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Newspaper accounts are used in the book to reveal the story of the crime and the community's reaction to the murder of John Hossack.

How do these newspaper stories develop the narrative and illustrate the shifts in community **//__sentiment__//**? What do they reveal about Margaret Hossack and how she was **__//judged//__** by the community? How did the **//__portrayals__//** of Mrs. Hossack's physical characteristics--large, powerful, masculine--and her demeanor--stern, unemotional, quick tempered--affect the way she was perceived before the trial? Do you think the media coverage **//__influenced__//** jurors about her guilt or innocence?