An Axe For Xmas: The Murder of Eula Phillips, 1885, Austin, Texas - Paperback

by Everette Doyle (Author)

1883 - 1885 Austin was the site of America's first serial killings. Christmas Eve, 1885, the seventeen-year-oldwife of Jimmie Phillips was slain with an axe. Jimmie was convicted but almost immediately the verdict wasoverturned. This is a short novel that sticks closely to the facts found in newspaper reports.