1 Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Cast of Principal Characters ix
5. Introduction 1
6. The Creffield Sect in Corvallis, 1903 7
7. Driving Out the Sect 35
8. “Sensualist Practices Prescribed and Ordained as Coming from Heaven” 57
9. Disciplining the Sect 76
10. Revival and Revenge, January to May 1906 94
11. Seattle Prepares for Trial, May and June 1906 105
12. Justifiable Homicide and the Unwritten Law 121
13. The Trial of George Mitchell, Part 1 141
14. The Trial of George Mitchell, Part 2 158
15. “And the Evil That Men Do Lives After Them” 192
16. The Law, Maud Creffield, and Esther Mitchell 206
17. Epilogue 233
18. Appendix: The Creffield Sect Membership 245
19. Notes 247
20. Bibliography 325
21. Index 341