| Description |
1 online resource (353 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Cast of Characters; Timeline of Events; Part I: The Investigation; 1. A Mystery; 2. Find Herman Billik; 3. The Inquest Begins; 4. Hypnotism, Dead Chickens, and More Victims; 5. The Inquest Resumes; 6. Intent to Kill; 7. Professor Haines; 8. Shippy's On the Case; Part II: The Prosecution; 9. The Tribunal; 10. The Brother; 11. Friends and Physicians; 12. Sisters; 13. Conspiracy; 14. The Sorcerer; 15. The Defense; 16. The Verdict; Part III: Questions; 17. Hope; 18. The Priest and the Reporter; 19. A New Mystery; 20. Opposition; 21. Natural Causes; 22. Truth; 23. Threats and Fear |
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24. The Interview25. Failure; Part IV: The Death March; 26. The Pardon Board Convenes; 27. Letters and Lies; 28. Arguments; 29. The Hearing Concludes; 30. Disturbing; 31. Despair; 32. Every Effort; 33. A Whirlwind; 34. Execution Day; 35. Unnerved; Part V: Benefits and Battles; 36. Another Body; 37. Politics; 38. DuPage Investigation; 39. Get Busy For Wayman; 40. The Election; 41. A Raucous Hearing; 42. Decisions; 43. Mourning and Merrymaking; Part VI: The Final Act; 44. On to Joliet; 45. The Governor; 46. The End; Epilogue; Bibliography; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N |
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Op; r; s; t; u; v; w; y; z |
| Summary |
A gripping tale of murder, sorcery, and criminal justice in turn-of-the-century Chicago, Poisoned is the fascinating true story (1907) ofa mysterious Bohemian fortune teller charged with murdering a half-dozen peopleby slowly poisoning them with arsenic. Poisoned details the horrific murders, and the incredible events that followed HermanBillik'sconviction: last second reprieves; legal battles carried all the way to the Supreme Court; frenzied mass demonstrations; corpses secretly exhumed in the middle of the night; and the revelation that key witnesses lied under oath. The case affected political campaigns, involved a Chicago Mayor, and featured an eventual showdown in the race for Governor of Illinois between two of the story's central figures. Indeed, if it were not true, no one would ever believe it |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Murder.
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Crime.
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Corruption.
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murders (deaths)
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TRUE CRIME -- Murder -- Serial Killers.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Corruption
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Crime
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Murder
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780991193820 |
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0991193822 |
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