July 9, 2019
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Wicked Men Ensnared by Themselves, McDade 601. Sprague, William Buell [1795-1876]. Wicked Men Ensnared by Themselves: A Sermon Preached, December 16, 1825 in the Second Parish of West Springfield, At the Interment of Samuel Leonard, And Mrs. Harriet Leonard, His Wife; The Former of Whom Murdered the Latter, And then..... More
A Trial Discussed by Wigmore [Trial]. Best, John C. [1865-1902], Defendant. The Official Report of the Trial of John C. Best for Murder. Superior Court of Massachusetts. Before Hon. Edgar J. Sherman and Hon. Jabez Fox, Justices. From Notes of the Official Stenographers. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State..... More
Brought to Justice by the Pinkertons [Trial]. Caldwell, Oscar T., Defendant. Smith, J. Victor, Reporter. Trial of Oscar T. Caldwell, Late a Conductor on the Chicago and Burlington Railroad Line, For Embezzlement: Before the Recorders Court of the City of Chicago at the September Term, 1855. Chicago: Daily Democratic Press..... More
He Beat Her to Death with a Shovel [Trial]. Farmer, Daniel Davis [1793-1822], Defendant. Rogers, Artemas, Reporter. Chase, Henry B., Reporter. Trial of Daniel Davis Farmer, For the Murder of the Widow Anna Ayer, At Goffstown, On the 4th of April, A.D. 1821. Concord [NH]: Published by Hill and Moore..... More
"The Most Mysterious of All the Cases Which Have Baptized Connecticut in Blood": McDade 449 [Trial]. [Hayden, Herbert H. (b.1850), Defendant]. Stannard, Mary [1856-1878]. Poor Mary Stannard! Full and Thrilling Story of the Circumstances Connected with Her Murder. History of the Monstrous Madison Crime. The Most Mysterious of All the..... More
Murder, Rape and Necrophilia on a Country Lane in Massachusetts: McDade 722 [Trial]. O'Neil, John [1873?-1908], Defendant. The Official Report of the Trial of John O'Neil for the Murder of Hattie Evelyn McCloud, In the Superior Court of Massachusetts. From Notes of the Official Stenographers. Published by the Attorney-General, Under..... More
"Black, Unhallowed, Uncaused Crime": McDade 934 [Trial]. Strang, Jesse, Defendant. The Confession of Jesse Strang, Who Was Convicted of the Murder of John Whipple, At a Special Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held in and for the County of Albany, On the Fourth Day of August 1827. Being a Minute..... More