Murdering Holiness explores the story of the "Holy Roller" sect led by Franz Creffield, a charismatic, self-styled messiah, in the early years of the 20th century.
Murdering Holiness explores the story of the "Holy Roller" sect led by Franz Creffield, a charismatic, self-styled messiah, in the early years of the 20th century.
Jim Phillips is director of the Centre of Criminologyand a professor in the Faculty of Law and Department of History at theUniversity of Toronto. Rosemary Gartner is a professorat the Centre of Criminology and the Department of Sociology at theUniversity of Toronto.
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Acknowledgments Cast of Principal Characters
1. Introduction 2. The Creffield Sect in Corvallis, 1903 3. Driving Out the Sect: The Triumph of the White Caps, 1903-4 4. "Sensualist Practices Prescribed and Ordained as Coming fromHeaven": Sex and the Creffield Sect 5. Disciplining the Sect: Invoking Insanity Law, 1904 6. Revival and Revenge, January to May 1906 7. Seattle Prepares for Trial, May and June 1906 8. Justifiable Homicide and the Unwritten Law: Seattle Debates theMitchell Case 9. The Trial of George Mitchell, Part 1: Jury Selection and the Casefor the Prosecution 10. The Trial of George Mitchell,
Part 2: The Unwritten Law 11. "And the Evil That Men Do Lives After Them": The Deathof George Mitchell 12. The Law, Maud Creffield, and Esther Mitchell
Epilogue Appendix: The Creffield Sect Membership Notes Bibliography Index
1. Introduction 2. The Creffield Sect in Corvallis, 1903 3. Driving Out the Sect: The Triumph of the White Caps, 1903-4 4. "Sensualist Practices Prescribed and Ordained as Coming fromHeaven": Sex and the Creffield Sect 5. Disciplining the Sect: Invoking Insanity Law, 1904 6. Revival and Revenge, January to May 1906 7. Seattle Prepares for Trial, May and June 1906 8. Justifiable Homicide and the Unwritten Law: Seattle Debates theMitchell Case 9. The Trial of George Mitchell, Part 1: Jury Selection and the Casefor the Prosecution 10. The Trial of George Mitchell,
Part 2: The Unwritten Law 11. "And the Evil That Men Do Lives After Them": The Deathof George Mitchell 12. The Law, Maud Creffield, and Esther Mitchell
Epilogue Appendix: The Creffield Sect Membership Notes Bibliography Index
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