The hanging of Susanna Cox
Subtitle: the true story of Pennsylvania's most notorious infanticide & the legend that's kept it alive
By: Patricia Earnest Suter and Russell and Corinne Earnest ; foreword by Don Yoder.
Contributors: Earnest, Russell D.; Earnest, Corinne P.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Mechanicsburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780811705608
Subjects: Cox, Susanna, -- d. 1809; Filicide -- Pennsylvania -- Berks County; Unmarried mothers -- Pennsylvania -- Berks County; Women murderers -- Pennsylvania -- Berks County; Berks County (Pa.) -- History
Description: The unfortunate Susanna Cox gained notoriety for killing her illegitimate infant son. The fatal episode led to her hanging in Reading, PA, in 1809. But was Susanna really the culprit?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: the Kutztown Folk Festival; title: Reading and the Oley valley; title: Fingers of guilt; title: Middling stiff; title: When law and humanity had but faint connection; title: Twelve honest men; title: A distraction from grim tidings; title: As innocent as a child; title: The last melancholy resource; title: Ten o'clock to two o'clock and fifty minutes; title: Slinking off anonymously; title: A last hope; title: Seduced by the devil; title: Paradox of confession; title: I poor wretch; title: A final jolt; title: Peace be to her; title: The printers of Exeter township; title: The sad, sad song of Susanna Cox; title: Advice from the dead to the living; title: Her exit; title: infamy!; title: Epilogue back to the Festival.