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| Genre/Form: | Case studies |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: McConnell, Virginia A., 1942- Arsenic under the elms. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999 (OCoLC)607393356 Online version: McConnell, Virginia A., 1942- Arsenic under the elms. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999 (OCoLC)607925633 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Virginia A McConnell |
| ISBN: | 0275962970 9780275962975 |
| OCLC Number: | 40821045 |
| Description: | xiv, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The Murder of Mary Stannard -- Mary -- The Reverend Herbert H. Hayden -- The Stannard-Hawley Clan -- Discovery: The Rockland Community Takes Over -- Justice Court Trial: Prelude to "The Great Case" -- Interim: Preparing for "The Great Case" -- The Great Case -- Arsenic at Center Stage -- Experts on Parade -- Lay Testimony -- Verdict -- The Belle of New Haven: The Tragedy of Jennie Cramer -- "Drifting with the Tide" -- Jennie, Jimmy, Wall, and Blanche -- Boys Will Be Boys -- An End and a Beginning: Inquest Verdict -- Justice Court Trial in West Haven -- Superior Court Trial in New Haven -- What Happened to Jennie Cramer? -- Aftermath -- The Victims' Families: The Stannards, Hawleys, and Cramers -- The Defendants' Families: The Haydens and Malleys. |
| Responsibility: | Virginia A. McConnell. |
Abstract:
"Attorney and crime researcher Virgina McConnell provides a fascinating view of Connecticut in Victorian times, as glimpsed through the unrelated, but disturbingly similar murders of two young women near New Haven in the late 1800s." -- Jacket.
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