Martha Curnutt Casto

Martha Curnutt Casto
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1812 (213/214 shekaru)
Sana'a

Martha Curnutt Casto (c. 1812 - 1887) an yanke mata hukuncin shekaru biyar a gidan yarin Jihar Missouri, gidan yarin maza, a cikin 1843 bayan ta kashe mijinta mai zalunci, Noah Casto, tare da gatari yayin da yake barci a Barry County, Missouri. Kwarewarta a gidan yarin ta haifar da isasshen goyon baya daga 'yan siyasa a jihar don neman gafara, wanda aka ba ta a 1844. Lamarin ya ja hankalin gaskiyar cewa an bukaci gidan yarin mata.

Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi Martha game da 1812 a Tennessee, 'yar John Curnutt. A ranar 6 ga Yuli, 1839, ta auri Noah Casto a Cole County, Missouri. Nuhu ya fito ne daga Pennsylvania kuma ya yi aure akalla sau biyu a baya. Marta da Nuhu suna da 'ya'ya biyu tare, 'yar mai suna Maryamu da ɗa Nuhu, wanda aka haifa game da 1840 da 1842 bi da bi.

Kisan kai, ɗaurin kurkuku, da gafartawa

A safiyar ranar 10 ga Yuli, 1843, mijin Martha Noah ya sanar da cewa ta fi dacewa ta yi karin kumallo sannan ta yi addu'o'inta saboda zai kashe ta daga baya, sannan ta koma barci. Da tsoron rayuwarta da kuma gaskata cewa "rayuwarta ko nata" ce, Marta ta ɗauki gatari na itace kuma ta kawo shi a kan kan kan Nuhu yayin da yake barci, ta hanyar idanunsa. Ta kashe shi da bugawa daya. Daga nan sai ta tafi ga maƙwabcinta kuma ta bayyana abin da ya faru. An same ta da laifin kisan kai na farko kuma an yanke mata hukuncin shekaru biyar a gidan yarin Jihar Missouri, inda ita ce kadai mace mai fursuna daga cikin kimanin 800. Tun da ba ta iya haɗuwa da fursunonin maza ba, an kawo abincin ta cikin tantanin ta kuma an sanya ta aiki a waje da ganuwar kurkuku, a cikin gidajen masu haya na kurkuku, Kyaftin Ezra Richmond da Alkalin James Brown. A can, matar Brown ta yi mata fyade a kai a kai, har ta yi ƙoƙari ta gudu amma an sake kama ta kuma an sanya ta a cikin tsare-tsare na ɗan lokaci.

Martha ta yi juna biyu yayin da take cikin gidan yari. Kodayake ba a san mahaifin ba, jerin wadanda ake zargi sun iyakance ga waɗanda ke da damar zuwa gare ta yayin da suke kurkuku, kamar masu tsaron kurkuku da masu haya. Ta haifi a farkon shekara ta 1844 kuma yaron, 'yar mai suna Sarah, ta kasance a cikin tantanin ta tare da ita. Tare da sanin cewa jaririn bazai tsira daga hunturu a cikin tantanin sanyi ba, mutane 55, daga cikinsu wasu fitattun mutane na gida, sun sanya hannu kan takardar neman gafartawar Martha wanda Gwamna John C. Edwards ya ba shi a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1844.

Rayuwa da mutuwa daga baya

Bayan an sake ta, Martha da 'ya'yanta sun ɗauki amfani da sunan budurwarta kuma sun zauna tare da mahaifinta, John Curnutt, na ɗan lokaci. 'Yar Martha Mary ta auri Samuel Nixon, yayin da ɗanta Noah ya shiga cikin Sojojin Tarayyar kuma ya mutu yayin hidimarsa a Yaƙin basasa. A shekarunta na baya, Martha ta zauna tare da 'yarta Maryamu har zuwa mutuwarta a ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 1887, kusan tana da shekaru 75.[2]

Kyauta

Actress Cynthia Nixon ta fito ne daga zuriyar Martha Curnutt, ta hanyar 'yarta Mary Nixon wacce ta kasance kakarta ta Cynthia. An nuna Cynthia a cikin shahararren gidan talabijin, Wanene Kuna tunanin Kai ne?