EPISODE 33: Sounds Guilty

May 24

On today's episode, Kate and Paul take us to 1883 Long Island where a murder and a string of robberies confound police. Voice recognition from a blind victim leads police on a manhunt that takes them far from where they first were looking.

Sources:

“People v. Rugg” (Court of Appeals State of New York) 1885.

https://casetext.com/case/the-people-v-rugg

“The Long Island Murders” (Murder by Gaslight) 2014

http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2014/09/the-long-island-murders.html

“A LOOK BACK with Dr. Scott Eckers” by Scott Eckers (LI Herald) 2019.

https://www.liherald.com/stories/a-look-back-with-dr-scott-eckers,111178

“HANGING OF CHARLES H. RUGG.; THE MURDERER MEETS HIS FATE WITHOUT EXHIBITING ANY FEELING.” (New York Times) May 16, 1885

https://www.nytimes.com/1885/05/16/archives/hanging-of-charles-h-rugg-the-murderer-meets-his-fate-without.html

“CHARLES RUGG IN DEMAND; THE HICKSVILLE JUSTICE SENDS AFTER HIM IN VAIN. MORE EVIDENCE FOUND AGAINST THE NEGRO--THE ALLEGED CONFESSION WHICH EDMUND TAPPAN MADE.” (New York Times) February 2, 1884

https://www.nytimes.com/1884/02/02/archives/charles-rugg-in-demand-the-hicksville-justice-sends-after-him-in.html

“Confessed: Rugg Admits That He Killed the Maybees at Brookville” (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) January 30, 1884

https://www.newspapers.com/image/50342463/?terms=%22did%20you%20really%20kill%20the%20maybees%3F%22&match=1

“Killing Helpless Women”

https://www.nytimes.com/1883/11/19/archives/killing-helpless-women-the-cowardly-crime-in-a-little-long-island.html

“Rugg Hanged” (The Brooklyn Union) 1885.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/541772500/?terms=sprague%2C%20maybee&match=1

CHARLES RUGG GROWING BLACKER. (New York Times) April 11, 1884

https://www.nytimes.com/1884/04/11/archives/charles-rugg-growing-blacker.html

“John Tappan the Man” (New York Times) Jan 19, 1884

https://www.newspapers.com/image/20614179/?terms=%22john%20tappan%22&match=1

“Three Crimes” (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) April 17, 1885