The belle of Bedford Avenue : the sensational brooks-burns murder in turn-of-the-century New York

McConnell, Virginia A. 1942- (author.).

Summary: In 1902, 20-year-old Walter Brooks, the scion of an affluent Brooklyn family, was murdered in a seedy Manhattan hotel. The subsequent trial of Florence Burns, the young woman accused of the murder, made front-page news across the country and shocked New York society. This true crime tale sheds new light on this now-forgotten crime.

Item details

ISBN: 9781606353660
ISBN: 1606353667
Physical Description: print
xx, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2019]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Murder at Ground zero -- The Bedford Avenue gang -- Florence Burns and Walter Brooks -- Walter Brooks's last week -- Arrest -- Florence and the tombs angel -- The unwritten law -- Florence in jail and a city obsessed -- The court of special sessions -- The verdict and an intermission -- The inquest -- Florence's new life -- The badger game -- Arrest, trial, and the law of unintended consequences -- Lessons not learned -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.