Murder & Mayhem in Cumberland County Book

Acknowledgements 7

Introduction 9

Part I Blood for Blood

"The Greatest Melancholy": The Pontiac War 11

"A Perfect Holocaust": The Enoch Brown Massacre 17

Part II Suffer the Children

"The Fierce Indignation of Heaven": Teen Slave Child Killer 23

"What...Fiendish Cause": The Brushtown Tragedy 27

"A Soft Tish, Tish, Tish": The Babes in the Woods Mystery 31

Part III Gallows Ground

A Most Dastardly Pursuit: The Murder of David Musselman 39

"Hell's Fire Fury": The Execution of Ed Donnelly 43

"A Life for a Life": The People v. Charles Salyards 49

Part IV Hell Street Blues

"Peace to His Ashes": The McNamara Murder 57

"No Earthly Tribunal": The Gambler Who Wagered the Truth 60

"The Advent of Thieves": Tensions with the Military 62

"Scene of Terror and Confusion": The Riot of 1867 67

Part V A Taste of Malice

The Bitter Bread of Jealousy: The Case of Sarah Clark 73

"Political Clarification": The Case Against Paul Schoeppe 75

"Cruel and Fatal Work": The Death of Mary Kiehl 80

"A Struggle for Supremacy": The Candy Man Cadaver 84

Part VI Cold Cases and Trials by Fire

"Lead Kindly Light": The Moonshine Murders 91

"Magic Ball and Triggerman": The Courtroom Slaying of 1955 95

"Blood on Their Hands": The Murdered Madam 103

"Something Had to Give": The Camp Hill Prison Riots 109

Bibliography 115

About the Author 127