Mary Rogers Case Marks 65th Anniversary in Vermont
On December 8 1903 Bennington began daily publication of The Banner with Mary Rogers entering a not guilty plea to murdering her husband Marcus Rogers a case that later went to the U S Supreme Court. Leon Perham later confessed to helping Mary plan the murder by chloroform after a August 12 1902 picnic by the Walloomsac River. The 65th anniversary coincides with the newspaper’s first daily edition.
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Mary Rogers Case: Bennington Murder and Vermont’s Last Hanging
Mary Rogers plotted with Leon Perham to murder her husband Marcus Rogers after a picnic on the Bay Walloomsac River. Chloroform and rope were used, leading to a death ruled a homicide. The trial, appeals, and national attention culminated in a 1905 execution, the only one of a woman in Vermont, with lasting local notoriety.
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Drowning in Saccarine Sweetness at Williamstown and Manchester
Greg Guma reviews the Williamstown Cinema double bill The Endless Summer and Elvira Madigan and the Harte and Manchester cinemas runs of Hang Em High and Coogan s Bluff. He praises visuals while faulting overload. Eastwood’s mystique shifts to a mortal in Hang Em High, yet the film remains strong Western fare.
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