DARK AND BLOODY GROUND

Hardback. This is the exciting story of the assassination of William Goebel on the steps of the Kentucky State House, on January 30, 1900 : Was it political murder? Was he a "dead man" when he was sworn in as governor? Did the accused men receive fair trials in the ensuing turmoil? The story of the shooting and what happened later - of the political upheaval, the innocent men arrested and held incommunicado for months, riots and federal troops in Kentucky's capitol, is told by the author with exciting immediacy. Illus. Epilogue + Bibliog. 283pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Sunned at head of sp. and along top edge of covers o/w Vg. in G++ only pcdw.