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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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