Murder of a Herkimer County Teacher: The Shocking 1914 Case of a Vengeful Student

In 1914, Poland, New York, was a picturesque slice of small—town America. But that innocence was shattered with the shocking murder of beloved schoolteacher Lida Beecher at the hands of her former student Jean Gianini. At twenty—one years old, Lida wasn't much older than her students. The son of a successful furniture dealer, Jean had all the advantages in life, but he had been labeled as different by all who encountered him. The shocking murder brought the world's best alienists to the pac...