| CHRONOLOGY | [vii] |
| MAPS | [xii] |
| ONE | THE TRAGEDY IN DEDHAM | [1] |
| TWO | HISTORY, WRITTEN AND OTHERWISE | [10] |
| THREE | APRIL 15, 1920 | [28] |
| FOUR | BRIDGEWATER AND WEST BRIDGEWATER | [49] |
| FIVE | THE NIGHT OF MAY 5 | [60] |
| SIX | THE MEN AND THE TIMES | [71] |
| SEVEN | THE PLYMOUTH TRIAL | [93] |
| EIGHT | THE YEAR BETWEEN | [107] |
| NINE | THE TRIAL—I | [129] |
| TEN | THE TRIAL—II | [158] |
| ELEVEN | THE TRIAL—III | [176] |
| TWELVE | POST-TRIAL—I | [216] |
| THIRTEEN | POST-TRIAL—II | [237] |
| FOURTEEN | THE CONFESSIONS | [270] |
| FIFTEEN | MORE HISTORY, WRITTEN AND OTHERWISE | [302] |
| SIXTEEN | 1926 | [326] |
| SEVENTEEN | 1927 | [349] |
| EIGHTEEN | THE PUBLIC AND THE LOWELL COMMITTEE | [380] |
| NINETEEN | AUGUST 1927 | [404] |
| TWENTY | AFTERMATH | [451] |
| SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | [467] |
| INDEX | [471] |