Murder & Mayhem in Tucson

Patrick Whitehurst

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781439673683
• Edition: 0
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

Tucson is a vibrant, growing city, but beneath the sunny surface lies a dark history. Eva Dugan was convicted of murder and hanged here, the first woman to be executed in the state of Arizona. Gangsters like Joe Bonanno and bank robber John Dillinger were drawn to this corner of the Southwest, and it was home to killers like Robert John Bardo and Charles Schmid, a serial killer nicknamed the "Pied Piper of Tucson." In 1892, William Elliott, stabbed by a notorious criminal, became the first Tucson police officer to lay down his life in pursuit of justice, but he wouldn't be the last. Join author Patrick Whitehurst as he delves into the chilling history of Tucson.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword, by Tom Pitts
• Preface
• Prologue. Early Tucson: Welcome to the Old Pueblo
• The Battles of Tucson: Bloodshed Among the Saguaro
• The Story of the San Xavier Mission: Historic Site Is Home to Relics and Tragedy
• The Camp Grant Massacre: Tucson’s Fear of the Apaches
• Geronimo’s Raids: Tucson’s Connection to the Infamous Apache Leader
• Civil War Comes to Tucson: Battle of Picacho Pass Takes a Toll North of City
• Stick ’Em Up: The Old West Around Tucson
• Tucson Opera House Burns: No Casualties in 1930 Conflagration
• Lives Lost in the Line of Duty
• Publicly Killed: Executions in Florence
• The First Female Execution: The Story of Eva Dugan’s Demise
• Tucson’s Spanish Flu: How the 1918 Pandemic Affected the City
• Tucsonans and World War II: The Death of James Van Horn Aboard the Arizona
• Bomber Crash: Death Over Pantano Wash
• Fear from Above: Airplane Crashes of Tucson
• Cases from the Cold: Exploring Tucson’s Unsolved Crimes
• The Man Who Killed Santa: Arizona Newspaper Editor Blamed for Killing Santa Claus
• Gangster John Dillinger’s Visit to the Southwest
• Tucson’s Other Gangster: Joe Bonanno and the Banana Wars
• The University of Arizona’s First Female Professor: Louise Foucar Marshall’s Dark Story
• Pied Piper of Tucson: Serial Murderer Charles Schmid
• The Story of Lewis Sirotta: Gangland Hit?
• Tucson’s History of Violence: The 1967 Riots
• Pioneer Hotel Fire: Tragedy and Panic, Twenty-Nine Killed
• Tucson’s Storm of the Century: How Tucson Braved the Octave Onslaught
• The Nation’s First Stalking Laws: The Tucson Connection
• The Murder of Gary Triano: The Car Bomb that Rocked Tucson
• Lured to Their Deaths: The Internet and Crime
• Bizarre Case Rattles Tucson: Eye Surgeon Stabbed to Death Outside His Place of Work
• Home Invasion Terror: The Arivaca Incident
• The Gabby Giffords Shooting: Six Killed in Grocery Store Parking Lot
• Bibliography
• About the Author