THE HANGMAN IS NEVER LATE. Three Centuries of Newfoundland Justice

Softcover. A trunk shipped COD from Toronto to Argentina turns out to contain a human body. A newspaper editor is ambushed and both his ears are cut off. A ship sinks and 76 passenmgers are believed to be victims of fate - until a diver discovers the grisly truth. The history of Newfoundland is full of chilling tales of murder and mayhem. The author surveys the history of Newfoundland crime from Eric and Marie Cobham's infamous career of piracy in the 1740s, to the strangling of Mona Johnson in 1976. Along the way he takes the reader on a carefully researched tour of early Newfoundland criminal justice that ranges from the ridiculous to the tragic. Filled with heroes and hangmen, victims and vengeance, the book offers the reader a sometimes horrifying, always fascinating glimpse into the darker side of the province's history. 229pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F.