Description: California's Lamson Murder Mystery : The Depression Era Case That Divided Santa Clara County, Paperback by Zaniello, Tom, ISBN 1467136530, ISBN-13 9781467136532, Brand New, Free shipping in the US On Memorial Day 1933, Stanford executive David Lamson found his wife, Allene, dead in their Palo Alto home. The only suspect, he became the face of California's most sensational murder trial of the century. After a judge sentenced him to hang at San Quentin, a team of Stanford colleagues stepped in to form the Lamson Defense Committee. The group included poets Yvor Winters and Janet Lewis, as well as the "Sherlock Holmes of Berkeley," criminologist . Heinrich. They managed to overturn the verdict and incite a series of heated retrials that gripped and divided the community. Was Lamson the victim of aggressive prosecutors, or was he a master of deception whose connections helped him get away with murder? Author and Stanford alum Tom Zaniello meticulously examines the details of a notorious case with a lingering legacy.
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Book Title: California's Lamson Murder Mystery : the Depression Era Case That Divided Santa Clara County
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2016
Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Murder / General, Criminals & Outlaws
Item Height: 0.3 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Author: Not Available
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: True Crime Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
