Wicked Women of Northeast Ohio

by Turzillo, Jane Ann

• ISBN13: 9781609490263
• ISBN10: 1609490266
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-20
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

In Wicked Women of Northeast Ohio, author Jane Ann Turzillo recounts the misdeeds of ten dark-hearted women who refused to play by the rules. They unleashed their most base impulses using axes, guns, poison and more. You'll meet Perry's Velma West, a mere slip of a girl who was unfortunately too near a hammer during an argument. New Philadelphia's Ellen Athey-no lady herself-had a similar problem with an axe. Ardell Quinn, who operated the longest-running brothel in Cleveland, would simply argue that she was a good businesswoman. Grim? Often. Entertaining? Deliciously so. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
The Dusky Belle of Smokey Hollow, Massillon	p. 15
Cleveland's Vice Queen	p. 26
A Bullet for a Blade in Niles	p. 36
Kent Widow of Ex-Sheriff Charged in His Murder	p. 41
Jealousy Leads to Axe Murder in New Philadelphia	p. 49
Early Serial Killer in Ashtabula?	p. 58
A Party Girl in Perry	p. 63
He Would Not Take No for an Answer, Canton	p. 73
ôBaby Farmö in Wayne County	p. 83
Outland Woodfield: ôHymie's Heartö Entangled in Cleveland Hit	p. 93
Sources	p. 109
About the Author	p. 111
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