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Download or read book The Wigwam Murder written by M J Trow and published by Pen and Sword True Crime. This book was released on 2023-07-30 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobody expected a corpse in the tranquil Surrey countryside near Godalming, even though there was a war on and tanks churned the soil on maneuvers. The body belonged to 19-year-old Joan Pearl Wolfe, a sweet, convent-educated girl who, according to her own mother, had gone bad. It was 1942 and England was swarming with British, Canadian and American troops building up to what would become D-Day two years later. The Surrey police, over-stretched as all forces were during the war, called in Scotland Yard, the experts, in the form of Superintendent Ted Greeno, one of the most famous and formidable detectives of his day. One of the Surrey detectives recognized the dead girl’s dress – he had seen it on its owner weeks earlier and from that the body’s identity came to light. Joan was a camp follower with a string of men interested in her, but her latest beau was the Métis Canadian August Sangret. He had slipped out to live with Joan in woods near to the camp and had built shacks – wigwams – as temporary homes. Charged with her murder, he gave the longest statement ever made to the police – seventeen pages of it – and Keith Simpson, the Home Office pathologist, became the first to produce a human skull in court. The distinctive wounds inflicted by Sangret’s knife convinced the jury of his guilt and he was hanged by Albert Pierrepoint in Wandsworth gaol. An open and shut case? Far from it. For all the brilliance of forensic science and the dogged work of the police, the jury should still be out on August Sangret. As the judge said in his summing up, ‘there is no blood on this man’.
Download or read book The Wigwam Murder written by M J Trow and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Wigwam Murder" - as the case against August Sangret came to be known - was one of the most brilliant pieces of detection and forensic science then on record. Drs Keith Simpson, Eric Gardner and Gerald Roche Lynch worked together to present a comprehensive body of work that convinced and shocked the jury. It was the first time that a human skull had been produced in a British court room. It belonged to Joan Pearl Wolfe, a nineteen-year-old runaway and vagrant who hung around Canadian army camps, particularly in the Hankley Common, Surrey, area. The man who went to the gallows in April 1943 for the capital crime of murder was August Sangret, a French-Canadian Metis Indian. Despite the amazing forensic work, the evidence against him was purely circumstantial. 'No, sir. I never killed that girl. Somebody did it and I guess I will have to take the rap, ' he said. In this compassionate re-telling of the short and tragic relationship between the two young misfits, M J Trow builds on his reputation as a chronicler of human failings and bringer of the light of day into the cold pragmatism of the courtroom. With a foreword and afterword to give the 21st century reader some additional insight into both the time of the murder and the time of the original research of twenty years ago, this book is a gripping and at times heartrending tale of two lost people in a world torn by war.
Download or read book The Wigwam Murder written by M J Trow and published by Pen and Sword True Crime. This book was released on 2023-07-30 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobody expected a corpse in the tranquil Surrey countryside near Godalming, even though there was a war on and tanks churned the soil on maneuvers. The body belonged to 19-year-old Joan Pearl Wolfe, a sweet, convent-educated girl who, according to her own mother, had gone bad. It was 1942 and England was swarming with British, Canadian and American troops building up to what would become D-Day two years later. The Surrey police, over-stretched as all forces were during the war, called in Scotland Yard, the experts, in the form of Superintendent Ted Greeno, one of the most famous and formidable detectives of his day. One of the Surrey detectives recognized the dead girl’s dress – he had seen it on its owner weeks earlier and from that the body’s identity came to light. Joan was a camp follower with a string of men interested in her, but her latest beau was the Métis Canadian August Sangret. He had slipped out to live with Joan in woods near to the camp and had built shacks – wigwams – as temporary homes. Charged with her murder, he gave the longest statement ever made to the police – seventeen pages of it – and Keith Simpson, the Home Office pathologist, became the first to produce a human skull in court. The distinctive wounds inflicted by Sangret’s knife convinced the jury of his guilt and he was hanged by Albert Pierrepoint in Wandsworth gaol. An open and shut case? Far from it. For all the brilliance of forensic science and the dogged work of the police, the jury should still be out on August Sangret. As the judge said in his summing up, ‘there is no blood on this man’.
