Author: Maturia Murray Ballou
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Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Lies Told Under Oath
Author: Beth Lane
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462076300
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
In 1912, a prosperous Illinois farm family Charles; his wife, Mathilda; their fifteen-year-old daughter, Blanche; and boarding schoolteacher Emma Kaempen were brutally murdered, the crime concealed by arson, and the family's surviving son, handsome Ray Pfanschmidt, arrested. He was convicted by the press long before trial. In Lies Told Under Oath, author Beth Lane retells the story of the murders, the trial, the verdict, and the aftermath. Using information culled from actual trial transcripts and newspaper accounts, Lane presents the day-to-day testimony as Ray's battle for his life surged through three courtrooms the drama complicated by brilliant attorneys, allegations of perjury, charges of rigged evidence, jailhouse informants, legal loopholes, conflict over the large estate being inherited by the alleged murderer, and appeals to the state supreme court. The remaining family became divided over Ray's guilt while his fiancée staunchly stood by him. Lies Told Under Oath provides a fascinating, historical account of the times and the people when science was in its infancy, telephones meant shared party lines, bloody evidence was contested (or contrived), and automobiles competed with bloodhounds and buggies. It captures the essence of an emotional crime that rocked this small Illinois community.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462076300
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
In 1912, a prosperous Illinois farm family Charles; his wife, Mathilda; their fifteen-year-old daughter, Blanche; and boarding schoolteacher Emma Kaempen were brutally murdered, the crime concealed by arson, and the family's surviving son, handsome Ray Pfanschmidt, arrested. He was convicted by the press long before trial. In Lies Told Under Oath, author Beth Lane retells the story of the murders, the trial, the verdict, and the aftermath. Using information culled from actual trial transcripts and newspaper accounts, Lane presents the day-to-day testimony as Ray's battle for his life surged through three courtrooms the drama complicated by brilliant attorneys, allegations of perjury, charges of rigged evidence, jailhouse informants, legal loopholes, conflict over the large estate being inherited by the alleged murderer, and appeals to the state supreme court. The remaining family became divided over Ray's guilt while his fiancée staunchly stood by him. Lies Told Under Oath provides a fascinating, historical account of the times and the people when science was in its infancy, telephones meant shared party lines, bloody evidence was contested (or contrived), and automobiles competed with bloodhounds and buggies. It captures the essence of an emotional crime that rocked this small Illinois community.
Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Gleason's Pictorial
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Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 428
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The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence
Author: Benson John Lossing
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion
Author: Maturia Murray Ballou
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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The pictorial field-book of the Revolution; or, Illustrations, by pen and pencil, of the ... War for independence
Author: Benson John Lossing
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Dramatic Mirror of the Stage and Motion Pictures
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Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 982
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Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 982
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Private Letters from the British Embassy in Washington to the Foreign Secretary Lord Granville, 1880-1885
Author: Paul Knaplund
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion
Author: Maturia Murray Ballou
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Pictorial History of the American Presidency
Author: John Stewart Bowman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780831768744
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Pictoral history of the American Presidency from George Washington to Ronald Reagan.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780831768744
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Pictoral history of the American Presidency from George Washington to Ronald Reagan.