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Life and bloody career of the executed criminal, James Copeland, the great Southern land pirate

auctore J. R. S. Pitts

Capitula (55)
  1. LIFE AND BLOODY CAREER OF THE EXECUTED CRIMINAL, JAMES COPELAND, THE GREAT SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE: MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR. 0:00
  2. INTRODUCTION. 3:40
  3. PREFACE. 29:27
  4. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, 31:13
  5. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, — POISONING THE OVERSEER. 1:01:00
  6. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, — MURDER OF THE TWO MEXICANS IN TEXAS. 1:08:57
  7. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, — WELTER AND HARDEN’S DECEPTION—WELTER ACTING AS UNITED STATES MARSHAL. 1:51:31
  8. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, — WAGES’ AND HARDEN’S PLOT TO KILL ROBERT LOTT AND THOMAS SUMRALL. 1:56:18
  9. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, — MR. MOORE AFTER PREACHER M’GRATH, IN TEXAS. 1:59:31
  10. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, — M’GRATH IN DISGUISE. 2:14:07
  11. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, — MURDER OF O’CONNOR ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 2:15:54
  12. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, — MEETING OF THE CLAN IN MOBILE, ALABAMA. 2:36:08
  13. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, — BURNING OF ELI MAFFITT’S HOUSE, AND ATTEMPTED MURDER OF HIS WIFE. 2:51:09
  14. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, — WAGES AND M’GRATH KILLED BY HARVEY. 2:56:47
  15. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, — REWARD OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OFFERED FOR HARVEY’S SCALP. 2:57:50
  16. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, — PRESENTIMENT OF POOL’S DEATH. 3:02:39
  17. LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES COPELAND, THE SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE, AND HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES, — THE FAMOUS HARVEY BATTLE. 3:05:11
  18. TRIAL OF JAMES COPELAND. 3:16:23
  19. THE DEATH WARRANT. 3:27:10
  20. THE EXECUTION. 3:28:31
  21. APPENDIX. 3:36:20
  22. APPENDIX. — S. S. SHOEMAKE, THE ARCH-MONSTER OF ATROCITY AND THE PERFECTION OF DECEPTION, WITH HIS JOHN R. GARLAND LETTER. 3:43:24
  23. APPENDIX. — SHOEMAKE VISITS THE SHERIFF IN PERSON WITH HIS BOGUS AUTHORITY FROM THE PROBATE JUDGE OF KEMPER COUNTY. 3:49:23
  24. APPENDIX. — SHOEMAKE RETURNS WITH A WRIT FOR THE SHERIFF’S ARREST. 3:55:00
  25. APPENDIX. — SHOEMAKE’S OBJECT WAS ASSASSINATION. 4:03:06
  26. APPENDIX. — IMPORTANT INFORMATION GATHERED ABOUT THE BURIED TREASURE. 4:10:46
  27. APPENDIX. — PRELIMINARY REMARKS TOUCHING THE TRIAL. 4:14:32
  28. APPENDIX. — THE RECORDS OF THE TRIAL FROM THE CITY COURT OF MOBILE. 4:24:59
  29. APPENDIX. — COMMENTS ON THE RECORDS. 4:28:33
  30. APPENDIX. — SHOEMAKE AND B. TAYLOR IN COURT. 4:32:13
  31. APPENDIX. — M’LAMORE FELL A VICTIM TO THE VENGEANCE OF THE CLAN. 4:37:03
  32. APPENDIX. — G. Y. OVERALL PROVES AN ALIBI 4:38:42
  33. APPENDIX. — THE ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES. 4:39:55
  34. APPENDIX. — THE COURT AND THE JURY. 4:41:13
  35. APPENDIX. — TAMPERING WITH THE JURY. 4:43:01
  36. APPENDIX. — SYMPATHY AND REGRET AS EXPRESSED BY SEVERAL JURORS. 4:44:40
  37. APPENDIX. — FAILURE OF PETITION—RECEIVES THE KINDEST TREATMENT WHILE IN PRISON. 4:46:10
  38. APPENDIX. — THE CLAN GROVELLINGLY PENETRATES PRIVATE TRANSACTIONS. 4:47:49
  39. APPENDIX. — MISS BOWEN’S LETTER. 4:49:46
  40. APPENDIX. — DR. BEVELL’S LETTER TO MISS BOWDEN. 4:54:12
  41. APPENDIX. — MISS BOWEN’S REPLY TO DR. BEVELL’S LETTER. 4:58:28
  42. APPENDIX. — AN EXTRACT FROM THE SPEECH OF THE DEFENDANT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. 5:01:45
  43. APPENDIX. — A LETTER FROM A FRIEND IN TEXAS AFTER DEFENDANT’S RELEASE. 5:03:47
  44. APPENDIX. — A LETTER TAKEN FROM THE “TRUE DEMOCRAT.” 5:08:44
  45. APPENDIX. — THE CHARACTER OF THE PROSECUTOR. 5:12:06
  46. APPENDIX. — THE CHARACTER OF THE PROSECUTION. 5:27:20
  47. APPENDIX. — CONCLUDING SKETCH OF THE TRIAL. 5:34:32
  48. APPENDIX. — ANOTHER DESIGN OF ASSASSINATION. 5:43:15
  49. APPENDIX. — SHOEMAKE AGAIN. 5:45:13
  50. APPENDIX. — THE TWO HARDENS AND THE MURDER OF SHERIFF SMITH. 5:48:32
  51. APPENDIX. — JAMES M’ARTHUR, OR “CALICO DICK.” 5:51:10
  52. APPENDIX. — REFLECTIONS ON THE FOREGOING, AND ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF INABILITY TO REPRESS SUCH FLAGRANT AND WELL KNOWN CRIMES. 6:03:03
  53. APPENDIX. — THE HORRID MURDER OF W. C. STANLEY AT ESCATAWPA. 6:05:53
  54. APPENDIX. — MORE ABOUT FROST, “CALICO DICK’S” NEPHEW. 6:16:45
  55. APPENDIX. — NECESSARY COMMENTS ON UNPUNISHED CRIME. 6:17:46
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Operculum “Life and bloody career of the executed criminal, James Copeland, the great Southern land pirate”, auctore J. R. S. Pitts