Book Synopsis Scenes Of Murder by : Winston Ramsey
Download or read book Scenes Of Murder written by Winston Ramsey and published by After the Battle. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 1294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, After the Battle have explored entirely new ground to investigate 150 years of murder and present it through our then and now theme of comparison photographs. Scene of crime plans and photographs from police files focus on a wide variety of murders committed between 1812, when a Prime Minister was shot in the House of Commons, to killings on the streets of London in the 1960s. Far too often it is the perpetrator who is remembered while their victims, many lying in unmarked graves, remain lost to history. So this book sets out to redress the balance by tracking down the last resting places, even going as far as to mark two wartime graves of taxi drivers killed by American servicemen. Homicide is not a subject for the faint-hearted and many of the photographs are distressing which is why the book is made available with that warning.
Book Synopsis Watching the Detectives by : Ian F. A. Bell
Download or read book Watching the Detectives written by Ian F. A. Bell and published by Springer. This book was released on 1990-06-18 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of essays, a number of critics offer commentary on the crime fiction genre, exploring the kinds of pleasure it offers. Looking under the attractive surface of these books, the contributors discover a number of complex issues.
Book Synopsis Murder & Scandal in Prohibition Portland by : JD Chandler
Download or read book Murder & Scandal in Prohibition Portland written by JD Chandler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1917 election of Mayor George Luis Baker ushered a long era of unscrupulous greed into Portland government. While supposedly enforcing prohibition laws, Baker ordered police chief Leon Jenkins to control and profit from the bootlegging market. Baker filled city coffers and his friends' pockets with booze-soaked cash while sensational headlines like the 1929 affair between policeman Bill Breuning and informant Anna Schrader scandalized the city. Maligned in the press, Schrader executed a bitter campaign to recall the mayor. In 1933, a hired gunman murdered special investigator to the governor Frank Aiken a day before he would have filed a report on corruption in the city government. Authors JD Chandler and Theresa Griffin Kennedy unearth the salacious details of Baker's crooked administration in a revelatory account of prohibition in the Rose City.
Book Synopsis Pioneer Collections. Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. Together with Reports of County, Town, and District Pioneer Societies by : Anonymous
Download or read book Pioneer Collections. Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. Together with Reports of County, Town, and District Pioneer Societies written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Book Synopsis Marie Belloc Lowndes - British Murder Mysteries Collection: 17 Books in One Edition by : Marie Belloc Lowndes
Download or read book Marie Belloc Lowndes - British Murder Mysteries Collection: 17 Books in One Edition written by Marie Belloc Lowndes and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 1675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marie Belloc Lowndes' 'British Murder Mysteries Collection: 17 Books in One Edition' is a captivating anthology of detective fiction that offers readers a glimpse into the Golden Age of crime writing. Lowndes weaves intricate plots filled with suspense, secrets, and unexpected twists, showcasing her masterful storytelling skills. The collection presents a diverse range of characters, settings, and motives, making each tale a thrilling and thought-provoking read for fans of the genre. With its engaging narrative style and clever sleuthing, this compilation is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats. Lowndes' works continue to be celebrated for their contribution to the development of British detective fiction. Her keen insight into human nature and meticulous attention to detail set her apart as a pioneer in the genre. This comprehensive collection is a must-read for anyone interested in classic crime fiction and the evolution of the mystery genre.
Book Synopsis The Mammoth Book of Undercover Cops by : Paul Copperwaite
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Undercover Cops written by Paul Copperwaite and published by C & R Crime. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edgy revelations and revealing first-hand accounts, including the inspirations for popular TV dramas as diverse as The Wire, The Sopranos and Life on Mars. Terrorists, criminal gangs, drug-dealing lawyers, solitary psychos and suspected serial killers all feature as the intended targets in these cops' tales. Using fake identities and complex back-stories, dependent on teamwork to keep one step away from exposure, torture and death, the subjects of this book describe in vivid detail what it is like to cultivate contacts and gather evidence in major prosecutions: in the UK, Northern Ireland, the USA and around the world.
