Murder on the Florida Frontier: The True Story behind Sanford's Headless Miser Legend

Murder on the Florida Frontier: The True Story behind Sanford's Headless Miser Legend
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : 9781467139397
ISBN-13 : 1467139394
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Book Synopsis Murder on the Florida Frontier: The True Story behind Sanford's Headless Miser Legend by : Andrew Fink

Download or read book Murder on the Florida Frontier: The True Story behind Sanford's Headless Miser Legend written by Andrew Fink and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archie Newton stepped off the river steamer in 1880 with a letter of introduction and a secret. Seeking refuge, the young Newton hoped for a new life on the Florida frontier. Samuel McMillan was a miserly Sanford bachelor who carried large sums of "greenbacks" and trusted no one. The ambitious Newton had his eye on purchasing McMillan's profitable orange grove. But on his way back from Newton's home one evening, McMillan disappeared, and he wasn't seen again until his headless, mutilated corpse was pulled from a nearby lake. Newton's trial was sensational and the evidence gruesome, and local legends grew of a headless ghost rising from the lake. Author Andrew Fink chronicles the twists and turns of this shocking story.


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