Talk:Eva Coo

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I have not read Mr. Eggleston's book, so I'm not sure how much the author of this article relied on that work.

However, my research, using news accounts of Eva's trial, tells a very different story.

1) Harry Wright was never described as simple-minded, but was nicknamed "Gimpy" because of a bad leg.

2) Wright was married and was reportedly a philanderer, prompting his wife to leave him. This is how, according to the papers, he ended up at Eva's roadhouse.

3) He did have $1,500 in savings, but no account of Eva's trial states that this was an inheritance.

4) The newspapers said that Eva received $14,000 from a suspicious fire of a home she owned with her ex-husband in Canada.

I hesitate to make major revisions in this article because it's my experience that newspapers of that era were not necessarily the most reliable sources.

My sources included: Various United Press articles in papers across the country, the Associated Press, and the Syracuse Herald, which covered the case in great detail.

I'll await the input of others before amending this article based on my research.