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Antoine le Blanc

Antoine le Blanc (c. 1800 – September 6, 1833) was a 19th-century murderer and a French immigrant to the United States.

Le Blanc went to New York to seek his fortune after being disowned by his family in France. He spoke little to no English and committed the crime only a few weeks after he arrived in the United States.

In April1833, a few weeks after his arrival in the country, Judge Samuel Sayre hired le Blanc from the John P. Fusier boardinghouse at 75 Fulton Street, New York City to work as a gardener on his property in Morristown, New Jersey. In May 1833 le Blanc killed Sayre by hitting him in the back with an ax, killed his wife Sarah Sayre with a club, and killed their servant Phoebe, who may have been a slave. He proceeded to ransack the house for valuables. Provided by Wikipedia