Susan Eberhart


http://www.system.missouri.edu/upress/spring2002/shipman.htm 

In 1872 Susan Eberhart was convicted of murder for helping her lover
to kill his wife. The Atlanta Constitution ran a story about her
hanging in Georgia that covered slightly more than four full columns
of text. In an editorial sermon about her, the Constituion said that
Miss Eberhart not only committed murder, but also committed adultery
and "violated the sanctity of marriage."

She was apparently the housekeeper of the married couple.