Author: Janice Schulz

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-09-21

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1625854803

Murder, deceit, and thrilling courtroom drama in this chronicle of Ohio’s infamous criminal defense attorney, Foss Hopkins. With half a century in the courtroom, criminal defense attorney William “Foss” Hopkins represented more than 550 clients. Known to be charismatic and brilliant, Foss’s dedication to defending the falsely accused often landed him in controversy. He specialized murder cases, and took on had more than a few colorful defendants . . . William Kuhlman and his gang left a trail of blood from Indiana to Kentucky after hacking up the body of Cincinnati fireman “Cap” Miller. Attractive and naïve Louise Sharpe pumped three bullets into her lover and left him dying on the floor of his Walnut Hills apartment. After Marie Abbott’s farmhand lover killed her husband, Marie helped him stage the murder as an accident . . . These are just some of the people whose trials made Foss Hopkins Cincinnati’s Celebrity Criminal Defender. In this captivating book you’ll learn about the man himself, some of his most astounding victories, and the crushing defeats that ended in the electric chair.