Molly Glass, 1781 July 26

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that she never came forth and gave se VoL 1 after ie Gise

had already been taken into custody on Brother char e, _ANother vic-
Ai 5
tim was a 15-year-old white Gott orphan, 2milia Yavis, who she liter-

vally tortured £0 death, beating constantly, hanging of the arms,

acee eee BOL At ofthe body-sitth-hot--coalls-and_oubting buge——
gashes into her Fess On one occasion, she pulled the poor girl's
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and stuck a red hot fork through te

a

peddlar named et are baer out a complaint that he had been
assaulted by hers “fter their arres Sty neighbors game forward with

Coe aris BAPE aimed——
that she “had run away “with some boatmen, but the neighbors feted

oS she was in no conc liton to have run away’, . been 1 practic: alls

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sep arately and John G ASS, 1
aera dake esgic that she had ae the girl and phase

lay dving, Mrs.
Ab ses were convicted and, while
John Wasgis S life.

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Perks hand cut off at the J “08d of the gallows and
the sentence was carried out in New one on Jul

\ fied Glass's tale, XXEBOMIKEE add ing that as lindlia J
cs feeG. ae her ees Oe 4 The two Glas

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she never came forth and gave testimony until after Mrs.

that ass
ac ady-been taken into custody on another charge. ANother vic-
tim was a 15-year-old white ywost orphan, 2milia Yavis, who she liter-
» ally tortured to déath, beating constantly, hanging by the arms,
burn no-various—partsof—the—bedy—wi.th-het—coals-and-—cutting huge
5 1es into her flesh. On one occasion, she pulled the poor girl's
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tongue out of her kame mouth and stuck a red hot f fork through it.

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raed pe wk § * VOLT rs ee ae er yee oes ao) Ss Ls +o +S men + ait

peddlar named Baronniere twere out a complaint that he had been

asse tad by here
eines i

or their ashy, ine Sario

forward with

run away with some eos tner, but the neighbors Bu

vs

tl she was in no condition to have run away, having been practically,
4 Last-time -tiet—she—was—seens—The- Classes wer t t

NS : i
Ps _and John Glass, who was thoroughly dani
NEE sssed that she had killed the girl and that
onc ok _man—hadburiedher Ne bHiaek ~ ee q *
NC aCe tte oho ners ne Khai? Was, questronectt and-he-veri
Se ss's t tale, XXKEXREK bad ing that as Emilia lay dying, Mrs.
i 3 ae her severely, The two asses were convicted and, while
is > N i
ie s!§ life was Sp aredy foliar ass was—s sntenced_to—have-her—
Ke rig! t hand cut off at the fod of the gallows and then +
The sentence was carried out in New Orleans on July 26,

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meee one occasion, s She pulled the poor aos
for mM

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and Jol Sano, hi

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Killed the girl ant that

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GLASS ,. Marie

Mrs, Glass, a.35-year-old free mulatto who was born in

married John Glass, a renegade white man who was a desert

English Army, They lived at EXR& Point Coupee in the E

district of Louisiana where they maintained houses on the two banks
of. the Mississippi River, one in the area controled by the Spanish
and the other in the area controled by the English, When their: ac-
tivities were being investigated on one side, they would move ed
Operations to the other and, in this manner escaped prosectuion bj
either. dt was. only after i Spanish ejected in the English in

ato tha t their activities. finaldy came under investigation. Among
other things, they dealt in eet goods and aided slaves to escape
al the slaves had the money to. purchase their services. ven though

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the Glasses owned no slaves themselves, Mrs, Glass who was thoroughly
sadistic, made slaves out of any white paxxem women who happened to
fall into her clutches, One of her FSEEMKAXE victims was a Ms,
‘Lerre Dumont, the widow of a Frenchman, who Mrs,:“lass forced to

all sorts of menial tasks and kept subjugated by same beatings
and burnings ith hov coals. ee fortunate in that she

mana ge =| ] {- ‘
lana Oh DU she Wa SO tex

GLASS ,.

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ee mulatto who was born in North Carolina
ay ASS, a rene gage white man who was a deserter f
ve They lived at FXX€ Point Coupee in the Baton Ro
district of Louisiana w here they maintained hee on the two
of. the Mississippi River, one in the area co a by the Spanish
and the other in the area controled by the Brae When their. ¢
tivities were being investigated on one side, they would move their
pe oe to the other and, in this manner, ‘ped fy prosectuion by
ther t was, only after the Spanish ejected in the English in
779 tha t their activities finalhy came under investigation. Among
a er things, they dealt in stolen goods and aided slaves to escape
Aly ee slaves had the money to purchase their services. ven though
Glasses owned no slaves ther selves, Mrs, Glass who was thoroughly
s out of any white paxxmem women who happened to
One of her POELEKAXE § victims was is,
snchman, who Mrs,:“lass f
kept cubJugated by repe:z
4) ymont w for tunat eC

into her’ clutc
Dumont, the +
menia | tasks
ee Cc oalse

1pe,y but she was terrified of the

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