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Dream of Escape and Dark Dreamer Ending in Execution
A fragmented confession recounts a doomed romance and a murder framed by insanity. The narrator narrates clandestine marriage plans to Mariah, a murder by John Broughton, wrongful conviction, and a dreamlike execution on the scaffold that ends the tale as a troubled sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Street
Courts of Ordinary
Court of Ordinary
Mariah Brampton
John Broughton
Broughton
Learly
Mariah Braupton
Eden
Mariah
Texas
Santa Anna
Houston
San Jacinto
Magiah
Thisgg
St. Charles St
New Orleans
Crescent City
Corto
Noight
Taylor
Monterey
Mexico
Brazos
Tampico
Brooke
The
Butler
Worth
Rio Grande
Jesup
Atlantic
Department
Interior
Washington
Man Donitie
Sam
War Department
Scott
Hetzel
the Brazos
Vera Cruz
San Juan d’Ulloa
Mr. Trist
Cadwalader
Gill
United States
Buena Vista
Vera. Cruz “Sench
Istael