Who Murdered Topsy?

by Pete Geissler

Overview

Tom Edison and George Westinghouse battled for years over which type of electricity would be the worldwide standard. The Current War incited Tom to electrocute a six-ton elephant named Topsy. It's 1904. Edison is on trial for Topsy's premeditated murder a year earlier. In an unusual legal maneuver, Westinghouse assumed the state's prerogative by retaining the prosecutor, Bourke Cockran, a wealthy Manhattan attorney, Federal Congressman, and a mainstay in the Democratic Party. Edison retained the defense, Elias Kilgore, another wealthy Manhattan attorney with a long list of millionaire clients. At stake are the reputation and life of Tom Edison, the validity of the death penalty, the U.S. Constitution's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, our laws governing our treatment of animals, and our continuing journey to be a more humane society. The world is watching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781979250221
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	11/05/2017
Series:	Elephant , #1
Pages:	154
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Pete Geissler is a professional writer and professor who is an outspoken advocate of ethical and dignified behavior as foundations for a humane society. With this book, his twelfth, he has extended his advocacy to animals. He hopes that lawmakers, animal rights activists, and others worldwide notice and act.