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Hutchinson (KS) News. “Admits Plot to Collect Big Insurance Policy.” August 10, 1925. www.newspapers.com/image/8461987/?terms=charles%2Bschwartz%2Bwarren%2Bbarbe%2Bbody%2Bidentified.

  Lewiston (ME) Daily Sun. “Scotland Yard to Use Women Sleuths.” August 18, 1933. www.news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat= 19330818&id=CM0gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2WoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3932,3334279.

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  Marten, M. Edward, as told to Norman Cross. The Doctor Looks at Murder. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937.

  McCrary, Gregg O., with Katherine Ramsland. The Unknown Darkness: Profiling the Predators among Us. New York: William Morrow, 2003.

  New York Times. “7 Chicago Gangsters Slain by Firing Squad of Rivals, Some in Police Uniforms.” February 14, 1929. www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0214.html.

  ————. “Accuses Dr. W. T. Scheele.” June 6, 1896. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E07E3DD1031E533A65755C0A9609C94679ED7CF.

  ————. “Crowley Indicted Quickly for Murder; Girl Aids the State.” May 9, 1931.

  ————. “Dr. Hyde Arrested as Swope’s Slayer.” February 11, 1910. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B01E0DA1539E433A25752C1A9649C946196D6CF.

  ————. “Her Trial Nearly Over.” June 19, 1896. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D02E6D81338E233A2575AC1A9609C94679ED7CF.

  ————. “Mud on Bed a Clue in Titterton Case.” April 14, 1936. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=9D05EFD81430E13BBC4C52DFB266838D629EDE.

  ————. “Police Slayer Captured in Gun and Tear Gas Siege; 10,000 Watch in W. 90th St.” May 8, 1931.

  ————. “Sheds Tears in Court.” June 3, 1896. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E03E5D81338E533A65750C0A9609C94679ED7CF.

  ————. “Six Deaths Result from Arsenic Pie.” August 2, 1922. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=940DEFD71239EF3ABC4A53DFBE668389639EDE.

  ————. “Sure Poisoned Pie Was Meant to Kill.” August 3, 1922. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C0DEFD61239EF3ABC4B53DFBE668389639EDE.

  ————. “Swope Poison Case Must Be Retried.” April 12, 1911. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archivefree/pdf?res=9403EFDE1031E233A25751C1A9629C946096D6CF.

  ————. “W. T. Scheele Attacked.” June 17, 1896. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E01E7DB1F38E533A65754C1A9609C94679ED7CF.

  Oakland (CA) Tribune. “Schwartz, Trapped in Apartment, Shoots Self.” August 10, 1925. www.newspapers.com/image/90334072.

  ————. “Schwartz’s Gay Life While Hiding Bared; Dates Set for Inquest of Slayer, Victim.” August 10, 1925. www.newspapers.com/image/90334068.

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  ————, October 1910, trial of CRIPPEN, Hawley Harvey (48, dentist) (t19101011-74). www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t19101011-74-offence-1&div=t19101011-74#highlight.

  Oregonian (Portland, OR). “More Swopes Died by Being Poisoned.” February 13, 1910. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1910-02-13/ed-1/seq-6.

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  Thompson, H. O. “Schwartz, Slayer, Suicide, Led Double Life; To Women He Was Harold Warren, War Hero.” Independent (St. Petersburg, FL), August 11, 1925. www.news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19250811&id= fOFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h1QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1594,6864764&hl=en.

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  Tuscaloosa (AL) News. “Ex-Dancer Booked in Mansion Slaying.” January 6, 1964. www.news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19640106&id=nSUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ZoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6155,613664&hl=en.

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