Claw Fingered Kitty: Eva Dugan

Tea Time Crimes

Eva Dugan did not have an easy life: from a childhood in rural Missouri, to a gold rush in Alaska, ending with a bare existence in Arizona. Along the way, she is accused of murdering her employer, Andrew Mathis, a wealthy chicken rancher. If convicted, Eva Dugan would become the first woman to be executed in the state of Arizona. No matter what the outcome, Eva is determined to show the world there isn’t anything she can’t handle.

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Theme Music by Brad Frank

Sources:

• Deadly Women, Season 8: Episode 13
• Bad Girls of Arizona by Johanna Eubank
• https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/the-execution-of-eva-dugan/
• https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-execute-women-sammantha-allen-ame-deal-eva-dugan-9573428
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197660067/eva-dugan
• https://www.hhhistory.com/2019/05/the-only-woman-hanged-in-arizona.html
• https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/eva-dugan/
• https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/dugan-eva.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/klgo/learn/goldrush.htm
• The San Francisco Examiner - 15 Apr 1928, Sun · Page 127 https://www.newspapers.com/image/458043690/
• Arizona Republic - 26 Aug 1951, Sun · Page 10 https://www.newspapers.com/image/117276673/
• Arizona Daily Star - 20 Feb 1930, Thu · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/162635066/
• The Pawnee Courier-Dispatch - 10 May 1928, Thu · Page 9 https://www.newspapers.com/image/666048801/
• Daily News - 02 Mar 1930, Sun · Page 10 https://www.newspapers.com/image/413084903/
• Daily News - 02 Mar 1930, Sun · Page 177 https://www.newspapers.com/image/413087847/
• Arizona Daily Star - 13 Feb 2020, Thu · Page F5 https://www.newspapers.com/image/637797633/
• The Birmingham News - 21 Feb 1930, Fri · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/573337686/