A Poem, occasioned by the most shocking and cruel murder that ever was represented on the stage; or the most deliberate murder that ever was perpetrated in human life
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 44246
Publisher: Sold [by Ezekiel Russell] near Liberty-Stump and next the Swan-Tavern, South-End. (Price 6 coppers single.)--The sermon refer'd to above will be immediately printed as soon as it comes to hand.
Published: 1782
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Murder; Suicide; Crime; Deism
Other titles: Bloody scene I'll now relate.
Notes: Verse in eight numbered stanzas; first line: A bloody scene I'll now relate.

Followed by an account from the Connecticut courant of Dec. 17, 1782, of the murder by William Beadle of his wife, children, and himself. Beadle's deistical opinions are given as the underlying cause of the tragedy.

Ezekiel Russell printed at the Boston address given in the imprint at this time. Incorrectly ascribed to the Hartford press of Bavil Webster by Bristol.

Text of the poem in two columns within mourning borders; text of the news account in three columns within mourning borders.

Not in Ford, W.C. Broadsides.

Bristol B5571

Shipton & Mooney 44246