. Church heard the screams of the victim and upon arriving on the scene found Lion Lundore beaten with his throat cut. Azabulley then turned to chase Church, who escaped and later discovered the victim's body in an abandoned mine tunnel.
The men of the village tracked down Azabulley eating supper at the unsuspecting home of H.B. Huntley. A citizens arrest was made by George Smith, a magistrate, along with Henry McLelland and Wilbert Lingard.
Azabulley was eventually taken to Windsor where he was sentenced to death for his crime and hanged on March 18, 1903 at 4:35 AM. Father Kennedy and Father Collins were both with the condemned man at the last.
Today, Syan Azabulley is buried in an unmarked grave in the Roman Catholic cemetery in Windsor, Nova Scotia. His victim, Lion Lundore was buried in the Moose Brook cemetery and was known as the "Little Peddler".