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Seducer of Souls: Sandwich's Bathsheba Spooner and The First U.S. Death-Penalty Case

Presented by Tales of Cape Cod at Olde Colonial Courthouse , Barnstable MA

Jul 08 2019

During the American Revolution, the first death-penalty case in the newly-minted US involved Sandwich’s Bathsheba Spooner, her teen-aged Continental Army soldier lover, and two escaped British Army soldiers. And Bathsheba’s ill-fated husband.

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Sandwich-born Bathsheba Ruggles Spooner, the notoriously "spirited" daughter of one of the most-hated Tories in revolutionary Massachusetts, was unhappy in her marriage--so she brokered a truce between her teen-aged Continental Army soldier lover and two escaped British Army soldiers. The body of Joshua Spooner was soon found, and the four perpetrators faced the noose in 1778 Worcester. . . .

There will be a dessert reception.

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Tickets at the door are $10.00; $5.00 for members of Tales of Cape Cod.

Phone: 5083624561

Email: hgwilliams@comcast.net

Website: http://www.talesofcapecod.org

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There will be a reception of home-made desserts.

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"'Jolly" Jane Toppan: Don't Drink The Water" is a June 2018 talk Greg Williams presented at Tales of Cape Cod about another Cape-Cod-related murderer.There are several other of his talks on Tales's YouTube series, including one about Lizzie Borden that has nearly 23,000 views. Williams is the only speaker to have made two presentations in a single Tales season, and this season will be the 4th consecutive such year.