Haystack Murder Trial Record 1890

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Haystack Murder Trial Record 1890

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01770/01770-P.html

The Haystack Murder Trial Record, 1890, is a typscript brief written by Samuel N.Wood, counsel for the government and founder of Woodsdale, Kansas, for the SupremeCourt case United States v. C. E. Cook, Orin Cook, Capt. C. E. Frease, JohnnieJackson, Ed Boudin, John Colbert, et al.

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