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1 online resource : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Glossary of Medical Terms; Prologue; PART ONE: SUSPICIOUS DEATHS: Shelter for a stranger; PART TWO: INQUEST AND EXTRADITION: "I know"; PART THREE: TRIAL FOR MURDER: "Absolute self-possession"; PART FOUR: IN THE SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS: "The thought of hanging a woman is repulsive, but the woman was very like a fiend"; PART FIVE: THE POWER OF PUBLIC OPINION: "The right of giving to each and every person a fair and impartial trial"; PART SIX: AFTERMATH: "The policy has been eaten up in the cost of her defence." |
| Summary |
When Ezra Chipman brought fellow Canadian George Sternaman to board at his Buffalo home, he set in motion a nightmarish chain of events. Within months, Ezra was dead of a mysterious ailment. Then, shortly after marrying Ezra's widow Olive, George developed similar symptoms. Impoverished by George's long illness, the family moved to his mother's farm in Haldimand County, Ontario. There, in August 1896, 24-year-old George Sternaman died. After his funeral, Olive returned to Buffalo to try to pick up the pieces of her life. Meanwhile, a Canadian investigation into George's death had begun. Medical. |
| Local Note |
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Sternaman, George, 1872?-1896.
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Sternaman, Olive Adele, 1878?-1941.
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Sternaman, George, 1872?-1896. |
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Sternaman, Olive Adele, 1878?-1941. |
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Poisoning -- Ontario -- Haldimand (Township) -- History -- 19th century.
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Poisoning. |
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Ontario -- Haldimand (Township) |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Poisoners -- Ontario -- Haldimand (Township) -- Biography.
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Poisoners. |
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Biographies.
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Trials (Murder) -- Ontario -- Haldimand (Township)
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Trials (Murder) |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: MacDonald, Cheryl Emily, 1952- Who killed George?. Toronto : Natural Heritage/Natural History, ©1994 092047490X 9780920474907 (OCoLC)30072277 |
| ISBN |
9781554883783 (electronic book) |
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1554883784 (electronic book) |
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9781554886036 (electronic book) |
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1554886031 (electronic book) |
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9781459711419 (electronic book) |
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1459711416 (electronic book) |
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092047490X |
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9780920474907 |
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