Cruelly murdered
Subtitle: the murder of Mary Magdalene Pitts and other Kentucky true crime stories
By: by Keven McQueen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jesse Stuart Foundation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ashland, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781931672498
Subjects: Murder -- Kentucky; Kentucky -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-220).
Table of contents: title: How Isaac Desha escaped the noose five times; title: Adventures of a busy young man; title: Gore in Garrard; title: Death of an artist; title: The best-looking man ever hanged; title: The murdered maid; title: Never tease an angry sheriff; title: Sketches in Kentucky murder: Tripped by his big toe. The acid assassin. Murder at the revival. The fatal barnyard fowl impersonation. A corpse in the closet. Murder near a springhouse. At least he had a good motive; title: "Bad Tom" Smith entertains 5,000 spectators; title: What came of stealing some quilts; title: The fictitious and real ordeals of Robert Laughlin; title: In which Mr. Dever and Mrs. West lose their social standing; title: The case of the killer coroner; title: Four murderers; title: Perfect monsters: the murderers of Lillian Patrick and Mary Magdalene Pitts; title: Hanging of the mystery tramp; title: A picnic spoiled.