Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America's Heartland (Bur Oak Book)
Current price:
$19.95
Publication Date: August 15th, 2007
Publisher:
University Of Iowa Press
ISBN:
9781587296055
Pages:
296
Description
On the night of December 1,1900, Iowa farmer John Hossack was attacked and killed while he slept at home beside his wife, Margaret. On April 11, 1901, after five days of testimony before an all-male jury, Margaret Hossack was found guilty of his murder and sentenced to life in prison. One year later, she was released on bail to await a retrial; jurors at this second trial could not reach a decision, and she was freed. She died August 25, 1916, leaving the mystery of her husband's death unsolved.
Praise for Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America's Heartland (Bur Oak Book)
"[An] engrossing real-life whodunit."—USA Today
"Aficionados of the unsolved case may find a delectable example in this retelling of the little-known but gruesome murder of an Iowa farmer. Meticulously but briskly rendered mystery."--Kirkus