Keywords: Murderer
Item 152266
Life and Confession of Mary Jane Gordon, 1847
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1847
Location: Vassalboro
Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 2 images.
Item 104940
Benjamin Turner, convicted murderer of James Hallen, Portland, ca. 1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926 Location: Portland Media: glass plate negative
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Exhibit
Father Rasles, the Indians and the English
Father Sebastien Rasle, a French Jesuit, ran a mission for Indians at Norridgewock and, many English settlers believed, encouraged Indian resistance to English settlement. He was killed in a raid on the mission in 1724 that resulted in the remaining Indians fleeing for Canada.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong
"Up until then an accused murderer was considered unworthy to testify. Today, the defendants may testify in their defense, but they cannot be required…"
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2
"Kirby admitted to both murders before he committed suicide in an Augusta jail cell in 1925. James Mitchell James M."
Story
Epidemic of violence against Indigenous people
by Michael-Corey F. Hinton
Systemic racism, murder, and the danger of stereotypes
Story
Margaret Moxa's Blanket Coat
by Jennifer Neptune
A contemporary artwork in memory of Penobscots murdered for scalp bounties.
