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15.
New York Herald,
January 7, 1899, p. 2.

16.
New York World,
January 7, 1899, p. 2.

17.
New York World,
January 6, 1899, p. 2.

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

1.
New York World,
January 1, 1899, p. 2.

2.
New York Times,
January 24, 1899, p. 7, and January 25, 1899, p. 12.

3.
New York Journal,
January 5, 1899, p. 2.

4. See Klaus, p. 269.

5.
New York World,
January 4, 1899, p. 2.

6. Ibid.

7.
New York World,
January 13, 1899, p. 1.

8. Ibid., p. 12.

9.
New York World,
January 18, 1899, p. 2.

10. Ibid., p. 1.

11.
New York World,
January 19, 1899, p. 4.

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

1.
New York World,
January 2, 1899, p. 1, and December 30, 1898, p. 2.

2.
New York World,
January 4, 1899, p. 2.

3.
New York Herald,
January 5, 1899, p. 1.

4. Carey, p. 83.

5.
New York Journal,
January 9, 1899, p. 2; Klaus, p. 215f.

6.
New York Journal,
January 7, 1899, p. 1, and January 9, 1899, p. 2.

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

1. Scott, pp. 52, 58, and 118.

2. Ibid., p. 118.

3. Ibid., p. 121.

4.
New York World,
January 8, 1899, p. 2, and January 9, 1899, p. 2.

5. Stevens, pp. 83–84.

6.
New York World Sunday Supplement,
January 8, 1899, p. 21.

7.
New York Journal Sunday Supplement,
January 15, 1899, p. 10.

8.
New York Journal,
January 9, 1899, p. 3.

9.
New York World,
January 8, 1899, p. 3.

10.
New York Journal,
January 6, 1899, p. 2.

11.
New York Journal,
January 7, 1899, p. 2.

12.
New York World,
January 7, 1899, p. 2.

13. Scott, p. 119.

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

1.
New York Journal Sunday Supplement,
January 15, 1899, p. 10.

2.
New York Journal,
January 13, 1899, p. 5.

3.
New York Journal,
January 14, 1899, p. 6.

4.
New York Journal,
January 16, 1899, p. 6.

5.
New York Journal,
January 11, 1899, p. 2.

6.
New York World,
January 15, 1899, p. 14;
New York Journal,
January 10, 1899, p. 2;
New York Evening Journal,
January 10, 1899, p. 1.

7.
New York Journal,
January 7, 1899, p. 2, and January 9, 1899, p. 6.

8.
New York Sun,
January 7, 1899, p. 1.

9.
New York Journal,
January 7, 1899, p. 2; Pejsa, p. 124.

10.
New York Times,
January 10, 1899, p. 8.

11.
New York Sun,
January 7, 1899, p. 8.

12.
New York Journal,
January 25, 1899, p. 1.

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

1.
New York Journal,
January 22, 1899, p. 2.

2. Ibid.

3. Klaus, pp. 241–42.

4. Ibid.

5.
New York World,
January 4, 1899, p. 2.

6. Carey, pp. 84–85.

CHAPTER FORTY

1. Klaus, p. 290.

2.
New York Journal,
January 25, 1899, p. 1.

3.
New York Times,
January 25, 1899, p. 2.

4. Ibid.

5.
New York Times,
January 26, 1899, p. 2;
New York Herald,
January 26, 1899, p. 1;
New York Journal,
January 26, 1899, p. 1.

6. Early reports described the letter as having been written on “stationery such as a woman might use.” See
New York Herald,
January 26, 1899, p. 2.

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

1. As Albert Borowitz summarizes this case: “During the weeks before Christmas [1898]…Mrs. Margaret E. Cody went on trial for attempted blackmail of the heirs of robber-baron Jay Gould through threats to disclose that Gould had fathered an illegitimate daughter. Despite the testimony of handwriting expert David Carvalho that Gould’s name on the baptismal record of his reputed child had been clumsily forged, the jury could not agree on a verdict.” See Borowitz, “Packaged Death: Forerunners of the Tylenol Poisonings,”
American Bar Association Journal,
March 1983, p. 282.

