Courthouse Chaos

by Andrew E. Stoner

Overview

In cities all across the United States, the courthouse represents justice, safety, and the rule of law. However, in some cities it becomes much more, becoming the home of tragic occasions of mob violence and becoming nationally known through famous or infamous trials.

Courthouse Chaos: Famous and Infamous Trials and Mob Justice covers the most notable of these cases in detail, offering true crime lovers their money's worth in local stories, well-researched facts, cutting insight, and unbiased conclusions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681571768
Publisher:	Blue River Press
Publication date:	05/01/2020
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Andrew E. Stoner is a native of Goshen, Indiana, and lived in Indianapolis for twenty-six years. He started writing as a boy by teaching himself to type on an old Underwood manual typewriter. A journalist by training, his writing has been published in the South Bend Tribune, Goshen News, Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Recorder, Sports Illustrated and Colliers Worldbook Encyclopedia. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Franklin College of Indiana and a master's degree in journalism from Ball State University. He is currently completing a Ph.D. in journalism and technical communications at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Dedication iv

Introduction ix

Trials 1

The "Trial" Of Thrill Killers Leopold & Loeb 3

A Planned Spectacle Of A Trial 16

Bringing Down "The Law" In Indiana 26

The Trials Of Dr. Sam Sheppard 37

Confidential Matters On Trial 50

One More Big Trial For "Old Red" 63

A Young Nurse Faces Down Evil 74

The Bizarre Trial Of Charlie And His Girls 86

An Obscene Display Of Street Justice 99

Gacy's Gruesome Road To Justice 109

Seeking Justice For Matthew Shepard 120

Mob Violence & Justice 133

The South Faces A Troubled Reality 135

A Second Lynching After A Mistaken First 140

"The Center Hanging Tree" 145

A Deadly Defense Of The Courthouse 150

The "Last Northern" Lynching In America 157

A Case Of Burning Justice 167

A Hospital Patient Is Lynched 172

The Law Saves A Suspect, But Not The Courthouse 179

"The Last Classic Lynching In America" 185

Acknowledgements 193

About the Author 195

Endnotes 197