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About this Book
San Francisco has had more than its share of truly
fascinating and historic homicides. The city and its Bay Area can stand
proudly with Paris, London, and New York in the splendor of its
misdeeds—murders that have suspense, horror, audacity, and flair.
The homicides chronicled in Murders by the Bay, have
been selected because a convergence of personality, circumstance,
character, and geography makes them peculiarly San Franciscan.
Each of these crimes illustrates an historic
importance, each has impacted its times—either in the course or
application of the law or in the manner in which the affair revealed a
shortcoming in society.
They range from the Montgomery Street killing of
James King of William, editor of the Daily Evening Bulletin, in 1856 to
the sensational trial of early movie comedian Fatty Arbuckle who was
accused of killing a showgirl at a party in the St. Francis Hotel to the
shocking “City Hall Murders” in which former city supervisor Dan White
killed Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.
Most were solved, some were not. They are murders
that fascinated the city and frequently the country, sometimes for
weeks, often for years and even decades.
Table of Contents
1. The Doomed Editor - 1856
2. The Senator and The Justice - 1859
3. The Misused Mistress - 1870
4. The Publisher and The Preacher - 1880
5. The Phosphorescent Brides - 1885
6. The Revenge of the Tongs - 1887
7. The Belle In The Belfry - 1895
8. The Stockton Trunk Stuffer - 1906
9. The Movie Star and The Party Girl - 1921
10. Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Warren and Mr. Barbe -1925
11. The Vengeful Valet - 1930
12. The Last Lynchings - 1933
13. The Alameda Enigma - 1955
14. Labor in the Crosshairs - 1966
15. The Sign of the Zodiac - 1970’s
16. The City Hall Murders - 1978 |
