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From a former Maryland attorney comes the true crime story of accused murderer Orphan Jones--a case mired in the racism and politics of 1930s America. Euel Lee, alias Orphan Jones, was an African American accused of murdering his white employer and family over a single dollar. The tumultuous events and cast of characters surrounding the racially charged crime garnered national media attention and changed the course of Maryland history. With exacting research, former Maryland State's Attorney Joseph E. Moore reconstructs the murders, the ensuing roller coast of a trial, and the eventual conviction and execution of Orphan Jones. Moore details all of this in the context of Jim Crow politics and American society during the Great Depression in this gripping true crime account.

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Joseph E. Moore was born in Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland. Educated in the Worcester County school system, he received a BA degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an LLB from the University of Maryland School of Law. Mr. Moore is the senior partner in the law firm of Williams, Moore, Shockley & Harrison, LLP, in Ocean City, Maryland, where he has practiced law since 1969. Mr. Moore served as deputy State's Attorney for Worcester County from 1972 to 1978 and was thereafter elected to the office of State's Attorney. He is a former member of the Maryland State Bar Association Board of Governors and presently serves as co-chairman of the First Appellate Circuit Character Committee of the Maryland State Board of Law Examiners. In 2003, Joe was admitted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal organizations in the country. He is also on several boards of local historical organizations. Joe and his wife, Susan, live in Berlin, and they have two daughters and two grandchildren. Marcio Catalano is a Los Angeles-based actor and voice artist with over seventy-five US audiobooks and over 480 recordings overseas. He is a 2020 Voice Arts Award nominee and SAG-AFTRA member with film and TV credits on Iron Man 2, Sons of Anarchy, 24, Dexter, and Gotham. He's also doubled and stood in for Tom Cruise and George Clooney for the 2012 Academy Awards (Oscars) opening ceremony video. As a writer, he was mentored by Brian McDonald, story consultant for Disney, Pixar, and ILM. He's the writer and creator of the graphic novels Boy from Atlantis, Young Magus, and Annuna & The Lunar Flower. He's also a spokesperson, host, video director, and story craft and children's voice acting teacher in China.

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