A couple of years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a murder trial in Worcester captured the attention of patriots and British sympathizers alike. Scituate native Chief Justice ...
BROOKFIELD ― A small, unassuming grave marker along East Main Street represents more than just a moment in history, but one of the first major crimes to take place in the area, which led to the first ...
An article on Bathsheba Spooner by Albert Southwick appeared in the Feb. 3 edition of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Bathsheba and three men were tried (and convicted) in the murder of Bathsheba's ...
The Worcester Trial Court yesterday marked the 150th anniversary of the Massachusetts Superior Court with the re-enactment of the landmark 18th-century Worcester trial of Bathsheba Spooner. Bathsheba ...
Author Andrew Noone will share highlights from his book, "Bathsheba Spooner: A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy," at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Ave. The ...
The Talk of the Town speaker series continues Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Sandwich Glass Museum with "The Hated Sandwich Tory and His Murdering Daughter: The Sad story of Timothy Ruggles and ...
As Joshua Spooner stumbled on home on March 1st, 1778, he could barely make out his feet hitting the rut gutted, frozen ground. Whether it was due to his inebriated state or, more likely, the moonless ...