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A Murder That Shocked a Massachusetts Town

"The Electrocution of Baby Lawrence"

Was it a “mercy killing”? Was it an accident? Was it first degree murder? Read about the death and subsequent arrest, murder trial, and conviction that divided a 1940s Massachusetts town.

"The Electrocution of Baby Lawrence" a notorious first degree murder case
Murder defendant John F. Noxon Jr.
Grave of Lawrence Noxon

Prominent lawyer John F. Noxon Jr., and the grave of his disabled baby son, Lawrence, who he was accused of murdering.

The Electrocution of Baby Lawrence is available from the booksellers below, (click a link) and from other sellers.

James Overmyer

...is a former crime reporter in Massachusetts, who reported on several murder trials, and became a district attorney's office administrator.

jim@jamesovermyer.com

413-441-1907

amazon.com/author/jamesovermyer

Before writing The Electrocution of Baby Lawrence, Overmyer published three books in his longtime area of interest, Black baseball before the return of integration to the sport in 1946. The Negro Leagues were home to the greatest baseball players who didn't have white skins. The books can be purchased from Bookshop.org, Amazon.com, and Barnesandnoble.com, as well as their publishers' websites below.

Crowd at Negro League game in Newark, NJ
Cover of biography of Negro League owner Cumbeland Posey
Cover of team history of Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
Cover of biography of Negro League owner Effa Manley

The biography of an athlete and owner who is a member of two American professional sports halls of fame (baseball and basketball).
McFarland and Company (Mcfarlandbooks.com)

The story of Effa Manley, a Negro League team owner and Civil Rights advocate, who is the only woman elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Rowman.com)

An in-depth study of the Black baseball team of Atlantic City during the tumultuous "Boardwalk Empire" days.

McFarland and Company (Mcfarlandbooks.com)
 

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