East Rock Park at New Haven, Conn: Illustrated in Photo-Gravure (Classic Reprint) [Idioma Inglés] - Tapa dura

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In the winter of 1823 the dead body of E'ias Turner was found on the summit of the Rock, in a rude but he had himself built, and which had afforded him shelter through many previous winter storms. Tradition says he had been crossed in love, and becoming a misanthropic, secluded himself from his kind, led a wild and precarious life on the Rock, and was scarcely ever known to speak to a human creature.

He was succeeded as monarch of the Rock by a squatter named Hubbell, who is still remembered by many old residents of New Haven as an eccentric character, making a meagre living by the sale of wood, which he hauled from the Rock and through the streets of the City by a goat team.

Next we learn of a Mr. Smith and his wife, who lived in a small house, on the site after wards occupied by the Old Stewart House. They were well and favorably known to all visitors to the Rock, to whom they sold refreshments. In 1848 their mutilated corpses were found outside their dwelling. While within was a scene of destruction, the floor having been torn up, evidently in a search for hidden treasure. The murderer was discovered, and in 1850 expiated his crime on the scaffold.

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