The Murder of Captain Joseph White
Today if you go to Salem Massachusetts you are likely to find that they relish in their history. I am sure it is not something they are proud out, however, from a financial point of view for the town it is rather lucrative. It seems that the more modern residents have decided to live by my theory of life... "it is what it is." Since they cannot change history and so many people are fascinated by the story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 they may as well live with it. Such was not the case in 1830. It had been almost 150 years since those famous trials, where it has all been proven innocent people were executed, but the residents of Salem still lived on edge. On the morning of April 7, 1830 their fears were heightened. The handyman of local, wealthy, widower, Captain Joseph White found the 82 year old man in his bed, murdered. Joseph White had been a shipmaster and trader in many things, including slave trading wh...