© 2010 by Virginia A. McConnell

All rights reserved

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2009047060

ISBN 978-1-60635-034-8

Manufactured in the United States of America

Designed by Christine Brooks and set in Cycles.

Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc., of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McConnell, Virginia A.

The adventuress : murder, blackmail, and confidence games in the Gilded Age / Virginia A. McConnell

p. cm. — (True crime history series)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-60635-034-8 (hardback : alk. paper) ∞

1. Walkup, Minnie Wallace, 1869–1957. 2. Women murderers—United States—Biography. 3. Husbands—Crimes against. 4. Murder—United States—Case studies.

I. Title.

HV6248.W188M33 2010

364.152’3092—dc22          2009047060

British Library Cataloging-in-Publication data are available.

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