THEY DIED CRAWLING And Other Tales of Cleveland Woe

Bellamy II (John Stark)

ISBN 10: 1886228035 / ISBN 13: 9781886228030

Published by Gray & Company (Cleveland), 1995

About this Item

Softcover. The first book in a series in which the author delves into 15 of the most incredible true stories of crime and disaster from the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, including : A no-holds-barred account of the controversial, infamous, and sensational Sam Sheppard murder trial; The apocalyptic East Ohio Gas Company explosion and fire of 1944 and its destruction of the entire east-side Norwood-St. Clair neighbourhood; The chilling 1919 Dan Kaber murder, in which three generations of Lakewood women - mother, daughter, and grandmother - conspired to dispose of an inoffensive husband with arsenic and knife-wielding hired killers; Genius inventor Garrett A. Morgan's dramatic gas-masked rescue efforts during the gruesome 1916 waterworks collapse; The violent and unsolved murder of millionaire socialite William Lowe Rice (founder of the law firm that would become Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue), who was shot, stabbed, and bludgeoned to death under mysterious circumstances within sight of his Cleveland Heights mansion; Scandal with a "Roaring Twenties" flavour: the saga of flamboyant John Leonard Whitfield, Cleveland's most-wanted, cold-blooded cop-killer of 1923; Cleveland Electric Railway Car 642's horrifying plunge off the Central Viaduct into the Cuyahoga River in the Flats; The weird tale of industrialist Joe Gogan's trial for murdering his wife - by hitting her in the face with a bag of rat poison; and other true local stories of courage, fear, deception, mystery, violence, and guilt. Illus., with 70 photographs. 255pp. trade size p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.

Seller Inventory # 13274

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THEY DIED CRAWLING And Other Tales of Cleveland Woe
• Publisher: Gray & Company (Cleveland)
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1886228035
• ISBN 13: 9781886228030
• Binding: Softcover / Paperback
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Regional Crime (Domestic and Foreign)

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Synopsis

The foulest crimes and worst disasters in Cleveland history are recounted in these 15 incredible-but-true tales, including:

• A no-holds-barred account of the infamous and sensational Sam Sheppard murder trial;
• The apocalyptic East Ohio Gas Company explosion and fire of 1944 that destroyed the entire east-side Norwood–St. Clair neighborhood;
• The chilling 1919 Dan Kaber murder, in which three generations of Lakewood women—mother, daughter, and grandmother—conspired to dispose of an inoffensive husband with arsenic and knife-wielding hired killers;
• Genius inventor Garrett A. Morgan’s dramatic gas-masked rescue efforts during the gruesome 1916 waterworks collapse;
• Cleveland Electric Railway Car 642’s horrifying plunge off the Central Viaduct into the Cuyahoga River in the Flats;
• The weird tale of industrialist Joe Gogan’s trial for murdering his wife—by hitting her in the face with a bag of rat poison;

These gripping narratives deliver high drama and dark comedy, heroes and villains, obsession, courage, treachery, deceit, fear, and guilt—all from the streets of Cleveland.

“A rollicking, no-holds-barred account of the facts (and continued speculation) about some of the darkest events and weirdest people in Cleveland’s history.” — Youngstown Vindicator

About the Author

John Stark Bellamy II is the author of six books and two anthologies about Cleveland crime and disaster. The former history specialist for the Cuyahoga County Public Library, he comes by his taste for the sensational honestly, having grown up reading stories about Cleveland crime and disaster written by his grandfather, Paul, who was editor of the Plain Dealer, and his father, Peter, who wrote for the Cleveland News and the Plain Dealer.