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This book not only tells the story of the California Gold Rush; it introduces the reader to the real great lawmen that help civilize California. It tells of the most notorious bandit Joaquin Murrieta who terrorized California for three years. It tells the true story of the Mexican raid on the gold camp Rancheria where they killed every one they saw including the camp mother while handing her baby out the window to save him. They shot a camp mother in the back! In those times one was hung for stealing a mule. The entire gold country went crazy. Miners demanded a race war. Four of the best lawmen in California's history tracked the real killers. They had two spectacular gunfights the last of which Hollywood could not match. In conclusion the event changed the people and laws of California forever.
Shedding painful light on a brutal crime, the author explores the neglectful and abusive circumstances that brought young Shirley Katherine Wolf and Cindy Lee Collier to the edge and resulted in their stabbing murder of eighty-five-year-old Anna Brackett. Reissue.
On a February night in 1897, the general store in Walford, Iowa, burned down. The next morning, townspeople discovered a charred corpse in the ashes. Everyone knew that the store’s owner, Frank Novak, had been sleeping in the store as a safeguard against burglars. Now all that remained were a few of his personal items scattered under the body. At first, it seemed to be a tragic accident mitigated just a bit by Novak’s foresight in buying generous life insurance policies to provide for his family. But soon an investigation by the ambitious new county attorney, M. J. Tobin, turned up evidence suggesting that the dead man might actually be Edward Murray, a hard-drinking local laborer. Relying upon newly developed forensic techniques, Tobin gradually built a case implicating Novak in Murray’s murder. But all he had was circumstantial evidence, and up to that time few murder convictions had been won on that basis in the United States. Others besides Tobin were interested in the case, including several companies that had sold Novak life insurance policies. One agency hired detectives to track down every clue regarding the suspect’s whereabouts. Newspapers across the country ran sensational headlines with melodramatic coverage of the manhunt. Veteran detective Red Perrin’s determined trek over icy mountain paths and dangerous river rapids to the raw Yukon Territory town of Dawson City, which was booming with prospectors as the Klondike gold rush began, made for especially good copy. Skull in the Ashes traces the actions of Novak, Tobin, and Perrin, showing how the Walford fire played a pivotal role in each man’s life. Along the way, author Peter Kaufman gives readers a fascinating glimpse into forensics, detective work, trial strategies, and prison life at the close of the nineteenth century. As much as it is a chilling tale of a cold-blooded murder and its aftermath, this is also the story of three ambitious young men and their struggle to succeed in a rapidly modernizing world.
A decade ago, sixteen-year-old Rudy D'Angelo died in a horrifying "accident" on a lonely Sierra logging road. A mysterious gold nugget was found in his pocket. Now, years later, in a strange turn of events, Rudy's aunt, famous Western artist Millie Minero, has also suddenly died under disturbing circumstances.When Rudy's twin sister, hometown girl turned New York lawyer Alexandra D'Angelo, inherits her aunt Millie's historic house and returns home to Jackson, California, she is plunged into a nightmare of harassment and death threats. Someone wants her to run, to abandon her birthright. But, why? What secrets does she unwittingly hold?As the attempts to intimidate her become ever more overt and menacing, Alexandra has the horrible realization that her troubles may be tied to those two brutal tragedies from her past. Taking a stand may prove fatal. Leaving is out of the question. Please note that this book contains irreverent attitudes and strong language.
This wildly entertaining book is very well researched, and a must-read for the lover of non-fiction history. Never before has a book been written about this significant events that happened during the California Gold Rush era: the raid on Rancheria Gold Camp. The Mexican vaqueros of the Ione and Jackson Valley ranches had enough of being treated like dogs by the Anglo miners. They would get their revenge! This was an era of the wildest of the Wild West. In those times, a man would be hung for stealing a mule. What would the miners do to someone that shot and killed their camp mother in the back; as she was lowering her baby out a window to save it from the Mexican raiders? The retaliation was more horrific than the raid! The chase of the real bad guys includes some of the best lawmen the Old West produced, three gun fights, and one more spectacular than the OK Corral of Tombstone. There exists two scenes, that if made into a movie, would never be forgotten as long as that movie-goer lives. All that and every bit really happened. This is a true story you will never forget!
