The man with the black valise : tracking the killer of Jessie Keith
The Man with the Black Valisetracks the killer of thirteen-year-old Jessie Keith as he tramped along railway lines through rural Ontario in 1894.
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| Keith, Jessie, 1880-1894 > Death and burial. Chattelle, Almede -1895. Murder > Investigation > Ontario. Murder > Ontario > History > 19th century. |
- ISBN: 9781459745360
- Physical Description 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The Man with the Black Valise : Tracking the Killer of Jessie Keith
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Table of Contents
The Man with the Black Valise : Tracking the Killer of Jessie Keith
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | Death in the Swampy Wood | |
| 1 | Isabella McLeod's Black Valise | p. 1 |
| 2 | Joseph Hall's Well | p. 5 |
| 3 | A Change of Mood | p. 13 |
| 4 | The Swampy Wood | p. 16 |
| 5 | Suspicion Focuses on One Man | p. 25 |
| 6 | The Burial | p. 28 |
| 7 | A Star-Crossed Life | p. 36 |
| 8 | Manhunt | p. 42 |
| 9 | "I Expected It" | p. 45 |
| 10 | A Shower of Silver | p. 51 |
| 11 | The Legal Talent | p. 54 |
| 12 | The Celebrity Sleuth | p. 58 |
| 13 | The Interrogation | p. 64 |
| 14 | The Coroner's Inquest | p. 72 |
| 15 | Confessions | p. 85 |
| 16 | On Trial for Murder | p. 89 |
| 17 | The Insanity Question | p. 96 |
| 18 | Ropes and Pulleys | p. 102 |
| 19 | Two Autopsies | p. 107 |
| 20 | The Healing | p. 111 |
| Part 2 | Chattel's Route Then and Now | |
| 21 | The Goddess of Flowers and Springtime | p. 121 |
| 22 | Ailsa Craig: Teenage Hero | p. 128 |
| 23 | Lucan: Mass Murder of the Black Donnellys | p. 136 |
| 24 | St. Marys: Amédée Chattelle Goes Shopping | p. 149 |
| 25 | Fryfogel's Tavern: Perth County's First Settler | p. 153 |
| 26 | Baden: The Flax Kings | p. 160 |
| 27 | Stratford: The Prisoner's Dock | p. 171 |
| 28 | Stratford: The Coroner's Saddest Inquest | p. 176 |
| 29 | Stratford: Death by Fire | p. 180 |
| 30 | Stratford: The Rape and Murder of Mary Peake | p. 185 |
| 31 | Stratford: Death at Dorothy's Delicatessen | p. 191 |
| 32 | Millbank: Kitchen Table Clairvoyant | p. 200 |
| 33 | Listowel: The Jessie Keith Memorial Tour | p. 209 |
| 34 | The End of the Line | p. 216 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 227 | |
| Bibliography | p. 229 | |
| Image Credits | p. 232 | |
| Index | p. 234 |
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