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The life, career, and awful death by the garote of Margaret C. Waldegrave : otherwise, Margaret C. Florence, alias Mrs. Bellville, Madame Rolande, Madame Le Hocq, the poisoner and murderess, at Havana, Cuba, June 9th, 1852 : for the murder of Charles D. Ellas, Lorenzo Cordoval, and Pierre Dupont, (April 14th, 1852,) who were three desperate members of a powerful and sanguinary band of robbers, counterfeiters, and assassins, known as "the alumni".
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orton, A. R. (Arthur R.), author.
- Series:
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Waldegrave, Margaret C., 1825-1852--Fiction.
- Waldegrave, Margaret C.
- Infanticide--New York (State)--Buffalo--Fiction.
- Infanticide.
- Murder--Louisiana--New Orleans--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Murder--Cuba--Havana--Fiction.
- Executions and executioners--Cuba--Havana--Fiction.
- Executions and executioners.
- Cuba--Havana.
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- New York (State)--Buffalo.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (36 pages) : illustrations portrait.
- Other Title:
- Corrected title: Life, career, and awful death by the garrote of Margaret C. Waldegrave
- Place of Publication:
- New Orleans : A.R. Orton, 1852.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Sensational, and presumably fictitious, account of the criminal career of Margaret C. Waldegrave. Probably written by the publisher.
- Also published in a German language edition.
- "1853"--cover.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 937018588
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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