Murder & Mayhem in Herkimer County

by the Herkimer County Historical Society – Caryl Hopson and Susan R. Perkins
Herkimer County has an infamous history of high-profile homicides and crimes. Roxalana Druse murdered her abusive husband and became the last woman to be hanged in New York State in 1887. The death of Grace Brown on scenic Big Moose Lake became one of the most famous cases in the country in 1906. Psychological tests of intelligence were admitted into court for the first time in an acquittal of sixteen-year old Jean Gianini of Poland, NY in 1914. These stories and more are featured in this book.