Six Capsules : The Gilded Age Murder of Helen Potts /

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As Ted Bundy was to the 20th century, so Carlyle Harris was to the 19th. Harris was a charismatic, handsome young medical student with an insatiable appetite for sex. His trail of debauched women ended with Helen Potts, a beautiful young woman of wealth and privilege who was determined to keep herse...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dekle, George R., 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Series:True crime series (Kent, Ohio)
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Potts, Helen, > 1871-1891 > Death and burial.
Harris, Carlyle W., > 1869-1893 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder) > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The secret marriage
  • The sacred marriage
  • A world of concern for Harris
  • Working up a case on Harris
  • Wellman states his case against Harris
  • The prosecution case : week one
  • The prosecution case : week two
  • The defense case : day one
  • The defense case : day two
  • Taylor sums up
  • Wellman sums up, the jury speaks
  • New evidence?
  • The Raines Commission
  • The curtain falls
  • Epilogue : The Harris case today.

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