There are many tales of hatchet murderer around W. Pa but most there is nothing to it just a legend like the Wood Chopper in Penn Hills
But in fact there was a real life Murder in Cannonsburg Pa.
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That brought about the legend of Hatchet Jack
The murders occurred in 1973 by Sherman Richardson who was Sherman Sr son who was 31 at the time it occurred on 355 Hahn Drive.
It all started after an argument over a glass of Orange Juice . Jack asked his sister to get him
and the 2 got into a tangle and after their father hearing the argument came into the kitchen
and told jack he had 30 days to gather his stuff and get out he had had enough .
Mr Richardson had lost his wife only a few months earlier and his daughter came to stay and take of there mother and then her father
Jack in a fit of rage went up stairs got a 20 gauge shotgun .and fire into the heads of his sister and father killing them both instantly .He then used a chain saw to cutup and dispose of the bodies on the property near an orchard.
Jack was tried and convicted and eventually was paroled after good behavior and went on to lead a normal life and married and had a job .
He moved back to Pa shortly before he passed away at 72 years of age
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