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Innocent As The Angels
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Author : Duane Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Spencer Family Murder
Release Date : 2023-04-05
Innocent As The Angels written by Duane Taylor and has been published by Spencer Family Murder this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-05 with True Crime categories.
More than a simple true-crime narrative, this rural Missouri family's unsolved murder spawned an ugly life of its own, encircling countless lives in three states for three years. This story and its characters deserve to be lifted from the obscurity in which they've slumbered for 150 years. Second, the book illuminates the shadowy world of bounty hunters working as unscrupulous private detectives in post-Civil War America. No book-length, in-depth treatment of this epic of multiple interlocking narratives has ever been published. Incredibly, everything is here--murder, scandal, revenge, gunplay, courtroom drama, perjury, a posse or two, sexual scandal, a lurid lynching. The cast runs from washerwomen turning the occasional trick to storekeepers, jailbird drunkards, farmers, and ambitious lawyers. The entire Spencer family of five was murdered with the blunt end of an ax as they slept in their modest home in Clark County, Missouri, in 1877. These ghastly murders generated two sensational murder trials, both of which received a measure of national coverage at the time. The first man accused was the one who discovered the bodies. His trial ended in an acquittal because a professor at a local medical college refused at the last moment to testify to blood evidence essential to the prosecution. The accused was probably not the murderer in any case. More than a year later, a second trial involved a wealthy, locally despised farmer who was framed by a bounty hunter posing as a detective, using the farmer's former housekeeper and mistress as both accuser and chief witness. Following a lengthy and scandalous preliminary hearing, the accused farmer--Bill Young--was bound over for indictment and trial. Before the trial could begin, newspapers both pro- and con- weighed in on the case, the evidence provided by the bounty hunter continued to grow, and the bounty hunter's felonious past was exposed. Convinced that he could defend himself in court, Young fired his lawyers, but immediately had to find others. Unaccountably, he secured two exceptional attorneys--a future attorney general and a future governor of Iowa--to defend him. Though acquitted, the accused was hanged by a lynch mob three days later, the mob being led by the bounty hunter posing as a detective. The bounty hunter's scandalous fake marriage to a teenager and his flight out West was followed by his capture and jail time. Eventually his case was heard by the state supreme court which required that the bounty hunter go free. After 150 years, can the real Spencer family murderer be identified?
Innocent As The Angels
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Author : Duane Taylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Innocent As The Angels written by Duane Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Mass murder categories.
"After a three-week trial, Young - Who almost certainly did not commit the Spencer family murders - was also acquitted. Nevertheless, three days later he was hanged from his own pasture gate by a mounted lynch mob led by the same bounty-hunting detective who had designed, augmented and executed Young's frame-up. Attempts to arrest and indict the bounty hunter and others for Young's murder were extraordinarily complicated, involving a ludicrous hearing, a fruitless chase by a sheriff and his posse, the appearance of the state's adjutant-general, the eventual arrest of the bounty hunter in a scheme he himself designed so he could claim the reward, a failed indictment, and the bounty hunter's faked marriage to a teenager in an attempt to ferret out additional suspects. Hearing that he had been secretly indicted and alarmed by the possibility of arrest and confinement, the bounty hunter fled by rail toward the Black Hills, but he was caught near Yankton and hauled back to Missouri in chains, The girl he had 'married' attempted to kill him when he was in custody. By this time, the highest authorities in Missouri's government were involved with the case against the bounty hunter. But his lawyer (Felix Hughes, the grandfather of Howard Hughes, Jr.) appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court, the law under which the bounty hunter was indicted was nullified, and he walked away scot-free. Although the original murders were never solved, innocent as the Angels argues that two suspects, together by chance or design, committed the crime. Although the book is easy to classify as true crime and unsolved mystery, historical value inheres in its illumination of post-Civil War rural America, especially among modest farmers and tradesmen during a multi-year depression. Other threads are also evident: the woefully inadequate state of rural criminal investigation, for example, and the shifting criminal world of bounty hunters masquerading as private detectives - a subject to which historians have given scant attention." --back cover.
Innocent As The Angels
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Author : Duane Taylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Innocent As The Angels written by Duane Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Mass murder categories.
