Wicked Conduct: The Minister, the Mill Girl and the Murder That Captivated Old Rhode Island (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781540234674)

This scribbled note belonged to Sarah M. Cornell, written the day her body was found hanged in a rural pasture in Tiverton, Rhode Island. An unmarried young woman of limited means, Sarah was four months pregnant, and a married Methodist minister stood accused as the father. Local authorities grew skeptical of Sarah's apparent suicide as Reverend Avery's conduct appeared increasingly suspect, and eventually the extensive evidence of their tortured relationship set off a groundswell of public interest and media attention never before seen in 1830s New England. This tragic crime left the nation clamoring for justice and became one of early America's most sensational murder trials.

Author: Rory Raven
ISBN-10: 1540234673
ISBN-13: 9781540234674
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2009
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d