Tom Hughes

Rich Georgian Strangely Shot

Eugene Grace, Daisy of the Leopard Spots and the Great Atlanta Shooting of 1912

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Produktbeschreibung

In March 1912, Gene Grace, a young Atlanta businessman, was found shot in the locked bedroom of his fashionable home "between the Peachtrees." Daisy Grace, his flashily dressed Yankee wife from Philadelphia, was soon arrested on a charge of assault with intent to murder. Gene Grace was left paralyzed but, more importantly, he was powerless legally. Under Georgia law, he could not testify against his wife. Prosecutors were forced to rely instead upon the circumstantial evidence of an alleged "diabolical plot." The Atlanta newspapers--led by the Georgian, under the very new control of Mr. Hearst, that giant of "yellow journalism"--covered the case relentlessly. Papers across the country followed the drama for months, which concluded with a five-day trial held in the searing heat of a Georgia summer. This is the never-before-told story of the tragic romance between "the Adonis of a country town" and the woman known to all as "Daisy of the Leopard Spots."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 339g
• ISBN-13: 9780786470785
• ISBN-10: 078647078X
• Artikelnr.: 35682605

Autorenporträt

Long-time Atlanta resident Tom Hughes, was a radio news host and journalist for more than 30 years and is a member of the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame. He is a contributing writer to the London-based Marylebone Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
1. "Rich Georgian Strangely Shot"     
2. "What have you told these people, Gene?"     
3. "Adonis from a Country Town"     
4. The Philadelphia Belle     
5. "A heart broken man"     
6. Between the Peachtrees     
7. Burglar or Butler?     
8. To the Tower     
9. "A diabolical plot"     
10. "Hell, no, I'm not going to die"     
11. The House of Mystery     
12. To Philadelphia     
13. Gene Grace in a Bad Light     
14. Hearst Stirring Up Atlanta     
15. An Operation     
16. "A deathlike stillness"     
17. The Bloody Bundle Redux     
18. Mother Hill's Ordeal     
19. The Alibi Letters     
20. A Grocer Calls     
21. "Gentlemen, I am innocent"     
22. Inhuman Creature or Persecuted Woman     
23. "We, the jury"     
24. Purely Speculation     
25. The Final Chapter     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index