Download or read book Murder at Breakheart Hill Farm: The Shocking 1900 Case that Gripped Boston's North Shore written by Douglas L. Heath and Alison C. Simcox and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On a dark, rainy night in October 1900, George E. Bailey, caretaker of Breakheart Hill farm, disappeared. ...Some suspected foul play right away, as Bailey's 'wife' had recently gone to Maine, leaving Bailey alone with his farmhand, John C. Best, who was known to be a drunk and a potentially violent man, Nine days later, when Bailey's dismembered body was fished out of a local pond, all eyes quickly focused on Best. Crowds descended on the farm, and the sensational murder captured headlines in Boston's newspapers."--Back cover.