Edward Parker Deacon (October 2, 1844 – July 5, 1901)[1] was an American heir known for killing his wife's lover in her apartments at Cannes, France.
After breaking down the door to the apartment, Abeille hid behind a chair and Deacon shot several times, killing the man.
[16][17] Deacon, who surrendered to the police immediately after the shooting, had "the sympathy of the entire American colony,"[18] and was released on 10,000 francs bail.
[19] When Edward surrendered himself to the court,[20] Florence left France "in order to avoid the possibility of being subpoeaned as a witness at the trial.
He was at Newport when his derangement was first noticed and was expelled from a reading room there because he persisted in taking ice from a water pitcher to cool his head."