Murder & mayhem in Mendon and Honeoye Falls
Subtitle: "Murderville" in Victorian New York
By: Diane Ham and Lynne Menz
Contributors: Menz, Lynne
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Charleston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9781626191419
Subjects: Crime; History; Murder; Social conditions; Biography; TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
Description: "A chronicle of murder and crime in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Mendon and Honeoye Falls"--

"The town of Mendon and the village of Honeoye Falls are today quiet western New York suburbs, but they weren't always so idyllic. In years past, the village was a center of commerce, manufacturing and railroads,and by the mid-nineteenth century, this prosperity brought with it an element of mayhem. Horse stealing was commonplace. Saloons and taverns were abundant. Street scuffles and bar room brawls were regular, especially on Saturday nights, after the laborers were paid. By Sunday morning, numerous drunks--like Manley Locke, who would eventually go on to kill another man in a fight--were confined to the "lock up" in the village hall. It was at this time that the village of Honeoye Falls earned the name "Murderville."  As the town and village turn two hundred, join local historians Diane Ham and Lynne Menz as they explore the peaceful region's vicious history"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [117]-124).
Table of contents: title: Honeoye Falls' Good Name Tainted; title: "I'm a Dead Man"; title: Insanity Kills Again; title: Burglary of the Post Office; title: Another Starr Murdered; title: Murder or Self-Defense?; title: Murder at the Junction; title: Money Mayhem; title: Misses Dog, Kills Wife; title: Love-Lost Murder; title: Ontario Street Murder; title: Dead Under the Tree; title: "I Thought She Was Dead"; title: Junkyard Murder; title: Railroad Mayhem; title: Miscellaneous Mayhem.