The Axeman of New Orleans
The True Story
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2017]
Format: Book
Description: xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
A look at the 1910-1919 New Orleans murders committed by the Axeman, the surrounding trial of later-exonerated Iorlando and Frank Jordano, and the likelihood that the Axeman continued to murder after he left New Orleans.
Contents:
Evil descends -- The cleaver -- Dagoes, sugarcane, and muffulettas -- The Davi murder -- The black hand -- The cleaver returns -- A German spy? -- Axeman hysteria -- The mysterious axeman's jazz -- "Hung by the neck until dead, dead, dead" -- Verdict -- False lead -- Rosie and Saint Joseph -- The final chapter?
Subjects:
Serial murderers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Serial murder investigation -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Serial murderers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Serial murder investigation -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
ISBN:
9781613748688
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TRUE CRIME Dav | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
TRUE CRIME Dav | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-299) and index.