The Sensational Murder of Helen Jewett

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Articles from the New York Sun, New York Herald, and New York Transcript, April 1836-June 1836.

Carlson, Oliver.   The Man Who Made News: James Gordon Bennett.  New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1942.

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1. Scene of the Crime
2. A Suspect Revealed
3. Investigation
4. Exploitation
5. Boy Meets Girl
6. A Grave Error
7. The Press, the Public, and the Courts
8. The Evidence vs. the Court of Public Opinion
9. Aftermath
10. Bibliography