Holy Rollers: Murder and Madness in Oregon's Love Cult

by T. McCracken and Robert B. Blodgett

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Killer or Hero

Sketches from the Trial

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PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE SEEK PROSPECTIVE JUROR’S OPINIONS REGARDING REPORTS OF ORGIES CONDUCTED BY DEAD MAN

Headline, Seattle Daily Times, June 27, 1906

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George Mitchell’s trial was expected to be one of the most sensational ever held in Washington. Also one of the most expensive, possibly costing as much as $2,500. The fees alone for the forty-six subpoenaed witnesses, most of whom were coming from out of state, were expected to run around $1,200. If Creffield had fled to British Columbia and George had chanced upon him in Victoria, Victoria would now be the site of this judicial spectacle. But young Mitchell hadn’t chanced upon Creffield in British Columbia, so the trial was Seattle’s lot.

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Chapter 18: The Trial

George Mitchell

Sketches from the Trial

George's Jury

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