Auburn is an Antebellum mansion in Duncan Park in Natchez, Mississippi, it was designed and constructed by which person, an accused in the infamous Manhattan Well Murder trial of 1800, the first murder trial in the United States for which there is a recorded transcript?
Auburn (Natchez, Mississippi) Auburn is an Antebellum mansion in Duncan Park in Natchez, Mississippi. It was designed and constructed by Levi Weeks in 1812, and was the first building to exhibit Greek Revival order in the town. Its prominent two-story Greek portico served as a model for the subsequent architectural development of local mansions. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974 and a Mississippi Landmark in 1984.
Edward Cowart Edward D. Cowart (February 17, 1925 – August 3, 1987) was an American Judge (Dade County Circuit Court Judge). He is best known as presiding judge at the trial of serial killer Ted Bundy in 1979 (considered sometimes as the first "official" serial killer trial) , where he imposed a death sentence. Cowart is remembered for his glowing tribute to Bundy at his sentencing: