Bibliograph

Staten Island slayings, murderers & mysteries of the forgotten borough, Patricia M. Salmon

Type

Label

Staten Island slayings, murderers & mysteries of the forgotten borough, Patricia M. Salmon

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Staten Island slayings

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Patricia M. Salmon

Sub title

murderers & mysteries of the forgotten borough

Summary

Staten Island saw its share of violence and murder as it transformed from a sleepy community to an urban outer borough. The 1920 discovery of a woman's body by two young boys walking their dog remains unsolved. An inmate at Sailors' Snug Harbor--a retirement home for seamen--shot a preacher in cold blood. Shocking and horrific stories of killers and their victims such as these plague Staten Island's otherwise pleasant past. From the handsome soldier convicted of his Russian wife's shooting in New Dorp Beach to the New Brighton guard beaten to death while protecting seized whiskey during Prohibition, local historian Patricia Salmon uncovers Staten Island's most chilling tales of infamous and long-forgotten acts of violence

Target audience

adult

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