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John and Polly marry and become newly weds after courting for three years -
John Wilson bought tickets to Saskatoon and sails in July -
John was working on a neighbouring farm when war was declared and John joins the RNWMP -
John Wilson, a new policeman goes to Blaine Lake in his uniform in July -
In the summer of 1916, John is invited over to the Pattersons for supper -
At the Blaine Lake Hotel Jack is confronted by Jessie's father about Jack seeing Jessie. Here, Jack lies to John Patterson and says his wife is dead -
John gets a checkup and his doctor diagnoses him with tuberculosis -
Polly leaves Scotland to sail to Canada in April of 1918 to reunite with John -
The Mauretania, the ship Polly was aboard, docked at the Halifax harbour at 11:28 A.M -
Polly managed to get a hold of John, who was in Prince Albert, volunteering for an overseas cavalry unit -
Polly found a letter in John's tunic and after reading it she finds out that John has another lover that he has been hiding -
John moves to Saskatoon, in charge of a subdivision of the Military Police, leaving Polly again -
John shoots Polly in the head with a shotgun at point-blank distance. He buries her by a culvert soon after and burns his car in an attempt to hide evidence -
Only two days after murdering his wife, John Wilson marries Jessie Patterson -
Assistant Commissioner Routledge opens the investigation of Polly's disappearance, and the pursuit of John Wilson begins -
John is dismissed and arrested for the suspicion that he killed his wife -
The Saskatoon Daily Star reports the John Wilson murder case for the first time and it became a sensational case -
On April 23, 1920, John Wilson was pronounced dead. He was hung for 12 minutes