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As "animal factories" go, the Ohio Penitentiary was one of the
worst. For 150 years, it housed some of the most dangerous
criminals in the United States, including murderers, madmen and
mobsters. Peer in on America's first vampire, accused of sucking
his victims' blood five years before Bram Stoker's fictional
villain was even born; peek into the cage of the original Prison
Demon; and witness the daring escape of John Hunt Morgan's band of
Confederate prisoners. Uncover the full extent of mayhem and
madness locked away in one of history's most notorious
maximum-security prisons.
In Historic Columbus Crimes, the father-daughter team of David
Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker looks back at sixteen tales of
murder, mystery and mayhem culled from city history. Take the rock
star slain by a troubled fan or the drag queen slashed to death by
a would-be ninja. Then there's the writer who died acting out the
plot of his next book, the minister's wife incinerated in the
parsonage furnace and a couple of serial killers who outdid the Son
of Sam. Not to mention a gunfight at Broad and High, grave-robbing
medical students, the bloodiest day in FBI history and other
fascinating stories of crime and tragedy. They're all here, and
they're all true
During the late nineteenth century, Ohio was reeling from a wave of
lynchings and most reasonable people felt something had to be done.
But it wasn't just lynchings, there were organized floggings, tar
and featherings, and even large scale riots. They were acts born of
anger, frustration, distrust of law enforcement, and, of course,
racial and ethnic intolerance. In 1892, Ohio-born Benjamin Harrison
was the first U.S. President to call for an anti-lynching
legislation. Four years later, his home state responded with the
Smith Act - "an Act for the Suppression of Mob Violence." It was a
major step forward and the most severe anti-lynching law in the
country, but it did nothing to address the underlying causes.
During the period 1771-1938, hundreds of acts of mob violence took
place within the bounds of Ohio. Cities burned and innocent people
died. Many of these acts were attributed to well-known and
respected men-and women-in the community, but few were ever
prosecuted. And some were even lauded for taking the law into their
own hands. While times have changed, many hearts have not. This is
the first book to take a detailed look at mob violence in Ohio.
For half a century, the mission of Columbus State Community College
has remained essentially unchanged - to provide skilled men and
women to meet the workforce needs of Central Ohio employers. What
has changed, however, is the way it goes about fulfilling that
mission. Columbus State Community College: An Informal History is
the story of how this remarkable institution grew from a handful of
classes in a high school basement into the largest two-year college
in Ohio. It is also the story of the community it replaced and the
community it is helping to create by action and example. Profusely
illustrated and packed with fascinating facts, this highly readable
book provides an entertaining introduction to the development of
higher education in the Buckeye State.
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