California's Lamson Murder Mystery: The Depression Era Case That Divided Santa Clara County

by Tom Zaniello

Book Overview

On Memorial Day 1933, Stanford executive David Lamson found his wife, Allene, dead in their Palo Alto home. The only suspect, he became the face of California's most sensational murder trial of the century. After a judge sentenced him to hang at San Quentin, a team of Stanford colleagues stepped in to form the Lamson Defense Committee. The group included poets Yvor Winters and Janet Lewis, as well as the Sherlock Holmes of Berkeley, criminologist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467136530
• ISBN13: 9781467136532
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"