The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Maple Island

Watters, A. "Maple Island." New York Saturday Press, September 24, 1859, 1.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

The story of a man found hung on Maple Island has previously been told by one of the members involved in the hanging. This telling of the story relates to local boys visiting the island and what they observed of the incident.