. An authentic and faithful history of the mysterious murder of Maria Marten, with a full development of all the extraordinary circumstances which led to the discovery of her body in the Red barn; to which is added the trial of William Corder. Taken at large in short hand specially for this work, with an account of his execution, dissection, &c., and many interestng particulars relative to the village of Polstead and its vicinity; the prison correspondence of Corder, and fifty-three letters, in answer to his advertisement for a wife [electronic resource]. B V H Y OF MARIA MARTEN. 71 ti
. An authentic and faithful history of the mysterious murder of Maria Marten, with a full development of all the extraordinary circumstances which led to the discovery of her body in the Red barn; to which is added the trial of William Corder. Taken at large in short hand specially for this work, with an account of his execution, dissection, &c., and many interestng particulars relative to the village of Polstead and its vicinity; the prison correspondence of Corder, and fifty-three letters, in answer to his advertisement for a wife [electronic resource]. B V H Y OF MARIA MARTEN. 71 timed spectacle was placed tor public view w ithintrumpet-sound of the dwelling ot* the venerable,care-worn, and almost broken-hearted mother ot thealleged perpetrator of the horrid deed, which wasdeemed extremely improper by the better-informedpart of the inhabitants, and by some of them entirelycondemned. When the intention of the sordid proprietors wasmade known, it was said that Sir William Kowlevwould be applied to, to prevent the exhibition, butthere was no magisterial interference on the sub-ject. In the course of the day, however, the showmen received a message from Mrs. Corder, warningthem of the consequences if they made an im-proper use of the name of her sou ; and the Can tion appeared to be attended to, but the publicwere as well acquainted with the innuendoes whichwere thrown out as though the real name had aotually been used. In addition to these exhibitions, there weiv l>allad-singers with songs connected with Ihc Polsteadmurder, where the name o
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