Read The G-Men and the Nurse: A 1929 FBI Washington Cold Case

The G-Men and the Nurse: A 1929 FBI Washington Cold Case

William E. Plunkett

4.9/5 (29215 ratings)

Description:It was the sensational Washington, D.C., death case that punctuated the end of the Roaring Twenties. The victim was an attractive young nurse found semi-nude in her apartment with a pajama cord around her neck. Detectives said it was a suicide, but a maverick patrolman thought otherwise—and took on the entire metropolitan police force to try and prove it.The death case of Virginia McPherson became a cause célèbre in the Capital City, where it occupied the headlines for weeks. The turmoil caused by the “stormy petrel” of the police department, Robert Allen, overturned the coroner’s verdict, saw the police investigation criticized on the floor of the Senate, and sent the case before a grand jury, which indicted the husband, a debonair ladies’ man and semipro football player.And that was only the beginning. For even in exile, patrolman Allen, a two-hitch Marine, doggedly pursued his own investigation, reported by the half-dozen daily papers that hung on every bizarre turn. Because of the fervor Allen created, the entire police investigation was thrown out, a huge public relations disaster for a metropolitan force already besieged by its futile attempts to police the effects of Prohibition.Into the breach came the Department of Justice—with a special squad of agents under the direction of J. Edgar Hoover who was itching to build his reputation. And a second grand jury. Throughout the tempestuous autumn in D.C., an interplay of powerful forces—police, DOJ agents, the whistleblower Allen, newspapers, and two powerful and respected attorneys—held the public captivated.William Plunkett, FBI agent-turned-crime writer, has applied his former investigation skills to Virginia McPherson’s mysterious death, giving the reader an enthralling behind-the-scenes tale of duplicity, political infighting, and human vanity, all set against the backdrop of a tumultuous age about to come crashing down.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The G-Men and the Nurse: A 1929 FBI Washington Cold Case. To get started finding The G-Men and the Nurse: A 1929 FBI Washington Cold Case, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 192

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Orange Frazer Pr

Release: 2018

ISBN: 1939710936

Description: It was the sensational Washington, D.C., death case that punctuated the end of the Roaring Twenties. The victim was an attractive young nurse found semi-nude in her apartment with a pajama cord around her neck. Detectives said it was a suicide, but a maverick patrolman thought otherwise—and took on the entire metropolitan police force to try and prove it.The death case of Virginia McPherson became a cause célèbre in the Capital City, where it occupied the headlines for weeks. The turmoil caused by the “stormy petrel” of the police department, Robert Allen, overturned the coroner’s verdict, saw the police investigation criticized on the floor of the Senate, and sent the case before a grand jury, which indicted the husband, a debonair ladies’ man and semipro football player.And that was only the beginning. For even in exile, patrolman Allen, a two-hitch Marine, doggedly pursued his own investigation, reported by the half-dozen daily papers that hung on every bizarre turn. Because of the fervor Allen created, the entire police investigation was thrown out, a huge public relations disaster for a metropolitan force already besieged by its futile attempts to police the effects of Prohibition.Into the breach came the Department of Justice—with a special squad of agents under the direction of J. Edgar Hoover who was itching to build his reputation. And a second grand jury. Throughout the tempestuous autumn in D.C., an interplay of powerful forces—police, DOJ agents, the whistleblower Allen, newspapers, and two powerful and respected attorneys—held the public captivated.William Plunkett, FBI agent-turned-crime writer, has applied his former investigation skills to Virginia McPherson’s mysterious death, giving the reader an enthralling behind-the-scenes tale of duplicity, political infighting, and human vanity, all set against the backdrop of a tumultuous age about to come crashing down.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The G-Men and the Nurse: A 1929 FBI Washington Cold Case. To get started finding The G-Men and the Nurse: A 1929 FBI Washington Cold Case, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The G-Men and the Nurse: A 1929 FBI Washington Cold Case

The G-Men and the Nurse: A 1929 FBI Washington Cold Case

More Books

The G-Man and the Diamond King: A True FBI Crime Story of the 1930s

The G-Man and the Diamond King: A True FBI Crime Story of the 1930s

The G-Man and the Diamond King

The G-Man and the Diamond King

The G-Men and the Heiress: The 1934 Alice Speed Stoll FBI Kidnapping Case

The G-Men and the Heiress: The 1934 Alice Speed Stoll FBI Kidnapping Case

The Attorney's Guide to Defending Veterans in Criminal Court by Esq. Brockton D. Hunter (2014-08-02)

The Attorney's Guide to Defending Veterans in Criminal Court by Esq. Brockton D. Hunter (2014-08-02)

Landscapes, Evan William Plunkett

Landscapes, Evan William Plunkett

Statements In Passing

Statements In Passing

The fortress unvanquishable, save for Sacnoth / by Lord Dunsany 1910 [Leather Bound]

The fortress unvanquishable, save for Sacnoth / by Lord Dunsany 1910 [Leather Bound]

Drammaturghi Irlandesi: Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Padraic Colum, Edward Plunkett

Drammaturghi Irlandesi: Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Padraic Colum, Edward Plunkett

Everett Raymond Kinstler: Pulps to Portraits

Everett Raymond Kinstler: Pulps to Portraits