Murder on the mountain : crime, passion, and punishment in Gilded Age New Jersey /

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"Murder on the Mountain tells the story of Margaret Meierhofer, the last woman executed by the State of New Jersey, who was hung - along with a farmhand drifter named Frank Lammens -- in Newark at the Essex County Jail in January 1881 for murdering her husband John. In September 1879, a Dutch i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Wosh, Peter J. (Author), Schall, Patricia L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
1800-1899
Capital punishment > New Jersey > History > 19th century.
Murder > New Jersey > History > 19th century.
Crime > New Jersey > History > 19th century.
Peine de mort > New Jersey > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Meurtre > New Jersey > Histoire > 19e siècle.
TRUE CRIME / General
Capital punishment
Crime
Murder
New Jersey
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Gallows
  • 2. Communities
  • 3. Murder
  • 4. Trial
  • 5. Prison
  • 6 Memory
  • Notes
  • Index

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