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Michigan's Strychnine Saint

By Tobin T. Buhk

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2014
ISBN
9781625847416, 9781626192577
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2801817 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2025-01-14 10:21:22

Description

The spring of 1903 proveddisastrous for the Murphy family. On April 22, the infant Ruth Murphy died inher crib. Within an hour, her mother, Gertrude, experienced a violent spasmbefore she, too, died. Ten days later, John Murphy followed his wife and childto the grave after suffering from a crippling convulsion. While neighborswhispered about a curse and physicians feared a contagious disease, KalkaskaCounty sheriff John W. Creighton and prosecuting attorney Ernest C. Smithsearched for answers. As they probed deeper into the suspicious deaths, theyuncovered a wicked web of intrigue. And at the center stood a widow in a blacktaffeta dress.

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