Murdered by his wife

"In March 1778, Joshua Spooner, a wealthy gentleman farmer in Brookfield, Massachusetts, was beaten to death and his body stuffed down a well. Four people were hanged for the crime: two British soldiers, a young Continental soldier, and Spooner's wife, Bathsheba, who was charged with insti...

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Main Author: Navas, Deborah.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Amherst, Ma. : University of Massachusetts Press, 1999.
Physical Description: viii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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264 1 |a Amherst, Ma. :  |b University of Massachusetts Press,  |c 1999. 
300 |a viii, 193 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 24 cm. 
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500 |a "A history with documentation of the Joshua Spooner murder and execution of his wife, Bathsheba, who was hanged in Worcester, Massachusetts July 2, 1778." 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 |a 1. Unnatural Murder -- 2. By the Lot of Providence -- 3. A Bad Conjugal Example -- 4. Irrevocably Joined in Marriage -- 5. Seduced from Virtue and Prudence -- 6. Burgoin People -- 7. "His Time Is Come" -- 8. The Hands of Justice -- 9. Petitions to the Council -- 10. Dreadful Scene of Horror -- 11. Remains -- App. A. The Dying Declaration of James Buchanan, Ezra Ross, and William Brooks -- App. B. Notes on the Trial of Bathsheba Spooner, 1778 / Jedediah Foster -- App. C. Minutes of Trial and Law Cases, 1777-1782 / Robert Treat Paine -- App. D. Indictment of William Brooks, James Buchanan, and Ezra Ross / Nathaniel Peaslee Sargeant -- App. E. Minutes in the Case of the Murder of Mr. Spooner / Levi Lincoln -- App. F. Notes of Cases Decided in the Superiour and Supreme Judicial Courts / William Cushing -- App. G. Account of the Murder, Trial, and Execution from the Massachusetts Spy -- App. H. Petition of Jabez and Johana Ross -- App. I. Documents From the Executive Records, Revolutionary Council Papers, 1777-1778. 
520 1 |a "In March 1778, Joshua Spooner, a wealthy gentleman farmer in Brookfield, Massachusetts, was beaten to death and his body stuffed down a well. Four people were hanged for the crime: two British soldiers, a young Continental soldier, and Spooner's wife, Bathsheba, who was charged with instigating the murder. She was thirty-two years old and five months pregnant when executed. Newspapers described the case as "the most extraordinary crime ever perpetrated in New England."" "The plots, the crime, the trial, and the aftermath are presented against a backdrop of revolutionary turmoil in Massachusetts. As the daughter of the state's most prominent and despised Loyalist, Bathsheba bore the brunt of the political, cultural, and gender prejudices of her day. When she sought a stay of execution to deliver her baby, the Massachusetts Council rejected her petition, and she was promptly hanged before a crowd of 5,000 spectators."--BOOK JACKET. 
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