2.
New York Herald,
January 26, 1899, p 1.

3.
New York Herald,
January 27, 1899, pp. 1–2.

4. Ibid., p. 2.

5. Ibid.

6. Ibid., p. 1.

7. Carey, p. 87.

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

1. Klaus, p. 292.

2.
New York Herald,
January 27, 1899, p. 2.

3.
New York World,
January 27, 1899, p. 2.

4.
New York Journal,
January 27, 1899, p. 2, and
New York World,
February 1, 1899, p. 2.

5. Klaus, pp. 305–7, and
New York World,
February 1, 1899, p. 2.

6.
New York World,
February 1, 1899, p. 2.

7.
New York World,
January 30, 1899, p. 2.

8. Ibid.

9.
New York World,
January 27, 28, and 29, 1899, p. 1;
New York Journal,
January 30, 1899, p. 1; and Klaus, p. 8.

10.
New York Journal,
January 27, 1899, p. 2;
New York Sun,
January 4, 1899, p. 2;
New York World,
January 31, 1899;
New York Herald,
January 30, 1899, p. 1.

11.
New York World,
February 2 and 3, 1899, pp. 1–2;
New York Journal,
February 2, 1899, p. 1.

12.
New York Herald,
January 29, 1899, p. 1.

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE

1.
New York Journal,
February 4, 1899, p. 6.

2.
New York Journal,
January 11, 1899, p. 4.

3.
Brooklyn Eagle,
February 3, 1899, p. 1.

4.
New York Journal,
February 3, 1899, p. 3.

5.
New York World,
February 7, 1899, p. 14.

CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR

1.
New York Journal,
February 9, 1899, p. 3;
New York Herald,
February 9, 1899, p. 3;
New York World,
February 9, 1899, p. 2.

2.
New York Journal,
February 10, 1899, p. 1.

3.
New York Herald,
February 8, 1899, p. 3;
New York Journal,
February 9, 1899. After a cursory investigation, the district attorney’s office announced that there “was nothing to connect [Baldwin’s death] in any way with the death of Mrs. Adams or to show that poison had been given to Mr. Baldwin during or after the trip on the
Viator.
” There the matter rested. See
New York Journal,
February 10, 1899, p. 4.

4.
New York Journal,
February 10, 1899, p. 2.

5. Ibid., pp. 1 and 2;
New York World,
February 10, 1899, pp. 1 and 2;
New York Herald,
February 10, 1899, pp. 1 and 2;
New York Sun,
February 10, 1899, pp. 1 and 2;
Brooklyn Eagle,
February 10, 1899, p. 1.

6. Klaus, p. 15.

7.
New York Journal,
February 10, 1899, p. 2.

8. Ibid.

9. Ibid.;
New York Herald,
February 10, 1899, p. 2.

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

1.
New York World,
February 11, 1899, pp. 1–2.

2.
New York Journal,
February 11, 1899, p. 1.

3.
New York Times,
February 11, 1899, p. 3.

4. Klaus, p. 15.

5.
New York Journal, New York World, New York Sun,
February 11, 1899, pp. 1–2.

6.
New York World,
February 13, 1899, p. 3.

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX

1.
New York Journal,
February 13, 1899, p. 1.

2. The great “Blizzard of ’99” was an event of such magnitude that it became known in meteorological lore as “the Storm King.” See
New York World,
February 14, 1899, p. 1.

