Cold Wrath

Book excerpt: On the evening of May 26, 1896 James Dunham patiently waited for his wife's father and brother to come home. The bodies of his mother-in-law, wife and her nurse were already growing cold upstairs. After a brief scuffle, Dunham completed his task of slaughtering the entire family. Six people were brutally murdered that night. This much is known because Dunham could not find the last man on his hit list, George Schaible, as he was hiding in the barn watching this gruesome scene unfold. The name James Dunham swept across California, haunting it's residents for decades. Where was Dunham hiding? What was going on within that well respected family behind closed doors? Yet the question asked most often was: Why did he do it? Barney Terrell boldly explores this century old case equipped with in depth evidence and a fresh perspective. The retelling of this massacre includes the unfolding murder scene, the subsequent manhunt for Dunham, a look into the background of the entire family and a psychological evaluation of what pushed James Dunham over the edge that fateful night.