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