The Murder of Abram Deem: The Trial, Conviction and Execution of...
Rare Account of the 1864 Murder of a Confederate Sympathizer in West Virginia Douglas, C.E. The Murder of Abram Deem: The Trial, Conviction and Execution of the Murderers with a Memoir and Confession of Mortimer W. Gibbony. Parkersburg, WV: S.n., 1957. [i], 4, 8 ff. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Moderate toning, light edgewear and a few chips to spine, faint fold line to upper corner, faint stain to f. 4. $150. * Only edition. Deem, a prominent local in Wood County, West Virginia, was murdered on September 16th, 1864. Though he did not enlist, he was a Confederate sympathizer, and three men, including Mortimer Gibbony, a Union soldier, were arrested for his murder. All were hanged. OCLC locates 5 copies (Duke, Kent State, Kanawha County Public Library, Marshall University, West Virginia University).
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