SUMMARY OF BOOK 2
The brutal slaying of Katherine Lincoln filled the citizens of Jackson Heights, with terror. Although they checked every clue, several days later they were no closer to finding the murderer than they were the morning they discovered Katherine’s lifeless body in a pool of blood. Still, they continued looking for the murderer.
BOOK 2
Entering the Red Onion Saloon, the bartender asked, “Hey, guys, how’s it going? You look beat, been a long day.” “You might say that in our line of work, we’re always busy. Send us over the usual,” Detective Wallace said, noticing two officers sitting in a booth and stopped to chat. “How’s the murder investigation going?” One of them asked. Shaking his head, Detective Johnson said,
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The family loved it,” the officer said, referring to a recent ball game the families from the station attended. “We’ll see you, buddy. Here comes Linda with our drinks,” Detective Johnson said, sitting in the booth. A woman sitting at the counter, staring in their direction got their attention. Finishing her drink, she went over and asked, “Excuse me, are you the detectives investigating Katherine Lincoln’s murder?”
“Yes, ma’am, we are. I’m Detective Wallace, and this is my partner Detective Johnson. Did you know Mrs. Lincoln?” “Sure, and she’s was a lovely person. I live across the street from her. My name is Connie Lucas. I want to tell you what I heard the other day,” she said, playing with her keys
“Okay, what did you hear?” The detective asked, inviting her to join them.
“Last week, when I came home the gardener was standing out front yelling at Katherine, ‘You’re brainless, and have no idea what you
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Do you know what the gardener said?”
“What did he say?” Detective Wallace asked.
“He said, ‘If you don’t pay me, I’ll cut your flowers down, and while I’m doing that, I might cut a chunk off your fat rear end. What do you think he meant?” Mrs. Lucas asked, without waiting for an answer, she said, “He was planning to kill her.” Ignoring her, Detective Johnson asked, “When does he cut the lawn?” “He’ll cut it tomorrow morning,” she said holding her keys in her hand as if she wanted to leave.
“Thank you for your help,” Detective Wallace said, finishing his drink.
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On the way to the office, they discussed the case, Detective Johnson said, “Since, you always know the guilty party long before anyone else does. Who do you think murdered Mrs. Lincoln?” “Yeah, you must admit that I’m usually correct. For some reason this case is different there are too many unanswered questions,” Detective Wallace boasted. “I’ll give you that one. How do you do it?” He asked, admiring his partner’s ability to predict the guilty person in most of their
On a sweltering 1892 August day in Fall River, Massachusetts, Andrew and Abby Borden were violently murdered in their home on Second Street. The subsequent police investigation and trial of Lizzie Borden gained national attention and rightfully so considering a female murder defendant on trial was and is to this day an extremely rare proceeding. The Lizzie Borden Trial held in 1893 attracted attention from nearly the entire United States with newspapers in New York City, Providence, and Boston publishing articles at a frenzied pace. The trial was the most sensational murder trial of the nineteenth century (excluding the Lincoln assassination) and despite an overwhelming amount of circumstantial evidence Lizzie was acquitted by a jury of twelve men. Several exceptional factors surrounding the case including the actions of key figures during trial, police investigation, and the fact a female was facing double murder charges make the case truly significant when looking at American legal history.
I experienced a brief moment of clarity while being hustled over. "Wait a second, I'm not actually a detective yet." I said unceremoniously amongst the ensuing disarray.
On a hot morning on august 4, 1892, Mr. Andrew Borden and his wife, Abby Borden, were brutally murdered. A daughter of the victims, Lizzie Borden was arrested, tried and acquitted of the crime. “ She was a woman of spotless character and reputation, and more than that she was educated, refined and prominently connected with the work of the Christian church in the Fall River”(Gates 2).The town and the country were divided in their opinions of who could commit such horrifying murders. Many theories have been made to explain that day; the finger has been pointed in every direction- even a Chinese Sunday school student of Lizzies. To this day people are unsure as to weather or not Lizzie brutally murdered her parents.
