The ax murders of Saxtown : the unsolved crime that terrorized a town and shocked the nation /
Pistor, Nicholas J. C.
The ax murders of Saxtown : the unsolved crime that terrorized a town and shocked the nation / Nicholas J.C. Pistor. - xvi, 239 pages, 8 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-229) and index.
"...The never-before-told story of the 1874 Saxtown massacre that rocked a nation reeling from economic depression and shattered a small German immigrant farming community in Illinois. The murder of the Stelzriede family led investigators through forests and farmland, chasing footprints, bloody tobacco leaves, and the marks of an ax dragged away from the scene..." --Amazon.com.
9780762786978 0762786973
2013045437
1800 - 1899
Murder--History--Illinois--19th century.
Criminal investigation--History--Illinois--19th century.
Criminal investigation.
Murder.
Illinois.
History.
HV6533.I4 / P57 2014
364.152/30977389
The ax murders of Saxtown : the unsolved crime that terrorized a town and shocked the nation / Nicholas J.C. Pistor. - xvi, 239 pages, 8 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-229) and index.
"...The never-before-told story of the 1874 Saxtown massacre that rocked a nation reeling from economic depression and shattered a small German immigrant farming community in Illinois. The murder of the Stelzriede family led investigators through forests and farmland, chasing footprints, bloody tobacco leaves, and the marks of an ax dragged away from the scene..." --Amazon.com.
9780762786978 0762786973
2013045437
1800 - 1899
Murder--History--Illinois--19th century.
Criminal investigation--History--Illinois--19th century.
Criminal investigation.
Murder.
Illinois.
History.
HV6533.I4 / P57 2014
364.152/30977389