EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part III of a four-part series. Part I published on Feb. 26. Part II published on Feb. 27. Part IV publishes on Feb. 29. MANSFIELD — Carl Sternbaum died at the age of 65 on March 3, 1954. The next day his son Max, who was facing the electric chair after […]
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Mystery caller triggers another look at Sternbaum murder case, 70 years later
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a four-part series. Part II will publish on Feb. 27. Part III will publish on Feb. 28 and Part IV will finish the series on Feb. 29. MANSFIELD — Several years ago Richland Source city editor Carl Hunnell called Lexington attorney Bob Whitney for a retrospective piece. “Bob, […]
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Mansfield’s 1st murder of the century: Sternbaum trial of 1954
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2014. MANSFIELD — For people who love to read hard-boiled murder mysteries, or go to the movies and watch dark plots of crime and suspense, the decade following World War II was a golden era of cliffhangers. Just in time to embody that national […]
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Mansfield’s 1st murder of the century: Sternbaum trial of 1954
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2014. MANSFIELD — For people who love to read hard-boiled murder mysteries, or go to the movies and watch dark plots of crime and suspense, the decade following World War II was a golden era of cliffhangers. Just in time to embody that national […]