THE MOST DISREPUTABLE PLACE IN KEENE WAS A BOWLING ALLEY. A PLACE CALLED 10 PIN ALLEY. THERE WAS A DIVE BAR. NO CUSTOMERS OF GOOD REPUTE AT 10 PIN ALLEY. IT WAS A PLACE PARENTS WANTED THEIR CHILDREN TO STAY ALERT -- STAY AWAY FROM. LIVING ON THE PREMISES WERE THREE WOMEN OF DOUBTFUL REPUTATION. SARAH, NATALIE, AND ANNA. THEY TENDED BAR AND DID OTHER BUSINESS THE PLACE REQUIRED. THERE WERE OFTEN FISTFIGHTS ON THE PREMISES. IT CAME AS NO SURPRISE THAT ON NOVEMBER 22, 1864, SOMEONE WAS MURDERED AT 10 PIN ALLEY. A CUSTOMER, ALLEY, HAD BEEF WITH SARAH WEBER WHO WAS TENDING BAR. HE PHYSICALLY ATTACKED HER WITH HIS FISTS. SARAH REACHED FOR A PISTOL BEHIND THE BAR AND SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD. HE LINGERED UNTIL 6:00 THE NEXT MORNING AND TILL HE DIED. THE THREE WOMEN WERE ARRESTED AND HELD OVERNIGHT IN THE CITY JAIL. THE NEXT NIGHT SHE WAS ARRAIGNED AND PLEADED NOT GUILTY. SHE WAS VERY POOR AND COULD NOT AFFORD AN ATTORNEY AND WAS ASSIGNED ONE BY THE COURT. IN THE MEANTIME, THE MURDERED MAN’S WIFE COMMITTED SUICIDE. SHE DRANK STRYCHNINE AND LEFT A HEARTBREAKING LETTER. PEOPLE CONSIDERED SARAH OF NO ACCOUNT. NO ONE CAME FORWARD ON HER BEHALF. NO ONE WANTED IT KNOWN THAT THEY WERE ANYWHERE NEAR 10 PIN ALLEY. FEW WENT TO THE TRIAL. SHE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER AND GOT 15 YEARS IN PRISON. BUT AFTER ONE OR TWO YEARS PEOPLE HAD MISGIVINGS ABOUT HER SENTENCE AND SEVERAL CAME FORWARD, TESTIFYING THAT SHOOTING WAS IN SELF-DEFENSE. AND THAT SARAH HAD BEEN WRONGLY CONVICTED. IN 1871 AFTER SERVING SIX YEARS IN PRISON, SARAH FINALLY WAS PARDON