1880 Murder Trial Wm Pettit killed Wife, Crawfordsville Indiana Journal, Rare

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A Celebrated Case. The Life and Trial Rev. William F Pettit, Convicted of the murder of his wife. Including the famous confession of Mrs. Whitehead, here published for the first time.This is actual 1880s book Published by the Crawfordsville Journal. 106 Pages.There is a great article on the Historical Crime Detective website by Dr. Barry Morton. who was a professor at Wabash College when he wrote it. He covers the details very well.I cannot link you to the website, it is against ebay rules, I guess. You can go there by typing the red letters all together and adding . comIt is titled:Feature Story: Murder, Masonry, and Popular Justice in Gilded Age Indiana: The Trial of the Reverend William F Pettit