In 1889, Solomon Grundy lived with his wife and newborn son in Slaughter Swamp. They were overworked at the Henry Slaughterhouse by Mr. Henry, who seemed to get fatter while his employees starved. To comfort his starving child, Solomon would repeat the rhyme Solomon Grundy. One day, his wife Pinney, who also worked at the slaughterhouse, was sexually assaulted by Mr. Henry, and outraged and ashamed, she had stormed off, only to return later with a knife. She stood at the edge of the offal chute, and, after whispering an apology to her husband, thrust the knife into her own throat. Rather than express any sympathy, Mr. Henry had ordered Solomon to retrieve his wife's body before the alligators ate it. As he did so, Solomon was suddenly overcome by rage, and when he returned to the killing f