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Until You Are Dead, Dead, Dead [electronic resource] : The Hanging of Albert Edwin Batson / Jim Bradshaw and Danielle Miller.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bradshaw, Jim, 1944-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Murder--Louisiana--Case studies.
Murder.
Batson, Albert Edwin, 1881-1903.
Batson, Albert Edwin.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (250 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Jackson, Mississippi : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
Summary:
How the tangles of nineteenth-century justice ensnared an itinerant worker in Louisiana.
Contents:
Intro
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Prologue
1. The Horse Trader
2. Scene of the Crime
3. Coroner's Inquest
4. Cajun Prairies
5. Welsh
6. The Arrest
7. Trial by Newspaper
8. Lynching Fears
9. The Dead Tramp
10. Another Crime
11. Indictment and Plea
12. A Mother's View
13. Confusion, Confrontation
14. The Case Is On
15. Batson's Turn
16. Reaching a Verdict
17. A Ray of Hope and an Appeal
18. To Court Again
19. Resignation
20. Enter Dobson
21. Indignation and False Hope
22. Last Chance
23. No Escape, No Reprieve
24. To the Gallows
Afterword: Beyond Reasonable Doubt?
Appendix A: Chronology
Appendix B: Cast of Characters
Appendix C: Batson Letters
Appendix D: The Batson Ballad
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
1-62674-057-7
OCLC:
892911533

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