Memorial Hall Library

A death at Crooked Creek, the case of the cowboy, the cigarmaker, and the love letter, Marianne Wesson

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

A death at Crooked Creek

bibliography

819717794

Marianne Wesson

the case of the cowboy, the cigarmaker, and the love letter

Important characters in the story of the Hillmon case -- Timeline of events important to the Hillmon litigation -- A winter journey leads to an inquest : 1879 -- The parties ready their cases for trial : 1879-1882 -- The Hillmon case is tried before a jury : 1882 -- The case is tried twice more, and a surprising objection is made : 1884-1888 -- The Supreme Court hears a case of "graveyard insurance" : 1892 -- John Hillmon is reported to be alive as the arduous fourth trial proceeds : 1893-95 -- The fifth trial progresses briskly but ends inconclusively, and New York Life capitulates: 1896-1899 -- The Hillmon case is tried for the last time: 1899 -- The century turns, and the Hillmon case is concluded: 1900-1903