SUMMARY OF BOOK 2 The murder of Katherine Lincoln shook the city of Jackson Heights as the detectives searched in vain for Katherine’s murderer. Mourning the loss of her mother as they laid Katherine to rest Marlene longed for the day she would see the law punish the killer. BOOK 2 Entering the house, Marlene turned on the light, and leaned against the doorframe her heart sunk as she looked at her mother’s living room in shambles, weeping, she whispered, “Mom sure, put up a fight.” Torn paintings with smashed frames and broken glass lay everywhere, desk drawers dumped, and papers cluttered the floor. Going into the kitchen her grandmother’s fine china and crystal champagne glasses lay on the kitchen floor, broken into pieces, picking up several pieces, Marlene sobbed. After checking her old …show more content…
“Gee, I’m sorry, it was my fault, I looked away for a second, and the light changed.” “I called. The police are on the way,” a man said. While waiting for help to arrive, Marlene removed her purse from the passenger’s seat. A woman standing in the grass, pointing up the street, she said, “There’s the patrol car now.” Parking in the driveway, the officers asked about any injuries before he wanted to know the details of the accident. When the truck driver explained what happened, the officer went to his car, returned with a pad, and issued a citation. Another officer checked the truck and determined he could drive it. Then he went over to Marlene’s car, prying open the smashed in trunk, a towel sticking out under the side panel caught his eye. “What is that?” He asked, pulling out several towels soaked in blood. Motioning for his partner to check it, he asked, “Would you drive Mrs. Barnes home? The truck driver is free to leave.” “Sure,” Officer Jackson said, and went over to explain to Marlene they were towing her car and would take her home. “Thank you,” she said, and got in the patrol
For example, in Albaugh’s, Deputy Sheriff Dale Maxie arrested William E. Albaugh (“Albaugh”) for driving while intoxicated. Albaugh left his home in his pickup truck and within a quarter mile from his home had it break down. He then turned on his hazard lights and left it on the edge of the road. After walking home, Albaugh decided to drink alcohol with his girlfriend, while the weather was rapidly deteriorating due to snowfall. Shortly afterwards, Deputy Sheriff Dale Maxie (“Deputy Maxie”) and Jailer Barry Bischoff arrived at his home after finding his vehicle on the side of the road and subsequently running the license plate. Deputy Maxie wanted Albaugh to immediately remove his vehicle, claiming it was a road hazard. Mr. Albaugh attempted to persuade the officer that due to inclement weather moving his
The officers began to search the apartment without a warrant. As the officers continued searching, one of them (Officer Nelson) found some expensive stereo equipment. The officer had a hunch that the equipment was stolen, so he moved the stereos to record the serial numbers. He then called police headquarters and it was confirmed that indeed the stereo equipment had been stolen. The officers then seized the stereo equipment.
... premarital and immoral sexual services that would be inappropriate for respectable courtships of the time. Under false names such as “Frank Rivers and Bill Easy” the young clerks experienced courtship “unburdened by… bourgeois courtship and free of the renunciations and monotony of lifelong marriage” (Cohen, 131) .The women also catered to the clerk’s feminine and domestic needs like repairing and sewing clothing “as a wife would do for a husband” (Cohen, 149).
“In a sweeping passion she seized a glass vase from the table and flung it upon the tiles of the hearth. She wanted to destroy something. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear.”
Witches the supernatural of the world, the coming out of Katherine Branch and her episodes. When really it’s just crazy young orphan girl wanting attention from her owners. That was the reality of the book, it stated of really well, the excitement the realistic acts, then the lies came down clashing. She couldn’t keep up with the names; she couldn’t keep up with the lies. I didn’t like the book; I enjoyed the beginning, first chapter, when the episodes I was reading where realistic. They came together, pieces where slightly going together going with her allegations. Then she became not knowing what she was talking about then asking questions to her mistress, then all of a sudden knowing the person they where talking about became her main suspect just because she heard it. The book report of Escaping Salem: The other Witch Hunt of 1692 by Richard Godbeer.
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-
she replied after a moment. “Daisy, I saw some trouble on the road. George Wilson’s wife was killed. You know the fella that owns that garage? A car killed her, she said.
Chapter Summaries Section 1 The Woman On The Street: In this short section Jeannette Walls tells a story about the events that happened to her during her childhood. Jeannette Walls takes a ride in a taxi on the way to a party in New York City. On the way, she sees her mother, who is homeless, picking through the garbage. After a few moments of watching her mother, she asks the driver to take her home. Alone at home while her husband is at work, she thinks about her mother's lifestyle and calls a friend who keeps in contact with her mother to setup a meeting with Rose Mary, her mother, at a Chinese restaurant.
The book, The Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories, written by Elizabeth A. De Wolfe, is composed of two parts. Part one, The Death of Berngera Caswell, analysis’s the social history of the mid 1800’s to explore a mill girl’s life. This text makes use of general trends and factual information to support and provide an explanation of the murder of Mary Bean. Part two is composed of two stories, Mary Bean, The Factory Girl and Life of George Hamilton. This text explores the cultural history of the mid 1800’s using fictional newspapers, articles, and novels as support. The Murder of Mary Bean does not only provide the reader with the gruesome detail of one murder, this book issues an understanding of the complications
1. The womens car was parked nearby, and sheriffs deputies asked to see the owners drivers license.
She heard a car coming up thru the driveway, a car she did not recall at the moment. “It w...
Dr. Sheppard was really nervous that his sister would find out he was poisoning himself. Caroline told her brother, "I've been very curious about the murderer, and I know you know more than I do. You are hiding something from me aren't you?" At this moment, Dr. Sheppard's face had turned pale. He was stunned and frightened.
Driver,“Mr. Valone this is Chris. I picked up Dominique Sloan, that is who Mr. Desoto told me to pick up. He has no idea I’m calling you, he still thinks I’m working for him sir.” Valone turns in his chair trying to recall the name of Dominique Sloan he pauses and then responds,“Sloan, where is she staying?” The driver continues,“She’s at the Plaza and she is alone.” Valone leans back in his chair and starts to formulate a plan. Valone,“All right come back here. I’m going to have you pick up some of the boys then you guys can pay her a visit.” Valone hangs up the phone and says to himself,“Damn
To escape the stress, Laura has a collection of glass sculptures. This is stated in the scene information of Scene II with “She [Laura] is washing and polishing her collection of glass” (Williams 1251). In Scene III when Tom and Amanda are fighting Tom through his jacket and breaking a sculpture “With an outraged groan he [Tom] tears the coat off again, splitting the shoulders of it and hurls it across the room. It strikes against the shelf of Laura’s glass collection, a tinkle of shattering glass. Laura cries out as if wounded” (Williams 1257).
The truck had its light on, and though it only had one light on it, the firetruck was on its way to a fire. All the other firetrucks were at a parade, so this truck was the only one the fire department had left. The Judge explains in a soft voice that it is illegal to pass a fire truck while it has its lights on. The elderly man explains that he understood this, but didn’t realize that the truck only had the