Maritime Murder by Vernon, Steve -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Copyright preface acknowledgements A Bitter Harvest

A Hasty Flight Caught! The First Day of the Trial The Evidence Mounts The Sentence is Passed The Final Confession The Execution of Peter Mailman

murder or nothing

The Fire Tracking Mittens The Whereabouts of Betty Lake The Real Story The Hearing Continues Further Evidence Comes Forth Murder or Nothing

don’t blame the dog

A Witch Must Die Just a Quiet Walk in the Woods The Trial The Final Result

“hang me and be done with it”

And Then There Were Six Five Dead Children Tea and Matches Minnie’s Trial The Verdict

a right rough bunch

A Rude Awakening The Boutilier Trial The Execution

A crime of cold passion

Arriving in Bear River Peter and Tillie Setting the Stage for Murder Annie’s Murder The Crime Revealed The Trial of Peter Wheeler

killing mercy

The New Light Comes the Dark Amos is Brought to Justice The Trial

a frustrated hunger

Beneath One Roof An Evil Proposition The Inquest The Trial The Sentence Passed

one hanging wasn’t enough

The Murder The Trial Waiting for the Noose The Hangings

two muddy boot tracks to the gallows

The Missing Girl The Investigation Begins The Trial of William Millman The Sentence Passed The Final Hours The Hanging of William Millman

“kill him right the once”

A Night in Shediac Annie Parker’s Story The Initial Hearing and Inquest The First Trial Annie’s Own Hearing

flypaper tea anda royal pardon

Missing The Evidence Mounts A Royal Intervention

“I’ll kill all hands before they hang me”

Summoning the Authorities The First Arrest The Trial of Alexander Gillis

seven revolvers and one knife

A Dreary, Wet Morning A Sudden Murder “I Did Not Think I was Going to Live” The Investigation

“He Ate ’Em Raw”

The Coroner’s Inquest Peachy Calls His Shot Rooting Out the Truth The Hanging

“Oh, don’t kill me anymore”

A Culprit is Found The manhunt The Trial

the nova scotia bluebeard

Lovenia In Love and Out Wife Number Three An Attempt at Arson The Moat Murder

the severed head told the tale

Welcome to Pictou County Guilty Fear Murder Will Out Burial on the Beach

A thirty-two-shilling ghost story

Thirty-Two Shillings Lord Have Mercy upon Us A Two Man Manhunt The Trial of Maurice Doyle The Final Verdict The Legend of the Headless Spectre