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Skull in the ashes : murder, a gold rush manhunt, and the birth of circumstantial evidence in America /

Main Author: Kaufman, Peter.
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Novak, Frank
Homicide investigation > Iowa > Walford.
Trials (Murder) > Iowa > Walford.
Evidence, Circumstantial > Iowa
Online Access:Walford.
Table of Contents:
  • Fire and ice
  • Death in flames
  • The Bohemian immigrant's clever son
  • Down on the ground
  • Thiel's men move in
  • Following the trail
  • Hardships
  • Klondike madness
  • Inside
  • Down the Yukon
  • The long journey home
  • The trial
  • Setting the stage
  • Orange pumpkins and yellow journalism
  • Inside the courthouse
  • Point and counterpoint
  • The summing up and verdict
  • After the verdict
  • The white palace and the fort
  • Life in the colony
  • The redemption dance
  • Novak's second disappearing act
  • The measure of their lifetimes.

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