Skull in the Ashes : Murder, a Gold Rush Manhunt, and the Birth of Circumstantial Evidence in America /

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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 f...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Kaufman, Peter
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Novak, Frank.
Novak, Frank > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder)
Homicide investigation.
Evidence, Circumstantial.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Evidence, Circumstantial > Iowa > Walford.
Trials (Murder) > Iowa > Walford.
Homicide investigation > Iowa > Walford.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Fire and ice. Death in flames ; The Bohemian immigrant's clever son ; Down on the ground ; Thiel's men move in ; Following the trail
  • Hardships. Klondike madness ; Inside, hell begins ; Down the Yukon ; The long journey home
  • The trial. Setting the stage ; Orange pumpkins and yellow journalism; Inside the courthouse ; Point and counterpoint ; The summing up and verdict ; After the verdict
  • The white palace and the fort. Life in the colony ; The redemption dance ; Novak's second disappearing act ; The measure of their lifetimes.

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