At an early age, his parents believed him to be possessed by a demon because of a frequent habit of skipping school; this resulted in whippings.
When Dunne entered the barn, the axe sliced his coat and the pitchfork gave him a slight foot injury.
Dunne then tied Green against a barn door, severely whipping and bloodying him for the attempted murder.
[1] Afterwards, Green destroyed a hogshead of cider,[3] stole bushels of corn, and tried to burn down Dunne's barn.
[2] Green and Ash went to New Hampton where they met a traveling salesman named Franklin Loomis.
[2] One day they came by a schoolhouse and Green hurled a large piece of timber underneath a sleigh full of children, putting them in danger.
Later that night, they lay in wait for the schoolmaster to come and knocked him unconscious with rocks, stripped him, tied him up and hoped he would freeze.
Green bought his mother a cow and spent the rest of his money on fancy clothes, a horse, jewelry, and meals.
[3] Around this time, Green went back to Loomis, who had taught him how to pick locks more efficiently and make duplicate keys.
[3] After robbing a store of jewels in Montreal he was pursued by a posse, shooting and killing several of the men.
Green later found out that another prisoner, Billy Williams, had told officials of and thwarted his previous escape.
[3] Green was convicted of murder and given an execution date of April 25, 1822,[5] despite his attempts at declaring mistrial on the grounds of one of the witnesses being incompetent to testify.
With the rope placed, Green gave the priest a long stare and a thin smile curled upward as he replied "If you wish it.