Kenneth R. Dooley, playwright & author, “The Murder Trial of John Gordon”
Kenneth R. Dooley, playwright & author, “The Murder Trial of John Gordon”
Irish immigrant John Gordon was the last person executed by the State of Rhode Island, after his conviction for the murder of Cranston mill owner, Amasa Sprague, in 1843. Ken Dooley will speak about his play, which sheds new light on this infamous 165-year-old incident. Dooley’s meticulously researched and intriguing play dramatizes just how and