All posts tagged "crime and punishment"
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11.1KCrime and ScandalJesse Pomeroy, Boy Fiend, Does the Unthinkable in 1874 – Twice
In 1874, Jesse Pomeroy was sentenced to death for murdering at least two children. For the next 50 years America was fascinated...
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15.7K4Crime and ScandalUnequal Justice: Murders at Sea on the Albion Cooper and the Theresa
Life on a ship in the 1850s was neither democratic nor easy. The captain made the rules and issued fierce punishments. In...
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21.0K2Crime and ScandalStephen Burroughs, Counterfeiter – A Revolutionary Success Story
Shortly after the end of the Revolutionary war the new American country needed currency, and Stephen Burroughs was happy to oblige. He...
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6.9K4MassachusettsDaniel Foster, Amos Chapman and the Militia Muster Murder of 1787
The militia muster of 1787 in Boston should have been a celebration. Boston’s citizen soldiers had helped win the American Revolution only...
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8.8K1Crime and ScandalIn 1634, Massachusetts Discovers the Cure for the Common Scold
Exorbitancy of the tongue, common railing . . . call it what you like. Early New England colonists had a problem: The...
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4.1K3Crime and ScandalLeroy Shear – The Respected Vermont Banker who Wasn’t
In 1879, Leroy Shear of St. Albans, Vermont, an honest, mild and respected banker, traveled to Washington D.C. to meet with President...
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