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True Crime History Ser.: Murder of a Journalist : The True Story of the Death of Donald Ring Mellett by Thomas Crowl (2008, Trade Paperback)

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Author: Thomas Crowl. The murder investigation also netted the two local hoodlums who hired McDermott. The July 1926 murder of the editor of the Canton, Ohio. News law and order crusade personal. Genre: Biography.

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Private detectives, crooked cops, gangsters, and bootleggers The July 1926 murder of the editor of the Canton, Ohio, Daily News, Don R. Mellett, was one of the most publicized crimes in the 1920s. For less than a year, Mellett was the editor of the Daily News, owned by former Ohio governor and Democrat presidential candidate James Cox. Having promised Cox he would turn the unprofitable News into a success, Mellett combined personal conviction with marketing savvy and in 1925 embarked on an antivice, anticorruption editorial campaign. The following year, the Daily News and Mellett, posthumously, received the Pulitzer Prize for his columns. His editorials were often aimed at the Canton police chief, S. A. Lengel, making the News law and order crusade personal. An unholy alliance of bootleggers and corrupt police, angered at Mellett's interference with business as usual, hired an ex-con from Pennsylvania, Patrick McDermott, to attack and scare the editor. When the intended assault spiraled out of control and Mellett was murdered, the national press became outraged and saw this situation as an attack on the First Amendment, demanding justice in editorials appearing on the front pages of newspapers throughout the country. Author Thomas Crowl, using newspaper and magazine accounts, interviews, and other primary source material (some previously unavailable), follows the investigation into the Mellett murder by a private detective who was hired by the Stark County prosecutor. The arrest of the prime suspect and the sensational trial of the cocky hitman received nationwide media coverage. The murder investigation also netted the two local hoodlums who hired McDermott. Additionally, a former police detective was arrested and convicted as the originator of the plot, and he in turn implicated police chief Lengel in the murder conspiracy. Nearly a year and a half later, however, Lengel was ultimately acquitted of the charges. This compelling and intriguing story is the first in-depth study of the Mellett murder. Historians and true crime buffs will welcome this as a valuable addition to the field of true crime history.

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Publisher
Kent State University Press
ISBN-10
1606350021
ISBN-13
9781606350027
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72095848

Product Key Features

Book Title
Murder of a Journalist : the True Story of the Death of Donald Ring Mellett
Author
Thomas Crowl
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Murder / General, Legal History
Publication Year
2008
Genre
True Crime, Law
Number of Pages
360 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hv6534.C282c76 2009
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2009-005098
Dewey Decimal
364.152/3092
Series
True Crime History Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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I wanted to read this bit of Canton history since I’m from there. Interesting to see how bits of early Canton remain to this day.
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