The Lindbergh kidnapping, the Dutch Schultz murder, the Hurricane Carter case, the Edgard Smith affair involving William F. Buckley, Jr., the slaying of the List family, the shooting of Trooper Philip Lamonaco, the contract killing of Maria Marshall, and the kidnapping and murder of Exxon executive Sidney Reso-all America followed with fascination these terrible crimes committed in New Jersey. These famous New Jersey cases--and fifty-two others, all front-page news in their day--are presented colorfully and concisely in Gerald Tomlinson's Murdered in Jersey, an illustrated look at homicide in the Garden State. For all true crime buffs in and out of New Jersey.
GERALD TOMLINSON's mystery stories have appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and he has written one mystery novel. He is the co-author of The New Jersey Book of Lists.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: From Hall-Mills to Lindbergh
1. Under a Crab Apple Tree
2. The Brigham Murder
3. Trooper Coyle at the Quarry
4. Sea Isle's Indiscreet Squire
5. A Crazy Rich Kid
6. Shootout at the French Hill Inn
7. The Mail Truck Blitz
8. Dr. Lilliendahl's Death
9. An Arrest Gone Bad
10. Murder of a Prohibition Agent
11. America's Crime of the Century
Part Two: Gang Wars and World War II
12. The Greenberg-Hassel Rubout
13. Killing the Dutchman
14. Willful Gladys Took an Ax
15. Death of a Union Boss
16. Who Murdered the Littlefields?
17. The Duck Island Murders
18. Ambush at Fort Dix
19. First His Wife, Then a Trooper
20. "It's All Over"
Part Three: Silent-Generation Murders
21. The Keyport Trunk Murder
22. Drowning His Sorrow
23. Case of the Trenton Six
24. Unruh's Bloody Rampage
25. R.I.P. Willie Moretti
26. Bayonne's Morro Castle Killer
27. The Avenging Motel Owner
28. Death Row's Edgar Smith
29. Mama's Little Felony Murderer
30. Batman in Blairstown
Part Four: A Bloodstained Decade
31. Murder at the Clarke Estate
32. "I Blew My Top"
33. The Coppolino Case
34. At a Lodi Tavern
35. Domestic Squabble on River Road
36. McAfee's Back-Porch Bombing
37. Who Killed Mrs. Kavanaugh?
38. "D. X" and "Flying Death"
39. Requiem for a Middleweight
40. Millburn's Shady Art Dealer
Part Five: From the Lists to Lamonaco
41. The Elusive John List
42. Gun Battle on the Turnpike
43. In a Black Cadillac
44. Twenty-Gauge Euthanasia
45. Shoemaker and Son
46. Murder at the Flamingo Motel
47. "He Hates His Mother"
48. A Suicide or Two
49. Fall of a Renaissance Man
50. Trooper Lamonaco's Death
Part Six: Greed, Sex, and Madness
51. Bomb Blast in Middlesex
52. A Stalker at the Mall
53. The Carnival Killing
54. Blind Faith: A Contract
55. Policewoman Powlett's Death
56. By Ninja Possessed
57. An Ill-Fated Party in Sparta
58. Heikkila's Night Out
59. The Family Says, "Die!"
60. Saga of the Failed Yuppies
Part Seven: A Plague of Random Murders
61. "That Man Is an Animal"
62. Death Via Unabomber
63. How Not to Rob a Jeweler
64. Another Post Office Massacre
65. Caught on Tape
Source Notes and Commentary
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Part One: From Hall-Mills to Lindbergh
1. Under a Crab Apple Tree
2. The Brigham Murder
3. Trooper Coyle at the Quarry
4. Sea Isle's Indiscreet Squire
5. A Crazy Rich Kid
6. Shootout at the French Hill Inn
7. The Mail Truck Blitz
8. Dr. Lilliendahl's Death
9. An Arrest Gone Bad
10. Murder of a Prohibition Agent
11. America's Crime of the Century
Part Two: Gang Wars and World War II
12. The Greenberg-Hassel Rubout
13. Killing the Dutchman
14. Willful Gladys Took an Ax
15. Death of a Union Boss
16. Who Murdered the Littlefields?
17. The Duck Island Murders
18. Ambush at Fort Dix
19. First His Wife, Then a Trooper
20. "It's All Over"
Part Three: Silent-Generation Murders
21. The Keyport Trunk Murder
22. Drowning His Sorrow
23. Case of the Trenton Six
24. Unruh's Bloody Rampage
25. R.I.P. Willie Moretti
26. Bayonne's Morro Castle Killer
27. The Avenging Motel Owner
28. Death Row's Edgar Smith
29. Mama's Little Felony Murderer
30. Batman in Blairstown
Part Four: A Bloodstained Decade
31. Murder at the Clarke Estate
32. "I Blew My Top"
33. The Coppolino Case
34. At a Lodi Tavern
35. Domestic Squabble on River Road
36. McAfee's Back-Porch Bombing
37. Who Killed Mrs. Kavanaugh?
38. "D. X" and "Flying Death"
39. Requiem for a Middleweight
40. Millburn's Shady Art Dealer
Part Five: From the Lists to Lamonaco
41. The Elusive John List
42. Gun Battle on the Turnpike
43. In a Black Cadillac
44. Twenty-Gauge Euthanasia
45. Shoemaker and Son
46. Murder at the Flamingo Motel
47. "He Hates His Mother"
48. A Suicide or Two
49. Fall of a Renaissance Man
50. Trooper Lamonaco's Death
Part Six: Greed, Sex, and Madness
51. Bomb Blast in Middlesex
52. A Stalker at the Mall
53. The Carnival Killing
54. Blind Faith: A Contract
55. Policewoman Powlett's Death
56. By Ninja Possessed
57. An Ill-Fated Party in Sparta
58. Heikkila's Night Out
59. The Family Says, "Die!"
60. Saga of the Failed Yuppies
Part Seven: A Plague of Random Murders
61. "That Man Is an Animal"
62. Death Via Unabomber
63. How Not to Rob a Jeweler
64. Another Post Office Massacre
65. Caught on Tape
Source Notes and Commentary
Bibliography
Index