3.
New York Journal,
February 15, 1899, p. 1.

4.
New York World,
February 12, 1899, p. 2; Klaus, p. 8.

5.
New York Journal, New York World, New York Sun, New York Herald,
February 15, 1899, pp. 1–2.

6. Carey, p. 91.

CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN

1.
New York Journal,
February 18, 1899, p. 5;
New York World,
February 19, 1899, p. 1.

2.
New York Herald,
February 16, 1899, p. 3.

3.
New York Journal,
February 16, 1899, p. 5.

4.
New York Herald,
February 18, 1899, p. 3.

5.
New York Journal,
February 18, 1899, p. 5;
New York World,
February 19, 1899, p. 3.

6. Ibid.

7.
New York Journal,
February 17, 1899, p. 5.

8.
New York World,
February 19, 1899, p. 3.

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

1. Scott, pp. 131–32.

2.
New York World,
February 22, 1899, pp. 1 and 2.

3.
New York Sun,
February 22, 1899, p. 2.

4.
New York Herald,
February 22, 1899, p. 1.

5. All quotes from Blanche’s testimony are taken from the
New York Sun,
February 22, 1899, p. 2.

6. Scott, p. 132.

7.
New York Journal,
February 22, 1899, p. 5.

CHAPTER FORTY-NINE

1.
Brooklyn Eagle,
February 23, 1899, p. 1.

2.
New York Times,
February 24, 1899, p. 3.

3.
New York Journal,
February 25, 1899, p. 3

4.
New York Journal,
February 24, 1899, p. 4.

5.
New York Herald,
February 24, 1899, p. 4.

6. Ibid.

7.
New York Journal,
February 24, 1899, p. 2.

8. Ibid.

9.
New York Journal,
February 25, 1899, p. 5.

10. Ibid.

11.
New York Evening Journal,
February 25, 1899, p. 2.

12.
New York Journal,
February 25, 1899, p. 5.

CHAPTER FIFTY

1.
New York Herald,
February 26, 1899, p. 1.

2.
New York World,
February 24, 1899, p. 12.

3.
New York Journal,
February 28, 1899, p. 1.

4. Ibid.

5. Ibid.

6.
New York World,
February 28, 1899, pp. 1–2.

CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE

1.
New York World,
February 28, 1899, p. 2.

2.
New York Herald,
February 28, 1899, p. 2.

3.
New York Journal,
February 2, 1899, p. 2.

4.
New York World, New York Journal, New York Herald, New York Sun,
February 28, 1899, pp. 1–2.

5.
New York Journal,
February 28, 1899, p. 2.

CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO

1.
New York World,
March 1, 1899, p. 2.

2.
New York Sun,
March 2, 1899, p. 2.

3.
New York Evening Journal,
March 4, 1899, p. 1.

4. Klaus, p. 18.

5.
New York World,
March 2, 1899, p. 4.

6.
New York Journal,
March 7, 1899, p. 7.

7.
New York Journal,
March 1, 1899, p. 1.

8.
New York Sun,
March 5, 1899, p. 3;
New York Journal,
March 1, 1899, p. 2, and March 2, 1899, p. 1;
New York World,
March 3, 1899, p. 2;
Brooklyn Eagle,
March 2, 1899, p. 1.

9.
New York Journal,
March 5, 1899, p. 12.

10.
New York World,
March 2, 1899, p. 2.

11.
New York World,
March 1, 1899, p. 2.

12.
New York Times,
March 3, 1899, p. 2.

13.
New York Journal,
March 7, 1899, p. 1.

CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE

1.
New York World,
March 10, 1899, p. 4.

2.
New York Journal,
March 9, 1899, p. 3.

3.
New York World,
March 10, 1899, p. 4.

4. Ibid.

CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR

1. Scott, pp. 135–36.

2. Ibid.

3. Scott, p. 134.

4. Ibid.

5. Ibid.

6.
New York Journal,
March 24, 1899, p. 4.

7.
New York World,
March 25, 1899, p. 1.

CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE

1.
New York Journal,
March 2, 1899, p. 1.

2.
New York World,
March 2, 1899, p. 2.

3.
New York Herald,
March 3, 1899, p. 2.

4.
New York World,
March 17, 1899, p. 5.

5.
New York Journal,
March 14, 1899, p. 6.

6.
New York Journal,
March 9, 1899, p. 7.

7. Jay Robert Nash,
Murder, America
(London: Harrap, 1980), p. 150;
New York Journal,
March 21, 1899, p. 3.

8.
New York Journal,
March 21, 1899, p. 3.

9. Ann Jones,
Women Who Kill
(New York: Fawcett, 1980), p. 279.

10. See, for example,
New York Journal,
March 20, 1899, p. 4. This image anticipates, by thirty years, the single most infamous picture in the history of tabloid journalism, the front-page
Daily News
photograph of the murderess Ruth Snyder at the instant of her electrocution on January 12, 1928.

11.
New York Evening Journal,
March 20, 1899, p. 3.