Murder During the Chicago World's Fair: The Killing of Little Emma Werner (A Historical True Crime Short)

By R. Barri Flowers

From R. Barri Flowers, award-winning criminologist and bestselling author of Murder at the Pencil Factory and Murder of the Banker's Daughter comes the powerful historical true crime short, Murder During the Chicago World's Fair: The Killing of Little Emma Werner.

On Tuesday, May 9, 1893, seven-year-old Emma Werner was the victim of a brutal and lethal attack in Chicago, Illinois. The dreadful murder came at the start of the city's much ballyhooed 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair. It coincided with the heinous crimes of ruthless serial killer Herman Webster Mudgett, who built a hotel called the World's Fair Hotel to house and profit from the Fair visitors needing a place to stay. The hotel was a death trap for unsuspecting, mostly female, guests and employees alike.

Emma’s killer was twenty-one-year-old George Craig, who worked as a painter at the World's Fair. By the time the Fair was over, the mayor of Chicago, Carter Harrison, would be assassinated by Patrick Eugene Prendergast, a disgruntled newspaper worker. And before the shocking final disposition to the murder of Emma Werner could come to pass nearly four years later, Craig and Prendergast would cross paths in jail, Mudgett and Prendergast would be executed, and Craig would be set free in what many saw as an unbelievable miscarriage of justice and misguided sense of compassion for the cold-blooded child killer.

The tragic tale of Emma Werner’s short life and its chilling convergence with other tragedies against the backdrop of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair is revealed in the pages of this historical trip down memory lane.

Included are bonus excerpts of R. Barri Flowers' bestselling true crime shorts, Murder at the Pencil Factory, Murder of the Banker's Daughter, and The Pickaxe Killers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: R. Barri Flowers
• Release date: Mar 2, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370374670

R. Barri Flowers

R. Barri Flowers is the award winning, bestselling author of mystery and thriller novels, true crime books, relationship fiction, young adult mysteries, and children's books. Follow R. Barri Flowers on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Goodreads, LibraryThing, and YouTube. Learn more about the author on Wikipedia and www.rbarriflowers.com.

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MURDER DURING THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR

The Killing of Little Emma Werner

A Historical True Crime Short

By R. Barri Flowers

MURDER DURING THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR

The Killing of Little Emma Werner

A Historical True Crime Short

Copyright 2017 by R. Barri Flowers

All rights reserved.

Cover Image Copyright Everett Historical, 2017

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Murder During the Chicago World's Fair: The Killing of Little Emma Werner

Murder at the Pencil Factory: The Killing of Mary Phagan – bonus excerpt

Murder of the Banker's Daughter: The Killing of Marion Parker – bonus excerpt

The Pickaxe Killers: Karla Faye Tucker and Daniel Garrett – bonus excerpt

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About the Author

MURDER DURING THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR

The Killing of Little Emma Werner

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