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Author Davis, Miriam C., author.

Title The axeman of New Orleans : the true story / Miriam C. Davis.

Publication Info. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2017]

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  364.1523 DAVIS    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  364.1523 DAV    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - New Materials  364.1523 D49    In Processing
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.1523 DAVIS    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  364.1523 DAV    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  364.15232 DAV    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  364.1523 DAV    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  364.1523 DA    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-299) and index.
Contents Evil descends -- The cleaver -- Dagoes, sugarcane, and muffulettas -- The Davi murder -- The black hand -- The cleaver returns -- A German spy? -- Axeman hysteria -- The mysterious axeman's jazz -- "Hung by the neck until dead, dead, dead" -- Verdict -- False lead -- Rosie and Saint Joseph -- The final chapter?
Summary A look at the 1910-1919 New Orleans murders committed by the Axeman, the surrounding trial of later-exonerated Iorlando and Frank Jordano, and the likelihood that the Axeman continued to murder after he left New Orleans.
Subject Serial murderers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Serial murder investigation -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Serial murder investigation. (OCoLC)fst01113109
Serial murderers. (OCoLC)fst01113110
Louisiana -- New Orleans. (OCoLC)fst01204311
Genre/Form True crime stories.
True crime stories. (OCoLC)fst01919985
ISBN 9781613748688
161374868X
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