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The Ax Murders of Saxtown: The Unsolved Crime That Terrorized a Town and Shocked the Nation
The Ax Murders of Saxtown The Unsolved Crime That Terrorized a Town and Shocked the Nation Author:Nicholas Pistor An entire household massacred. A family feud. A sheriff found dead. Neighbor turned against neighbor. Reports of ghosts, bounty hunters, deathbed confessions, and legacy fortunes.� — In 1874, the Saxtown massacre rocked a nation reeling from economic�depression and shattered a small German immigrant farming community�in Illinois. The murder of th... more »e Stelzriede family led investigators through�forests and farmland, chasing footprints, bloody tobacco leaves, and the�marks of an ax dragged away from the scene.
Nicholas J. C. Pistor?s The Ax Murders of Saxtown is a gripping tale of suspense and suspicion that exposes brand new information about the century-old�crime and showcases the flaws of the nineteenth-century justice system.�« less