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The shocking story of Helmuth Schmidt : Michigan's original lonely-hearts killer /
- Title
- The shocking story of Helmuth Schmidt : Michigan's original lonely-hearts killer / Tobin T. Buhk.
- Author
- Buhk, Tobin T.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- 190 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "An account of the murders of Helmuth Schmidt"--
- "In the fall of 1916, New York housemaid AugustaSteinbach fell in love with a man she met through a matrimonial advertisementin her local newspaper. She traveled to Detroit to marry her correspondent, butin March 1917, she mysteriously disappeared. What began as a routine search fora missing person turned into a baffling case of deception, bigamy and murder. Follow detectives as they unravel the tangled web spun by Michigan's original lonely hearts killer--a criminal mastermind the Detroit News dubbed 'one of America's master outlaws.'"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and index.
- Contents
- The domestic and the suitor -- "A real queer case" -- The evil eye -- The web he wove -- Epilogue -- Unanswered questions.
- ISBN
- 9781626190177
- 1626190178
- LCCN
- 2013022883
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library