by MAINE MURDER, 1811
(MAINE MURDER, 1811). The Trial of Ebenezer Ball, before the Hon. Samuel Sewall . . . For the murder of John Tileston Downes, at Robinstown, Jan. 28, 1811. Castine: By Samuel Hall, 1811. 40 p. Removed from a bound volume. Old library stamps, minor overall browning and foxing. Very good.
John Tileston Downes was shot and killed by Ebenezer Ball in Robbinston, Maine, while attempting to arrest Ball on suspicion of forgery. Ball was found guilty and was hanged in what was the first legal hanging for murder in Eastern Maine. See W. L. Welch, "Hanging Ebenezer Ball," Maine History 45 (2010), pp. 151-167. Shaw and Shoemaker 24056; Skillin, Bibliography of Maine Imprints, 11-09; McDade, Annals of Murder, 65. (Inventory #: 15686)
John Tileston Downes was shot and killed by Ebenezer Ball in Robbinston, Maine, while attempting to arrest Ball on suspicion of forgery. Ball was found guilty and was hanged in what was the first legal hanging for murder in Eastern Maine. See W. L. Welch, "Hanging Ebenezer Ball," Maine History 45 (2010), pp. 151-167. Shaw and Shoemaker 24056; Skillin, Bibliography of Maine Imprints, 11-09; McDade, Annals of Murder, 65. (Inventory #: 15686)