PORTLAND, Maine — Two and a half centuries ago this spring, Solomon Goodwin brought a six-and-a-half-foot oar crashing down onto David Wilson’s head during an alcohol-fueled argument while the pair rowed a boat up the Kennebec River. The blow did not kill Wilson but it knocked him into the water, where he drowned. A third man in the boat, who had tried to keep the peace, turned Goodwin in to authorities.
Maine’s 1st Sensational, True Crime Murder Stories Were Written By Puritan Preachers
Troy R. Bennett, Bangor Daily News
Sat, 06/04/2022 - 10:00pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Maine Penobscot County Bangor
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