The Scythe and the Hatchet: The story of Wallace Burt, the murders of Samuel and Leanah Rightly and the House by the Cemetery in Holland, Pennsylv

by Eric Stedman

Under cover of darkness, someone entered the old stone farmhouse of Samuel and Leanah Rightly and brutally beat them both to death with a hatchet, then set their bed on fire in the attempt to destroy the evidence of the crime. A fragment of a plug of tobacco found outside incriminated worker Wallace Burt, who had been hired to mow the lawn but paid only 75 cents instead of the dollar he'd been promised. Did he kill the old couple in cold blood, or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1365115089
• ISBN13: 9781365115080
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"