Bøker av G Gordon Long

On a May night in 1843, John Castner was lured away from his home by a visitor that his wife, Marie Parke-Castner and his father-in-law, wealthy John B. Parke never saw at the door. John Castner was a cautious man who seldom left his house after dark, fearful that the significant sum of money kept in the house by his father-in-law would one day bring misfortune.When the sun rose, John Castner had not returned to his home and the inhabitants within had fallen victim to an unknown assailant, the only exception a young farm hand living with them who the murderer had left bloodied and dazed but still alive.This is their story and that of the subsequent trials of two young men who to this day are believed to have been falsely accused of the crime.

The Winds of Midnight - The Tragic Story of the Pattenburg Massacre is a story of human evil, of a night when men of one color hunted men of another and the good people of a town hid in fear. It is also a story of the trials of those accused and of a jury's final verdict. On the night of September 21st 1872, the sleepy village of Pattenburg, NJ, was the scene of a murderous riot among Irish and Negro railroad workers building the Great Musconetcong Tunnel. Before the sun rose, four men lay dead; one Irishman shot by an unknown assailant and four Negro workers hunted down and gruesomely murdered as they fled for their lives.In the aftermath of the slaughter, the village inhabitants remained intimidated by roving gangs of workers, threatening reprisals against anyone assisting the authorities in identifying their leaders. In the months that followed, the local County Courthouse would become the scene of a series of trials that still leave questions as to the justice afforded those murdered.The story of the Pattenburg Massacre and the subsequent murder trials is reconstructed from the pages of newspapers, court documents, and other records of the time, retold through the voices of those who lived through this tragic event.