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The murder of Peter Hallenbeck took place in Greenport, Columbia County, New York, on December 24, 1901. Hallenbeck, a farmer described by newspapers as "aged and wealthy," was ambushed and murdered by four of his nephews. Those nephews – Harvey Bruce, Willis Van Wormer, Burton Van Wormer, and Frederick Van Wormer, the latter three being brothers – were arrested and charged with Hallenbeck's murder. After high-profile trials, all four were convicted of involvement in Hallenbeck's death. Bruce was sentenced to 18 years in prison, while all three Van Wormer brothers were sentenced to death and executed in 1903. The executions of the Van Wormers marked the first time New York oversaw a triple execution of three brothers since 1825.