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Batgrl (Book Data Kept Elsewhere)
is on page 142 of 272
"Slater was of course fighting against a formidable combination of indifference and deep prejudice. In 1909, when was with the Kaiser's Germany appeared inevitable and imminent, people as a whole were not too inclined to care much about the fate of a German who also happened to be Jewish. In the Europe which had yet to experience the 'Final Solution,' anti-semitism was a very real factor in every-day life."
— Jul 15, 2013 08:33PM
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Batgrl (Book Data Kept Elsewhere)
is on page 154 of 272
I knew I was going to use the spoiler tag to hide parts of the review of this book - now I seem to have a more difficult problem in that the solution/theory of the Real Killer is kind of confusing. The author is slowly presenting his case, but right now I'm seeing more suspects than just the one he's settled on. And the inter-relationships of all the involved folk are tangled.
— Jul 16, 2013 08:46AM
Batgrl (Book Data Kept Elsewhere)
is on page 120 of 272
"If Slater had been tried in England, he could have turned to the recently created Court of Criminal Appeal. However, that body did not yet exist in England. All that Slater could do was ask the government for mercy." - I think that should read that it doesn't exist in Scotland yet.
— Jul 15, 2013 02:14PM
Batgrl (Book Data Kept Elsewhere)
is on page 108 of 272
Must now confess that on same page this question neatly sums things up: "Why were the Glasgow Police unable to learn from the maid, Catherine Schmaltz, where Slater and Antoine had gone, whereas the London Police subsequently managed to extract this information from her with apparently little trouble?"
— Jul 15, 2013 11:53AM
Batgrl (Book Data Kept Elsewhere)
is on page 108 of 272
Author is being annoyingly coy: "Was (police officer) Ord incompetent? Was he absent minded or forgetful? Was he simply a bit dull? Or is there a far more sinister explanation for his behavior? This line of thought will be pursued in due course." - argh, tell me now!!!
— Jul 15, 2013 11:37AM
Batgrl (Book Data Kept Elsewhere)
is on page 75 of 272
It's overwhelming how bad the witness testimony at this trial was, and how little evidence of guilt there was - and yet Slater was convicted.
— Jul 15, 2013 07:36AM
