Coo, Eva (d. 1935)

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Coo, Eva (d. 1935)

Canadian-American murderer. Born in Canada; died in electric chair at Sing Sing, June 27 (some sources cite June 28), 1935.

After moving to US (early 1920s), established speakeasy and bordello in Oneonta, NY, which was a success during Prohibition; when business suffered, murdered handyman Harry Wright for insurance money, with friend Martha Clift (1934); condemned to death and executed in electric chair at Sing Sing (1935).

See also Niles Eggleston, Eva Coo, Murderess (North Country Books, 1997).

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