The Denville 13: Murder, Redemption & Forgiveness in Small Town New Jersey

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

Denville in the 1950s was an idyllic place to live, yet a dark chapter in the era's history has remained uncovered. During the summer of 1953, a wealthy traveler with a secret rap sheet as a convicted sex offender arrived in town to continue his misdeeds. A group of thirteen local boys ranging in age from fourteen to twenty-two took it upon themselves to teach the man a lesson and drive him out of town. What resulted was his brutal death and the largest number of people ever indicted for murder in the nation at the time. The harrowing trial and its aftermath revealed a town forced to grapple with how to protect its youth and come to terms with the gruesome incident. Local historian Peter Zablocki covers the crime and a small town's path to redemption.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467148344
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	02/22/2021
Series:	True Crime
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	612,263
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Peter Zablocki is an author, researcher and teacher living in Denville, New Jersey. Focusing on local history, he is the author of Denville Goes to War: Denville's Story of World War I and is an AP seminar and research teacher with over fifteen years of teaching experience. Peter serves as the vice-president of the Denville Historical Society and Museum and is one of Denville's town historians.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Acknowledgements 11

Introduction 13

1 Seeds of Dissent 17

2 Summer of 1953 27

3 The Truth 47

4 A Town Torn Apart 59

5 Finding Fault 73

6 Requiem 85

Epilogue 97

Notes 103

Bibliographical Note 109

About the Author 111