books.google.com - Two men were shot and killed in the office of the Montreal Cotton Company in Valleyfield, Quebec, on a night in 1895. A third victim, shot through the head, managed to survive. Charged with the murders was Valentine Shortis, a young Irish immigrant. His trial, the longest on record at the time in Canada,...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Case_of_Valentine_Shortis_a_True_Sto.html?id=Zq61ZoTPavwC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Case of Valentine Shortis : a True Story of Crime and Politics in Canada