The Affair of the Veiled Murderess

by Adler, Jeanne Winston

• ISBN13: 9781438435473
• ISBN10: 1438435479
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

An account of a mysterious murder committed in nineteenth-century Troy, New York, and the sensational trial that ensued.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Troy, New York, 1853	p. 1
Henrietta Robinson, Spring 1852-Spring 1853
River Street	p. 9
May 25	p. 21
The New Prisoner	p. 31
John C. Mather, Birth (1813)-Spring 1853
Introducing John C. Mather	p. 41
Rise	p. 47
Trouble	p. 53
Pretrial, June 1853-April 1854
Contagion	p. 63
Long Hot Summer Into Fall	p. 73
Limbo Time	p. 79
Trial, May 1854
Day One-Officers of the Court	p. 87
Day Two-The Doctors	p. 95
Day Three-The Veil	p. 101
Day Four-Bombshell	p. 107
Day Five-Some Antebellum Lore	p. 115
Day Six-Verdict	p. 125
The Veiled Murderess, June 1854-August 1855
Settled But Not Settled	p. 135
Breaking of the Storm	p. 139
More Mather	p. 151
Trends	p. 155
Charlotte Wood	p. 159
Lively Season	p. 163
"Admiral Pagnum's Daughter"	p. 173
Angel of Mercy	p. 177
Departure	p. 189
Irish Answer, 1851 and the Deeper Past
Susan Gaynor	p. 197
Immigrants and Others	p. 205
Later Life and Legend, September 1855-May 1905
The Sing Sing Years	p. 213
Auburn	p. 229
Charlotte Doolittle Norris	p. 237
Finale	p. 247
Conclusion
What Really Happened	p. 253
The Wood Daughters	p. 259
The Duke of Kent Business	p. 263
Notes	p. 267
Index	p. 307
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