The Shocking Story of Helmuth Schmidt: Michigan's Original Lonely-Hearts Killer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781626190177)

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 T. Buhk
ISBN-10: 1626190178
ISBN-13: 9781626190177
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2013
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d