The Lizzie Borden case has mystified and fascinated those interested in crime forover on hundred years. Very few cases in American history have attracted as much attention as the hatchet murders of Andrew J. Borden and his wife, Abby Borden. The bloodiness of the acts in an otherwise respectable late nineteenth century domestic setting is startling. Along with the gruesome nature of the crimes is the unexpected character of the accused, not a hatchet-wielding maniac, but a church-going, Sunday-school-teaching, respectable, spinster-
Hartman once wrote, “He swore that this young man, called Clifford Hayes, had killed Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills in a case of mistaken identity. Amazingly, Hayes was arrested and charged on October 9.” (Hartman.) Clifford Hayes was arrested on a murder charge of a mistaken identity. Mrs. Jane Gibson was a lonely corn farmer who was itching to catch who kept stealing her corn. “This woman, Mrs. Jane Gibson (or Easton), declared she had heard and seen the murders as she lay in wait outside near her fields, hoping to catch whoever had been lately stealing her corn. Jane Gibson was admittedly a peculiar individual, and her account, which featured her mule Jenny, changed with each retelling.”(Hartman.) Mrs. Jane Gibson said she had witnessed the murders while waiting to see who had been stealing her corn lately. She had come forward to tell her account but every time she told her story, a small piece of it changed. There were many theories on what had happened but Doug MacGowan reported, “Many theories of what happened that night would be postulated. Some felt that Mrs. Hall and her brothers had committed the killings, but had gone free due to a flimsy prosecution case. Others believed that the Ku Klux Klan had killed off Reverend Hall and Mrs. Mills as a discouragement for immorality in general. Other theories claimed the killers were local teenagers, Mrs. Mills’ husband, or a hired assassin. At the trial, the defense even proposed that the Pig Lady did it.”
It was a bright and sunny June day. It was all calm at the jury house, Sheila was getting ready for her first case. It was about a person being murdered. Her witness, Mr. Leblanc, asked her if she can help him find his wife. She said that she can’t.
“I see thanks a lot this cleared up a lot of questions that I had regarding this case.”
Detective Burcks had enjoyed a great sense of relief following the conclusion of the case. He and Jesse had been written about extensively in nearly every news outlet in the country, most exaggerated extensively, but this time Burcks didn’t mind. He had just finished reading the most recent piece about Peters in the Tribune when he looked at his watch and concluded that his day was over. He stood up, put on his jacket, and was almost to the door when his phone began to ring. Giving it a moment’s thought, Detective Burcks turned his back to the phone and closed the door, thinking to himself not this time.
Mary Surratt, a said formidable woman, had done many wrongdoings in the time of president Lincoln’s assassination. People say she is seemingly not guilty of anything that supported the plot, but she actually was guilty of all charges. Therefore, she deserved her punishment of being hanged. Some wretched tasks Mary had done in her days of serving with conspirators are that she bluffs and collaborated with assassins.
Would you believe me if I told you that a nascent, young girl brutally murdered her parents with a hatchet? That’s what the entire town of Fall River. Massachusetts believes happened on the morning of August 4th, 1892. In fact daughter Lizzie Borden was even put on trial and accused of this nefarious act. Later, she was declared innocent and let go. However, decades later there is still speculation of whether Lizzie Borden was truly innocent. Lizzie Borden and the maid, Bridgett Sullivan, are guilty of the heinous crime. Both had little, to no, alibi and motives to kill.
On December 26, 1996, the wealthy community of Boulder, Colorado, was shaken by a crime that would become one of America’s most famous mysteries. JonBenet Ramsey, a six-year-old beauty queen, was found murdered in the basement of her family home. The day after Christmas, Patsy Ramsey, walked downstairs to find an unknown letter on her staircase. The letter was a ransom note written by an apparent kidnapper who was said to have possession of JonBenet, demanding a large sum of $180,000 in exchange for retrieving their daughter unharmed. The letter warned that if they did not follow instructions, their daughter would be beheaded.
Despite the passage of time, numerous investigations, and extensive media coverage, the truth behind her tragic death remains
The action begins when the men leave the women in the kitchen alone. This where Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters find out themselves find out who had kill Mr. Wright. For some unknown reason the women were acting like they were profession detectives, they were asking question and making conclusion. They were discussing the way the kitchen was left are the murder. For example, when Mrs. Peters was looking through the cupboard, she finds out that Mrs. Wright had bread set. Mrs. Hale concludes that Mrs. Wright was going to put the loaf of bread beside the breadbox. Another example is when Mrs. Peter notices that Mrs. Wright had been making a quit. They were asking question if Mrs. Wright making quilt or making a knot, like a professional detective. The men come back in the kitchen and overhear th...
The detectives whisper to each other about how they think it would be impossible for Mrs. Maloney to have killed him. The evidence is simply insufficient, and nothing could lead to her being the offender. They fell for it, too. Soon they moved on with the search; “So they left her there while they went about their business searching the
J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, focuses on a character, Holden Caulfield, a teenager expelled from multiple boarding schools due to his behavior. Holden struggles with family issues, having little to no communication with his parents, and has a dead brother, named Allie whom he grieves over. As the book progresses, Holden embarks on a journey through New York City. As Holden reaches New York, he asks his cab driver about the ducks in the Central Park Lagoon, wondering where they go during winter. This question is so out of the blue, that even the cab driver doesn’t take Holden seriously.