Wicked Waterbury : Madmen and Mayhem in the Brass City

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At the turn of the twentieth century, a trend of crime and corruption began in Waterbury that would forever tarnish Connecticut's "Brass City."

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Preface	p. 7
Early Ways
Danger Beyond the Fence	p. 13
Revolution Introduced the Crime of Treason	p. 20
What We Do For Love
Victorian Love Triangle	p. 23
Hanging Bessie Wakefield	p. 25
South End Shootout	p. 26
Barlow and the Poison Needle	p. 27
Changing Times
Death by Trolley	p. 29
Wobblies in Waterbury	p. 33
The Radium Girls	p. 42
Politics
Birth Control and the Catholic Church	p. 51
The Great Toilet Scandal	p. 62
Two for One	p. 69
People Just Get Mad
A Neighborly Dispute	p. 71
The Mad Bomber	p. 72
The Underbelly
Sin City	p. 77
Racial Strife	p. 81
Bad Boys
The Yom Kippur Murders	p. 91
Crane's Secret Life	p. 107
The Purolator Massacre	p. 110
Fyodor's Deportment	p. 121
Bibliography	p. 125
About the Authors	p. 127
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