Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 7
Introduction 9
Part I Mayhem
Devious and Dishonest Maids 11
Greeting a Tramp with Kindness Leads to Traumatic Event for Harriet Brown 14
Animal Cruelty 16
When the Gypsies Came 18
The Presence of the Ku Klux Klan 21
The Attempted Abduction of Teacher Mary Dahood 25
Con Artist Mandeville Hall Tricks Multiple Women 27
Dr. William Macomber Gets in Hot Water over Eleetrocure 31
Two Local Doctors and Their Dalliance with Drugs 33
Talented Swindler or Desperate Traveler? 35
Respectable Champlin Family Tale Begins to Twist 38
Putting an End to Cockfighting 41
In Narragansett with a Plan to Kill Edward Everett Hale 44
Police Officer George Barber Solves Hen Mystery 47
John Gross Tries His Best to End Gambling at Narragansett Pier 49
Unsafe Travels for Dr. Alexander Briggs 52
Lawton Foster Cursed by a Heavy Club 54
Shootings, Murders and Drunken Brawls 56
Saloon Owner Welcome Fidler Earns Quite a Reputation 58
Rum Sellers and Gin Dealers 61
Elderly Mary Rich Disappears while Delivering Eggs 64
Thomas Segar and His Daughter's Suitor Come to Blows 65
Kate Sprague, a Wife Turned Hostage 69
Part II Murder
Suspect in Murder of Laura Regester Is Found 77
George Nelson Kenyon's Tumultuous and Tragic Life 80
The Alibi of Robert Latimer 83
The Kingston Train Station Murder 87
The Christmas Eve Murder of Thomas Main 92
Man Known as the Human Monster Roams Town 95
The Mysterious Death of Senator Charles Burdick 99
Mary Gardiner Is Dealt Every Bad Card in the Deck 101
Love, Adultery and the Murder of Frederick Bishop 104
Ruth Peckham's Low Tolerance for Her Husband's Wandering Eye 107
William Brown Kills Child for Saying Alphabet Incorrectly 109
Dr. Percy Senior Kills Teenage Girl 110
Eliza Smith and Her Children Are Found Dead in a Well 113
A&P Manager Witnesses Body of Harry Brewer Falling into Gutter 116
Ezra Holloway Is Railed by Pirates 119
Police Officer Joseph Westlake Is Gunned Down by Soldier 122
Murder of Tindaro Pinto at the School for the Feeble-Minded 123
Sources 127
About the Author 128
