Murder & Mayhem in Herkimer County

Murder & Mayhem in Herkimer County
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 160
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ISBN-10 : 9781467144391
ISBN-13 : 1467144398
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Book Synopsis Murder & Mayhem in Herkimer County by : Edited by Caryl Hopson and Susan R. Perkins

Download or read book Murder & Mayhem in Herkimer County written by Edited by Caryl Hopson and Susan R. Perkins and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caryl Hopson and Susan R. Perkins collect historic narratives of murder and mayhem in Herkimer County. Herkimer County is steeped in history, from the settlement of the Mohawk Valley by Palatine German settlers to the flood of western migration with the opening of the Erie Canal. But the region also boasts an infamous history of high-profile homicides and crimes. Roxalana Druse murdered her abusive husband and became the last woman to be hanged in New York in 1887. The death of Grace Brown on scenic Big Moose Lake became one of the most famous cases in the country in 1906, inspiring author Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy. Psychological tests of intelligence were admitted into court for the first time in an acquittal of sixteen-year-old Jean Gianini in 1914.


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