Book Synopsis Surrey Murders by : John Van der Kiste
Download or read book Surrey Murders written by John Van der Kiste and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surrey Murders is an examination of some of the county's most notorious and shocking cases. They include the 'Wigwam Girl', Joan Wolfe, who lived in a tent built by a Cree Indian Soldier before being brutally slaughtered; the infamous stabbing of Frederick Gold by 'the Serpent', Percy Lefroy Mapleton; the poisoning of the entire Beck family with a bottle of oatmeal stout, laced with cyanide; and the sailor butchered at the Devil's Punch Bowl, later immortalised in Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby. John Van der Kiste's carefully researched, well-illustrated and enthralling text will appeal to all those interested in the darker side of Surrey's history.
Book Synopsis Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Guildford by : Caroline Maxton
Download or read book Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Guildford written by Caroline Maxton and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foul Deeds and Suscipcious Deaths in Guildford - True Crime BooksThe twin fascinations of death and villainy will always hold us in their grim but thrilling grip. In Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Guildford the chill is brought close to home as each chapter investigates the darker side of humanity in cases of murder
Book Synopsis Soldier, Sailor, Beggarman, Thief by : Clive Emsley
Download or read book Soldier, Sailor, Beggarman, Thief written by Clive Emsley and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-01-24 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The belief that crime declines at the beginning of major wars, as young men are drawn into the armed forces, and increases with the restoration of peace, as brutalised veterans are released on to a labour market reorganising for peace, has a long pedigree in Britain. But it has rarely been examined critically and scarcely at all for the period of the two world wars of the twentieth century. This is the first serious investigation of criminal offending by members of the British armed forces both during and immediately after these wars. Its particular focus is the two world wars but, recognising the concerns and the problems voiced in recent years about veterans of the Falklands, the Gulf wars, and the campaign in Afghanistan, Clive Emsley concludes his narrative in the present.
Download or read book The Shaker Manifesto written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes music.
Book Synopsis Middlesex Murders by : Linda Stratmann
Download or read book Middlesex Murders written by Linda Stratmann and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middlesex Murders brings together numerous murderous tales, some of which were little known outside the county, and others which made national headlines. Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most heinous crimes ever committed in Middlesex. They include the murder of John Draper, whose body was found in a well at Enfield Chase in 1816; 15-year-old John Brill, found beaten to death in a wood in 1837 after giving evidence against two poachers; and Claire Paul, killed with an axe at her home in Ruislip in 1938. Linda Stratmann’s carefully researched and enthralling text includes much previously unpublished information and will appeal to everyone interested in the shady side of Middlesex’s history.
Download or read book The Guv'nors written by Dick Kirby and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ten Scotland Yard detectives, featured in The Guvnors, are unique. Such a group of intrepid crime-busters will never exist again. They possessed only the most rudimentary education; none had a degree. Intuition and knowledge of their manor counted for more than DNA and databases. They worked tirelessly in the pursuit of criminals, used informants, worked on hunches and grabbed hold of investigations and shook them until every piece of evidence was unearthed. Criminals trembled when these detectives were after them because, once they were nicked, they stayed nicked.The Guvnors covers legends such as Fred Wensley, who nailed strips of bicycle tyres to the soles of his boots when on the look-out for Jack the Ripper. He later formed the Flying Squad and became chief constable of the CID. Fred Sharpe would single-handedly confront forty of the worst racetrack gangsters and tell them to clear off, anyone who refused would collect a punch on the jaw. Sharpe later became head of the Flying Squad, as did Bob Fabian, who was awarded the Kings Police Medal for dismantling an IRA bomb.Bert Wickstead, known as The Gangbuster, literally terrorised the gangs who attempted to fill the void in Londons East End, after the demise of the Kray bothers.This is a book which will delight those who want to know what life was like when The Guvnors and others like them were in charge of law and order and the streets were far safer than they are today.
Book Synopsis Social Life and Ceremonial Bundles of the Menomini Indians by : Alanson Skinner
Download or read book Social Life and Ceremonial Bundles of the Menomini Indians written by Alanson Skinner and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History by : American Museum of Natural History
Download or read book Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History written by American Museum of Natural History and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
