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100 1 $aSchechter, Harold.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79087732
245 14 $aThe Devil's gentleman :$bprivilege, poison, and the trial that ushered in the twentieth century /$cHarold Schechter.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBallantine Books,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $axv, 494 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [449]-482) and index.
520 1 $a"From renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter, comes the exploration of a notorious, sensational New York City murder in the 1890s, the fascinating forensic science of an earlier age, and the explosively dramatic trial that became a tabloid sensation at the turn of the century." "Death was by poison and came in the mail: A package of Bromo Seltzer had been anonymously sent to Harry Cornish, the popular athletic director of Manhattan's elite Knickerbocker Athletic Club. Cornish barely survived swallowing a small dose; his cousin Mrs. Katherine Adams died in agony after ingesting the toxic brew. Scandal sheets owned by Hearst and Pulitzer eagerly jumped on this story of fatal high-society intrigue, speculating that the devious killer was a chemist, a woman, or "an effeminate man." Forensic studies suggested cyanide as the cause of death; handwriting on the deadly package and the vestige of a label glued to the bottle pointed to a handsome, athletic society scamp, Roland Molineux." "The wayward son of a revered Civil War general, Molineux had clashed bitterly with Cornish before. He had even furiously denounced Cornish when penning his resignation from the Knickerbocker Club, a letter that later proved a major clue. Bon vivant Molineux had recently wed the sensuous Blanche Chesebrough, an opera singer whose former lover, Henry Barnet, had also recently died ... after taking medicine sent to him through the mail. Molineux's subsequent indictment for murder led to two explosive trials, a sex-infused scandal that shocked the nation, and a lurid print-media circus that ended in madness and a proud family's disgrace." "Schechter captures all the colors of the tumultuous legal case, gathering his own evidence and tackling subjects no one dared address at the time - all in hopes of answering the tantalizing question: What powerfully dark motives could drive the wealthy scion of an eminent New York family to foul murder?"--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aMolineux, Roland Burnham.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84072511
650 0 $aMurder$zNew York (State)$zNew York.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010102724
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1865-1918.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140515
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007019705.html
852 00 $bglx$hHV6534.N5$iS34 2007