Full account of the life, adventures and execution of Ernst William Gross, who was executed at New Albany, Indiana, on Friday, December 13th, 1850 [electronic resource] / translated from the German by Charles Meyer and published for the benefit of the unfortunate mother of the convict, who followed her son from Germany and fondly hoped to obtain his support in her old age, but instead of finding him in his usual employment as a sober and industrious mechanic, she met him in chains, a convicted murderer, instead of obtaining his support, she was doomed to witness his ignominious death and was turned away upon a world of strangers, destitute of any means of support : this publication was made to enable her to collect the means for returning to her former home.