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Michigan's strychnine saint : the curious case of Mrs. Mary McKnight

Title: Michigan's strychnine saint : the curious case of Mrs. Mary McKnight / Tobin T. Buhk.
Author: Buhk, Tobin T.
Publication: Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.

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Additional Authors

McKnight, Mary.

Description

188 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"The spring of 1903 proved disastrous for the Murphy family. On April 22, the infant Ruth Murphy died in her crib. Within an hour, her mother, Gertrude, experienced a violent spasm before she, too, died. Ten days later, John Murphy followed his wife and child to the grave after suffering from a crippling convulsion. While neighbors whispered about a curse and physicians feared a contagious disease, Kalkaska County sheriff John W. Creighton and prosecuting attorney Ernest C. Smith searched for answers. As they probed deeper into the suspicious deaths, they uncovered a wicked web of intrigue. And at the center stood a widow in a black taffeta dress"--
"This is a spell-binding story of a startling crime set against the backdrop of early twentieth-century northwestern Michigan"--

Series Statement

True crime

Uniform Title

True crime (History Press (Charleston, S.C.))

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ISBN

LCCN

2014003550

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Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library