Michigan's strychnine saint : the curious case of Mrs. Mary McKnight
Publication Information
Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.
Physical Description
188 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Summary
"The spring of 1903 proved disastrous for the Murphy family. On April 22, the infant Ruth Murphy died in her crib. Within an hour, her mother, Gertrude, experienced a violent spasm before she, too, died. Ten days later, John Murphy followed his wife and child to the grave after suffering from a crippling convulsion. While neighbors whispered about a curse and physicians feared a contagious disease, Kalkaska County sheriff John W. Creighton and prosecuting attorney Ernest C. Smith searched for answers. As they probed deeper into the suspicious deaths, they uncovered a wicked web of intrigue. And at the center stood a widow in a black taffeta dress"--
"This is a spell-binding story of a startling crime set against the backdrop of early twentieth-century northwestern Michigan"--