"Uncovers a centuries-long story of obsession that often included murder, gun fights, deadly accidents, overnight fortunes and even cannibalism. . . Neligh is a practiced writer whose style mixes history and modern realities seamlessly." -Colorado Country Life Gold! brings together the story of this metal’s glittering legacy in the Centennial State and the madness, murder, and mayhem that came along with it. The book examines the rich history of the miners and treasure hunters who came to face danger and hardships in the unforgiving Rocky Mountains. This story is unique in that it takes a look at the phenomenon of gold, the treasure hunters, both modern and historic, and brings them to life in a detailed and sharp narrative. Author Ian Neligh spent a year meeting with experts and enthusiasts, hearing their stories and trying to understand why it is they continue to do what they do—often in the face of extreme hardship. Modern-day gold miners profiled include Al Mosch, Bill Chapman, Ken Reid, and Chad Watkins. Gold! is the story of an unusual subculture on the rise in the mountains of Colorado fueled by a delicate balance of hope, greed, and loss. It tells the story of men mostly forgotten by the world as they go in endless pursuit of an impossible fortune. It follows miners working their small, dangerous gold claims in mines over a hundred years old, to modern-day prospectors trying to strike it rich and counterbalance the weight of a struggling economy. The book also examines if those who spend their lives in search of riches—ever actually strike it rich. This book will appeal to both history buffs as well as fans of modern-day reality shows like Gold Rush.
The true story of a triple murder that shocked a New York community and drew the interest of famed criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey. Twenty-seven-year-old Peter Egan, his wife Barbara Ann, and Peter’s younger brother Gerald were familiar to Watertown, New York, authorities long before December 31, 1964. The police suspected the brazen trio in a long string of burglaries and petty crimes. They were also under investigation by the FBI for grand theft auto. But on that New Year's night, the Egan family’s criminal career came to a violent end. All three were found with a bullet to the head at a rest stop off Interstate 81. The gruesome killings puzzled local and state police. Was it a random murder? A confrontation gone awry? Or a premeditated act of retribution by hardened criminals who feared the Egans would turn state's witness? Then, a surprise arrest was made. But when F. Lee Bailey, lawyer for the self-confessed Boston Strangler, entered the fray, the case took an unexpected twist that shrouded the murders in mystery to this day.
A murder mystery began during the 1870’s in old west Nevada. From the gold rush of Virginia City to the railroad town of Elko, a legend has developed involving lost treasure and cold blooded murder. The descendents of the gold rush tycoon involved in the legend go to modern Elko to solve the mystery of the murder and the lost treasure. One by one, the descendents are themselves murdered, mystifying and frustrating police investigators. Is a serial killer loose in Elko? Is someone targeting the family or simply trying to prevent others from finding the treasure?
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Euro-American citizenry of California carried out mass genocide against the Native population of their state, using the processes and mechanisms of democracy to secure land and resources for themselves and their private interests. The murder, rape, and enslavement of thousands of Native people were legitimized by notions of democracy—in this case mob rule—through a discreetly organized and brutally effective series of petitions, referenda, town hall meetings, and votes at every level of California government. Murder State is a comprehensive examination of these events and their early legacy. Preconceptions about Native Americans as shaped by the popular press and by immigrants’ experiences on the overland trail to California were used to further justify the elimination of Native people in the newcomers’ quest for land. The allegedly “violent nature” of Native people was often merely their reaction to the atrocities committed against them as they were driven from their ancestral lands and alienated from their traditional resources. In this narrative history employing numerous primary sources and the latest interdisciplinary scholarship on genocide, Brendan C. Lindsay examines the darker side of California history, one that is rarely studied in detail, and the motives of both Native Americans and Euro-Americans at the time. Murder State calls attention to the misuse of democracy to justify and commit genocide.