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Guthrie, Keith.
The legend of Chipita :
the only woman hanged in Texas /
Keith Guthrie ; illustrated by Iris Guthrie.
Austin, Tex. :
Eakin Press,
1990.
viii, 92 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 83-85.
The ghost that moans -- Game trail becomes early road -- Murder and arrest -- The case against Chipita -- The trial -- The men of the Grand Jury and the Petit Jury -- Sentencing -- Judge Benjamin F. Neal -- Hanging and burial -- Legends, apparitions, ghost stories, and yarns -- Chipita gets a new trial.
Examines the trial, death, and folklore surrounding the only woman legally hanged in Texas in 1863.
Young Adult.
20001117.
Rodriguez, Chipita
d. 1863
Trials, litigation, etc.
Rodriguez, Chipita
d. 1863.
Capital punishment
Texas
History
Civil War, 1861-1865.
Capital punishment
Texas.
Guthrie, Iris,
ill.
TXMAR