The Hoyt-Wallis Murder Mystery in Herkimer County

Author:   James M Greiner
Publisher:   History Press
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9781467154888


Pages:   112
Publication Date:   21 August 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Warren township in the southern portion of Herkimer County has been the scene of more than one gruesome event. In January 1885, locals reeled in horror when disgruntled wife Roxalana Druse shot her husband and dismembered his corpse to incinerate it in a farm house stove. Her trial and hanging was followed up in May of 1901 with two murders in yet another farm house kitchen. John C. Wallis had allowed his ex-wife Arvilla to return home, one year after running off with hired farm hand Ben Hoyt. Wallis then rehired Hoyt and within months both Ben Hoyt and Arvilla Wallis were dead. Did Ben Hoyt murder Arvilla in cold blood or did John C. Wallis kill both of them? Author James M. Greiner investigates a mysterious case of marriage, infidelity and multiple murders in turn of the century Herkimer County.

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Author:   James M Greiner
Publisher:   History Press
Imprint:   History Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9781467154888


ISBN 10:   1467154881
Pages:   112
Publication Date:   21 August 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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James M. Greiner is the Herkimer County Historian, a retired high school history teacher and the author of several books and articles on local history. He is the president of the Friends of Historic Herkimer County, an organization working to preserve the Historic 1834 Jail, which once held Roxalana Druse, Chester Gillette and John C. Wallis. He resides in Herkimer, New York, with his wife, Teresa, and their two spoiled dogs, Squirt and Bonnie.

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