Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders : with a New AfterwordDrawing from thousands of pages of police reports, court documents, interviews, letters, and diaries, Sillitoe's and Roberts's narrative cuts through the complexities of this famous crime investigation to deliver a gripping, Capote-esque tale. They embrace the details, then lay them out systematically as seen through the eyes of the detectives, victims, and the perpetrator. The darkest secrets unravel gradually, allowing the reader fleeting glimpses of the infamous salamander as it ducks in and out of its fabricator's head. What was the "salamander letter" and why were so many people determined to possess -- and to conceal -- it? Why was this one of the most unusual cases in American forensic history? A skilled con artist by anyone's assessment, Mark Hofmann eluded exposure by police and document authenticators -- the FBI, Library of Congress, the LDS church historical department, and polygraph experts -- until George Throckmorton discovered the tell-tale microscopic alligatoring that was characteristic of the forgeries. What ensued was a suspense-ridden cat-and-mouse game between seasoned prosecutors and a clever, homicidal criminal. In the end, this story verifies the saying that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. |
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... Throckmorton noted which paper it was . Then it happened again . He made note of that , too . The rest he guessed correctly . Before leaving , Throckmorton asked Glenn Rowe , the church archivist , to check the origin of the two doc ...
... Throckmorton because of an article that had appeared in the December issue of Utah Holiday magazine . The article high- lighted Throckmorton's suspicions of the Hofmann documents , including his controversial opinion that the documents ...
... Throckmorton said he had not observed such cuts on any other nineteenth - century cover let- ters . How were cover letters normally folded and sealed ? D'Elia asked . Rich objected again that Throckmorton had not sufficient experience ...
Contents
Pipe Bombs in the City of the Saints | 3 |
The Third Bomb Victim | 27 |
3 | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders Linda Sillitoe,Allen Roberts No preview available - 2006 |