Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-423) and index.
Contents
"Murder most brutal" -- Chase City -- Flight -- Independence Day -- Solomon on trial -- Quick work -- The prince of liars -- "Mirabile Marable" -- The rise of Edward Pollard -- The thirteenth juror -- Taking sides -- Baptisms -- White man stories -- Nunc pro tunc -- New life -- "A gone case" -- Egg-sucking dog -- Tracks -- One shall be taken -- Messages -- Solomon's body -- Common sense -- The pitcher to the well -- Who killed Lucy Pollard?