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Reporting Murder Trials,
By Acute Observer (N. Jersey Shore) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Murder one (Paperback)
Dorothy Kilgallen covered many of the sensational murder trials that shocked or fascinated American newspaper readers. This book contains new versions of six murder trials, famous in their time. Kilgallen was on the panel of "What's My Line?". She gave a deposition in the Sheppard murder case that helped to get a new trial (p.20). Most of the trials in this 40 year old book occurred before the 1960s. [Dr. Sam Sheppard was retried in 1966 for a correct verdict of not guilty.] Kilgallen died 12/8/1965 before this book was published. It lacks an index or photographs of the people covered in this book.Dr. Bernard Finch was co-owner of a medical center in Los Angeles. Carole Tregoff was hired as a receptionist. Both had unhappy marriages, and came to love each other. Their liaison was discovered by Barbara, Bernard's wife; she informed Jimmy Pappas, Carole's husband. Both neglected spouses filed for a divorce. Barbara was soon shot dead by Bernard, her maid saw it and ran away to call the police. Once Carole admitted her help to Bernard she became a co-defendant. [If this story was a film on TV you might say it was unbelievable.] "Motive Unmentionable" tells about the shooting of Fritz Gebhardt by Greta Peltz, a good-looking and charming single girl. They were having an affair and Fritz refused to marry Greta. Greta visited Fritz in his bedroom, then fired shots. Murder or self-defense? Eva Coo was electrocuted for the murder of Harry Wright, found dead by the side of a road. Eva was the beneficiary of his insurance policy. Her past had problems. "She got a raw deal" (p.113). [Does this story remind you of "The Postman Always Rings Twice"?] Robert Allen Edwards had a clean-cut appearance and trustworthy manner. Robert met the older Margaret at college, he was friendly with Freda, the girl next door. Robert had to marry Freda. They went swimming together but only Robert returned. Another "American Tragedy"? Mary Frances and John Creighton moved to Baldwin, Long Island from New Jersey. They had been accused of poisoning but were acquitted. They took in a married couple (the Depression). Ada Applegate became violently ill and died. The police investigation found arsenic. Her husband Everett was guilty of statutory rape with the Creighton's daughter and adultery with her mother. Mary Frances confessed and blamed Everett for the poisoning. But she had bought the poison. [They never appeared on a TV talk show.] The murder trial of the century [or at least the decade] was of Dr. Sam Sheppard. The US Supreme Court ruled he didn't receiver a fair trial, and he was acquitted on re-trial. Kilgallen did not share the presumption of guilt and was shocked by the verdict. The evidence was "flimsy beyond belief" (p.233). The local media aroused and inflamed public opinion and the jury panel (p.234). Ten years later she revealed a secret that helped to get a new trial. Sheppard vs Ohio set a precedent against "trial by publicity". Kilgallen, a star Hearst journalist, was able to get an exclusive interview with Jack Ruby. She confided to friends that this story would blow the lid off the JFK assassination story. Then she was found dead of an "accidental overdose", and no such report was ever found among her papers. Her best friend who she confided in soon died of the same "accidental overdose". Do you know how many witnesses to the JFK assassination also died accidentally?
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