"More than a simple true-crime narrative, this rural Missouri family's unsolved murder spawned an ugly life of its own, encircling countless lives in three states for three years. This story and its characters deserve to be lifted from the obscurity in which they've slumbered for 150 years. Second, the book illuminates the shadowy world of bounty hunters working as unscrupulous private detectives in post-Civil War America. No book-length, in-depth treatment of this epic of multiple interlocking narratives has ever been published. Incredibly, everything is here - murder, scandal, revenge, gunplay, courtroom drama, perjury, a posse or two, sexual scandal, a lurid lynching. The cast runs from washerwomen turning the occasional trick to storekeepers, jailbird drunkards, farmers, and ambitious lawyers. The entire Spencer family of five was murdered with the blunt end of an ax as they slept in their modest home in Clark County, Missouri, in 1877. These ghastly murders generated two sensational murder trials, both of which received a measure of national coverage at the time. The first man accused was the one who discovered the bodies. His trial ended in an acquittal because a professor at a local medical college refused at the last moment to testify to blood evidence essential to the prosecution. The accused was probably not the murderer in any case. More than a year later, a second trial involved a wealthy, locally despised farmer who was framed by a bounty hunter posing as a detective, using the farmer's former housekeeper and mistress as both accuser and chief witness. Following a lengthy and scandalous preliminary hearing, the accused farmer - Bill Young - was bound over for indictment and trial. Before the trial could begin, newspapers both pro- and con- weighed in on the case, the evidence provided by the bounty hunter continued to grow, and the bounty hunter's felonious past was exposed. Convinced that he could defend himself in court, Young fired his lawyers, but immediately had to find others. Unaccountably, he secured two exceptional attorneys - a future attorney general and a future governor of Iowa - to defend him. Though acquitted, the accused was hanged by a lynch mob three days later, the mob being led by the bounty hunter posing as a detective. The bounty hunter's scandalous fake marriage to a teenager and his flight out West was followed by his capture and jail time. Eventually his case was heard by the state supreme court which required that the bounty hunter go free. After 150 years, can the real Spencer family murderer be identified?" --back cover.
Pennies From An Angel
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Author : Tamara Pelosi
language : en
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
Release Date : 2008-11
Pennies From An Angel written by Tamara Pelosi and has been published by Hillcrest Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
For the first time, I reveal the horrendous events that began on October 21, 2001 when my husband, Dan Pelosi, became the primary suspect in the murder of Theodore Ammon. Three years later he was found guilty and sentenced to twenty-five years to live. When the bludgeoned naked body of the wealthy financier was found in his East Hampton country estate, my life and the lives of my children were never the same again. The death of the New York millionaire instantly became a sensational news item that led to hundreds of stories printed in every Long Island newspaper as well as lengthy articles in Time Magazine, The Star and other tabloids. The East Hampton murder didn't stop the printed word, national television jumped in with specials on Paula Zahn Live, Primetime, Dateline, 48 Hours, Court TV and a Lifetime TV movie called Murder in the Hamptons. Depressed, humiliated and filled with shame, I prayed to God for help. He sent me an Angel. When I felt confused and alone, pennies miraculously appeared that gave me the faith to forge ahead. Surprisingly, from a place of disgrace and shame, and the help of an Angel, I found the strength to hold my head up high. It has taken me over five years to find the courage to tell what it was like living on the sideline of a sensational murder, and more importantly, to expose the insanity of a twenty-year dysfunctional marriage.
Angels Of Death
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Author : Gary C. King
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2003-09-15
Angels Of Death written by Gary C. King and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-15 with True Crime categories.
The accused: Thirteen-year-old Derek King and his twelve-year-old brother, Alex, Sunday school students with choirboy looks. The victim: Their own father. After midnight on November 26, 2001, someone bludgeoned Terry King to death while he slept, and set his Florida home afire. By the time the firefighters extinguished the blaze, King’s sons, Alex, twelve, and Derek, thirteen, were at the home of their forty-year-old friend, Ricky Chavis, a convicted child-molester. By the next afternoon, following confessions, both boys were charged as adults in their father’s slaying. Chavis was tried separately for the same crime—incredibly by the same attorney who would prosecute Alex and Derek, and argue two contradictory theories. When Alex divulged his sexual relationship with Chavis, the trial took a sensational turn. So did Alex and Derek, who recanted their confession and blamed Chavis to no avail. A jury convicted the boys of second-degree murder, but the judge threw the verdict out. Chavis was acquitted. But the case wasn’t over. As more disturbing revelations came to light, as criminal motives became more complex, and as the line between guilt and innocence was crossed, a stunned nation watched in disbelief to learn the ultimate fate of the . . . Angels of Death.
A Killing Of Angels
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Author : Kate Rhodes
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2014-02-25
A Killing Of Angels written by Kate Rhodes and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-25 with Fiction categories.
The first death looked like a suicide. But someone had tucked a picture of an angel and a handful of white feathers into the banker's pocket before pushing him in front of a train. A killer is stalking The Square Mile—the financial district in London—an avenging angel intent on punishment. But why these victims? What were their sins? Psychologist Alice Quentin swore she'd never get involved with police work again. Her duty is to the living, not the dead. But she owes Detective Don Burns a favor. He was the one who would sit for hours when the last case they worked on together had landed her in the hospital. That case had clearly taken its toll on him, and his career, too. So when he comes begging for help, how can she refuse? In order to find the murderer, Alice and Detective Burns must dig deep into the toxic heart of one of the major financial centers in the world. A place where money means more than life, and no one can be counted innocent. A Killing of Angels is the second book in Kate Rhodes' Alice Quentin Series.
