Fatal switch : murder on the Panama Road

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Fatal switch : murder on the Panama Road

Entry/Object ID

Library.2203

Description

305 pages : illustrations; 23 cm Fatal switch : murder on the Panama Road by Louise Stanton Warren. Includes bibliography and index. Author information: Louise Stanton Warren is a retired attorney and librarian from Jacksonville, Florida, and was a board member of the Jacksonville Historical Society. She wrote and directed scripts for the Port of Jacksonville Pliot Club's annual tours of of Jacksonville's oldest cemetery for 10 years, revealing the stories behind the headstones of Old City Cemetery and Evergreen Cemetery... publisher. Summary:The beautiful coquettish daughter of the Cuban insurrection from Spain, 1890s, is engaged to two men, one an officer in the Cuban army, while courted by many others. Her father, a wealthy owner of a large cigar factory in Jacksonville, Florida, is helpless against her alleged shooter and consistent stalker. Titans of the courtroom and legal giants of Florida argue the case in a gripping narrative... publisher. Selected photos: Cigar box art -- Map of routes taken by Gato & Pitzer -- Bay Street 1891 -- Gabriel Gato's house -- Cubbage sisters -- Marie Louie's genealogy chart with photos of family members -- Jose Alejandra Huau -- La Favorita, Huaus' tobacco shop c1870s -- Jose Huau's house -- El Modelo Cigar Manufacturing Company 1884 -- Three Friends tugboat c1990 -- Lt. William Gruber, Jax Police Dept. c1896 -- Photos of Rhydon Call, Augustus Hartridge, Duncan Fletcher, Napoleon Broward, St. Clair-Abrams -- Sketch of Eddie Pitzer -- A.O. Wright -- John Bigger. Selected table of contents: The murder -- Past experiences -- The second murder -- The Pitzer trial -- Endnotes -- Contemporary cousins -- About the author. Contemporary cousins including photos:Catherine Huau Clark -- Mercedes Calero -- Cynthia Gato Anderson -- Stella Capers Mouzon.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Gato, Marie Louise., Murder -- Florida -- Jacksonville., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Authors.

Publication Details

Author

Warren, Louise Stanton

Edition

First edition

Publisher

Olivette-Crooke, LLC

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Fernandina Beach, Florida

Call No.

HV 6534 .J3352 W37 2022

ISBN

9798986038001