How the tangles of nineteenth-century justice ensnared an itinerant worker in Louisiana

Ghostly goings-on at an old west ranch expose a dastardly murder and bring justice for the victim.

In 1845 twenty thousand people gathered in Lawrenceville, Illinois, to witness the hanging of Betsey Reed for poisoning her husband. Considered a witch by some,

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.