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A man’s body lay on the floor. His wife held a smoking gun.  Two little girls clung to her.

Was it murder or self-defense?
“The struggle was short. He threw me on a couch. When I regained consciousness, I said, ‘Now I shall have to kill you....’”

​The true story of Alice Hartley, who shot and killed the Senator who raped her.
Did she kill one husband while married to another?
 
​The  sensational  1910 murder trial of Dora Doxey, a beautiful and charming woman, and an admitted morphine addict, on trial for her life.
Vermont, 1911. A housepainter lies dead, shot through the heart. 

​The life of Mrs. Dodge will never be the same...


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George Hayford was a lawyer on the wrong side of the law.
Good at telling stories.. sometimes true, sometimes not.

Brave  (or desperate) enough to jump off a moving train, in handcuffs...
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What Readers Are Saying:

“A fascinating picture of 19th and early 20th  century California culture and journalism, with many a strange twist to a murder tale involving characters I never heard of.’’
— Martin McReynolds, Mrs. Hartley and the Senator, Amazon.com

“It told the story well. kind of kept you guessing and that's the fun part.’’
—  Julie, an Amazon.com reader, The Battered Wife and Her Five Little Kids All Dressed In White

“The articles and editorials comprising a major part of the book are not only interesting artifacts of their time but provide an enlightening perspective on today's debate over 'fake news.'’’
—  An Amazon customer, Mrs. Hartley and the Senator

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