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INDEX Abarta, Lastencia, 13, 39–47, 54, 186, 189, 192 accidental killings, 13, 41, 46, 84, 117, 118 Actual Detective Stories, 9 Adams, Elmer, 123, 124 Adron, Allan, 153, 155, 157–58 Aggler, William Tell, 87 Allen, Walter, 176 Anderson, Clinton H., 163, 164, 168, 171, 179–80, 184–85 appeals, grounds for, 4–5, 34–35, 36, 61–62, 122, 129–30, 134 Appel, Horace H., 67, 71 Appel, Joe, 86 attorneys, 5, 7, 9–10, 51, 82, 160, 190, 191, 198 Atubil, Joseph F., 28 audience response, 46, 51, 87, 95–96, 149, 151, 168 Aument, Oda, 87 automobiles and sexual revolution, 82 Babcock, Otis D., 140, 142 Bailey, Marie Leonard, 13, 83–86, 110, 189 Baker, L. R., 155 Bara, Theda, 82 Barker, Bonnie, 189 Barrow, Clyde, 189 Barton, W. W., 47 “Bat Man” case, 108 battered woman defense, 4, 13, 121–22, 160, 177–78, 187–88, 193–94, 202n75 Baum, Peter, 159 Beecher, Henry Ward, 7 Beerstecher, Charles J., 38 Beirne, William B., 147–48 Bertoglio, Stella, 171 Biescar, Ruth, 117, 118 bigamy in Gibbons case, 73, 74 Birth of a Nation, 113 Biscailuz, Eugene W., 90–91, 101 Blackmail, 114 blackout by defendant, 13, 22, 50, 42, 85, 117–18 Blanda, Erma, 13, 192 Blau, Louis C., 167–68 The Bliss of Mrs. Bottom, 109 Blodgett, Julian, 167 Bonnell, John Sutherland, 174, 185 Borden, Lizzie, 11–12 Borders, Ray, 168, 171 Bosley, Henry, 86 Bove, Abele, 56–57 Bow, Clara, 82 Bradley, Belle, 126 Bradley, Joseph H., 43–44, 125–26 Brieglab, Gustav A., 94–95 Bright, William, 123 Broken Blossoms, 113–14 Brown, Charles, 128 Brown, William J., 123, 124, 128 Burch, Allie Gale, 96 Burch, Arthur C., 89, 90, 91, 94, 98–99, 100–101, 104–5, 111 264 I N D E X Burch, William A., 94–95, 97, 102 Burdette, Robert J., 16 Burke, Frank H., 40 Burroughs, Adoiram J., 43–44 Byrne, Harry, 20, 34 California: femininity in, 197; gender and law in, 12; honor in culture of, 197; image of, in nineteenth century, 16; marriage law in, 53; preaching against, 174; self-defense in law of, 202n75; status of women in, 81–82, 188; Victorian values in, 17, 197 Campbell, Alexander, 22–23, 24, 25–26, 27, 30–31, 34, 36 Campbell, G. W., 66 Campbell, William, 28 Carr, Harry, 16, 98, 99 Carter, George, 84 Cash, Leland S., 140 Cassell, Harrison, 74, 75 celebrities, 5, 7–8, 51, 152, 161, 185 cheating men, 210nn115–16 child murderers, 120, 137 Christian, Virginia, 115 civilization: and cultural crisis, 7; males as resisters of, 94; threat of Bertha Talkington to, 190; threat of Emma Le Doux to, 79; threat of Laura Fair to, 26, 34, 76–77, 79, 190; threat of Madalynne Obenchain to, 103; threat of women’s rights advocates to, 32; women as preservers of, 94 class issues: in Aurelia Scheck case, 68; in Beatrice Mallette case, 134; and Bonnie and Clyde, 189; and death penalty, 192–93; and greed, 246n19; in Laura Fair case, 35; in Nellie Madison case, 125, 126, 128–29; in nineteenth century, 79–80; press coverage of, 17, 116, 134, 194; and victims, 186, 187, 188, 208n74 Cleopatra, 114 clergy response to trials, 81–82, 94–95, 174, 185 Cohen, Mickey, 165, 166, 167, 195 competition, legal system as, 161 Connery, Sean, 169 construction of gender, 11–12, 54 Cook, Elisha, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28–29, 32, 36 Cook, Katie, 13, 47–51, 78, 186, 190, 192, 209n99, 210n106 Cook, Tom, 13, 49–50, 54, 78, 190 Coughlin, Raymond T., 141 Covarrubias, Nick, 40–41 Cox, Beatrice Mary, 137 Cox, Susana, 115 Craig, Judge, 76 Crane, Cheryl: civil suit against, 174, 175–76; custody battle over, 174–75, 176, 180–81; and defense in the protection of another, 13, 192; Detour, 181–84; in Juvenile Hall, 166, 172–73; in Lana Turner’s accounts, 170–71, 178–80; press coverage of, 163–64, 171 Crane, Stephen, 162, 168, 173–76, 179, 180–81 Crawford, Hugh J., 65 criminal defense attorneys. See attorneys Crittenden, Alexander P., 19, 21, 25, 33, 76–77, 187 Crittenden, Parker, 19, 20–21 Crockett, Joseph B., 36 Cronin (jailer), 101 Crowley, Arthur J., 172–73 Crum, Arthur, 133, 134 Cuff, Ellery E., 88 cultural roles. See gender roles and stereotypes D’Angelo, Vincent. See Fauci, Charles [18.204.214.205] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 18:17 GMT) I N D E X 265 Dardley, Gabrielle, 5, 13...