Menacing Angels That Night
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Author : Carolyn Tanner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-01-18
Menacing Angels That Night written by Carolyn Tanner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-18 with categories.
This is the first book in the MENACING ANGELS: That Night series. Though Part I is slow on action and deals with the main character's upbringing, it is essential for the remainder of the books for developing an understanding. This is an excellent novel that describes a different time.
Menacing Angels
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Author : Carolyn S Tanner
language : en
Publisher: Menacing Angels
Release Date : 2023-11-23
Menacing Angels written by Carolyn S Tanner and has been published by Menacing Angels this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-23 with Fiction categories.
Menacing Angels That Night: Innocent Angels by Carolyn S. Tanner is the first book of an epic western and romantic tale set in the 1870s where the law is just as crooked and evil as the men they judge. Dreaming Woman, aka Nikki Pride, is a Northern Cheyenne enigma, gifted with visions and power of the tongue. Though a revered member of the tribe, she is sent back to her father's world, the white world. Nikki Pride's gifts disappear until the arrival of Dane Travis, a man with a mysterious past who captures her heart. Yet her haunting visions are too complex to interpret and are not enough to stop that night which turns her and her friends, Ginger Starr, Tawnie Sands, and Kissa Loving's world, upside down. It is their decision whether to either live with the disgrace of that night or take fate into their own hands, extracting their brand of retribution against the perpetrators to right the wrongs against them.
Innocent Ecstasy Updated Edition
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Author : Peter Gardella
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-01
Innocent Ecstasy Updated Edition written by Peter Gardella and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-01 with Religion categories.
Though they disagree on virtually everything else, evangelicals and gays, Catholics and agnostics all agree that sex should be innocent and ecstatic. For most of Western history people have not had such expectations. Innocent Ecstasy shows how Christianity led Americans to hope for so much from sex. The book explains how the sexual revolution could have occurred in a nation so deeply imbued with Christian ethical values. Tracing our strange journey from the hands of Jonathan Edward's angry Puritan God to the loving embrace of Marabel Morgan's Total Woman, Gardella draws his surprising evidence from widely disparate sources, ranging from Catholic confessionals to methodist revival meetings, from evangelical romances to The Song of Bernadette. He reveals the sexual messages of mainstream Protestant theology and the religious aspirations of medical texts found at the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research. He sheds new light on such well-known figures as Henry Adams, Margaret Sanger, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, and introduces us to such fascinating, lesser-known characters as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and Sylvester Graham, inventors of corn flakes and Graham crackers, who devised their products as anti-aphrodisiacs. While detailing the development of moral obligations to pursue sexual pleasure and to follow certain patterns of sexual practice, Gardella incidentally provides one of the few books to bring together the liberal Protestant, Roman Catholic, and evangelical perspectives on any aspect of American culture. Gardella attributes the American ethic of sexual pleasure to the eagerness of Americans to overcome original sin. This led to a quest for perfection, or complete freedom from guilt, combined with a quest for ecstatic experience. The result, he maintains, is an attitude that looks to sex for what was once expected from religion. In this new edition, a new conclusion explores how popular music, gay liberation, and recovery from sexual abuse have substantially expanded innocent ecstasy during the past thirty years while continuing the Christian themes of redemption and mission. A new afterword deals with contemporary developments in popular culture and offers thoughts about the future
Menacing Angels
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Author : Carolyn Tanner
language : en
Publisher: Writer Cosmos
Release Date : 2023-11-21
Menacing Angels written by Carolyn Tanner and has been published by Writer Cosmos this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-21 with Fiction categories.
Menacing Angels That Night: Innocent Angels by Carolyn S. Tanner is the first book of an epic western and romantic tale set in the 1870s where the law is just as crooked and evil as the men they judge. Dreaming Woman, aka Nikki Pride, is a Northern Cheyenne enigma, gifted with visions and power of the tongue. Though a revered member of the tribe, she is sent back to her father's world, the white world. Nikki Pride's gifts disappear until the arrival of Dane Travis, a man with a mysterious past who captures her heart. Yet her haunting visions are too complex to interpret and are not enough to stop that night which turns her and her friends, Ginger Starr, Tawnie Sands, and Kissa Loving's world, upside down. It is their decision whether to either live with the disgrace of that night or take fate into their own hands, extracting their brand of retribution against the perpetrators to right the wrongs against them.