Alex Hortis

What also happened was Newberg got turned off by all this vitriol towards Polly. There was this scandalous pamphlet that had made up, you know, these stories about her being a harlot, basically. And the people of Newberg were just so turned off by the red meat press at the time that they start swinging sympathetically towards Polly as if she were a victim. And so they acquit.

What also happened was Newberg got turned off by all this vitriol towards Polly. There was this scandalous pamphlet that had made up, you know, these stories about her being a harlot, basically. And the people of Newberg were just so turned off by the red meat press at the time that they start swinging sympathetically towards Polly as if she were a victim. And so they acquit.

And so Polly is let go eventually the following year, but in a sense she's not free because the people on Staten Island all believe that she's guilty. She lives in this small cottage. She never leaves Staten Island, and she's sort of this recluse. There are rumors about her, and she lives out her very long life as a recluse on Staten Island, still shunned.

And so Polly is let go eventually the following year, but in a sense she's not free because the people on Staten Island all believe that she's guilty. She lives in this small cottage. She never leaves Staten Island, and she's sort of this recluse. There are rumors about her, and she lives out her very long life as a recluse on Staten Island, still shunned.