Collection ID: Coll. No. 17
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Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Artificial Collection
Abstract:
Papers relating to Eva Coo's trial and conviction for the murder of Harry Wright.
Extent:
2 cubic feet and 1 volume
Language:
English

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection contains the District Attorney's transcripts of the testimony before the Grand Jury, examination of trial jurors, and witness testimony, and depositions, appeals records, bills, two scrapbooks of clippings, and photographs submitted as evidence. Also, the defense attorney's witness papers, ms. notes, and two scrapbooks of clippings; Clermont Tennant's correspondence relating to Martha Clift; and the Wright family Bible in which Coo changed Harry Wright's birth date so her insurance payments, due to his death, would be higher.

Biographical / Historical:

Eva Coo was tried for the murder of Harry Wright in 1934, was found guilty, and sentenced to death in the electric chair. She was executed on June 28, 1935, the last woman to be executed in New York State. The murder took place on Crumhorn Mountain, Maryland, Otsego County, NY, the trial in Cooperstown, Otsego County, NY. The District Attorney was Don Grant, defense attorney was James Byard, Jr., and Clermont Tennant was the court appointed lawyer for Martha Clift, Coo's accessory.

Acquisition information:
FIC, NM-21.75.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Coll. No. 17: Eva Coo Collection is open for research according to the regulations of Fenimore Art Museum Library.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research. If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of fair use, that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
5798 State Highway 80
Cooperstown, NY 13326, United States
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CONTACT:
607-547-1400