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Line 1: − + + − + + + + + + + + + + + − + − − == Murder of Eunice Bolles == − "On the 21st of July, 1786, at about 10 o'clock in the morning, the body of the murdered child was found in the public road leading from New-London to Norwich, lying on its face near to a wall ... The neighborhood turned out to hunt for the murderer; Hannah was questioned and claimed that she had seen four boys near the scene of the crime. When a search failed to turn them up, Hannah was interrogated again, and then taken to the Bolles home to be charged with homicide in the presence of the dead child. She burst into tears and confessed. Only at this late point in the narrative is the reader offered a sequential account of the crime. Five weeks earlier, Eunice had reported Hannah for stealing fruit during the strawberry harvest, and Hannah had plotted revenge. Catching sight of her young enemy headed for school one morning, Hannah had lured Eunice from her path with a gift of calico, then beat and choked her to death."
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|birth_place=Connecticut, British America
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|death_date=December 20, 1786
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|death_place=New London, Connecticut
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Hannah Ocuish (March 1774 – December 1786) was executed at the age of twelve years, being hanged on December 20, 1786, in New London, Connecticut. She is believed to be the youngest person executed in the United States.
'''Hannah Ocuish''' (March 1774 – December 20, 1786) was executed at the age of twelve years, being hanged on December 20, 1786, in New London, Connecticut. She is believed to be the youngest person executed in the United States.