The Shocking Story of Helmuth Schmidt: Michigan's Original Lonely Hearts Killer (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781540221520)

In the fall of 1916, New York housemaid Augusta Steinbach fell in love with a man she met through a matrimonial advertisement in her local newspaper. She traveled to Detroit to marry her correspondent, but in March 1917, she mysteriously disappeared. What began as a routine search for a missing person turned into a baffling case of deception, bigamy and murder. Follow detectives as they unravel the tangled web spun by Michigan's original lonely hearts killer--a criminal mastermind the Detroit News" dubbed "one of America's master outlaws."

Author: Tobin Buhk
ISBN-10: 1540221520
ISBN-13: 9781540221520
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2013
Pages: 194
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d