The Shocking Story of Helmuth Schmidt Michigan's Original Lonely Hearts Killer |
|
Author:
| Buhk, Tobin T. |
ISBN: | 978-1-62584-095-0 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing
|
Imprint: | History Press, The |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $17.99 |
Book Description:
|
The author of True Crime: Michigan "tells the tale of an alleged World War I German spy and love-ad bandit from Royal Oak who killed to cover up his work" (C&G News). 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...
More Description The author of True Crime: Michigan "tells the tale of an alleged World War I German spy and love-ad bandit from Royal Oak who killed to cover up his work" (C&G News).
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."
Includes photos