Research Catalog

Title

Wicked Columbus Indiana / Paul J. Hoffman.

Author

Hoffman, Paul J. (Journalist)

Publication

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2017.

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Details

Description

142 pages : black and white illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

"Columbus's Unscrupulous Past... Dubbed the 'Athens of the Prairie' for its array of stunning modern architecture, Columbus still endured its share of unsavory citizens, crime-ridden neighborhoods and tales of woe. Many residents avoided the infamous slums of Smoky Row and Death Valley, while others gave in to the allure of Lillian "Todie" Tull's famed house of ill repute on North Jackson Street. Two different father-and-son hoodlum partnerships, the McKinneys and the Bells, terrorized the area in the 1800s. And a brutal fistfight between a newspaper editor and the mayor sparked a scandal in 1877. Author Paul J. Hoffman guides the reader on a wild ride through the city's salacious side." -- back cover.

Subject

• McKinney family
• Bell family
• Crime > Indiana > History
• Criminals > Indiana > Columbus > Biography
• Murder > Indiana > Columbus > History
• Prostitution > Indiana > Columbus > History
• Liquor laws > Indiana > History
• Crime
• Criminals
• Liquor laws
• Murder
• Prostitution
• Columbus (Ind.) > History
• Bartholomew County (Ind.) > History
• Indiana > History
• Indiana
• Indiana > Bartholomew County
• Indiana > Columbus

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• History.

Contents

: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Feuding mayor, editor engage in street fight -- 2. The other side of the tracks -- 3. Love and bullets -- 4. Whitecappers and the KKK -- 5. Like father, like son: bad boys of early Columbus -- 6. The business of selling sex -- 7. The prince of rascals -- 8. Blind tigers, bootleggers and booze laws -- 9. The poisoning of Dr. Griffith Marr -- Bibliography -- About the author.

ISBN

• 9781625858719
• 162585871X

LCCN

2017931814

OCLC

• ocn973502046
• SCSB-9264865

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library