<em>The story so far: Charged with the murder of her husband, Lillian Roupe faces an all-male jury and a packed courtroom at her trial. It becomes clear in testimony that Lillian’s marriage was marked by abuse at the hands of a hot-tempered drinker, but the prosecutor’s case ...
<em>The story so far: As Lillian Roupe sits in jail for the murder of her husband, sympathy grows for the woman who worked in factories as a child an became an unwed mother as a teenager. Meanwhile, to strengthen its case, prosecutors exhume the body of William Roupe for another ...
<em>The story so far: Lillian Roupe awaits trial for the murder of her husband. The daughter of immigrants, she labored in factories as a child and became an unwed mother as a teenager. As an unwed mother, Moss became socially unacceptable – until she met and married William ...
<em>The story so far: The charges against Lillian Roupe escalate to homicide when her husband dies from a bullet wound. Although the victim and accused are ordinary working people, the public begins to see his death as no ordinary crime.</em>From the earliest days of ...
<em>The story so far: In the early morning hours of Dec. 31, 1915, mill worker William Roupe comes home from a night of drinking and his confronted by his wife. In the ensuing argument, Roupe is shot in the chest, and his wife, Lillian, is taken to the county ...
The motor car sputtered up dark and deserted West Beau Street in Washington as windblown sleet crackled against its canvas top and side curtains. Before reaching the courthouse and Main Street, it turned right through the gates of the Washington County Jail, ascended the driveway and rattled to ...
