Staten Island Slayings: Murderers & Mysteries of the Forgotten Borough

By Patricia M. Salmon

Staten Island saw its share of violence and murder as it transformed from a sleepy community to an urban outer borough. The 1920 discovery of a woman's body by two young boys walking their dog remains unsolved. An inmate at Sailors' Snug Harbor--a retirement home for seamen--shot a preacher in cold blood. Shocking and horrific stories of killers and their victims such as these plague Staten Island's otherwise pleasant past. From the handsome soldier convicted of his Russian wife's shooting in New Dorp Beach to the New Brighton guard beaten to death while protecting seized whiskey during Prohibition, local historian Patricia Salmon uncovers Staten Island's most chilling tales of infamous and long-forgotten acts of violence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Oct 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9781625852816

Patricia M. Salmon

Patricia Salmon served as the history curator at the Staten Island Museum. She was also an adjunct professor of history at Wagner College and College of Staten Island, and has served on the Board of Directors of the Tottenville Historical Society and the Preservation League of Staten Island. She is a contributor to the Memories column of the Staten Island Advance.