Download or read book In the Dark Woods of Wareham written by Lynda Ames and published by . This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred and twenty-five years ago, Richard Nelson Lawton of Westport, Massachusetts, was ambushed and violently murdered by Samuel F. Besse in a remote section of South Wareham. The sensational crime impacted hundreds of inhabitants in the towns of Westport, New Bedford, Acushnet, Rochester and Wareham, and was widely publicized across the country.With the inclusion of more than two dozen photographs, illustrations, and genealogical charts, In the Dark Woods of Wareham: Murder of the Egg Man chronicles the crime, its investigation, and the subsequent trial.Lynda Ames¿s painstaking research, combined with keen narrative skills, makes this true crime adventure read like a mystery novel.Besse hastily picked up the body, threw it into the back of the wagon and led the team down a rarely used path towards the bank of the Weweantic River.He knew of a deep hole in the river that could easily conceal a body. In the wagon he discovered a length of clothesline attached to a rock that Lawton used to tether his horse. Removing the rope and the body from the wagon, Besse led the team deep into the woods, and then returned to the corpse.He tied the rope around Lawton¿s neck with the expectation of sinking the body into the river. Imagine his surprise, if not rage, when he found the tidal river to be at its fullest and the hole completely inaccessible!