Life and Confession of Ann Walters, the Female Murderess!! Also the Execution of Enos G. Dudley, at Haverhill, N. H., May 23, 1849. To Which Is Added the Confession of Mary Runkle, Who Was Executed for Murder.

A stark and intimate confession opens the narrative, letting Ann Walters herself recount a life that spiraled from a respectable Yorkshire lineage into a series of brutal crimes. The account traces her family's tumultuous migration to Canada, the clandestine marriage that set her on a path of illicit smuggling, and the increasingly desperate choices that led to murder. Through her own words, listeners glimpse the unsettling contrast between her outward respectability and the darkness that consumed her.

The volume also preserves the stark details of two other 19th‑century executions—Enos G. Dudley’s in Haverhill, New Hampshire, and Mary Runkle’s for a separate homicide—offering a broader look at contemporary notions of justice and punishment. These added testimonies frame Walters’ story within a wider pattern of crime and retribution, providing a somber context for the era’s legal and social attitudes.