Download or read book The Trial of John Gordon William Gordon written by Edwin Channing Larned and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Full Report of the Trial of John Gordon and William Gordon Charged with the Murder of Amasa Sprague Before the Supreme Court of Rhode Island March Term 1844 written by and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Trial of John Gordon and William Gordon written by John Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Trial of John Gordon and William Gordon Charged with the Murder of Amasa Sprague written by Larned and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Trial of John Gordon and William Gordon Charged with the Murder of Amasa Sprague written by John Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Trial of John Gordon and William Gordon written by John Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Full Report of the Trial of John Gordon and William Gordon written by John Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Full Report of the Trial of John Gordon and William Gordon Charged with the Murder of Amasa Sprague written by John Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Trial of John Gordon and Willian Gordon written by John Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Synopsis of the Trial of John Wm Gordon for the Murder of Amasa Sprague Before the Supreme Court of Rhode Island written by Eye witness and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Brotherly Love written by Charles Hoffmann and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On New Year's Eve in 1843, Rhode Island textile manufacturer Amasa Sprague was shot and beaten to death. Within two days, three Irish immigrant brothers - Nicholas, John, and William Gordon - were arrested and charged with murder. All three were eventually brought to trial. Brotherly Love is a graphic reconstruction of the crime, its social and economic background, and the subsequent trials. The story reveals the antagonism between native born Yankees, who commanded great power, and the growing number of Irish Catholic immigrants, most of whom worked in the textile mills. Indeed, the economic, political, and religious dimensions of the conflict are all evident in the trials. The authors argue persuasively that the Gordons were victims of bigotry and circumstantial evidence, serving as convenient scapegoats to appease a community outraged over the murder of its wealthiest citizen. In telling the story of this notorious case, Brotherly Love reveals the politics of prejudice in nineteenth-century New England as played out in community and courtroom.

Download or read book The Hanging and Redemption of John Gordon The True Story of Rhode Island s Last Execution written by Paul F. Caranci and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a frigid day in 1843, Amasa Sprague, a wealthy Yankee mill owner, left his mansion to check on his cattle. On the way, he was accosted and beaten beyond recognition, and his body was left facedown in the snow. What followed was a trial marked by judicial bias, witness perjury and societal bigotry that resulted in the conviction of twenty-nine-year-old Irish-Catholic John Gordon. He was sentenced to hang. Despite overwhelming evidence that the trial was flawed and newly discovered evidence that clearly exonerated him, an anti-Irish Catholic establishment refused him a new trial. On February 14, 1845, John Gordon became the last victim of capital punishment in Rhode Island. Local historian Paul F. Caranci brings this case to life, graphically describing the murder and exposing a corrupt judicial system, a biased newspaper and a bigoted society responsible for the unjust death of an innocent man.

Download or read book A Full Report of the Arguments of Thomas F Carpenter Samuel Y Atwell and Joseph M Blake Attorney General written by Thomas F. Carpenter and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Cranston written by Lydia L. Rapoza and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bell tower of the Cranston Print Works in Spragueville, which called hundreds to work in its time, to the quiet ripples of the Pawtuxet River, where the first settlers of Cranston built their homes in the 17th century, and from the family homesteads of Western Cranston to the elegant houses of Edgewood, Cranston is a unique place that is more than just a city--it is a neighborhood of people who take pride in their individuality and their hometown roots. During the Civil War, when people talked about Cranston, they were talking about Spragueville and the A.&W. Sprague Mills, then the largest calico manufacturing company in the world. The legacy of the Sprague Brothers, Amasa and William, owners of the A.&W. Sprague Manufacturing Company in the mid-1800s, had a wide-spread effect on the region. The murder of Amasa Sprague in 1843 changed the face of capital punishment in Rhode Island.

Download or read book Piety in Providence written by Mark Saunders Schantz and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to bourgeois churchgoers, who were wedded to decorum and rationality, the plebeians welcomed emotional outbursts and evinced an abiding belief in the supernatural. Schantz charts the ways in which these contrasting religious subcultures collided in the political turmoil of the Dorr Rebellion of 1842."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Knightsville and Silver Lake written by Joe Fuoco and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1998-06-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sister villages of Knightsville and Silver Lake are connected not only by physical proximity and the flow of the Pocasset River, but also share a fascinating and sometimes scandalous past. Over the years, both communities have been home to a great deal of religious and political fervor. The twin settlements witnessed lurid murders and occasioned visits from infamous travelers. Truly, the combined history of Knightsville and Silver Lake merits and rewards exploration. But, alas, the complete story of this area's past has been lost to time. Knightsville was once peculiarly known as "Monkeytown," and the reason for this is no longer known. The body of water that gave Silver Lake its name no longer exists--the water-filled basin used for recreational purposes at the turn of the century has been dredged and the basin filled in. Today, streets with tenements and private homes fill the area, along with a number of commercial enterprises.