Cold Water Crossing: An account of the murders at the Isles of Shoals

By David Faxon

Book Overview

This series of events happened on a cold winter evening when three women were unexpectedly left alone on Smuttynose Island, ten miles off the coast of Maine where it borders with New Hampshire. They were the only inhabitants of the small island.That night, the men of the family were unexpectedly detained in Portsmouth awaiting a shipment of bait. At the dock, their casual conversation was overheard, a killer saw an opportunity, and did the unthinkable. He rowed ten miles out to sea on a freezing night and committed murders that have become legend in New England crime annals. One woman survived the brutal assault and narrowly escaped his clutches as she hid among rocks. This is the frightening story of what happened the night of March 5, 1873 on a lonely coastal island and what followed in the days and months after.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440493693
• ISBN13: 9781440493690
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Indepth and very good account

I am interested in this account, as Wagner (the Murderer) was caught after escaping jail in my Home town of Farmington NH, And we had a local legend that had the story skewed somewhat, but when a few years ago I read about the account, I realized our old town legend, was based on a real murder and events, except he was just caught in our town, and that it did not happen in our town. The thing missing for me is there is no mention on where in Farmington, and how he was caught, Just that he was caught, and the town Newspaper does not go back to that date. A very good account non the less.