Wicked Washtenaw County

by Mann, James Thomas

• ISBN13: 9781596299122
• ISBN10: 1596299126
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-26
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Washtenaw County has a dark and sordid history, filled with unexplained murders and vicious crimes. Venture into the dead of night with medical students from the University of Michigan as they snatch bodies from fresh graves. Discover how Irene Walling Smith, born and raised in Ypsilanti, became known as the "Bandit Queen" of the despicable Kozak Gang. Head back to Ann Arbor in 1878, when Howard Williams was found dead in his home with an empty bottle of morphine by his side-was it murder, suicide or overdose? Revisit the puzzling details of the unsolved 1913 murder of seventy-three-year-old Elizabeth Stapish, something of an eccentric in Chelsea, who was strangled and buried under a pile of cornhusks in her barn. Join local history author and columnist James Mann as he reveals the enigmatic history of this Michigan county. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Acknowledgements	p. 9
Death of Patrick Dunn	p. 11
Pathways to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in Washtenaw County	p. 15
Body Snatching and the University of Michigan	p. 25
The Rapalje Riot	p. 43
Burning the Normal Organ	p. 49
The Mysterious Death of William Benz	p. 55
Rise and Fall of Frank P. Glazier	p. 65
Scio Night Raiders	p. 71
Lodi Township Shooting	p. 77
Body in the Barn	p. 81
Shooting of Attorney Mahon	p. 87
Death on the Huron	p. 93
Blood on the Schoolhouse Floor	p. 99
Irene the "Bandit Queen"	p. 111
Bibliography	p. 121
About the Author	p. 127
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.