Item #18141 The Rasco Case. Closing Argument to the Jury by George P. Wright, Prosecuting Attorney, Nodaway County, Missouri. MISSOURI CRIME, George P. Wright.
The Rasco Case. Closing Argument to the Jury by George P. Wright, Prosecuting Attorney, Nodaway County, Missouri

The Rasco Case. Closing Argument to the Jury by George P. Wright, Prosecuting Attorney, Nodaway County, Missouri

Maryville, MO: Printed by Marville Adverstising Company, [1911].

4.25 x 6 inches, 93 pp, with three illustrations from photographs. Original wrappers. Old tape repairs to title page and spine, light soiling to some page edges, general handling wear, one marginal notation in ink. Two original newspaper classified ads seeking photographs of Hez Rasco and his victims taped to title page. Overall, a fair to good copy of this apparently unrecorded item from a notorious Missouri murder case. The defendant, Hezekiah “Hez” Rasco, was a repeat offender, having been convicted of a brutal rape and murder in 1896, at the age of just 16. On November 20, 1910, he suffered heavy losses in a poker game to Oda Hubbell. The next day, Hubbell and his wife and two children were murdered, and their house set on fire in an attempt at concealment. Although the defense argued that no murder had occurred, good investigative work—and the lengthy closing argument transcribed here—convinced the jury otherwise. Rasco was hanged for the crime in March 1912. Not found in OCLC.

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