"The safe and sedate Fox Cities have seen their share of horrible crimes. Coldblooded murder, kidnapping, prostitution, organized crime and other misdeeds shocked and appalled not just the community but the entire state. Murderer Porter Ross tried to commit suicide by eating bedsprings. Wenzel Kabat mutilated and burned a man in order to take over his farm. The "Appleton Butcher" left dismembered human remains on a playground for children to find. In this volume, crime writer and leading expert on the Milwaukee Mafia Gavin Schmitt turns his magnifying glass on small-town America."--Page 4 of cover.
Contents
Acknowledgments
A note on sources
Introduction
Chapter 1: The intemperate murder of Magdalena Hesse
Chapter 2: Hammer the Hammerer
Chapter 3: The Chinese riots
Chapter 4: The strange and sordid tale of Porter Ross
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