Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 5
Introduction 7
John Adam Hartmann, the Leatherstocking Man 9
The People Versus Eleven-Year-Old John Bowman 11
The Great Little Falls Bank Robbery 13
Murder Most Diabolical and Atrocious 17
A Drink to Make Lip 21
The Murder of Anson Casler 24
The Black Widow of Warren 27
Mashed to Death 29
Murder by the Mansion 31
The Murders of Bellinger and Hayes 33
The Murder of Orlo Davis 37
The Murder of Moses Craig Holden Sr. 40
The John Wishart Murder 42
A Timeless Tragedy 45
The Hanging of a Murderess 49
Murder in Middleville 54
Quarrel Over a Button 57
Vale of Tears 59
Jealous Lover: The Ella Ausman Murder 66
Nellie Had a Date with Death 70
The Case of Infanticide 73
An Unusual Tragedy 75
Chester Gillette 81
A Rocky Marriage Ends in an Axe Blow 85
Murder on Garden Street 87
Caught on Film 91
A Murder of Forgiveness 96
Arthur W. Wood Murdered in Schuyler 103
The Notorious 1916 Little Falls Trunk Murder 106
The Killing of Henry Werner 109
Lured to Their Deaths: The Mulkoon Affair 115
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing 119
Wagner-Hotaling Murder of Little Falls 123
The Final Argument 125
The Trespassing Cows 129
The Brewer Mystery 132
Taken for a Ride: Paolo Basile 137
The Last Still Raid 141
Notes 145
Bibliography 147
About the Editors 159
