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Author HEPPNER, RICHARD

Title WOODSTOCK'S INFAMOUS MURDER TRIAL : early racial injustice in upstate new york
Published [Place of publication not identified] HISTORY Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource
Series True Crime
True crime.
Contents Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Headlines -- 2. Woodstock, 1905 -- 3. December 5 and 6, 1905 -- 4. The Chase -- 5. Augustus H. Van Buren -- 6. Interlude: The Trial Approaches -- 7. Jury Selection -- 8. Testimony -- 9. Van Gaasbeek Takes the Stand -- 10. Summations and Verdict -- 11. Aftermath -- 12. Faint Hope -- 13. The Final Battle -- 14. The Journey Ends -- 15. Moving On -- Afterword: The Road We Have Traveled -- Bibliography -- About the Author
Summary When a white man from a prominent local family in Woodstock was murdered in 1905, authorities quickly identified a local African American man as the prime suspect. Amid racist animus in the press, he fled across two counties before being apprehended by a vigilante and charged. Local reformer and politician Augustus H. Van Buren stood up to community pressure and defended the accused pro bono. It took three years and multiple trials to overcome racial inequalities in the justice system. Local historian Richard Heppner documents the crime, arrest and trials that revealed racial tensions in upstate New York at the turn of the century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124)
Subject Van Gaasbeek, Cornell
Murder -- Investigation -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies
Trials (Murder) -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Murder -- Investigation.
Trials (Murder)
New York (State) -- Woodstock.
Genre/Form Case studies.
History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781439668863
1439668868