'A Terrible Parricide'
In this Sunday's Book Review, Thomas Mallon reviews Geoffrey O'Brien's "Fall of the House of Walworth," about a sensational parricide in an old and influential family in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in 1873. Here is The Times's account of that crime, from June 4, 1873.
From: NYT > Books
Friday, 30 July, 2010
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