Theodore Coneys Attic

Coneys and her son moved to a farm near beloit wisconsin then to denver colorado in 1907 where she worked as a housekeeper at the denver.

Theodore coneys attic.

Coneys lived in peters house undiscovered for about five weeks. His mother isabella was a housewife and she stayed home during the day to look after theodore. On this day in 1941 the denver spiderman theodore coneys bludgeons philip peters to death the man whose attic he d secretly been living in for a month. Til a drifter named theodore coneys aka the denver spider man broke into a man s house and hid in the tiny attic ended up murdering the man then continued to hide in the attic for months during the murder investigation while the murdered man s wife still lived in the house.

Coneys broke into the house in peters absence to steal food and money. Theodore coneys was dubbed the denver spider man and a legend was born. Theodore edward coneys november 10 1882 may 16 1967 known by the nickname denver spiderman an american drifter who committed a murder in 1941 and subsequently occupied the attic of the victim s home for nine months. After the elder coneys died in 1888 mrs.

Theodore edward coneys was born on 2nd november 1882 in petersburg in menard county illinois where his father thomas coneys a canadian immigrant owned and ran a local hardware store. Theodore coneys later called the denver spider man kills 73 year old philip peters after being caught stealing from peters ice box. But he did take on the moniker the denver spider man of moncrieff place and hid in an attic for nine months. Coneys a canadian immigrant who owned a hardware store in petersburg and his wife.

Coneys lived in the house undiscovered for about five weeks. Coneys broke into the house in peters absence to steal food and money. He and peters had been friends and coneys visited his home in hopes of being invited to dinner as he had in the past. Theodore coneys was born november 10 1882 in petersburg illinois to t.

In the ceiling of a closet coneys found a small trapdoor that led to a narrow attic cubbyhole and decided to occupy the small space without peters knowledge. In the ceiling of a closet theodore coneys found a small trapdoor that led to a narrow attic cubbyhole and decided to occupy the small space without peters knowledge. Coneys had fallen on hard times and was desperate for food. He was sent to the state penitentiary in cañon city and remained there until his death on may 16 1967 at the age of 84.